RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad talk about the huge Joshua Báez debut on the field and in FAAB, discuss the playoff races, debate where Paul Skenes and Jesus Luzardo get drafted next year and break down all the non-Joshua Báez adds in FAAB as well, including active bidding on Zac Veen and Kodai Senga.   Circa  Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top fantasy baseball pickups of the week. --- 1:34 Joshua Baez 5:06 Zack Gelof 7:38 Zac Veen 10:19 Chase Meidroth 12:48 Abimelec Ortiz 15:30 Alejandro Kirk 18:39 Edward Cabrera 22:49 Brandon Pfaadt 26:18 Andrew Painter 30:17 Tyler Mahle 34:11 Kodai Senga 38:20 Circa 39:28 Cal Quantrill 42:11 Blade Tidwell 44:08 Chris Bassitt 46:48 Drew Anderson 49:26 George Klassen 53:06 Jackson Kent 54:26 Osleivis Basabe 56:34 Javier Baez 59:30 Charles McAdoo/Brett Bateman 1:02:30 Tyler O’Neill 1:05:59 Nick Sogard/Masataka Yoshida 1:08:44 Outro --- Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Intro/Tigers suddenly in the final wild-card spot in AL Steak League FAAB: Zac Veen $7 Abimelic Ortiz $5 Tyler Mahle $4 Ben Joyce $4 Kodai Senga $3 Andrew Alvarez $3 Jonny DeLuca $3 Hunter Dobbins $1 Justin Martinez $1 Joe Musgrove George Klassen Blade Tidwell Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 17, 2026) Mitch Bratt 1 Mason Barnett 0 Jack Perkins 0 Martin Perez 3 (Todd 2) Tyler Mahle 3 (Todd 4) Brandon Young 2 Shane Baz 3 Ranger Suarez 3 Shota Imanaga 4 Rhett Lowder 0 (Todd 1) Andrew Abbott 3 Foster Griffin 3 Tomoyuki Sugano 0 Luis Castillo 3 Erik Fedde 0 Framber Valdez 3 Cristian Javier 1 Michael Wacha 2 Daniel Lynch 0 George Klassen 2 Jason Junk 1 Nolan McLean 3 Will Warren 3 Cristopher Sanchez 5 Carmen Mlodzinski 1 Walker Buehler 2 Bryce Miller 2 Carson Whisenhunt 0 Andre Pallante 2 Kyle Leahy 2 Nick Martinez 4 Drew Rasmussen 5 Cal Quantrill 1 Jose Soriano 3 Jackson Kent 0 (Todd 1) 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Dave McDonald to discuss which of this year's biggest busts came into the season with clear red flags and which ones fell flat out of nowhere. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:30 Busts Overview 15:30 Aaron Judge 20:40 Ronald Acuna 22:30 Paul Skenes 29:10 Garrett Crochet 34:00 Gunnar Henderson 38:35 Kyle Tucker 40:55 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 44:50 Cal Raleigh 49:05 Edwin Diaz 50:35 Francisco Lindor 54:25 Bryan Woo 57:10 Wyatt Langford 1:01:10 Hunter Brown 1:03:55 Devin Williams 1:06:35 Cole Ragans 1:08:45 Brent Rooker 1:11:05 Freddy Peralta 1:14:00 Daniel Palencia 1:15:50 Manny Machado 1:18:35 Maikel Garcia --- Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Dominic Rello preview the 5th annual Too Early Meatball Draft (the first high-stakes draft of 2027), which will take place next week!   02:45 2026 check in 10:20 Predicting the first round 18:40 1B is DEEP 25:25 3B is shallow again 30:15 Where does Cal Raleigh rank at C? 34:00 Buy low on Kyle Tucker? 38:55 Big names who might not get drafted 48:45 Players who lost eligibility 53:00 Multi-eligible players 01:07:20 Rookies for 2027   Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Where did we find our best and worst pitching values in 2026? Was the Garrett Crochet disaster enough to dissuade us from taking an early ace? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss.  --- 00:00 Fred Pod 8-11 00:20 Jays 4-Outs Play 04:00 Fred’s Blue Jays Fan Reaction to the Deadline 07:45 News 08:00 Cam Smith Improving 11:40 Zac Veen Getting the Call 15:00 Trey Yesavage Meniscus Surgery 17:40 Devin Williams to the IL. Drop him? Kodai Senga closer? 22:00 Nathan Eovaldi to the IL. Drop him? 23:00 Jacob Lopez is becoming a thing again 26:30 Monday Starts - Andrew Painter 29:30 Adley Rutschman will make his Red Sox debut today. 32:00 Kyle Stowers to the IL 33:00 Circa 33:59 BlueWire 34:05 Pitching Pockets 35:45 Defined Tiers - Main Event ADP 37:00 Were the Aces Worth It? 39:30 Next 10 44:30 SP 21-30 - Second Most Profitable Tier 48:30 SP 31-40 - So Many Nice Values 50:50 SP 41-50 - By Far the Worst Value 55:00 General SP Strategy --- Circa  Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details.  (hyperlink: https://www.circasports.com/contests)  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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad cover the entire weekend in fantasy baseball, including the struggles of Mookie Betts, Jazz Chisholm and Gunnar Henderson, the success of Dylan Cease and Brandon Lowe and all the details of an extremely busy FAAB period highlighted by active bidding on George Lombard, Jr, Kaelen Culpepper and Jackson Jobe.  Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Marty Tallman share their top fantasy baseball pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 09:00 Dylan Crews 11:25 George Lombard Jr. 15:00 Bryce Eldridge 16:55 Kaelen Culpepper 20:15 Tyler Stephenson 26:20 Clay Holmes 28:10 Martin Perez 30:10 Jackson Jobe 35:00 Bailey Ober 40:10 Luke Weaver 44:30 Deep-league pitchers 58:40 Deep-league hitters --- Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Intro/Kalen Culpepper called up to Minnesota Steak League FAAB: George Lombard $12 Carmen Mlodzinski $10 Spencer Jones $7 Angel Genao $6 Jacob Lopez $5 Mitch Bratt $5 Cristian Javier $4 Sammy Natera $3 Hector Rodriguez $3 Andrew Painter $2 Yennier Cano $1 Other names to consider: Kaelen Culpepper, Moises Ballesteros, George Klassen Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 10, 2026) Jacob Lopez 2 Bryce Elder 3 (Todd 2) Trevor Rogers 3 Sonny Gray 5 Ranger Suarez 3 Nick Lodolo 3 (Todd 2) Tanner Bibee 3 Gabriel Hughes 1 (Todd 2) Sean Burke 4 Drew Anderson 1 Hayden Wesneski 2 (Todd 3) Noah Cameron 2 (Todd 3) Reid Detmers 3 Tarik Skubal 5 Eury Perez 5 Logan Henderson 3 Dean Kremer 1 Christian Scott 3 Ryan Weathers 4 (Todd 5) Andrew Painter 2 (Todd 1) Paul Skenes 5 Casey Mize 3 (Todd 4) Bryan Woo 5 Blade Tidwell 0 (Todd 1) Hunter Dobbins 2 Freddy Peralta 4 (Todd 3) MacKenzie Gore 2 Cody Bradford 1 Jameson Taillon 0 Dylan Cease 5 Jake Irvin 0 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Jason Collette to discuss the biggest winners of the trade deadline and figure out where to spend your money in AL- and NL-only leagues. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:45 Only-league Trade Deadline FAAB Strategy  16:45 NL to AL trades 38:50 AL to NL trades 47:00 Intra-league trades --- Circa   Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details.  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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Spencer Michaelis discuss the Brewers' trade deadline before breaking down all the remaining high-end hitting prospects in the system!   01:05 Dustin May trade 03:05 Alexander Frias 05:50 Josiah Ragsdale 09:20 Juan Martinez 11:40 Grading the Brewers’ deadline 20:40 Cooper Pratt 24:25 Jesus Made 29:05 Luis Pena/Brady Ebel 34:50 Jett Williams 36:55 Andrew Fischer 40:50 Blake Burke/Luke Adams 47:00 Josh Adamczewski 49:45 Braylon Payne 53:00 Brailyn Antunez/Handelfry Encarnacion 55:00 Dominican Summer League Brewers 01:00:00 Marco Dinges 01:01:50 Bishop Letson   Circa   Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details.  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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Approximate time stamp when each team was discussed :10 ARI :12 ATH :15 ATL :19 BAL :22 BOS :26 CHC :30 CHW :34 CIN :37 COL :39 DET :43 HOU :44 KCR :46 LAA :51 LAD :54 MIA :58 MIL 1:01 MIN 1:03 NYM 1:05 NYY 1:07 Sponsor Ads 1:10 PHI 1:13 PIT 1:17 SDP 1:20 SEA 1:23 SFG 1:26 STL 1:30 TBR 1:33 TEX 1:35 TOR 1:38 WSN   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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Paul Sporer of Fangraphs, break down the weekend in baseball, including the fantasy impact for a number of big trades that went down prior to Monday's deadline, the down seasons for Vlad Guerrero and William Contreras, the Gavin Williams breakout and all the moves in a busy week of FAAB, focusing on heavy bidding for Tigers rookie Max Clark and a few new closer options, plus much more!! Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top fantasy baseball pickups of the week. --- 2:49 Max Clark 6:58 Matt McLain 9:37 Tommy Edman 12:00 Heriberto Hernandez 16:00 Dominic Canzone 19:07 Quinn Mathews 25:02 Kyle Leahy 27:45 Mason Montgomery 30:54 Clayton Beeter 34:00 Steven Cruz 41:00 Circa 42:13 Hayden Wesneski 45:15 AJ Smith-Shawver 50:11 Carson Whisenhunt 53:56 Tomoyuki Sugano 57:00 Brandyn Garcia 1:00:35 Tyler Tolbert 1:03:25 Dane Myers 1:05:21 Pedro Ramirez 1:08:22 Hao-Yu Lee 1:10:40 Andruw Monasterio   --- Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Intro/Casey Mize, Freddy Peralta scratched tonight, calm before the trade storm Steak League FAAB: Quinn Mathews $6 Mason Montgomery $4 Steven Cruz $4 Hayden Wesneski $3 Javier Baez $3 Brandyn Garcia $2 Luis Rengifo $2 Tyler Tolbert $2 Dane Myers $2 Pedro Ramirez $1 Rhett Lowder $1 JT Realmuto $1 Carson Whisenhunt $1 Other names to consider: Erik Miller, Max Clark, George Lombard Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 3, 2026) Brandon Pfaadt 3 Eduardo Rodriguez 3 J.T. Ginn 3 (Todd 2) Chris Sale 5 Dean Kremer 1 (Todd 2) Patrick Sandoval 2 (Todd 3) Matthew Boyd 4 Javier Assad 1 Brady Singer 2 Slade Cecconi 2 Michael Lorenzen 0 Davis Martin 2 Casey Mize* 3 Peter Lambert 3 Randy Dobnak 1 Reid Detmers* 4 Ryan Gusto 1 Brandon Sproat 2 Logan Henderson 4 Joe Ryan 5 Christian Scott 3 (Todd 2) Cam Schlittler 5 Aaron Nola 1 Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 5) Bubba Chandler 1 (Todd 2) Jared Jones 4 Griffin Canning 0 (Todd 1) J.P. Sears 1 Logan Webb 5 Matthew Liberatore 2 (Todd 1) Ian Seymour 3 Shane Bieber 0 Trey Yesavage 3 Zack Littell 0 Jake Irvin 0 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Britton Allan to discuss some hitters who have gotten much better in the last two months and some hitters who have gotten much worse. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:10 Rising Hitters, Good to Great 32:15 Rising Hitters, Bad to Good 48:55 Falling Hitters, Great to Good 1:00:30 Falling Hitters, Good to Bad --- Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson, Taylor Corso and Kyle Sonntag predict who the top 10 prospects for dynasty baseball leagues will be heading into the 2028 season!   02:40 Eli Willits 06:05 Grady Emerson 08:15 Seth Hernandez 11:15 Eduardo Quintero 14:15 Juneiker Caceres 19:50 Dax Kilby 21:15 Eric Hartman 20:20 Angeibel Gomez 26:50 Luis Hernandez 29:35 Kendry Chourio 31:00 Luis Pena 33:00 Kevin Alvarez 35:00 Edward Florentino 38:15 JoJo Parker 39:20 Josuar Gonzalez 42:20 Alexander Frias 46:00 Honorable Mentions   Circa  Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Who is the only 20-20 player in baseball right now? Which undrafted pitcher is in the top-10 in wins, ERA and WHIP? Plus, is Cody Bellinger a drop now that he's out 4-to-6 weeks with a hamstring injury. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss all that and more! --- 00:00 Diamond Detective Podcast 00:15 News: 00:30 Cody Bellinger to miss 4-6 weeks. Drop?…… 07:55 Max Meyer 10:30 NL vs AL Wild Card Race 12:00 Kerry Carpenter and Spencer Steer are both on the IL and look like drops 12:30 Ronald Acuna Jr. returned 13:30 Addison Barger avoided TJ surgery and will be ready for spring training 14:15 Joc Pederson homered twice and has 17 homers since May 1 15:50 Casey Schmitt is likely going on the IL with a knee injury 18:00 Esmerlyn Valdez left after being hit by a pitch 19:00 Curtis Mead left his Boston debut with a bruised wrist, Ceddanne Rafaela hit a grand slam and the Red Sox continued to roll 20:40 Francisco Lindor had his best game of 2026 22:30 Zac Thornton with another quality start 24:00 Zack Wheeler and Max Fried had their worst games of 2026 26:00 Tatsyui Imai and Keider Montero faltered at the start of two-start weeks 28:15 Alex Bregman had a big game in an otherwise disappointing season 31:00 Circa 32:30 BlueWire 32:35 Diamond Detective 33:30 Player 1 - Pete Crow-Armstrong 36:40 Player 2 - Alec Burleson 39:05 Player 3 - Kyle Schwarber 41:50 Player 4 - Gabriel Moreno 46:00 Player 5 - Taylor Ward 50:00 Player 6 - Henry Bolte 53:30 Player 7 - George Kirby 57:50 Player 8 - Justin Wrobleski 1:00:40 Player 9 - Kevin Gausman 1:03:00 Player 10 - Cade Smith 1:05:00 Player 11 - David Bednar 1:05:30 Player 12 - Jacob Lopez; 1:07:40 Player 13 - Tomoyuki Sugano ---- Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details.  (hyperlink: https://www.circasports.com/contests)  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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss the exceptional Nationals offense led by 2 MVP candidates, possible trade deadline moves that might affect fantasy teams and the week in FAAB, highlighted by active bidding on Ronel Blanco and Christian Encarnacion-Strand, and much, much more! They also preview the upcoming week with could feature a lot of offense and talk about a ton of players, including Wyatt Langford, McKenzie Gore and Cade Smith. Circa (All episodes) Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Intro/the Red Sox won 15 straight! Steak League FAAB: Victor Mesa $4 Hunter Dobbins $2 Derek Hill $2 Michael Petersen $1 Tim Tawa $1 Tyler Mahle $1 Connor Prielipp $1 Kohl Drake $0 Dylan Beavers $0 CES $0 Other names to consider: Quinn Mathews, Jordan Montgomery,  Two-start pitchers (week of July 27, 2026) Merrill Kelly 1 (Todd 2) Brandon Pfaadt 3 Jack Perkins 0 (Todd 1) Gage Jump 2 (Todd 1) Martin Perez 1 Chris Sale 5 Kyle Bradish 5 (Todd 4) Payton Tolle 3 Jake Bennett 3 David Peterson 1 (Todd 2) Colin Rea 0 Chase Burns 5 Brady Singer 1 (Todd 2) Slade Cecconi 1 (Todd 2) Noah Schultz 0 Anthony Kay 1 (Todd 0) Keider Montero 2 Tatusya Imai 3 Seth Lugo 2 Walbert Urena 2 Justin Wrobleski 4 Tyler Phillips 1 (Todd 0) Sandy Alcantara 4 Brandon Sproat 3 Bailey Ober 1 Christian Scott 3 (Todd 2) Gerrit Cole 4 (Todd 5) Max Fried 4 (Todd 5) Zack Wheeler 5 Bubba Chandler 2 Mitch Keller 1 (Todd 2) Michael King 5 George Kirby 4 (Todd 5) Tyler Mahle 0 Landen Roupp 2 (Todd 3) Matthew Liberatore 1 Griffin Jax 4 Jordan Montgomery 0 Kumar Rocker 1 Max Scherzer 0 Andrew Alvarez 0 Cade Cavalli 4 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Rufe to discuss which closers could see their save chances dry up after the trade deadline. --- 00:00 Headlines 10:50 Buyers whose closer is safe 23:45 Buyers who could upgrade at closer 43:15 Buyers with no clear closer 50:10 Sellers with closers to sell 1:04:55 Sellers without true closers --- Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details.  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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson answers dozens of listener questions about the updated RotoWire Top 400 Prospect Rankings!   01:40 Tiers 02:30 Who could make ’27 Opening Day rosters? 04:20 Dodgers OF prospects 07:05 Mike Sirota 10:30 Josue De Paula 12:20 Kade Anderson’s ETA 13:05 Colt Emerson 14:30 Franklin Arias 16:25 Tate Southisene 20:05 Alfredo Duno 21:10 Ralphy Velazquez 22:30 Edward Florentino 24:10 Henry Bolte 24:40 Cam Cannarella 26:35 Juneiker Caceres 26:55 Angeibel Gomez 27:40 Jefferson Rojas 29:05 Andrew Fischer 31:25 Angel Genao 32:15 Luis Pena 34:30 Prospects most likely to hit 30 HR 36:15 Hayden Alvarez 36:35 Jackson Flora 37:35 Best draft fits 39:00 Braylon Doughty 40:40 Brady Ebel 41:40 Demetrio Crisantes 43:00 Enddy Azocar/Sebastian Dos Santos 44:25 Anthony Eyanson 45:10 Devin Fitz-Gerald 46:20 Ramon Marquez 48:15 Aiva Arquette 49:30 Dax Kilby/Steele Hall 51:00 Rafe Perich 54:15 Austin Overn 55:20 Brody Hopkins 56:35 Josiah Ragsdale/Ricki Moneys 58:15 DSL Standouts 01:00:40 Injured prospects 01:03:40 Wyatt Sanford 01:04:20 Justin Lebron 01:05:30 19-year-olds at the complex 01:06:30 Bishop Letson 01:08:15 Manuel Pena 01:09:30 Easton Shelton   Circa  Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details.  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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Are we worried about Jacob Misiorowski from a fantasy perspective? Could the Rays miss the playoffs? Fred Zinkie shares six bold predictions and Jeff Erickson adds one of his own. --- 00:00 Six Bold Second Half Predictions 00:30 Welcome to Fred Zinkie 01:00 News 01:15 Jacob Misiorowski threw just 4 innings last night….. 09:00 Joe Ryan and Freddy Peralta got rocked….. 14:50 Braxton Ashcraft has hit the skids….. 16:10 Trea Turner and Jazz Chisholm Jr. both turned around disappointing seasons for one night 17:15 Bobby Witt Jr. and Julio Rodriguez left their respective games early….. 20:45 Edwin Diaz should be back this weekend or early next week….. 21:30 Max Meyer and Adley Rutschman both went on the IL….. 24:45 Kyle Teel (ankle) left the game and was later seen on crutches….. 26:25 Tommy White had four hits….. 27:40 Cal Raleigh hit a grand slam….. 30:00 Ronel Blanco struck out eight in his return 31:30 Circa 33:03 BlueWire 33:10 BOLD second half predictions. 33:15 The Rays will miss the postseason. 38:30 Led by their new leadoff hitter and starting shortstop, Jacob Wilson, the Red Sox will finish first in the AL East. 44:45 Sonny Gray will be the first pitcher since Felix Hernandez to win an ERA title without being chosen for the All-Star Game. 48:15 The Marlins will finish last in the NL East. 54:45 The Guardians will finish with the best record in the AL. 59:00 The Dodgers put the final nail in the lockout coffin by trading for Tarik Skubal and winning the World Series. 1:04:15 Jeff: Contra Fred - The Dodgers not only won’t win the World Series, they won’t get there. --- Circa (All episodes)   Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details.    (hyperlink: https://www.circasports.com/contests)    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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the first weekend of the second half discussing the surging Red Sox, the slumping Cal Raleigh, the sneaky good Bryan Reynolds and all the adds and drops in FAAB, plus much, much more! Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details.    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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik is joined by Michael Govier to preview the American League trade deadline. Which bubble teams will buy at the deadline and which will become sellers? --- 00:00 Headlines 4:00 Detroit Tigers 15:55 Toronto Blue Jays 20:45 Baltimore Orioles 26:10 Houston Astros 32:55 Boston Red Sox 37:40 Minnesota Twins 41:40 Seattle Mariners 47:40 Texas Rangers 54:40 Cleveland Guardians 59:10 Chicago White Sox --- Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Intro/Back at it to begin the second half! Steak League FAAB: Tommy White $11 Lance McCullers $4 Zach Thornton $3 Jackson Jobe $2 Tyler Locklear $1 Merrill Kelly $1 Ronel Blanco $1 Other names to consider: Edwin Diaz, Mason Montgomery, Carmen Mlodzinski Two-start pitchers (week of July 20, 2026) Mitch Bratt 0 Jeffrey Springs 0 Bryce Elder 1 (Todd 0) Reynaldo Lopez 2 Shane Baz 3 Payton Tolle 4 Jameson Taillon 0 Andrew Abbott 3 Parker Messick 4 (Todd 5) Slade Cecconi 3 Kyle Freeland 0 Erick Fedde 1 (Todd 2) Jack Flaherty 3 (Todd 4) Framber Valdez 4 (Todd 3) Michael Wacha 3 Luinder Avila 0 Jose Soriano 3 Janson Junk 2 (Todd 3) Jacob Misiorowski 5 Joe Ryan 5 Freddy Peralta 4 (Todd 3) Will Warren 2 (Todd 3) Cristopher Sanchez 5 Mitch Keller 1 Randy Vasquez 1 Walker Buehler 1 Tyler Mahle 2 Matthew Liberatore 3 Kyle Leahy 2 (Todd 3) Drew Rasmussen 5 Nick Martinez 3 Nathan Eovaldi 5 Dylan Cease 5 Kevin Gausman 4 Andrew Alvarez 0 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top waiver wire targets to start the second half of the season. --- 1:26 Chase Burns extension 4:52 Lance McCullers trade 7:44 Mickey Moniak 10:55 Zack Gelof 14:14 Sam Antonacci 17:56 Jake Mangum 21:09 Tommy White 24:30 Griffin Conine 26:22 Circa 27:57 Cade Cavalli 33:00 Christian Scott 33:49 Brandon Sproat 36:15 Peter Lambert 39:05 Dustin May 41:41 Zach Thornton 44:00 Tyler Mahle 48:54 Cam Smith 53:22 Edward Cabrera 56:47 Charlie Condon 1:01:14 Joshua Baez 1:03:29 Kade Anderson 1:07:55 Quinn Mathews 1:10:31 Garrett Whitlock 1:13:29 Luke Weaver 1:16:20 Smart Money 1:17:29 Outro --- Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson is joined by Chris Welsh (@isitthewelsh), Eric Cross (@EricCrossMLB) and Lucas Morel (@theprospectprof) for a First-Year Player Mock Draft featuring just players selected in the 2026 MLB Draft!   01:50 Roch Cholowsky 04:10 Grady Emerson 08:15 Vahn Lackey 11:00 Drew Burress 13:30 Tyler Bell 14:50 Jacob Lombard 16:50 Jackson Flora 19:30 Eric Booth Jr. 20:20 Trevor Condon 21:55 Sawyer Strosnider 20:20 Derek Curiel 26:45 AJ Gracia 28:50 Zion Rose 30:10 Liam Peterson 31:50 Ace Reese 34:15 Cameron Flukey 35:30 Justin Lebron 38:20 Caden Sorrell 40:40 Chris Hacopian 42:00 Jared Grindlinger 43:20 Gio Rojas 44:40 Cole Prosek 46:50 Bo Lowrance 49:00 Landon Thome 50:20 Final Thoughts Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top fantasy baseball pickups of the week. --- 2:35 Kyle Karros 5:36 Luis Lara 10:41 Gabriel Moreno 13:00 Ryan Jeffers 18:28 Kody Clemens 21:36 A.J. Ewing 23:46 Bailey Ober 27:01 Tyler Wells 31:52 Christian Scott 34:40 Jared Jones 37:19 SeatGeek 38:09 Gridiron Trivia 39:30 Luinder Avila 43:08 Patrick Sandoval 45:21 Jordan Romano 48:11 Janson Junk 51:11 AJ Smith-Shawver 54:40 Romy Gonzalez 57:00 Tyler Tolbert 59:44 Victor Bericoto 1:01:42 Tristan Peters 1:05:08 Ryan Waldschmidt 1:07:54 Smart Money 1:09:46 Outro --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch.  Your seats are waiting. Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today!  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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. Download Gridiron Trivia today! 0:00 Intro/Taking stock of the first half Steak League FAAB: Tyler Wells $12 Bailey Ober $5 Jorge Polanco $4 Patrick Sandoval $4 Brandon Pfaadt $3 Joshua Kuroda-Grauer $3 Heriberto Hernandez $1 JP Sears $1 Seth Lugo $0 Robert Gasser $0 Jacob Webb $0 Edwin Diaz $0 Other names to consider: Tyler Tolbert, Jackson Jobe Taking stock of the first half: Top earners: Jacob Misiorowski $46.67 James Wood $39.66 Jordan Walker $36.84 Pete Crow-Armstrong $36.65 Yordan Alvarez $35.20 Cam Schlittler $33.33 CJ Abrams $32.81 Ben Rice $31.01 Otto Lopez $29.80 Mason Miller $29.05 Bobby Witt $28.47 Nick Kurtz $28.01 Top players drafted with NEGATIVE value earned: Garrett Crochet Cal Raleigh Edwin Diaz Francisco Lindor Hunter Brown Cole Ragans Daniel Palencia Big names returning tonight: Munetaka Murakami, Ryan Jeffers, Vinnie Pasquantino 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Taylor Tarter to discuss which National League bubble teams will buy at the deadline and which will sell. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:25 Nationals 27:25 Cubs 31:45 Phillies 38:55 Marlins 47:50 Cardinals 53:20 Pirates 58:00 Other teams --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today!  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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Johnny Venezia (@_JohnnyVTV) joins Jeff Erickson to preview the MLB Draft, which begins on Saturday. --- 00:00 MLB Draft Pod with Johnny Venezia 00:15 Welcome to Johnny 01:00 College Ball Emphasis 02:30 First Pick 03:00 Slot Value 05:15 Player Dives 05:25 Vahn Lackey 08:30 Roch Cholowsky 11:00 Drew Burress 14:15 Jackson Flora 17:00 Cam Flukey 19:30 Mason Edwards 20:00 Gridiron Trivia 21:00 Ace Reese 23:50 Daniel Jackson 25:30 Betting the Draft 26:50 Cade Townsend 28:30 Justin Lebron 31:00 Liam Peterson 32:56 BlueWire 33:00 SeatGeek 34:00 Tyler Bell 36:00 Derek Curiel 37:45 Caden Sorrell 40:30 Brody Bumila 41:40 Landing Spots 44:00 Revisiting Past Draftees 44:30 Eli Willits 46:24 Kade Anderson 50:55 Charlie Condon --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. (Hyperlink: https://seatgeek.com/mlb-tickets?aid=16244&pid=integration&rid=1&utm_medium=partnership&utm_source=rotowire&utm_campaign=integration) Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today!  (Hyperlink: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6744003555?pt=125927680&ct=Rotowire_Pod&mt=8)  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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline joins James Anderson for their annual MLB Draft preview!   00:20 Roch Cholowsky 02:55 Vahn Lackey 07:20 Grady Emerson 15:45 Drew Burress 20:15 Jacob Lombard vs. Eric Booth Jr. 23:15 Tyler Bell vs. Justin Lebron 28:20 SEC is the best conference 32:15 AJ Garcia 34:05 Derek Curiel 37:55 Sawyer Strosnider vs. Ace Reese 41:45 Jackson Flora 44:10 Liam Peterson 45:20 Cameron Flukey 46:20 Hunter Dietz 49:40 Tegan Kuhns 50:25 Cade Townsend 51:25 Peyton Bonds 52:55 Gio Rojas 54:15 Brody Bumila 56:45 Sleeper prep hitters   SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today!  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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Was Brice Turang the biggest All-Star snub? Using the RotoWire Earned Auction Value too, Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the biggest snubs. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 7-7-26 00:15 News: 00:30 Konnor Griffin Out 8-to-10 Weeks (finger) 03:40 Ryan Helsley seeking a second opinion 08:20 Bryron Buxton (hip) on IL 09:45 Jacob Wilson (thumb) returning 12:45 Christopher Sanchez got rocked. He goes into the ASB with 3 stinkers in his past 5 starts 16:10 Cole Carrigg had another good game and has a .978 OPS after 25 games….. 18:30 Since June 1, Kevin Gausman is 0-5 with a 6.51 ERA and 1.47 WHIP…. 22:00 Vladdy went hitless again last night. He’s the 35th 1B in the Rotowire EAV calculator. 24:40 The Walker Buehler bubble continued to burst….. 30:00 It was a bad night for closers, as Tanner Scott, Raisel Iglesias and Devin Williams all blew saves 32:00 The Nats offense continues to cook and leads MLB in runs. The big improvement is power, as they are top five in doubles, triples and homers. 34:45 Gridiron Trivia 35:40 SeatGeek 36:41 BlueWire 36:45 Main topic: All-Star Snubs 37:00 Based on 2026 fantasy value, via the Rotowire Earned Auction Value calculator, here are the 15 players who have returned at least $18 in value and were NOT selected for the MLB All-Star Game. 38:00 Brice Turang 40:30 Oneil Cruz 41:30 Bryan Reynolds 45:50 Logan Gilbert 50:55 Luis Garcia 52:00 Willson Contreras 53:00 Alec Burleson 54:15 Brandon Lowe 55:15 Michael Harris II 56:30 Dansby Swanson 59:00 Jake McCarthy 1:01:40 Jake Bauers 1:06:00 Zach Neto 1:07:30 Sonny Gray 1:09:30 Elly De La Cruz --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. (Hyperlink: https://seatgeek.com/mlb-tickets?aid=16244&pid=integration&rid=1&utm_medium=partnership&utm_source=rotowire&utm_campaign=integration) Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today!  (Hyperlink: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6744003555?pt=125927680&ct=Rotowire_Pod&mt=8)  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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a big weekend in fantasy baseball, breaking down the first halves of Jake McCarthy, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Alec Burleson (and many others), all the injury news and notes, a big upcoming week of games and another active week in FAAB, highlighted by the huge bids on Hunter Greene. SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting.   Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today!  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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeremy Schneider and Todd Zola share their top fantasy baseball pickups of the week. 0:01 Intro 0:59 Chase DeLauter 2:17 Heliot Ramos 5:11 Matt McLain 8:50 Caleb Durbin 12:00 Masyn Winn 14:43 Henry Bolte 18:50 Sean Manaea 21:23 Jake Bennett 24:12 Jack Flaherty 27:28 Brandon Young 30:57 SeatGeek 32:15 Patrick Sandoval 36:12 Hurston Waldrep 40:04 Nick Pivetta 43:28 Dean Kremer 46:03 Robert Gasser 51:27 Gridiron Trivia 52:27 Joshua Kuroda-Grauer   56:29 Anthony Seigler 57:57 Jonah Heim 58:59 Randal Grichuk 1:01:49 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 1:04:04 Outro SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today! 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 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. Download Gridiron Trivia today! 0:00 Intro/Esmerlyn Valdez is on a heater! Steak League FAAB: Yohendrick Pinango $4 Javier Sanoja $4 Mason Barnett $4 Jimmy Herget $2 Jacob Gonzalez $1 Randal Grichuk $1 (dropping Kaelen Culpepper) 11:15 Mason Montgomery $1 Kyle Teel $1 David Peterson $1 Alejandro Osuna $0 Dylan Beavers $0 Garrett Whitlock $0 14:30 Two-start pitchers (week of July 6, 2026): Brandon Pfaadt 2 Zac Gallen 1 (Todd 2) Jeffrey Springs 1 Reynaldo Lopez 3 Bryce Elder 1 (Todd 0) Shane Baz 4 (Todd 3) Peyton Tolle 4 Matthew Boyd 4 (Todd 3) Andrew Abbott 3 Joey Cantillo 3 Kyle Freeland 0 Michael Lorenzen 0 27:40 Noah Schultz 2 Tarik Skubal 5 Michael Burrows 1 Noah Cameron 1 Seth Lugo 2 (Todd 1) Jose Soriano 4 Max Meyer 4 (Todd 5) Jacob Misiorowski 5 Taj Bradley 3 (Todd 4) Freddy Peralta 4 (Todd 3) Kodai Senga 0 Will Warren 3 Elmer Rodriguez 1 Cristopher Sanchez 5 Zack Wheeler 5 Paul Skenes 5 Walker Buehler 1 Randy Vasquez 2 Landen Roupp 1 (Todd 2) Trevor McDonald 2 (Todd 1) Michael McGreevy 2 Dustin May 1 (Todd 2) Shane McClanahan 4 Ian Seymour 3 (Todd 4) Jacob deGrom 5 1:00:45 Kevin Gausman 5 Cade Cavalli 4 Recap: 1:02:35 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Sara Sanchez to discuss how to win with a team that waited on starting pitching — something Sara is having plenty of success with this season. --- 00:00 Intro and headlines 13:30 When and why to wait on pitching 28:15 Potential aces if you wait on pitching 51:15 How many mid-round aces are there? 55:15 In-season management 1:00:10 Would you recommend this build? --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today! 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.  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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Matt Eddy of Baseball America draft the top 30 catchers to roster in dynasty leagues!   03:55 Catcher Trends 06:40 Drake Baldwin 08:15 Samuel Basallo 09:50 Shea Langeliers 10:35 William Contreras 11:50 Cal Raleigh 15:30 Rainiel Rodriguez 17:40 Dillon Dingler 19:05 Hunter Goodman 20:20 Carter Jensen 21:30 Ivan Herrera 22:55 Adley Rutschman 23:50 Joe Mack 25:15 Kyle Teel 26:30 Liam Hicks 27:30 Will Smith 28:30 Gabriel Moreno 29:40 Francisco Alvarez 30:55 Ethan Salas 32:30 Alejandro Kirk 33:15 Vahn Lackey 35:25 Dalton Rushing 36:35 Alfredo Duno 37:40 Franklin Primera 38:40 Nathan Flewelling 40:05 Austin Wells 40:55 Ryan Jeffers 41:50 Keibert Ruiz 42:55 Endy Rodriguez 43:55 Caden Bodine 44:35 Yainer Diaz 45:40 Final Thoughts   SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting.   Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today!  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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Luis Garcia entered Tuesday's play leading the majors in RBI and second in homers for the month of June. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss Garcia, the Nats and 10 other very interesting June stats. --- 00:00 RotoWire MLB Pod 6-30-26 00:15 News: 01:00 Tyler Soderstrom and Jacob Wilson won’t be too athletic in the near future, as both require IL stints….. 03:00 Byron Buxton still out 09:15 Addison Barger has been shut down for a couple weeks and can be dropped….. 10:05 Jazz Chisholm Jr. is in concussion protocol following a collision last night…. 10:50 Casey Mize stayed hot with 10 K’s….. 13:30 Jeremy Pena is going on the IL…. 15:00 Esmerlyn Valdez homered for the fourth straight game…. 18:50 Emilio Pagan will return to his closer’s role today….. 19:30 Aaron Ashby earned his MLB-leading 11th win….. 22:05 Eric Lauer fared well again, but his underlying numbers in LAD stink…. 23:45 Vlad Guerrero Jr. (back tightness) scratched 27:35 Brandon Marsh continued his career year by homering twice….. 28:50 Garrett Whitlock picked up a save, which may be meaningful in a few weeks….. 30:30 Yandy Diaz back in 32:30 SeatGeek 33:45 Main topic: Interesting June stats. 35:30 Luis Garcia is 2nd in HR (11) and 1st in RBI (25) 39:00 Two catchers (Hunter Goodman, Dillon Dingler) are tied with Garcia in RBI. 41:05 Pete Crow-Armstrong is the No. 1 fantasy asset during June. 43:40 Kyle Schwarber has hit .300 in June, but with a .427 BABIP. 44:15 Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit .177 with 6 HR and 10 SB in June. What a weird player. 45:40 Gridiron Trivia 46:40 BlueWire 47:00 Jarren Duran has the lowest June wRC+….2! 49:30 Ezequiel Tovar has the 2nd lowest June wRC+ (16) and should be cut everywhere. 50:30 The list of 11 qualified pitchers with a June ERA under 2.00 includes some obvious ones (Logan Webb, Drew Rasmussen, Jacob Misiorowski) in the top 3, as well as some surprising names such as Foster Griffin, Robbie Ray, Walker Buehler and Slade Cecconi. 52:45 Everyone picks on Zac Gallen, who has the worst June ERA. Other players near the bottom include Bryce Elder, Kevin Gausman, Aaron Nola and Gerrit Cole. 57:45 Jacob Latz leads the majors with 10 June saves. Jhoan Duran and Louis Varland are tied for second. --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. (Hyperlink: https://seatgeek.com/mlb-tickets?aid=16244&pid=integration&rid=1&utm_medium=partnership&utm_source=rotowire&utm_campaign=integration) Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today!  (Hyperlink: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6744003555?pt=125927680&ct=Rotowire_Pod&mt=8)  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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad recap the the weekend in fantasy baseball, discussing injuries, Junior Caminero's huge week, the struggles of George Springer and Freddy Peralta and all the action in FAAB,. In addition, they break down the huge seasons at catcher from Hunter Goodman and Dillon Dingler and the wild Red Sox / Yankees sweep, plus much, much more.   SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today!   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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top fantasy baseball pickups of the week. --- 0:24 Intro 2:01 Francisco Alvarez 4:21 Kyle Teel 6:08 Dylan Crews 9:03 Matt Shaw 11:48 Josh Bell 15:53 Nasim Nunez 18:15 Sean Burke 20:25 Ian Seymour 22:55 Joey Cantillo 26:02 Shane Bieber 28:39 SeatGeek 29:30 Gridiron Trivia 32:02 Brandon Sproat 35:52 David Peterson 38:46 Brandon Pfaadt 41:46 Reynaldo Lopez 46:29 Jose Cabrera 51:06 Cooper Ingle 55:05 Ryan Kreidler 57:50 Kahlil Watson 1:00:25 Griffin Conine 1:03:06 Nick Loftin 1:05:12 Smart Money 1:06:17 Outro --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today! 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. Download Gridiron Trivia today! 0:00 Intro/Cooper Ingle is getting the call to Cleveland Steak League FAAB: Ryan Kreidler $4 Keider Montero $4 4:30 Brady Singer $4 Wade Meckler $3 Cristian Javier $3 Jose Fermin $3 Reynaldo Lopez $2 8:00 Jose Cabrera $2 Cedric Mullins $1 Alex Call $1 Michael Burrows $0 Tyler Mahle $0 Other names to consider: Cooper Ingle, Kyle Teel 18:10 Two-start pitchers (week of June 29, 2026): Eduardo Rodriguez 4 (Erik 3) Gage Jump 4 (Erik 3) Grant Holmes 3 Ranger Suarez 4 (Erik 5) Shota Imanaga 3 Nick Lodolo 3 Parker Messick 3 (Erik 5) Tanner Bibee 2 (Erik 3) Kyle Freeland 0 Sean Burke 2 (Erik 3) Erick Fedde 1 Eric Lauer 3 Sandy Alcantara 3 Eury Perez 2 Brandon Sproat 1 (Erik 2) Shane Drohan 2 Zebby Matthews 2 (Erik 1) 44:00 Nolan McLean 4 Ryan Weathers 3 (Erik 4) Aaron Nola 2 Braxton Ashcraft 4 Bubba Chandler 3 (Erik 2) Griffin Canning 0 German Marquez 0 Bryan Woo 4 Tyler Mahle 0 Kyle Leahy 1 Griffin Jax 3 Jacob deGrom 4 (Erik 5) Trey Yesavage 4 (Erik 3) Miles Mikolas 0 Recap: 58:30 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Jason Collette to check in on how some of Jason's offseason bold predictions are doing at the halfway point of the 2026 MLB season. --- 00:00 Rays near no-hitter 4:05 Headlines 11:50 Bold Predictions 14:15 Parker Messick 17:15 Justin Wrobleski 20:25 Sal Stewart 23:05 Jac Caglianone 26:20 Colson Montgomery 29:25 Alex Bregman 31:15 SeatGeek and Gridiron Trivia 33:05 Nasim Nunez 36:35 Jose Caballero 39:15 Brice Turang 43:20 Nolan McLean 46:05 Connelly Early 48:20 Grant Taylor 51:15 Travis Bazzana 54:40 Jurickson Profar 55:35 Justin Crawford  58:20 Zack Wheeler 1:01:40 Reid Detmers 1:06:20 Jack Leiter 1:09:40 Cam Smith 1:10:25 Dominic Canzone --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today!   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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and JT (@Dukeswasmyguy) talk about some of the most underrated fantasy prospects in the minor leagues and also touch on a few overrated prospects!   01:55 Ralphy Velazquez 07:15 Enddy Azocar 11:45 Sell or hold Franklin Arias? 13:05 Dylan Jordan 17:15 Bryan Rincon 20:55 Yeremy Cabrera 25:35 Colton Shaw 28:25 Manuel Genao 31:25 Brad Pacheco 34:30 Jurrangelo Cijntje 38:40 Bryce Rainer 43:15 Blake Mitchell   SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Did you draft Fernando Tatis or Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the first round? Or did you wait and draft Sal Stewart instead? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson break down the biggest surprises and disappointments at each position. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 06-23-26 00:15 News 00:30 Happy Fun Ball? MLB teams produced a total of 63 runs in 12 games… 05:30 Bobby Witt Jr. is trying to avoid the IL…… (Maikel García on IL) 12:30 Jeremy Pena hamstring injury 13:10 Elly De La Cruz will return today, while Eury Perez and Francisco Lindor could return tomorrow….. 14:00 Mickey Moniak, Brandon Woodruff and Kyle Teel were activated yesterday….. 16:30 Garrett Crochet still isn’t throwing…. 18:10 Kyle Tucker left the game with back spasms….. 26:45 Jack Leiter 27:00 Dominic Canzone 30:00 SeatGeek 30:52 BlueWire 30:55 Main topic: Surprises, Disappointments, One-Word Descriptions. 31:25 Catcher - Exciting! 32:45 -Liam Hicks - Surprising 33:00 -Cal Raleigh - Disappointing 34:20 -Salvador Perez - Over-rostered 34:50 -Dillon Dingler - Under-rostered 36:10 First Base - Endless 37:00 -Miguel Vargas - Surprising 37:55 -Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - Disappointing 38:35 -Rafael Devers - Over-rostered 39:20 -Ryan O’Hearn - Under-rostered 41:10 Second Base - Uninspiring 41:40 -Otto Lopez - Surprising 43:15 -Fernando Tatis Jr. - Disappointing 44:00 -Nico Hoerner - Over-rostered 45:40 -Zack Gelof - Under-rostered 46:30 Third Base - Respectable 48:00 -Casey Schmitt - Surprising 48:30 -Manny Machado - Disappointed 51:45 -Alex Bregman - Over-Rostered 53:30 -Curtis Mead - Under-Rostered 55:00 Shortstop - Disappointing 56:00 -Colson Montgomery - Surprising 57:00 -Mookie Betts - Disappointing 58:00 -Corey Seager - Over-Rostered (Yahoo Leagues) 59:30 -Nasim Nunez - Under-Rostered 1:01:00 Outfield - Concerning 1:04:10 -Jordan Walker - Surprising 1:05:45 -Ronald Acuna - Disappointing 1:06:55 -Maikel García - Over-Rostered 1:08:00 -Brandon Marsh - Under-Rostered --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. (Hyperlink: https://seatgeek.com/mlb-tickets?aid=16244&pid=integration&rid=1&utm_medium=partnership&utm_source=rotowire&utm_campaign=integration) 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Jason Collette recap the week in FAAB, including the Cooper Pratt, Shane Bieber and Eury Perez bids. --- 00:00 RotoWire 6-21-26 MLB Podcast 00:15 Welcome to Jason Collette 00:30 Royals Woes 02:30 -Bobby Witt Jr. Grade 1 MCL Sprain 05:15 -Jac Caglianone bright spot 06:30 -Starting Pitching Injuries, Poor Performance 08:00 -Possible Trades? 09:00 -Bad Time for Kaufman Stadium heating up? 11:30 Many Happy Returns? 11:40 -Elly De La Cruz on Tuesday 12:40 -Brandon Woodruff coming off IL Monday 13:15 -Shane Bieber also returning 15:15 -Konnor Griffin beginning rehab assignment 16:50 Chase Burns Improves to 9-1 17:00 -ERA down to 2.00, 102 K’s in 85.2 IP 18:20 -Won despite allowing six stolen bases 20:00 Injury News & Notes 20:10 Daniel Palencia out - is there a Cubs RP you trust? 22:50 Jared Jones hit by line drive, images negative 23:45 Liam Hicks (lower-back strain) to the IL 25:15 Diamondbacks’ Injuries - Soroka, Nelson, Lawlar 28:50 Do we need to vet Kyle Tucker again? 31:00 SeatGeek 32:40 Schedule Notes 33:00 -14 Teams with 7 games 34:30 -Todd Zola’s Hitter Rankings Article 40:25 FAAB Hitters 40:30 Cooper Pratt 42:20 Joe Mack / Nick Fortes / Austin Wells 45:15 Blaze Alexander 46:20 Lane Thomas, Tommy Edman, Denzer Guzman, Esteury Ruiz, Jonny DeLuca 47:15 Andrew Benintendi 47:50 Matt Shaw 49:55 BlueWire 50:00 FAAB SP 50:30 Anthony Kay 51:35 Brady Singer, Andre Pallante 52:15 Robert Gasser 52:55 Gage Jump 54:10 Eury Perez 56:00 Sean Manaea 56:25 FAAB RP 56:30 Tony Santillan 57:20 Elvis Alvarado 57:40 Kevin Kelly 59:10 Jaden Hill 1:02:45 Bonus Topic - Carolina Hurricanes Parade!!! --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. (Hyperlink: https://seatgeek.com/mlb-tickets?aid=16244&pid=integration&rid=1&utm_medium=partnership&utm_source=rotowire&utm_campaign=integration) 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top fantasy baseball pickups of the week. --- 0:34 Intro 2:29 Paul Goldschmidt 4:24 Cooper Pratt 7:06 Jasson Dominguez 9:23 Tommy Edman 12:15 Carter Jensen 17:04 Blaze Jordan 19:53 Peter Lambert 22:26 Mick Abel 25:02 Yoendrys Gomez 28:56 Griffin Jax 32:03 SeatGeek 33:18 Ian Seymour 36:19 Javier Assad 38:32 Jacob Webb 41:25 JR Ritchie 45:19 Kyle Leahy 48:13 Samad Taylor 50:43 Heriberto Hernandez 53:11 Jonny DeLuca 55:20 Endy Rodriguez 59:13 Victor Robles 1:01:00 SmartMoney 1:02:07 Outro --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch.  Your seats are waiting. 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. 0:00 Intro/Joshua Baez turned in a four-homer game, up to 24 homers and 12 steals in 64 games with Triple-A Memphis this season Steak League FAAB: Blaze Jordan $8 Javier Assad $4 Cooper Pratt $4 Joshua Baez $4 Samad Taylor $4 Elvis Alvarado $3 Josh Bell $3 Jonny DeLuca $2 9:50 Ian Seymour $2 Robert Gasser $2 12:55 Other names to consider: Jacob Webb, Tony Santillan, Edwin Diaz, Gabriel Rincones, Leo De Vries 20:20 Two-start pitchers (week of June 22, 2026): Merrill Kelly 1 (Todd 2) Eduardo Rodriguez 3 Aaron Civale 1 (Todd 0) Grant Holmes 3 25:30 Kyle Bradish 4 Jake Bennett 1 (Todd 0) Sonny Gray 4 Edward Cabrera 2 Brady Singer 1 (Todd 2) Gavin Williams 4 Ryan Feltner 0 Anthony Kay 3 (Todd 2) Framber Valdez 4 (Todd 3) Casey Mize 3 Hunter Brown 5 Michael Wacha 3 (Todd 2) Luinder Avila 0 Sam Aldegheri 1 (Todd 0) Tyler Phillips 0 43:20 Brandon Woodruff 4 (Todd 3) Zebby Matthews 2 Kodai Senga 0 Nolan McLean 4 Carlos Rodon 4 Ryan Weathers 2 (Todd 3) Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 5) Alan Rangel 0 Mitch Keller 2 51:40 Michael King 3 George Kirby 4 Adrian Houser 0 Andre Pallante 2 Kyle Leahy 1 Drew Rasmussen 5 Shane McClanahan 5 (Todd 4) Kumar Rocker 1 (Todd 0) Jack Leiter 2 Shane Bieber 1 Trey Yesavage 3 Foster Griffin 2 (Todd 3) Zack Littell 0 1:01:00 Recap 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Jenny Butler to discuss a handful of risky early-round picks, some of which have paid off and some of which have been busts. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:35 Young, unproven hitters 26:35 Injury risks 44:05 First-round starting pitchers 48:55 Early closers 53:35 Age risk --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. 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.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.