RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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 25:10 Nick Kurtz/Ryan Sloan 29:50 Caleb Bonemer/Bryce Cunningham 32:25 Best Relief Pitching Prospects 38:40 Zyhir Hope 40:20 Ernesto Martinez Jr. 43:10 Otto Kemp 44:30 Ian Seymour 46:45 Noah Cameron/Jack Perkins 48:15 Gabriel Rincones 50:05 Luis Pena Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! (hyperlink: https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.

Will the real Zac Gallen please stand up? Is this version of Chris Bassitt for real? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the news of the day and at least 10 polarizing starting pitchers. --- 00:00 Fred Zinkie 4/22 Pod 00:30 Welcome 01:30 Nick Kurtz Getting the Call 14:30 How Much FAAB do you need for five months? 24:15 Chandler Simpson 27:50 Spencer Strider to IL 31:10 Vivid Seats 32:01 BlueWire 32:15 Polarizing Pitchers 33:15 Bowden Francis 38:00 Chris Bassitt 42:30 Zac Gallen 44:10 Corbin Burnes 49:00 Brandon Pfaadt 51:15 Aaron Nola 55:30 Shota Imanaga 58:00 David Festa 1:02:00 Ben Brown 1:05:35 Casey Mize --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! (hyperlink: https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.

Jeff Erickson and Scott discuss the weekend in baseball and then jump into all the adds and drops in FAAB, including heavy action on Chandler Simpson and Caleb Durbin. They also preview Week 5, talk Cubs and Royals offenses and try and find possible pitching adds in a really scarce week in pitcher FAAB. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire. Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver pickups for a week that was full of prospect callups. --- 00:00 Headlines 15:26 Chandler Simpson 21:08 Nick Kurtz 25:29 Caleb Durbin 29:04 Edgar Quero 32:14 Austin Hays 33:47 Pavin Smith 38:19 Hayden Wesneski 39:50 Tyler Mahle 42:04 Luis L. Ortiz 45:04 David Bednar 48:55 Deep-league Pitchers 59:59 Deep-league Hitters --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.

Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! 0:00 Intro/23 mph winds blowing out at Wrigley today Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: 17:48 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 21, 2025) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.

Erik Halterman is joined by Nick Pollack, founder of Pitcher List, to figure out which pitchers off to hot starts are genuinely breaking out and which are merely in a groove. --- 00:00 Intro 02:45 Spencer Strider 07:25 Bobby Miller 12:00 How Nick analyzes pitchers Hot starts: 21:00 Cole Ragans 26:00 Hunter Greene 28:50 Joe Ryan 32:30 Logan Webb 36:20 Shane Baz 39:55 MacKenzie Gore 42:55 Chris Bassitt 45:30 Hayden Wesneski 48:30 Jesus Luzardo Cold starts: 52:40 Jacob deGrom 57:00 Roki Sasaki --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.

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 27:30 Miguel Ullola 29:10 Khal Stephen 32:05 Kyle Karros 33:40 Anderson Brito 35:15 Ben Hess 35:45 Brandon Clarke 39:10 Bishop Letson 40:05 Matt Allan 43:20 Carlos Lagrange 45:20 Manuel Rodriguez 47:45 Asbel Gonzalez 49:00 Paul Bonzagni 50:00 A.J. Ewing 52:45 Romeo Sanabria 53:45 Yerlin Confidan 54:25 Alfonsin Rosario Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! (hyperlink: https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss 10 hitters that are off to interesting early hitter stat lines, including Jazz Chisholm and Jacob Wilson. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 4-15 00:30 Welcome 01:45 Jacob Wilson 10:00 Gabriel Arias 12:11 BlueWire 12:15 News and Injuries: 12:30 Marcell Ozuna will miss the Jays series (hip)….. 15:15 Jays notes - Easton Lucas, George Springer seems to have avoided a major injury….Max Scherzer has a setback 18:40 Reds Moves… McLain, Hays, Diaz active Alexis Diaz won’t be the closer right away 22:15 Rooker/Kurtz 25:15 VIVID Seats 26:15 Polarizing Hitters 28:00 Jose Altuve 31:15 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 33:30 Xavier Edwards 34:45 Triston Casas 36:50 Christian Yelich 39:30 Dylan Crews 43:00 Salvador Perez 45:45 Jo Adell 48:45 Christian Walker 52:45 Marcus Semien 54:15 Nolan Arenado 57:30 Michael Toglia 1:01:15 Alec Bohm --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! (hyperlink: https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss a busy weekend across baseball and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They talk the scoreless Rockies, Jung Hoo Lee, Chris Sale and more before getting into all the popular names in FAAB this week, including Chase Dollander, Davis Festa, Zac Veen and Chase Meidroth. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 17:45 David Festa 20:30 Zebby Matthews 23:45 Landen Roupp 26:40 Justin Verlander 29:00 Nick Kurtz 30:25 Sean Murphy 33:35 Zac Veen 36:40 Matt Wallner 39:10 Dylan Moore 42:30 Geraldo Perdomo 45:25 Jesus Sanchez 48:30 Deep-league pitchers 1:00:15 Deep-league hitters --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.

Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! 0:00 Intro/Zac Veen arrives, will command some lofty bids this weekend Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 14, 2025) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.

Erik Halterman is joined by Lauren Auerbach of Fantrax to discuss a handful of teams which have started out unexpectedly hot or cold in an attempt to figure out if fantasy players misevaluated anyone during draft season. --- 00:00 Intro 02:20 Kyren Paris does it again 08:45 Pitcher Injuries 14:45 Angels 21:20 Rangers 28:30 Padres 34:45 Giants 40:00 Blue Jays 48:00 Cubs 53:20 Braves 1:01:45 Orioles 1:06:45 Twins --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.

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! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! (hyperlink: https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Fred Zinkie shares his top trading tips and reviews the big Vlad Guerrero Jr. contract with Jeff Erickson. --- 00:00 Fred-Vision 4/8 00:30 Welcome - Vlad’s contract 12:00 Fred’s Annual trade tips 12:50 A) Make the offer 14:45 B) Concise explanation 16:45 C) Provide Options 20:00 D) Focus on Opponent 22:00 E) Unbalance 25:30 F) Streamline 28:15 G) Multiple Offers 30:40 H) You Don’t Know Everything 33:30 I) Don’t Fear 36:00 VIVID Seats 36:55 News & Notes 37:00 Victor Robles out 12 Weeks 39:20 Spencer Arrighetti 47:20 BlueWire 47:30 Spencer Strider 90 pitches; Reynaldo Lopez won’t throw for 12 weeks 57:00 FAAB moves --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! (hyperlink: https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Scott Jenstad is joined by special guest, Paul Sporer, and they discuss a busy weekend in baseball, run through all the injury news and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They talk about injuries to Victor Robles, Blake Snell and Ivan Herrera and then get into the FAAB bidding on Zac Veen, Kyren Paris, Dennis Santana and many more, all getting you ready for Week 3 in the MLB season. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver wire pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 15:39 Jordan Hicks 19:01 Max Meyer 21:37 Tommy Kahnle 23:49 Jose Soriano 27:08 Dennis Santana 30:01 Jordan Walker 34:05 Hunter Goodman 37:06 Ivan Herrera 39:38 Heston Kjerstad 41:53 Jacob Wilson 45:49 Deep League Pitchers 55:54 Deep League Hitters --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! 0:00 Intro/Day baseball! Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: 17:44 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 7, 2025) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Erik Halterman and guest Grey Albright of Razzball check in on some of the most-talked about players during draft season to see who already looks overhyped and who looks like they deserved the attention. --- 00:00 Torpedo Bats 06:05 Headlines 17:30 Roki Sasaki 24:50 Lawrence Butler 26:30 Willson Contreras 30:00 Dylan Crews 33:25 Michael Toglia 38:45 Ivan Herrera 41:15 Victor Scott 45:00 Jordan Westburg 47:50 Hunter Goodman 51:45 Cristopher Sanchez 54:25 Kris Bubic 55:50 Jack Leiter 59:15 Popular Fades --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

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 Luis Gastelum 45:10 Tre’ Morgan 49:05 Loaded Rosters 51:35 Caden Dana/Christian Moore 53:10 Braden Montgomery/Jeferson Quero 54:45 Carlos Lagrange Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! (hyperlink: https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948) Rebet March Madness is here, and if you’re looking for a way to get in the game, it’s time to check out Rebet—the ultimate social sportsbook and casino platform! All March long, ReBet is rolling out daily promos, making it the ultimate month of exciting offers for their fans! Right now, for a limited time, Rebet is matching your first purchase up to $100 in Rebet Cash when you use promo code ROTOWIRE. Download Rebet today on the App Store or Google Play, enter code ROTOWIRE, and start playing today! (Hyperlink: https://rebet.page.link/NtdzHvHE3JheVXkCA) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Which pitchers will be most in danger of getting hurt by this new bat? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 4-1-25 00:30 Torpedo Bats 08:00 Braves Woes - Jurickson Profar suspended. 0-5, 8 runs scored. Lopez on IR. Neris DFA’d. 17:30 David Bednar sent down 24:00 Vivid Seats 25:00 Sean Manaea setback 31:10 Rebet 32:10 Two-Start Streamer Disasters 32:45 Chris Paddack and Emerson Hancock are cautionary tales about adding two-start streamers from the waiver wire. 40:00 Problem with streaming generally 47:10 BlueWire 47:20 Thomas Harrington getting the call 53:30 Two Slumpers - Dylan Crews, Rafael Devers --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! (hyperlink: https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948) Rebet March Madness is here, and if you’re looking for a way to get in the game, it’s time to check out Rebet—the ultimate social sportsbook and casino platform! All March long, ReBet is rolling out daily promos, making it the ultimate month of exciting offers for their fans! Right now, for a limited time, Rebet is matching your first purchase up to $100 in Rebet Cash when you use promo code ROTOWIRE. Download Rebet today on the App Store or Google Play, enter code ROTOWIRE, and start playing today! (Hyperlink: https://rebet.page.link/NtdzHvHE3JheVXkCA) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod