RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson share more trade deadline reactions, break down the latest news and discuss the top and bottom 10 starting pitchers since June 1. --- 00:00 Post-Deadline Moves 00:20 Welcome 01:00 Fred’s Trade Deadline Reactions 03:00 Closer Headliners following the deadline 07:15 News & Notes 07:20 Aaron Judge is back….. Nothing is going right for the Yankees, including Max Fried, wh...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball and discuss all the adds and drops after a busy trade deadline in MLB. They talk the red-hot Marlins and Red Sox, how to handle Mason Miller and Ryan Helsley moving out of their closer roles and the potential new closers to add in FAAB, including Randy Rodriguez, Dennis Santana and Cade Smith.   NFFC Play against our fantasy football...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 07:30 Randy Rodriguez 09:20 Corbin Martin 11:05 Dennis Santana 12:45 Cole Sands 14:40 JoJo Romero 16:20 Michael Soroka 18:20 Coby Mayo 20:00 Ramon Laureano 22:00 Carlos Correa 23:20 Warming Bernabel 26:00 Deep-league pitchers 34:45 Deep-league hitters --- NFFC Play against our fantasy footba...

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Intro/The dust has settled after a wild trade deadline Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Jose Ferrer $20 Corbin Martin $14 JoJo Romero $12 Cole Sands $10 Tyler Locklear $7 Warming Bernabel $7 Riley O’Brien $6 Taj Bradley $5 Samuel Basallo $2 Mick Abel $1 Two-start pi...

Erik Halterman is joined by four fellow RotoWire hosts — Jeff Erickson, James Anderson, Todd Zola and Ryan Boyer — to discuss the fantasy fallout from the MLB trade deadline. --- 00:00 Intro 01:00 Mason Miller to the Padres 06:20 Carlos Correa to the Astros 14:00 Jhoan Duran to the Phillies 17:15 Ryan Helsley to the Mets 21:30 David Bednar, Camilo Doval to the Yankees 24:45 Merrill Kelly to the Ra...

James Anderson is joined by Bob Osgood and Jake Devereaux to talk about the direction of the Red Sox, what they should do at the trade deadline and how their stacked rotation job battle will unfold next spring! 01:15 The direction of the Red Sox 03:55 Good move to trade Rafael Devers? 06:15 Trade Deadline Preview 10:10 Garrett Crochet, the ace 12:45 How Brayan Bello got on track 16:25 Will Lucas G...

The Diamondbacks have started the trade deadline by dealing Josh Naylor to the Mariners. Who else will be sellers? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson preview Thursday's trade deadline from a seller's perspective. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 7-29 00:20 Welcome 01:15 Seranthony Dominguez to the Jays … Felix Bautista is expected to be out for a while. I think he can be cut. 09:00 Emmanuel Clase suspension. Is he a...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss a busy weekend in baseball, including the Aaron Judge injury and the Nick Kurtz explosion, and they speculate how the trade deadline could open up some valuable roles in fantasy leagues. They discuss how high Cristopher Sanchez and Riley Greene could rise in 2026 drafts, go through all the injuries over the weekend and break down all the adds and drops in FA...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer are back with their waiver-wire recommendations for the week. -- 00:00 Headlines 12:34 Matt Shaw 15:10 Jose Caballero 18:17 Adrian Del Castillo 21:03 Drake Baldwin 23:18 Spencer Horwitz 24:57 Luke Keaschall 27:32 Seranthony Dominguez 29:54 Joe Boyle 32:08 Blake Treinen 34:49 Reid Detmers, Lucas Erceg, Cade Smith 43:16 Deep-League Pitchers 56:03 Deep-League Hitters --...

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast ! Intro/Deadline activity is heating up/Yankees acquire Ryan McMahon Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Michael McGreevy $8 Chris Paddack $7 David Robertson $6 Kirby Yates $4 Jake Fraley $4 Patrick Corbin $...

Erik Halterman is joined by Mike Carter to discuss which team's bullpens are set to look very different after next week's trade deadline. --- 00:00 Intro 02:00 Bubble teams, likely buyers: Red Sox, Giants, Rays, Rangers 10:00 Bubble teams, likely sellers: Twins, Cardinals, Guardians, Diamondbacks, Royals, Reds 27:30 Obvious buyers, safe closer: Astros, Brewers, Blue Jays, Mets, Yankees, Mariners,...

James Anderson answers dozens of questions from listeners about the updated RotoWire Top 400 Prospect Rankings ! 00:00 Intro 01:45 Fantasy ranks vs. Real-life ranks 02:20 Where are the tiers? 04:05 So many shortstops 05:40 Should JJ Wetherholt be higher? 09:10 Is Leo De Vries overrated? 11:25 Lazaro Montes’ upside 13:35 Sal Stewart’s future stat line 16:00 Eduardo Quintero stuck at Single-A 17:05...

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson share their Trade Deadline Buyers Preview - which 10+ teams should be buying and what are they shopping for? Who's going to end up with Luis Robert or Eugenio Suarez? --- 00:00 Trade Deadline Buyers 00:20 Welcome 00:30 Break up the Brewers 01:00 News 02:45 Tanner Scott felt something in his forearm. 05:15 Yordan Alvarez is making slow progress. 06:15 Shane McClanahan...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball and discuss a quiet weekend of FAAB coming out of the All Star Break. They also discuss the surprising seasons in Miami from Kyle Stowers and Otto Lopez, the Ceddanne Rafaela improvements and what's going on with Mookie Betts. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire   NFFC Play against our fantasy football...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer discuss their top FAAB recommendations for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:30 Sean Murphy 17:45 Trade Paul Skenes? 20:25 Ezequiel Tovar 23:25 Ramon Laureano 25:20 Jordan Walker 30:30 Zebby Matthews 32:50 Brandon Walter 36:55 Shane Bieber 39:35 Quinn Priester 43:00 Spencer Arrighetti 45:00 Trevor Rogers 48:50 Deep-League Pitchers 1:00:10 Adrian Del Castillo --- NFFC P...

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast ! Intro/Second half is officially underway! Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Colson Montgomery $3 Dominic Canzone $2 Nick Loftin $2 Lane Thomas $1 Colin Rea $0 Dillon Dingler $0 Logan T. Allen $0 Blake Tr...

Erik Halterman is joined by Torres (@TorresTakes) of the Fantasy Baseball Beat to give some midseason grades on this year's riskiest fantasy picks. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:55 Jacob deGrom 22:20 Risky hitters who are working out 47:00 Risky pitchers who are working out 55:05 Risks who have not worked out --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a sho...

James Anderson, Chris Clegg, Eric Cross and Chris Welsh conduct a 24-pick mock dynasty first-year player draft featuring just 2025 MLB draftees! 00:50 Who to take No. 1 overall 04:25 How good is Ethan Holliday? 09:15 JoJo Parker top 3? 14:00 Perfect landing spot for Kade Anderson 16:35 Aiva Arquette’s high floor 18:20 Seth Hernandez has the highest ceiling 22:40 Chasing Steele Hall’s upside 23:50...

Johnny Venezia joins Jeff Erickson on the RotoWire MLB Podcast and shares his immediate reactions to the MLB draft. --- 00:00 MLB Instant Draft Reactions 00:20 Welcome to Johnny Venezia 01:00 Early Surprises 04:15 Jace Laviolette 05:45 Eli Willits 08:00 Tyler Bremmer 09:45 Kade Anderson 12:15 Ethan Holliday 13:30 NFFC 14:15 Liam Doyle 16:00 Seth Hernandez 16:50 Aiva Arquette 17:35 JoJo Parker 18:3...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer discuss their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 17:11 Brandon Woodruff 21:14 Cam Schlittler 24:15 Charlie Morton 26:45 Joe Boyle 30:38 Kevin Ginkel 37:02 Brice Matthews 40:06 Colt Keith 44:24 Willi Castro 46:18 Romy Gonzalez 48:35 Austin Hays 49:56 Deep-League Pitchers 1:02:05 Deep-League Hitters --- NFFC Play against our fantasy footba...

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast ! Intro/Heading into the final weekend before the break Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Trent Grisham $6 Cameron Schlittler $6 Kevin Ginkel $5 Shane McClanahan $4 Joey Cantillo $3 Brayan Rocchio $3 Migue...

Erik Halterman is joined by Jason Collette to discuss some of the biggest hits and misses so far in Jason's annual Bold Predictions series. --- 00:00 Headlines 15:10 Bold Predictions Overview 17:30 Andres Munoz 21:00 Emmanuel Clase 26:50 Andy Pages 29:55 Ivan Herrera 34:00 Matthew Boyd 38:20 Clay Holmes 40:15 Michael King 42:15 Noah Cameron 44:15 Pete Crow-Armstrong 53:00 Bogaerts/Campbell/Lux 58:...

Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline joins James Anderson for their annual MLB Draft preview! Who will go No. 1 overall? What's the strength of this class? Which prospects have the highest upside? They tackle all that and more while getting you up to speed for Sunday night's MLB Draft. 00:30 Is Ethan Holliday in his own tier? 03:25 Kade Anderson’s upside 05:20 Odds to go No. 1 overall 10:35 Odds to go No. 2...

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss 30 players that should prove to be more valuable over the second half of the season than they were in the first half. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 7-8 00:30 Welcome 01:30 30 Players That Will Be Better in the Second Half 02:00 ARI: Kevin GInkel 03:45 ATH: Shea Langeliers 04:45 ATL: Austin Riley 05:30 BAL: Tyler O’Neill 08:00 BOS: Roman Anthony 09:00 Home Run Forecast 09...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss some struggling stars as we get past the halfway point of the season and also break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They talk about how to handle Marcell Ozuna, Michael Harris II and Mark Vientos moving forward and also dive into the prospects of adding Colson Montgomery, Ha-Seong Kim and Ronny Henriquez and many, many more.   NFFC Play against our fant...