RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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 11:20 Best Pick of Round 9 12:00 Best Pick of Round 10 13:30 Best Pick of Round 11 15:45 Avoid Recency Bias 17:40 Landmines In The First 5 Rounds 23:50 Hitters Who Will Lose Position Eligibility 28:10 Back To Basics 33:20 Where To Find Upside 41:45 Buying Brandon Woodruff 45:00 Chris Sale vs. Jacob deGrom 48:40 Buying Eury Perez 52:10 Is Hunter Greene Too Risky? 56:20 Jacob Misiorowski vs. Chase Burns 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 share more trade deadline reactions, break down the latest news and discuss the top and bottom 10 starting pitchers since June 1. --- 00:00 Post-Deadline Moves 00:20 Welcome 01:00 Fred’s Trade Deadline Reactions 03:00 Closer Headliners following the deadline 07:15 News & Notes 07:20 Aaron Judge is back….. Nothing is going right for the Yankees, including Max Fried, who now has a 5.81 ERA and a 1.52 WHIP since July 1…..And Devin Williams blew another save…. 12:30 Nick Lodolo, to IL…… 15:00 Austin Riley and Tommy Edman 19:00 Nathan Lukes survived the trade deadline as the Jays leadoff hitter and reached base five times yesterday. 20:40 Michael Soroka is already on the IL…..Ben Brown relieved Soroka and pitched well, so it’s likely time to add him and then get burned by him….. 23:00 Roman Anthony is day-to-day. He’s playing great but isn’t doing much in fantasy….. 26:00 NFFC 26:45 Let’s look at some of the best and worst pitchers in recent weeks. Because some of the best ones aren’t getting much credit and some of the worst ones are still in lineups. 27:45 Here are the ERA leaders since June 1. 28:15 Matthew Boyd 1.69 31:10 Christopher Sanchez 1.71 35:00 Paul Skenes 1.87; Tarik Skubal 2.08; Zack Wheeler 2.26 38:30 Quinn Priester 2.40 41:20 Garrett Crochet 2.44 42:30 Framber Valdez 2.47 43:00 Eric Lauer 2.54 47:00 Gavin Williams 2.54 49:30 BlueWire 49:40 And here are the worst qualified ERA pitchers since June 1. 51:00 Luis Severino 5.98 52:20 Nick Martinez 5.85; Chris Paddack 5.58 53:20 Zac Gallen 5.43 54:20 Tanner Bibee 5.17; JP Sears 5.06 55:50 Brandon Pfaadt 4.98; Andre Pallante 4.92 57:45 Sonny Gray 4.85 59:30 Sandy Alcantara 4.85 --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now (hyperlink: http://rotowire.com/highstakes) 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 wrap up the weekend in baseball and discuss all the adds and drops after a busy trade deadline in MLB. They talk the red-hot Marlins and Red Sox, how to handle Mason Miller and Ryan Helsley moving out of their closer roles and the potential new closers to add in FAAB, including Randy Rodriguez, Dennis Santana and Cade Smith. NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter 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.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 07:30 Randy Rodriguez 09:20 Corbin Martin 11:05 Dennis Santana 12:45 Cole Sands 14:40 JoJo Romero 16:20 Michael Soroka 18:20 Coby Mayo 20:00 Ramon Laureano 22:00 Carlos Correa 23:20 Warming Bernabel 26:00 Deep-league pitchers 34:45 Deep-league hitters --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter 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.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Intro/The dust has settled after a wild trade deadline Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 4, 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 four fellow RotoWire hosts — Jeff Erickson, James Anderson, Todd Zola and Ryan Boyer — to discuss the fantasy fallout from the MLB trade deadline. --- 00:00 Intro 01:00 Mason Miller to the Padres 06:20 Carlos Correa to the Astros 14:00 Jhoan Duran to the Phillies 17:15 Ryan Helsley to the Mets 21:30 David Bednar, Camilo Doval to the Yankees 24:45 Merrill Kelly to the Rangers 29:10 Eugenio Suarez to the Mariners 33:00 Ryan McMahon to the Yankees 35:45 James' prospect corner 39:45 New closers draft 47:15 Smaller moves that matter --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter 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.

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! 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 Will Lucas Giolito be back? 21:10 Hunter Dobbins 22:25 Don’t forget about Patrick Sandoval 25:15 Crossroads for Tanner Houck 27:00 Kyle Harrison’s potential 29:00 Kutter Crawford 30:00 Payton Tolle to the moon! 37:20 Connelly Early’s upside 40:00 David Sandlin up in 2025? 46:15 Kyson Witherspoon/Luis Perales 48:35 Who will be Boston’s closer? 52:20 Worried ab0out Kristian Campbell? 55:20 Triston Casas’ injuries mounting 59:30 Marcelo Mayer’s 2026 stat line 01:00:45 Roman Anthony’s 2026 stat line 01:03:30 Ceddanne Rafaela’s upside 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.

The Diamondbacks have started the trade deadline by dealing Josh Naylor to the Mariners. Who else will be sellers? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson preview Thursday's trade deadline from a seller's perspective. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 7-29 00:20 Welcome 01:15 Seranthony Dominguez to the Jays … Felix Bautista is expected to be out for a while. I think he can be cut. 09:00 Emmanuel Clase suspension. Is he a drop? Probably depends on your saves standings. 13:45 Cade Smith boost is obvious but should be mentioned. And there are rumors that more CLE suspensions are on the way…… 15:00 Tigers - Reese Olson out for season, Parker Meadows to the IL, Chris Paddack traded to Tigers. 20:00 Eugenio Suarez….. 23:15 NFFC 24:45 Sellers at the deadline 25:45 Orioles: Ryan O’Hearn and Cedric Mullins are likely gone. Coby Mayo will get to play more. Zach Eflin, Charlie Morton, Gregory Soto gone as well. 28:30 Guardians: Except Shane Bieber. Cade Smith, Hunter Gaddis? Steven Kwan? 31:35 White Sox: They’ll try to move Aaron Civale and Luis Robert Jr. 34:30 Royals: With Lugo signed, are they out of the selling market. 36:30 Twins: Harrison Bader and Willi Castro should be traded. Maybe Joe Ryan?! 42:30 Angels: I feel like they won’t sell. Agree? 46:40 A’s: I don’t see much here, unless they can get someone to take Luis Severino. Jeffrey Springs is likely available for the right price. 49:20 BlueWire 49:30 Marlins: Will they trade Edward Cabrera and Sandy Alcantara? They’ve played well this summer. Maybe they should stand pat, try to get Weathers, Meyer and Garrett back, and compete next year? 54:00 Braves: Raisel Iglesias and Marcell Ozuna are gone. Dylan Lee and Pierce Johnson to share saves? 58:00 Nationals: Quietly one of baseball’s most disappointing teams. Kyle Finnegan should be gone. Josh Bell too, if anyone wants him. I think that’s it. 59:45 Cardinals: Ryan Helsley is a pending FA who would do wonders for PHI or LAD. Would they trade Sonny Gray with one year remaining? I think they’re stuck with Nolan Arenado at this point. 1:03:50 Pirates: Mitch Keller, David Bednar, Dennis Santana. 1:05:15 D-backs: The sell-off has started. Merrill Kelly, Zac Gallen and Eugenio Suarez are all likely gone. Keep an eye on Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who will likely decline his player option. 1:06:20 Rockies: I have no idea. This team stinks. 1:09:40 Giants - Lost 4 in a row, but not selling. --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now (hyperlink: http://rotowire.com/highstakes) 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 in baseball, including the Aaron Judge injury and the Nick Kurtz explosion, and they speculate how the trade deadline could open up some valuable roles in fantasy leagues. They discuss how high Cristopher Sanchez and Riley Greene could rise in 2026 drafts, go through all the injuries over the weekend and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. Follow us on Twitter / X: Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire. NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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 are back with their waiver-wire recommendations for the week. -- 00:00 Headlines 12:34 Matt Shaw 15:10 Jose Caballero 18:17 Adrian Del Castillo 21:03 Drake Baldwin 23:18 Spencer Horwitz 24:57 Luke Keaschall 27:32 Seranthony Dominguez 29:54 Joe Boyle 32:08 Blake Treinen 34:49 Reid Detmers, Lucas Erceg, Cade Smith 43:16 Deep-League Pitchers 56:03 Deep-League Hitters -- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Intro/Deadline activity is heating up/Yankees acquire Ryan McMahon Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Two-start pitchers (week of July 28, 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 Mike Carter to discuss which team's bullpens are set to look very different after next week's trade deadline. --- 00:00 Intro 02:00 Bubble teams, likely buyers: Red Sox, Giants, Rays, Rangers 10:00 Bubble teams, likely sellers: Twins, Cardinals, Guardians, Diamondbacks, Royals, Reds 27:30 Obvious buyers, safe closer: Astros, Brewers, Blue Jays, Mets, Yankees, Mariners, Padres 30:10 Obvious buyers, no safe closer: Dodgers, Tigers, Cubs, Phillies 39:45 Obvious sellers with something to sell: Angels, Braves, Orioles, Athletics, Pirates, Nationals 48:30 Obvious sellers with nothing to sell: Marlins, White Sox, Rockies --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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 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 Edward Florentino SZN 20:15 Andrew Painter/Bubba Chandler 22:25 Josue De Paula/Zyhir Hope 25:20 Prospects most likely to hit 40 HR 27:00 Jonah Tong’s upside 27:25 Buy Jack Perkins & Tanner McDougal 29:40 Ryan Waldschmidt 30:45 Catchers with the most upside 34:35 Has Alejandro Rosario had TJS? 37:10 Hector Rodriguez vs. Sal Stewart 39:00 Marconi German hype 40:35 Handelfry Encarncion’s upside 42:05 Why is Tyson Lewis still in complex ball? 44:15 Who to drop for prospect pickups 46:10 Controversial omissions NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast 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 share their Trade Deadline Buyers Preview - which 10+ teams should be buying and what are they shopping for? Who's going to end up with Luis Robert or Eugenio Suarez? --- 00:00 Trade Deadline Buyers 00:20 Welcome 00:30 Break up the Brewers 01:00 News 02:45 Tanner Scott felt something in his forearm. 05:15 Yordan Alvarez is making slow progress. 06:15 Shane McClanahan is facing a delay in his rehab assignment. 07:00 Same with Grayson Rodriguez, who is undergoing imaging on his elbow. 09:00 Shelby Miller is throwing to hitters today. He could be traded or could be the team’s closer in a couple weeks. 10:00 Adley Rutschman vs. Ivan Herrera 12:00 Sell low on Freddie Freeman? 13:45 Mookie Betts vs CJ Abrams 15:30 Josh Jung returned and homered. 18:00 NFFC 18:45 Trade Deadline Buyers Preview 19:00 What are these teams likely to acquire, and who could be bumped from their current roles? 19:30 Blue Jays: Where to add to a team that is getting average production at almost every position. 26:40 Tigers: Add CF? Closer? SP5? 30:00 Astros: Add OF? With injured SP coming back, they seem fine elsewhere. 32:00 Yankees: Prob need 2 SP and a 3B 34:45 Red Sox: SP for sure. I kind of like the lineup. 36:15 Rays: Typically, impossible to predict. Could buy and sell. Unload Littell and add someone. 39:00 Home Run Forecast 39:45 Mariners: 2B, 3B, RF. 43:45 Phillies: Closer, more than any other contender. Maybe LF too. 47:00 Mets: C, 2B, 3B. 49:30 Cubs: 3B, SP. 51:30 Brewers: I have no idea. They are similar to the Jays offensively. 53:30 Dodgers: Only RPs? 55:20 Padres: A rare team that could take an elite hitter and stick him at DH 57:25 BlueWire 57:30 Giants: SP, 1B. 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 wrap up the weekend in baseball and discuss a quiet weekend of FAAB coming out of the All Star Break. They also discuss the surprising seasons in Miami from Kyle Stowers and Otto Lopez, the Ceddanne Rafaela improvements and what's going on with Mookie Betts. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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 discuss their top FAAB recommendations for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:30 Sean Murphy 17:45 Trade Paul Skenes? 20:25 Ezequiel Tovar 23:25 Ramon Laureano 25:20 Jordan Walker 30:30 Zebby Matthews 32:50 Brandon Walter 36:55 Shane Bieber 39:35 Quinn Priester 43:00 Spencer Arrighetti 45:00 Trevor Rogers 48:50 Deep-League Pitchers 1:00:10 Adrian Del Castillo --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Intro/Second half is officially underway! Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Two-start pitchers (week of July 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 Torres (@TorresTakes) of the Fantasy Baseball Beat to give some midseason grades on this year's riskiest fantasy picks. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:55 Jacob deGrom 22:20 Risky hitters who are working out 47:00 Risky pitchers who are working out 55:05 Risks who have not worked out --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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, 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 Gavin Fien Love 25:35 Jamie Arnold best value in the draft 28:25 A loaded college pitching class 30:40 Ethan Conrad’s upside 33:10 Liam Doyle’s slide ends 35:00 Kayson Cunningham’s hit tool 37:40 Ike Irish, best college hitter in the class? 40:20 Kyson Witherspoon’s upside 42:00 Buy low on Brendan Summerhill? 44:00 Gage Wood’s crazy upside 46:35 Andrew Fischer 48:00 Marek Houston 50:40 Buy low on Chase LaViolette? 55:30 Big power for Xavier Neyens 57:40 Chasing upside with Quentin Young 01:00:10 Charles Davalan better in fantasy 01:01:20 Mason Neville 01:04:00 Final thoughts on the class NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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.

Johnny Venezia joins Jeff Erickson on the RotoWire MLB Podcast and shares his immediate reactions to the MLB draft. --- 00:00 MLB Instant Draft Reactions 00:20 Welcome to Johnny Venezia 01:00 Early Surprises 04:15 Jace Laviolette 05:45 Eli Willits 08:00 Tyler Bremmer 09:45 Kade Anderson 12:15 Ethan Holliday 13:30 NFFC 14:15 Liam Doyle 16:00 Seth Hernandez 16:50 Aiva Arquette 17:35 JoJo Parker 18:30 Steele Hall 19:40 Billy Carlson 20:30 Jamie Arnold 22:40 Gavin Fien 23:45 Gavin Kilen 24:30 Daniel Pierce 25:25 Kyson Witherspoon 26:15 Home Run Forecast 27:30 Marek Houston 29:30 Ethan Conrad 30:15 Kayson Cunningham 32:30 Ike Irish 34:00 Andrew Fischer 35:00 Xavier Neyens / Kruz Schoolcraft 36:10 BlueWire 36:20 Tate Southisene 37:25 Sean Gamble 38:30 Jordan Yost 39:20 Gage Wood 40:20 Jace LaViolette 42:45 Noteworthy Fallers --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now (hyperlink: http://rotowire.com/highstakes) Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! (hyperlink: https://www.homerunforecast.com/) 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.