RotoWire Prospect Podcast

James Anderson, Zac Beck, Kyle Sonntag, Ross Jensen, Jesse Severe and Taylor Corso participate in a mock FYPD! Find out where the top 2025 draftees stack up against the international signees in your dynasty leagues!   01:40 Tatsuya Imai 02:15 Kade Anderson 03:00 Kazuma Okamoto 04:00 Munetaka Murakami 05:00 JoJo Parker 06:00 Liam Doyle 06:50 Dax Kilby 08:10 Eli Willits 09:40 Seth Hernandez 10:20 An...

James Anderson and Dustin McComas go through the top 150 starting pitchers by recent ADP and highlight many targets and avoids to get you prepared for you 2026 fantasy baseball drafts!   02:40 Garrett Crochet 04:45 Hunter Brown 05:55 Bryan Woo 07:50 Logan Webb 10:20 Kyle Bradish, Jesus Luzardo, Eury Perez 12:45 Kevin Gausman 15:00 Tyler Glasnow 15:35 Spencer Strider 16:35 Nick Pivetta 20:00 Nick L...

James Anderson and KC Bubba pinpoint some potential inaccuracies on Roster Resource that are leading to some players being overvalued and others being slept on, as playing time is key to winning fantasy baseball leagues!   02:30 Sal Stewart 05:20 Connelly Early 09:25 Lenyn Sosa 14:00 Jack Perkins, J.T. Ginn 18:25 Ian Seymour 21:50 Jacob Melton, Carson Williams 27:15 Spencer Arrighetti 30:20 JJ Wet...

James Anderson and Rob DiPietro identify six players who are being drafted too early, including Rafael Devers and Oneil Cruz, before highlighting more than 10 players who are great late-round values in 50-round draft-and-hold leagues!   04:00 Trevor Megill 09:45 Rafael Devers 12:50 Oneil Cruz 17:25 Noelvi Marte 21:40 Jackson Holliday 25:15 Jonathan Aranda 29:45 Finding late DC gems 31:45 Andruw Mo...

James Anderson and Dave McDonald discuss the riskiest players who are getting drafted highly in 2026 fantasy baseball drafts, including Yordan Alvarez, Cole Ragans, Brandon Woodruff, Zack Wheeler and more!   03:25 Evaluating injury risk 11:35 Yordan Alvarez 19:15 Bryan Woo vs. Jacob deGrom 26:00 Cole Ragans 31:00 Josh Hader 33:50 Tyler Glasnow 36:20 Brandon Woodruff 38:10 Pablo Lopez 40:40 Shane B...

James Anderson and Rob Silver discuss the 2026 rookie shortstop class, sleeper candidates to hit 30-plus homers, reliever land mines, Rob's 2026 prospect crush plus much more!   01:40 Konnor Griffin 09:20 Rookie Shortstops 13:20 Finding Cheap Power 15:45 Jorge Polanco 17:35 Dominic Canzone 19:45 Royce Lewis 23:05 Max Muncy (LAD) 26:20 Jordan Walker 31:25 Power Sleepers 34:00 Reliever Land Mines 41...

James Anderson and Tim McLeod discuss Tatsuya Imai, Munetaka Murakami, Kazuma Okamoto and the rest of the players making the leap from Asia to MLB in 2026!   01:10 Tatsuya Imai 06:25 Munetaka Murakami 10:45 Kazuma Okamoto 15:30 Cody Ponce 18:50 Foster Griffin vs. Anthony Kay 22:35 Jon Duplantier 25:00 Lewin Diaz isn’t coming over 26:50 Jo Hsi Hsu 28:45 Sung-Mun Song 31:35 Open Universe Targets 37:...

James Anderson and Eno Sarris discuss the 2026 fantasy baseball prices for the top young starting pitchers in the game, including Chase Burns, Jacob Misiorowski, Cam Schlittler, Emmet Sheehan and more!   01:20 High Upside SPs 03:20 Chase Burns 04:55 Cam Schlittler 09:30 Jacob Misiorowski 13:30 Emmet Sheehan 18:30 Nolan McLean 23:45 Trey Yesavage 27:55 Bubba Chandler 29:50 Cade Horton 33:25 Connell...

James Anderson gives some quick risers and fallers from his too early top 300 rankings before breaking down the top 25 rookies for 2026 fantasy baseball leagues!   02:25 Risers/Fallers From Early Top 300 08:30 Top 25 Prospects For 2026 09:35 Nolan McLean is No. 1 12:15 Buy Samuel Basallo 14:25 Trey Yesavage Will Get Strikeouts 16:25 Market’s Sharp On Bubba Chandler 18:25 Stay In On Sal Stewart 21:...

James Anderson and Aram Leighton discuss the 2026 outlooks for Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle before talking tough prospects to rank and Arizona Fall League standouts!   01:15 Konnor Griffin 04:45 Kevin McGonigle 11:10 Konnor Griffin’s ETA 16:25 Kevin McGonigle’s ETA 18:45 Nolan McLean vs. Trey Yesavage 25:25 Bubba Chandler 27:00 Who is the No. 4 pitching prospect? 29:30 First-Year Player Draf...

James Anderson and Owen Hurd discuss the industry prospect draft they're participating in, including which prospects went too high, and which prospects were the best values!   01:15 First Two Rounds 03:05 Nolan McLean Debate 07:35 Floor vs. Ceiling 10:40 Surprise Picks 11:45 Best Values 13:15 Bryce Eldridge Debate 16:45 Mining The Mock 24:35 Owen’s Team 28:15 Jordan Lawlar vs. Marcelo Mayer 29:55...

James Anderson is joined by excellent high-stakes fantasy baseball player Mike Mager to discuss their first draft of 2026 plus which positions look the deepest and which seem the shallowest this draft season.    05:30 The Big 3 Starting Pitchers 10:45 Ben Rice vs. Hunter Goodman 15:05 James’ Best Picks 17:15 Draft Regrets 30:55 Emmet Sheehan 34:20 Catcher Is Deeper Than Ever 41:05 Is Vlad a First...

On the first Prospect Podcast of the offseason, James Anderson is joined by deep dynasty league maven JT of the Os and 1s to talk about the art of finding breakout prospects, some 2026 sleepers and why Cardinals right fielder Joshua Baez is the most underrated prospect in the game!   05:35 Projecting Drake Baldwin 09:00 Agustin Ramirez’s Fantasy Upside 11:45 Will Wilyer Abreu Play Every Day? 15:40...

James Anderson is joined by Jim Tomony to discuss Jim's NFBC Overall leading Draft Champions team! Jim is likely to win his third NFBC overall championship and he discusses his strategy, his top players and all the quality young catchers entering the player pool.   00:00 Intro 02:20 Songs as Team Names 09:25 How To Draft And Hold 19:00 Jim’s DC MVP(s) 23:15 Young Catchers 37:30 Stay In on George S...

James Anderson and Chris Welsh discuss candidates to be the MVP of the Arizona Fall League before diving into some recent prospect ADP!   01:45 Arizona Fall League MVP Candidates 02:45 Kevin McGonigle is going to rake 07:40 Sebastian Walcott could steal the show 12:10 Aidan Miller moving up rankings 17:00 Josue De Paula vs. Charlie Condon 23:20 Sleeper AFL hitters 35:30 Prospect ADP 38:05 Industry...

James Anderson and Brian Slack discuss a variety of dynasty topics, including when to push in, different trade tactics, dispersal drafts, plus some players to buy and sell heading into the offseason!   02:25 Dispersal drafting 04:40 Franchise Value vs. Present Value 07:50 When to go for it 18:20 Trade tips 26:10 Picking up prospects 34:55 More trade tips 38:05 Trading for Gunnar Henderson 44:30 Da...

Chris Blessing joins James Anderson to discuss the best prospects and most overrated prospects Chris scouted this season, including No. 1 overall prospect Konnor Griffin plus many more! 00:00 Intro 01:35 The No. 1 Overall Prospect 12:15 Buy Caleb Bonemer 20:00 Hector Rodriguez’s ETA 30:25 Robby Snelling SZN 36:55 Thomas White’s Upside 42:00 JR Ritchie Trending Up 46:55 Buy Low on Cam Collier 55:00...

James Anderson answers all your questions about the updated Top 400 Prospect Rankings , including questions about Edward Florentino, Sebastian Walcott, Jett Williams and more! 01:35 Top Prospects for 2026 08:35 Prospect Tiers 12:10 Jesus Made’s speed 12:55 Buy low on Sebastian Walcott 14:45 Jett Williams’ position 15:40 Josue De Paula still at High-A 17:00 Mike Sirota’s injury 17:55 Ralphy Velazqu...

James Anderson and Dominic Rello (@BullpenGuru) preview Wednesday night's first high-stakes draft of 2026! Dom is picking fourth and James is picking 15th. They preview their potential picks and talk about the challenging hunt for saves, shallow positions, big risers, prospects to consider and much more! 02:15 Players at the top of the draft 03:50 Take Acuna in the top five? 06:30 Late first-round...

James Anderson and Ryan Topp rank the Brewers top 10 prospects for fantasy (and real life) and then touch on the Brewers' World Series odds, the projected 2026 lineup, rotation and more! 2:35 Jesus Made 7:30 Luis Pena 12:00 Cooper Pratt 21:10 Logan Henderson 24:45 Andrew Fischer 28:25 Jeferson Quero 30:50 Braylon Payne 33:35 Robert Gasser 36:40 Brock Wilken 40:30 Marco Dinges 42:50 Luke Adams 46:0...

James Anderson and Mike Mager look back on the best picks from their 2025 Too Early Draft and look at which high-upside pitchers may be worth the risk going into 2026! 00:00 Intro 02:00 Best Pick of Round 1 02:55 Best Pick of Round 2 03:30 Best Pick of Round 3 04:55 Best Pick of Round 4 06:00 Best Pick of Round 5 08:45 Best Pick of Round 6 10:00 Best Pick of Round 7 10:45 Best Pick of Round 8 11:2...

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! 00:00 Intro 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...

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...

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...

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...