RotoWire Prospect Podcast

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...

00:00 Intro 00:35 Roki Sasaki 01:30 Travis Bazzana 02:45 Nick Kurtz 04:10 JJ Wetherholt 05:15 Charlie Condon 08:50 Jac Caglianone 09:50 Christian Moore 10:55 Chase Burns 13:30 Braden Montgomery 15:25 Konnor Griffin 18:20 Cam Smith 19:50 Hagen Smith 21:15 Bryce Rainer 22:25 Carson Benge 23:25 Griffin Burkholder 25:00 Slade Caldwell 26:45 Braylon Payne 29:45 Josuar Gonzalez 33:30 Ryan Waldschmidt 34...

Athletics Osvaldo Bido will be in the rotation, right? Roster Resource has him at AAA for some reason… Arizona Nowhere for Jordan Lawlar to play?  Atlanta Will they really go into the year with one of Ian Anderson, AJ Smith-Shawver or Bryce Elder in the rotation? Baltimore Probably nowhere for Heston Kjerstad or Coby Mayo to play as things stand, but they’re both seemingly a trade or an injury awa...

James Anderson answers dozens of questions about prospects, dynasty and redraft on a special Christmas Eve mailbag episode! 00:00 Intro 02:00 Matt Shaw 08:00 Coby Mayo 09:35 Shohei Ohtani 11:10 Buy-Low Targets 13:10 Gavin Williams 14:35 Valuing Oft-Injured Pitchers 16:15 Evan Carter 17:30 Sebastian Walcott 18:25 Emmanuel Rodriguez 19:40 Overhyped Prospects 23:35 Prospects Who Could Hit 40 HR 25:40...

James Anderson and Dave McDonald go through the first 15 rounds of recent fantasy baseball ADP and highlight which picks are potential land mines due to the injury/durability risk associated with the player. 00:00 Intro 02:02 Dr. Dave's Approach To Risk 16:50 Potential Round 1 Avoids 25:00 Potential Round 2 Avoids 36:00 Potential Round 3 Avoids 44:55 Fade Felix Bautista in Round 4? 47:50 Potential...

00:00 Intro 01:15 Dispersal Draft strategy 37:35 Highlander Draft strategy 41:00 Highlander Draft results Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com —enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz....

00:00 Intro 01:15 Blake Snell to Dodgers 05:45 Cardinals logjam 13:35 Relievers getting stretched out? 21:30 Yusei Kikuchi to Angels 25:40 Frankie Montas to Mets 28:30 The Brady Singer/Jonathan India trade 32:50 Tommy Edman extends with Dodgers 36:30 Roki Sasaki landing spots 41:15 Rays playing in Steinbrenner Field 45:15 Zach Neto 48:30 Rapid-fire wrap-up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

00:00 Intro 01:10 Chandler Simpson 05:15 Catcher 28:50 First Base 37:00 Second Base 54:55 Third Base 58:30 Shortstop 01:02:40 UT-Only Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com —enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWi...

00:00 Intro 02:15 Jasson Dominguez vs. Dylan Crews 08:50 Roman Anthony 12:05 Heston Kjerstad 15:45 Chase DeLauter 24:40 Colby Thomas 27:00 Chandler Simpson 32:15 Zach DeLoach 34:35 Gustavo Campero 36:45 Jackson Jobe/Bubba Chandler/Kumar Rocker 42:15 Andrew Painter 44:15 Rhett Lowder/Zebby Matthews 47:40 Sean Burke/Jacob Misiorowski/Joey Cantillo 52:50 Michael McGreevy 54:30 AJ Smith-Shawver 56:25...

00:00 Intro 02:43 Planning vs. Opportunity 04:10 Stars and Scrubs vs. Spread the Risk 07:10 Mike's dynamite closer duo 13:40 2025 Player Pool vs. 2024 22:25 Catchers 29:40 Shohei Ohtani 31:25 William Contreras 33:15 Xavier Edwards 39:35 Jazz Chisholm/Royce Lewis/Mark Vientos/Junior Caminero 46:35 Luis Robert/Randy Arozarena/Bo Bichette 52:00 Yankees Starting Pitchers 59:00 Garrett Crochet Learn mo...

00:00 Updated dynasty rankings ! 00:45 Young Nationals hitters 08:45 Valuing Ronald Acuna in dynasty 12:05 DL Hall 13:20 Zyhir Hope 15:35 Where are the prospect tiers? 21:30 Junior Caminero vs. Jackson Holliday 25:10 Risky young hitters 28:15 Tink Hence 30:30 Austin Riley 31:10 Roki Sasaki 35:00 Biggest risers/fallers from Too Early Top 300 40:15 Jesus Made 41:25 Prospects who could be big risers...

00:00 Intro 04:20 Setting the ADP 13:15 Heavy exposure players 25:00 First Base 31:10 Shortstop 33:15 Third base & second base 38:30 Ronald Acuna 41:00 Jazz Chisholm 43:45 Logan Gilbert 45:55 Willy Adames/Zach Neto 50:15 Kyle Schwarber 53:00 Wyatt Langford 59:20 Zac Gallen 01:01:30 Most Outrageous ADP 01:10:15 Favorite injured pitchers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...

00:00 Intro 04:30 Matt Shaw 06:20 Connor Phillips 09:05 More Matt Shaw 14:00 Andrew Painter 19:15 Kumar Rocker 26:30 Zyhir Hope 37:10 Charlie Condon 43:50 Jesus Made 55:00 Thomas Harrington 01:01:00 Michael McGreevy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com —enter promo code PODCAS...

00:00 Intro 03:00 Catcher 06:45 First Base 10:00 Second Base 13:45 Shortstop 16:00 Third Base 20:05 Outfield 25:45 Starting Pitchers 27:00 Relievers 32:25 MacKenzie Gore 36:15 Chase Dollander 41:00 George Springer 42:10 Nolan Arenado 44:30 Paul Goldschmidt 45:55 Rhys Hoskins 49:50 Jorge Polanco 51:35 Starling Marte/Jacob Young 58:45 Josh Bell 1:01:00 Prospect vs. Injured Ace Learn more about your...

1:15 Spencer Schwellenbach 6:40 Bowden Francis 10:00 David Festa 14:30 Ben Brown 18:30 Zebby Matthews 22:10 Hayden Birdsong 27:00 Landon Knack 29:40 Ben Casparius 31:20 Sean Burke 36:45 Cade Povich 37:10 Joey Cantillo 42:40 Spencer Arrighetti 45:40 Cody Bradford 46:40 Kumar Rocker 50:30 RP to SP Candidates Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five...

1:50 Andrew Painter 5:20 Bubba Chandler 8:30 Andrew Walters 11:35 Zach Maxwell 16:00 Dalton Rushing 21:00 Edgar Quero 23:30 Jordan Lawlar 26:35 Adael Amador 29:00 Nick Kurtz 34:45 Coby Mayo 39:05 Roman Anthony 41:00 Colby Thomas 44:05 Jacob Melton Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about...

2:10 Christian Moore 12:45 Carson Williams 21:15 Chandler Simpson 31:25 Sebastian Walcott 40:10 Robby Snelling 47:00 Moises Ballesteros 54:15 Jonah Tong 59:10 Chase Petty 1:04:00 First Pitch Arizona Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoic...

0:50 Kumar Rocker/Jack Leiter 6:00 Arjun Nimmala 6:30 Starlyn Caba 8:35 Charlie Condon 11:50 Chase Dollander 17:15 Drew Gilbert 19:40 FYPD Strategy 21:30 Colt Emerson/Kevin McGonigle 25:20 Marco Luciano 25:50 Sebastian Walcott 29:00 Max Clark 29:35 Yoniel Curet + Rays Pitching Prospects 35:00 Pirates Rotation of Future 37:55 JR Ritchie 40:25 Jordan Lawlar 42:00 Candidates To Make OD Rosters 43:40...