RotoWire Prospect Podcast

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...

00:00 Intro 01:45 Aroon Escobar 05:30 Arjun Nimmala 09:45 Didier Fuentes 16:45 Juan Valera/David Sandlin 21:50 Bubba Chandler/Thomas Harrington 25:45 Konnor Griffin 28:20 Bryce Rainer 30:55 Jake Bloss 34:45 Roman Anthony 36:30 Cam Smith 41:05 Jac Caglianone 44:00 Tony Blanco Jr. 46:25 George Lombard Jr. 49:20 Will Warren/AJ Smith-Shawver NFBC RotoWire Online Championship The NFBC RotoWire Fantasy...

00:00 Intro 01:40 Auctioning For Beginners 08:50 Early Main Event prices 31:40 Pitchers Shooting Up 01:01:00 Players We’re Drafting   NFBC RotoWire Online Championship The NFBC RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Online Championship is Live!  Play fantasy baseball against your favorite RotoWire experts on NFBC this baseball season.  Jeff Erickson, James Anderson, Clay Link and more will compete in the RotoW...

00:00 Intro 01:20 Expectations for Vlad & Bo 08:50 Riskiest Hitter In The First 2 Rounds 20:30 Strider vs. deGrom 30:30 Alcantara/Sasaki Vegas Inflation 37:00 Fade Tanner Scott? 44:00 Fade Michael Toglia? 49:20 Chandler Simpson 59:15 Sleeper Prospects 01:08:50 The Worst Hitters We’ll Draft   NFBC RotoWire Online Championship The NFBC RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Online Championship is Live!  Play fan...

James Anderson is joined by NFBC Hall Of Famer John Pausma to discuss the recent high-stakes auction they each participated in, focusing on what went right, what went wrong, and what adjustments they could have made mid-auction! 00:00 Intro 03:25 Catcher/Closer Inflation  19:50 Adjusting Mid-Auction 24:25 James’ Strategy 28:20 John’s Hitters 34:00 Regrets From The Auction 37:50 Building A Staff 42...

Jeff Zimmerman joins James Anderson to discuss some recent fantasy baseball research featured in Jeff's book, The Process, plus they look at which pitchers could win rotation spots this spring and much more! 00:00 Intro 01:50 Pitcher Injury Grades 21:40 Are Rookies A Good Buy? 26:00 Rookies Trending Up 32:45 Wait On Pitching 38:45 The $750 OC 42:05 Pitchers Competing For Rotation Spots 01:05:30 Un...

James Anderson and Nate Handy discuss a dynasty startup auction they each participated in! Nate went big with Aaron Judge and four aces, while James spread the wealth and built around a handful of top-50 hitters. 00:00 Intro 01:15 Prepping for the startup 08:45 Nate’s auction 27:15 James’ auction 36:10 Buying prospects 39:10 Nate vs. Geoff 40:50 Dynasty targets and sleepers Learn more about your a...

James Anderson and seasoned NFBC Auction player Marc Winokur go through some recent high-stakes auctions and which players are more in-demand by auction players than by snake draft players! 00:00 Intro 01:20 Early Auctioning 13:10 Closers in Auctions 20:30 Buying Skubal 28:00 Old, boring SP2s 32:50 What A Cheap Offense Looks Like 38:00 Zero-Dollar Players 40:55 Stacking 46:00 Top Hitters Overprice...

James Anderson is joined by RotoWire's reliever expert Ryan Rufe to go through Ryan's brand new reliever rankings and discuss which closers to target and avoid in 2025 fantasy baseball leagues! 00:00 Intro 01:00 Josh Hader 02:25 Devin Williams 03:15 Emmanuel Clase 05:40 Raisel Iglesias 07:40 Edwin Diaz 09:50 Mason Miller 11:40 Ryan Helsley 13:15 Felix Bautista 14:50 Kirby Yates/Tanner Scott 19:40...

James Anderson and legendary fantasy player Phil Dussault discuss players and strategy that will help you dominate your 2025 fantasy baseball leagues! 00:00 Intro 01:00 Riskiest 1st Round Pick 06:35 Jackson Merrill 11:25 James Wood 14:45 THE Dodgers SP To Target 18:25 6-man Rotations 31:30 Reliever Strategy 41:25 Shane McClanahan 47:00 Rays ballpark effects 52:35 Phil vs. Dusty 01:00:05 Chase Doll...

James Anderson answers dozens of listener questions about the updated RotoWire top 400 prospect rankings! 00:00 Intro 02:00 Sebastian Walcott 03:45 Leodalis De Vries 06:15 Zyhir Hope 07:30 Walker Jenkins 08:55 Jesus Made 11:10 Jordan Lawlar 11:55 Cam Collier 14:10 Alejandro Rosario 15:45 Travis Sykora 16:16 Down Arrows 18:35 Lazaro Montes 20:15 Jett Williams 22:05 Jackson Holliday 24:30 Konnor Gri...