RotoWire Prospect Podcast

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...

James Anderson, Taylor Corso and Kyle Sonntag talk about some prospects they've recently added in dynasty leagues like Jared Thomas, Carter Jensen, Max Anderson and Ethan Dorchies before discussing some recent prospect drops like Thomas Harrington and Ben Hess! 00:00 Intro  01:25 Jared Thomas  04:25 Carter Jensen  08:30 Max Anderson  10:40 Braden Nett  14:25 Sam Antonacci  19:00 Ethan Dorchies  21...

James Anderson and Marc Winokur look back at Average Auction Values from the final week of auction season to look at the biggest hits and misses by position. Then they look at which injured list players are holds, maybe holds and drops in 15-team leagues! 00:00 Intro 03:10 League-winning Catcher buys 10:15 Figuring out First Base 15:30 Massive drop off after Ketel Marte at 2B 20:05 The position wi...

James Anderson and Rob DiPietro draft Mets starting pitchers for rest-of-season value, and then discuss the struggles of Mark Vientos and Francisco Alvarez, the bright futures of Ronny Mauricio and Jett Williams and much more! 00:00 Intro  01:45 Mets Starting Pitcher Draft  08:20 Add Sean Manaea Now!  13:00 Griffin Canning vs. Kodai Senga ROS  22:45 Top Mets Pitching Prospect To Stash  27:50 Jonah...

James Anderson and Melissa Lockard of The Athletic discuss the breakout hitters on the Athletics including Jacob Wilson, Lawrence Butler, Nick Kurtz and Tyler Soderstrom before revisiting the Nationals' ridiculous haul in the Juan Soto trade and the top MiLB breakout of 2025! 00:00 Intro  02:25 Jacob Wilson  06:45 Nick Kurtz/Brent Rooker/Tyler Soderstrom  18:00 Denzel Clarke/Colby Thomas/Henry Bol...

James Anderson and Aram Leighton of Just Baseball discuss the toughest (and easiest) prospects to rank on their recent prospect rankings updates, including Bubba Chandler, Kevin McGonigle, Luis Pena and Jhostynxon Garcia! 00:00 Intro  00:55 Walker Jenkins/Chase DeLauter/Emmanuel Rodriguez  04:00 Quinn Mathews  05:30 Max Clark  07:15 Josue De Paula  08:25 Luke Keaschall  10:40 Bubba Chandler  15:15...

James Anderson's top 400 prospect rankings are fully updated and he answers dozens of listener questions about the top talents like Sebastian Walcott, Leo De Vries and Jesus Made! 00:00 Intro  00:50 Sebastian Walcott, Leo De Vries, Jesus Made  05:05 TIERS  07:05 Samuel Basallo  10:50 Ceiling vs. Proximity  14:55 Luis Pena vs. Jesus Made  18:10 Luis Pena vs. Josue De Paula  19:50 Braden Montgomery'...

James Anderson and Alex Jensen go through the Arizona and Florida Complex Leagues to find breakout hitters, such as Rainiel Rodriguez and Tyson Lewis, before looking at which Dominican Summer League prospects have star potential, such as Yorger Bautista! 00:00 Intro  01:20 Tyson Lewis  07:50 Jose Anderson  11:35 Paulino Santana, Yolfran Castillo  14:30 Kale Fountain  17:10 Alex's Arizona Complex L...

James Anderson and Dylan White discuss the top hitter and pitcher breakouts at Triple-A, Double-A, High-A and Single-A, including discussions about Sebastian Walcott and Leo De Vries plus they react live to Dalton Rushing's call-up! 00:00 Intro  01:00 Triple-A Hitters Who Will Be Up Soon  13:15 BREAKING Dalton Rushing News  15:50 Who is Nathan Wiles?  18:50 Joe Boyle vs. Ian Seymour  21:40 95 Perc...

James Anderson and Ross Jensen discuss the top 10 dynasty prospects who have yet to reach the majors, including Roman Anthony, Sebastian Walcott and Leo De Vries! Roman Anthony Sebastian Walcott Leo De Vries Jesus Made Walker Jenkins Jac Caglianone Samuel Basallo Bubba Chandler Luis Pena Bryce Eldridge Braylon Payne Arjun Nimmala Honorable Mentions   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert...

James Anderson and Chris Welsh preview the rookie-level complex leagues that are about to get underway in Arizona, Florida and the Dominican Republic! Players discussed: Yolfran Castillo JD Dix Emil Morlaes Kale Fountain Paulino Santana Jhonny Level Yairo Padilla Rainiel Rodriguez Luke Dickerson Josuar De Jesus Yorger Bautista Elian Pena + Many more!   Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB ti...

James Anderson and Zac Beck talk realist breakout, buy-low targets, breakouts we're not buying, FYPD prospects on the rise, relief prospect with the most upside and much more! 01:40 Aroon Escobar  04:55 Cristian Hernandez  06:45 Spencer Jones  09:45 C.J. Kayfus  11:35 Dylan Crews  13:25 Brandon Winokur  15:15 Carson Williams  17:00 Matt Shaw  19:20 Brandon Clarke  22:40 Michael Forret/Ben Hess  25...

James Anderson welcomes on Taylor Corso and Kyle Sonntag of Prospects Live to talk about the best prospects to add in your shallow, mid and deep-sized dynasty leagues!   00:00 Intro  01:45 Yophery Rodriguez  05:40 Tommy Troy  07:05 Dasan Hill  10:10 Nolan McLean  13:45 Gabriel Rincones  16:35 Ernesto Martinez Jr.  19:55 Jonathan Santucci  21:35 Brandon Young  22:50 Austin Overn  25:30 Henry Bolte ...

James Anderson welcomes on Andrew Geller (aka The Gildz) to talk about some early hits and misses and early-season roster management! 00:00 Intro 02:20 Evaluating potential drops 03:50 Potential drops 06:50 Pete Alonso 11:20 Kyren Paris 18:15 Zach Neto 24:00 Early Hits 35:35 Early Misses 44:15 Early FOMO   Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats!  T...

James Anderson and Sam Dykstra of MLB Pipeline go through the most notable 2025 minor-league assignments for baseball's top prospects! 00:00 Intro 00:55 Jesus Made/Luis Pena 06:30 Nick Kurtz 10:00 Ethan Salas 15:55 Hagen Smith/Chase Burns/Trey Yesavage 22:15 Arjun Nimmala 24:55 Lazaro Montes/Josue De Paula 28:40 Justin Crawford 33:50 Spencer Jones 37:20 Chase Dollander 40:35 Luke Keaschall 42:40 L...

James Anderson answers dozens of listener questions about his updated Top 400 Prospect Rankings   00:00 Intro 01:20 Grant Taylor 03:15 Angel Genao 04:20 Alan Roden 06:15 Chase Petty 07:45 Emil Morales 10:20 Jett Williams 13:05 Spencer Nivens/Gavin Cross 16:20 Jacob Wilson/Max Muncy 17:20 Agustin Ramirez 19:15 Potential Risers 21:10 Sal Frelick 22:45 Zyhir Hope 23:55 Kristian Campbell 25:30 Zach Fr...

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