RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Halusker to discuss their top waiver wire adds of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:00 Jared Jones 16:40 Janson Junk 19:00 Jack Perkins 23:00 Logan Henderson 25:15 Jacob Latz 28:45 Luis Severino 31:15 Travis Bazzana 35:15 Daniel Schneemann 38:00 Cole Young 40:00 Nathan Church 42:50 Jake Bennett 46:35 Christian Scott 49:40 Rico Garcia 53:20 Tyler Phillips 55:10 Kyle Finnegan 58:50 Other Relievers 1:02:45 Kody Clemens 1:04:20 Nathaniel Lowe 1:08:15 Austin Hays 1:10:10 Tyler Black 1:13:30 Ezequiel Duran 1:16:30 Smart Money --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 0:00 Intro/the Atlanta Braves might have an Austin Riley problem 21:40 Two-start pitchers: 1:02:00 Recap 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Mike Carter to review every closer situation in baseball in search of potential pickups. --- 00:00 Headlines 9:45 Padres 11:05 Dodgers 14:00 Guardians 14:55 Mariners 16:00 Phillies 17:35 Mets 19:25 Yankees 21:05 Red Sox, Orioles 21:50 Cubs 24:10 Braves 26:50 Blue Jays 29:50 Reds 31:40 Marlins 33:40 Royals 36:00 Astros 39:25 Tigers 42:10 Brewers 44:10 Giants 47:05 Pirates 49:00 Rays 51:10 White Sox 53:10 Rangers 56:25 Cardinals 57:55 Angels 1:01:25 Nationals 1:02:55 Diamondbacks 1:04:35 Twins 1:06:30 Rockies 1:08:15 Athletics --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Frank Stampfl discuss some fantasy baseball players who they are much higher on and lower on than before the season! 01:25 Sal Stewart vs. Nick Kurtz 06:30 Who’s The No. 1 Catcher? 13:40 Who’s The No. 1 2B? 22:40 Munetaka Murakami 27:55 Kazuma Okamoto 31:05 Miguel Vargas 34:15 Jose Caballero 37:00 Trevor Story/Ezequiel Tovar 40:15 Mike Trout 45:20 Brayan Rocchio 46:35 Ryan O’Hearn/Josh Jung 49:00 Cam Schlittler/Parker Messick 52:20 Jose Soriano/Michael Soroka 54:20 Regrettable SP picks Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fred Zinkie is here to tell Jeff Erickson that it's not all bad yet, even though Fernando Tatis Jr. is his first-round pick. We'll also talk about the Top K-BB starting pitchers in baseball so far. --- 00:00 RotoWire 4-28-26 MLB Pod 00:30 News: 00:40 Phillies fire Rob Thomson 08:30 Are we bananas for Bazzana? 14:30 Elmer Rodriguez debuts Wednesday. 16:00 Max Muncy (ATH) is out with a broken hand. 16:45 Pete Fairbanks leaves with thumb/nerve injury 20:00 Juan Soto limited to DH duty. 24:00 RotoWire Smart Money - James Wood 25:15 PCA stole a base, which made me notice how awful he has been….. 27:00 Moises Ballasteros had another good game….. 30:45 Manny Machado left with a leg injury. 33:00 George Springer won’t have a rehab assignment and will return any day….. 34:10 Spencer Strider returns against the Rockies 35:00 Max Scherzer to the IL, Trey Yesavage returns today….. 37:00 Jose Soriano vs. Davis Martin 40:00 Sling 41:00 Eight signs that your struggling fantasy team is going to be fine. 42:00 1. Your most disappointing players have been your best players. 43:35 2. You have closers. 47:20 3. You have enough starting pitchers. 51:30 4. Your team’s batting average in unsustainably low. 54:00 5. Most of your top players are healthy. 56:00 6. You’re competing in each category. 58:00 7. You have some players you like on your bench. 1:01:00 8. You have enough FAAB. 1:02:00 Jeff Asks Fred about Jeff Hoffman 1:07:10 Top 12 K-BB% leaders, since it’s a great stat to correlate to fantasy success. --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! (Hyperlink: https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334) 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a wild weekend in baseball, talk weekend injuries and break down all the adds and drops in another busy FAAB Sunday. They discuss the great starts for Kyle Harrison, Cam Schlittler and Kevin McGonigle as well as the poor starts by Logan Webb, Aaron Nola and Logan Gilbert, before getting into the heavy FAAB prices for Payton Tolle and JR Ritchie. Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver wire adds of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:09 Payton Tolle 17:09 JR Ritchie 21:37 Louis Varland 26:34 Brad Keller 29:27 Tanner Scott 31:58 Alex Vesia 37:53 Josh Jung 40:32 Xander Bogaerts 42:48 Miguel Vargas 45:12 Jasson Dominguez 48:50 Lucas Giolito 50:56 Peter Lambert 54:19 Hunter Dobbins 56:37 Connor Prielipp 1:00:04 Phil Maton 1:03:16 Brayan Rocchio 1:05:45 Ronny Mauricio 1:08:59 Leody Taveras 1:11:49 Felix Reyes 1:15:02 Luis Campusano 1:17:24 Smart Money --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 0:00 Intro/The second-worst hitter by fWAR this season: Rafael Devers 20:30 Two-start pitchers: 59:00 Recap 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Dave McDonald to discuss some struggling hitters. Is it time to cut, hold, or buy low? --- 00:00 Headlines 14:45 Catchers 26:45 First Base 36:40 Second Base 47:20 Third Base 57:55 Shortstop 1:02:30 Outfield --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Lucas Morel discuss Noah Schultz's forecast before analyzing all the top hitter breakouts in the minors! 01:30 Noah Schultz 07:30 Franklin Arias 14:20 Jhonny Level 17:50 Devin Fitz-Gerlad 21:15 Theo Gillen 25:25 Juneiker Caceres 29:30 Nathan Flewelling 34:35 Pedro Ramirez 39:35 Luis Lara 44:50 Blaze Jordan 47:10 Ronny Cruz 52:20 Taitn Gray 56:15 Josiah Hartshorn 59:40 Cam Maldonado 01:02:55 Rainiel Rodriguez, George Lombard, Braden Montgomery 01:10:30 Blake Burke Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Cal Raleigh was a league-winner last year, but is it worth it generally to pay the price for a top catcher? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson explore that, and talk about Edwin Diaz's injury and the Dodgers' replacement(s). --- 00:00 4-21-26 00:30 News 00:45 Edwin Diaz out until ASB (who closes? Drop Diaz?)….. 07:20 Raisel Iglesias to the IL (shoulder) 10:30 Zack Wheeler returns Saturday 13:15 The worst feeling in fantasy baseball: being right on your FOMO players, like I was on Sal Stewart and Parker Messick. Can these guys slow down?! 18:10 The best feeling in fantasy baseball: being right on a player, like you were on Dillon Dingler. Look at those advanced stats! 22:00 Sonny Gray to the IL (Tolle time?)….. 24:20 RotoWire Smart Money - Jake Bauers 26:00 Review of the catcher position 27:00 Fred’s Preferences 29:15 What to do with Cal Raleigh? 32:20 Would we rather own Ben Rice, Shea Langeliers, William Contreras, Hunter Goodman or Drake Baldwin? 37:00 Who do we prefer out of slumping catchers, Sal Perez, Ivan Herrera and Yainer Diaz? 41:00 Yainer Diaz 43:00 Is Liam Hicks the real deal? Could he be more valuable than Agustin Ramirez? 45:00 Sling 45:58 BlueWire 46:02 What do we think of the rookies, Carter Jensen and Samiel Basallo? 48:30 Are Adley Rutschman and Alejandro Kirk worth stashing? 53:00 ME Catchers Last Year 54:30 1. Todd Hoppe - Willson Contreras 5.8 (83), Alejandro Kirk 15.8 (218) 56:00 2. Scott Slezak - Shea Langeliers 8.3 (108), Keibert Ruiz 14.3 (198) - pu Moreno 56:40 3. Gregg Martin - Gabriel Moreno 13.14 (194), Mitch Garver 30.2 (437) 58:00 4. Andrew Geller - Austin Wells 12.10 (175), Joey Bart 20.10 (295) - picked up Agustin Ramirez 59:30 5. Dave Petroziello - Cal Raleigh 8.8 (98), Patrick Bailey 21.8 (308) - also picked up Ramirez 1:01:20 6. Ryan Rufe - Willson Contreras 5.10 (70), Tyler Stephenson 17.10 (250) - Ballesteros 1:02:00 7. Christopher Cosley - Cal Raleigh 7.4 (94), Tyler Stephenson 18.12 (267) - Narvaez 1:02:25 8. Greg Smith - William Contreras 3.2 (32), Will Smith 8.14 (119) 1:03:00 9. Toby Guevin - Cal Raleigh 7.1 (91), Keibert Ruiz 14.15 (210) - pu Langeliers 1:04:10 10. Matt Leahy - Willson Contreras 5.15 (75), Alejandro Kirk 18.1 (256) --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! (Hyperlink: https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334) 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad recap a busy weekend in FAAB, break down all the madness at the closer position across baseball and discuss some struggling offenses. They talk about the slow starts on the Red Sox and Royals and all the newly open closer situations, before digging into a wild weekend in FAAB, including large bids on Noah Schultz, Sam Antonacci and Spencer Arrighetti. Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer offer up their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 10:10 Justin Wrobleski 13:05 Noah Schultz 17:30 Mick Abel 20:00 Landen Roupp 22:25 Caleb Thielbar 24:50 Ben Brown 30:00 Sam Antonacci 35:30 Daulton Varsho 38:35 Angel Martinez 41:35 Gary Sanchez 43:20 Moises Ballesteros 47:45 Enyel De Los Santos 52:30 Chase Silseth 55:50 Joel Kuhnel 58:45 Quinn Priester 1:00:40 Davis Martin 1:02:05 Jeremiah Jackson 1:05:00 Tyler Freeman 1:07:00 Rece Hinds 1:10:10 Ildemaro Vargas 1:12:25 Jacob Young 1:16:05 Smart Money --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 0:00 Intro/Closer madness! 25:00 Two-start pitchers: 1:06 Recap 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Nick Pollack, the founder of Pitcher List, to discuss some of this year's breakout starting pitchers. --- 00:00 Intro 2:05 Noah Schultz debut 5:10 Pitcher injury news 11:20 Nolan McLean 13:40 Cam Schlittler 15:00 MacKenzie Gore 19:30 Jose Soriano 23:40 Shota Imanaga 26:20 Drew Rasmussen 30:20 Taj Bradley 32:55 Emerson Hancock 35:45 Parker Messick 36:50 Braxton Ashcraft 39:30 Michael Soroka 41:30 Bryce Elder 43:20 Randy Vasquez 45:35 Joey Cantillo 47:20 Will Warren 49:30 Jeffrey Springs 51:40 Landen Roupp 55:30 Mick Abel 1:00:15 Davis Martin 1:01:50 Carmen Mlodzinski --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now ! 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Jason Collette take a couple of victory laps before getting into their biggest regrets of draft season! 01:35 Victor Laps 05:15 Sal Stewart 08:40 Massive SP Values 13:35 Chandler Simpson 17:25 Jordan Walker 22:30 Parker Messick 24:20 Jose Soriano 28:25 Key Injuries 31:30 Buy Lows 36:05 Cutting Bait 40:30 Big Disappointments 46:25 The Hunt For Saves 54:35 Stashing Season 57:50 Missing At Third Base 01:01:50 Our Best Teams 01:06:45 Our Worst Teams Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now ! 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Inspired by Garrett Crochet's Monday blowup outing, Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson look at eight starting pitching slow starters. --- 00:00 Eight Pitchers We Regret 00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie 02:30 FAAB Results - Jakob Junis Guy 10:15 Jordan Romano Blows Save 12:00 News 12:15 Christian Yelich out 4-to-6 weeks 14:00 Jackson Chourio out until May 15:00 Tatsuya Imai and Jeremy Pena to the IL 18:00 Jackson Holliday Setback 21:00 Noelvi Marte to the Minors 24:00 Noah Schultz Debuts 26:00 RotoWire Smart Money 27:30 Happy Fun Ball Night 30:00 Oneil Cruz 31:00 “What Can Go Right?” 33:00 Konnor Griffin 36:00 Sling 37:00 Underachieving Pitchers 37:30 Garrett Crochet 43:15 Emmet Sheehan 47:20 Mike Burrows 50:40 Tanner Bibee 53:50 Jesus Luzardo 55:10 Andrew Abbott 59:30 Eury Perez 1:02:00 Logan Webb --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! (Hyperlink: https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334) 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Ryan Bloomfield, discuss some early season surgers, go through a long list of injuries over the weekend and break down a busy week of adds and drops in FAAB. They talk about the quick starts (and if they are sustainable) for O'Neil Cruz, Jose Soriano and Chandler Simpson because getting into all the popular adds this week, including Jakob Junis, Edouard Julien and Angle Martinez, along with much, much more from all around fantasy baseball. Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 18:43 Rhett Lowder 20:56 Ryan Weathers 22:58 Grant Holmes 24:54 Bryan Baker 28:10 Max Muncy 30:31 Mark Vientos 34:11 Garrett Mitchell 36:30 Andres Gimenez 37:58 Colt Keith 40:34 Brandon Marsh 44:16 Sean Burke 45:44 Foster Griffin 48:41 Jakob Junis 53:48 Colin Rea 56:22 Caleb Kilian 58:48 Troy Johnston 1:01:47 Wenceel Perez 1:03:34 Juan Brito 1:06:43 Nick Yorke 1:08:00 Hyeseong Kim 1:13:23 Smart Money --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 0:00 Intro/Madison, Wisc. native Drake Baldwin is the No. 1 fantasy hitter through two weeks! 18:00 Two-start pitchers: 58:00 Recap 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.