RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Erik Halterman is joined by Marty Tallman to discuss some of this year's most disappointing teams. Are they filled with buy-low targets, or are they filled with players who just aren't as good as we thought they were? --- 00:00 Headlines 12:25 Tigers 26:30 Mets 36:45 Phillies 45:00 Mariners 50:15 Blue Jays 57:20 Red Sox 1:01:25 Astros 1:05:50 Orioles 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 Jordan Rosenblum discuss tactics for making trades in dynasty leagues and also talk about top players to sell high on and top injured players to stash in dynasty baseball leagues!   09:00 Dynasty strategy 15:05 Proposing a dynasty trade 20:15 Evaluating past trades 33:45 Munetaka Murakami, Mickey Moniak 38:50 Jacob Misiorowski 42:35 Cam Schlittler 44:30 Chase Burns 47:40 Mike Trout, Yordan Alvarez 52:15 Dynasty prospect stashes 57:00 Injury stashes 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.

Luis Robert has been both terrible and injured to begin the season for the Mets, and now they are calling up a top prospect in A.J. Ewing to fill in for him. Should be dropping Robert in all of our leagues? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss a list of problem hitters and what to do about them. --- 00:00 Hitters to Cut Podcast 00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie 00:30 News 02:40 Mookie Betts is back….. 03:50 Christian Yelich activated 05:45 Jacob Wilson out long-term? 09:00 Addison Barger returned to the IL after just one game…. 10:30 Jose Caballero will undergo an MRI on his finger while Anthony Volpe waits in Triple-A…. 12:00 Nathan Eovaldi was scratched….. 14:00 Bryce Eldridge not playing. 16:00 Rafael Devers is turning things around and Willy Adames finally had a decent game. Harrison Bader returned and may have been forgotten in some leagues….. 19:30 Ryan Helsley is aiming to return in late May….. 21:10 Mets call up speedy center fielder A.J. Ewing…. 23:30 Sean Murphy out again 25:30 RotoWire Smart Money: Colorado ML 27:30 Main topic: Hitters to consider dropping 27:45 Reminder of the rating system. 28:00 1. “I wouldn’t cut the player in XX size of league.” 28:15 2. “I would cut the player if there was someone I liked on waivers and this player was the necessary cut.” 28:30 3. “I would actively look to get them off my roster, for basically anyone.” 29:00 The Players 29:30 Michael Busch 32:45 Jose Altuve 35:45 Trevor Story 38:15 Luis Robert 39:40 Jac Caglianone 41:00 Ezequiel Tovar 44:00 Agustin Ramirez 47:50 Matt McLain 50:45 Luis Garcia 54:00 Adolis Garcia, Alec Bohm 56:30 Royce Lewis 58:00 Matt Chapman 1:01:30 Jordan Westburg, Caleb Durbin 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 cover the weekend in baseball, discussing, among other things, CJ Abrams, Davis Martin, the Rays, injuries and a big weekend of FAAB highlighted by Spencer Jones, Ryan Waldschmidt and Bryce Eldridge. 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 pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:45 Robby Snelling 18:03 Ben Brown 22:18 Bryce Miller 26:54 Gregory Soto 30:02 Tony Santillan 33:33 Bryce Eldridge 36:52 Ryan Waldschmidt 38:49 Spencer Jones 42:38 Carlos Cortes 47:29 Joe Mack 49:45 Griffin Canning 51:11 Walbert Urena 53:51 Brock Stewart 55:30 Ryan Zeferjahn 57:42 Cole Sulser 1:00:30 Zack Gelof 1:02:49 Ezequiel Duran 1:04:19 JJ Bleday 1:07:13 Masataka Yoshida 1:10:31 Jesus Rodriguez 1:13:42 Smart Money 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.

0:00 Intro/the Cincinnati Reds have now lost seven straight games… Steak League FAAB: 9:40 Rico Garcia $16 Griffin Canning $12 12:30 Spencer Jones $12 Griffin Jax $5 Gus Varland $5 Roki Sasaki $4 Ryan Zeferjahn $3 Jake McCarthy $3 Leody Taveras $2 17:40 Kade Anderson $1 Other names to consider: Joe Mack, Graham Ashcraft, Ben Brown  25:15 Two-start pitchers: Michael Soroka 2 (Todd 3) Jeffrey Springs 3 JR Ritchie 2 Trevor Rogers 2 Sonny Gray 3 Colin Rea 2 Brady Singer 1 (Todd 2) Joey Cantillo 3 Michael Lorenzen 0 Erick Fedde 0 35:00 Jack Flaherty 3 Tatsuya Imai 1 (Todd 2) Cole Ragans 4 Caden Dana 0 Yoshinobu Yamamoto 5 40:30 Eury Perez 3 Brandon Sproat 1 (Todd 2) Bailey Ober 1 Freddy Peralta 5 Ryan Weathers 3 (Todd 4) Zack Wheeler 5 Paul Skenes 5 Michael King 4 (Todd 5) George Kirby 4 53:00 Logan Webb 3 Adrian Houser 0 Andre Pallante 0 Shane McClanahan 4 Nathan Eovaldi 5 Kevin Gausman 5 Miles Mikolas 0 57:40 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 Chris Towers of CBS Sports to check in on how this year's top sleepers and most-hyped players are doing after six weeks of play. --- 00:00 Pitcher injury news 7:20 Robby Snelling set for call-up 12:55 More headlines 18:30 Nolan McLean, Cam Schlittler, Jacob Misiorowski 22:10 Emmett Sheehan 26:25 Chase Burns 28:40 Bubba Chandler 33:25 Samuel Basallo 35:40 Carter Jensen 39:00 Konnor Griffin 43:00 Sal Stewart 47:25 Jac Caglianone 50:35 Kazuma Okamoto 54:45 JJ Wetherholt and Kevin McGonigle 58:40 Ryan Weathers 1:01:45 Braxton Ashcraft 1:02:55 Mike Burrows 1:05:10 Kyle Harrison and Brandon Sproat 1:08:30 Justin Crawford 1:11:30 Chase DeLauter 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.

With over a dozen high-profile prospect graduations, James Anderson and Aram Leighton discuss what the new top 10 prospects will look like when prospect rankings get updated later this month!   01:30 Jesus Made vs. Leo De Vries 15:10 Colt Emerson, Walker Jenkins 19:20 Rainiel Rodriguez, Edward Florentino, Josue De Paula 27:50 Mike Sirota, Eduardo Quintero 31:40 Luis Pena vs. Eli Willits 37:10 Caleb Bonemer 43:10 Seth Hernandez, Kade Anderson 47:15 Up-Arrow Prospects 53:45 Bryce Rainer   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.

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss tough hold-vs-cut-vs-trade decisions with early struggling pitchers. --- 00:00 RW Pod 5-5-26 00:15 News: 00:30 Tarik Skubal is out for a few months. That’s two of the Big-3 starters on the IL….. 10:00 Joe Ryan doesn’t need to go on the IL. 11:00 Roman Anthony left with a wrist injury….. 14:20 Jhoan Duran and Raisel Iglesias return today. Closer normalcy!…… 15:40 Emilio Pagan blows the save 17:40 Caleb Killian save 25:30 Jackson Chourio is back and got four hits….. 29:17 BlueWire 29:22 Main topic: Pitchers to consider dropping 29:45 For every pick up there’s a drop 32:00 Three different tiers for each of them. 32:15 “I wouldn’t cut the player in XX size of league.” 32:30 2. “I would cut the player if there was someone I liked on waivers and this player was the necessary cut.” 32:45 3. “I would actively look to get them off my roster, for basically anyone.” 35:00 Pitchers 35:10 Jack Flaherty 39:30 Luis Castillo 44:30 Trevor Megill 46:30 Aaron Nola 48:00 Ryan Walker 49:00 Zac Gallen 51:10 Andrew Abbott 52:45 Ryne Nelson, Merrill Kelly, Eduardo Rodriguez, Mike Soroka 56:00 Jack Leiter 57:20 Roki Sasaki 58:15 Andrew Painter 1:01:45 Chad Patrick 1:02:10 Noah Cameron 1:02:30 Rhett Lowder 1:03:20 Brady Singer 1:06:30 Brandon Sproat 1:07:10 Dustin May 1:08:30 Chris Bassitt 1:09:00 RotoWire Smart Money 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 talk some strong first months from Matt Olson, Mike Trout and a whole bunch of catchers, break down a slew of weekend injuries and discuss all the adds and drops in FAAB, including active bidding for Christian Scott and Travis Bazzana. 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 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 Steak League FAAB: 6:55 Travis Bazzana $25 Jacob Latz $21 Matthew Liberatore $13 11:10 Jack Perkins $11 Tyler Phillips $9 Elmer Rodriguez $8 Victor Vodnik $8 14:40 Jared Jones $6 Christian Scott $4 Kyle Finnegan $3 19:00 Other names to consider: Carlos Cortes, Lucas Giolito, Kade Anderson, Ben Joyce 21:40 Two-start pitchers: Eduardo Rodriguez 3 Luis Severino 1 (Todd 2) JR Ritchie 2 Shane Baz 3 Chris Bassitt 1 (Todd 2) Brayan Bello 0 Edward Cabrera 3 (Todd 4) Jameson Taillon 2 Andrew Abbott 2 Tanner Bibee 3 Gavin Williams 4 (Todd 5) Tomoyuki Sugano 1 Davis Martin 3 Tarik Skubal 5 Michael Wacha 3 Noah Cameron 2 Jose Soriano 4 (Todd 5) 48:00 Janson Junk 2 Sandy Alcantara 4 Brandon Sproat 1 (Todd 0) Taj Bradley 4 David Peterson 0 Cam Schlittler 5 Elmer Rodriguez 1 54:30 Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 5) Cristopher Sanchez 5 Bubba Chandler 3 (Todd 2) Walker Buehler 0 Logan Gilbert 5 Kyle Leahy 0 Andre Pallante 0 Nick Martinez 2 (Todd 3) Drew Rasmussen 4 Jacob deGrom 5 Cade Cavalli 3 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 Steak League FAAB: Chase Dollander $22 Tanner Scott $21 Kumar Rocker $13 Alex Vesia $9 Brad Keller $8 9:22 JR Ritchie $7 Andrew Benintendi $4 Caleb Kilian $4 Connor Prielipp $4 Daniel Schneeman $4 Tony Santillan $2 Dalton Rushing $2 Max Clark $0 Other names to consider: Payton Tolle, Louie Varland, Christian Scott 20:30 Two-start pitchers: Merrill Kelly 1 (Todd 0) Jacob Lopez 1 (Todd 2) Reynaldo Lopez 2 Shane Baz 1 27:10 Ranger Suarez 2 Matthew Boyd 4 29:30 Chase Burns 5 Parker Messick 4 Tomoyuki Sugano 0 Anthony Kay 0 Casey Mize 3 Peter Lambert 2 Kris Bubic 2 (Todd 3) Jack Kochanowicz 0 (Todd 1) Chris Paddack 0 Chad Patrick 3 Connor Prielipp 2 Joe Ryan 5 David Peterson 0 (Todd 1) Max Fried 5 47:20 Jesus Luzardo 3 (Todd 4) Braxton Ashcraft 3 (Todd 4) Bubba Chandler 2 Randy Vasquez 4 Luis Castillo 2 (Todd 3) Tyler Mahle 1 (Todd 0) Dustin May 1 Steven Matz 3 (Todd 2) Jack Leiter 2 (Todd 1) Eric Lauer 0 (Todd 1) Zack Littell 0 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! Steak League FAAB: 5:50 Noah Schultz $17 Sam Antonacci $16 Charlie Condon $9 Jeremiah Jackson $8 Enyel De Los Santos $4 Gary Sanchez $3 Colin Rea $2 Louie Varland $1 Keider Montero $0 20:15 Other names to consider: Spencer Arrighetti, Erik Miller, Didier Fuentes More roster trends from CBS 25:00 Two-start pitchers: J.T. Ginn 1 (Todd 2) Reynaldo Lopez 3 Bryce Elder 3 30:45 Kyle Bradish 4 Sonny Gray 4 Connelly Early 3 Colin Rea 2 Matthew Boyd 2 37:00 Rhett Lowder 3 Slade Cecconi 2 Jose Quintana 0 Chase Dollander 1 (Todd 2) Sean Burke 2 Jack Flaherty 4 Colton Gordon 0 Seth Lugo 3 (Todd 4) Jack Kochanowicz 0 Justin Wrobleski 1 (Todd 0) Max Meyer 1 (Todd 2) Kyle Harrison 3 (Todd 2) Mick Abel 3 54:45 Nolan McLean 5 Luis Gil 1 Aaron Nola 3 Carmen Mlodzinski 3 Emerson Hancock 4 Tyler Mahle 0 Michael McGreevy 3 Jesse Scholtens 2 Kumar Rocker 1 Dylan Cease 5 Jake Irvin 0 Foster Griffin 1 (Todd 2) 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! Steak League FAAB: 4:25 Jake Junis $11 Masyn Winn $9 Bryan Baker $8 Janson Junk $7 7:45 Sean Burke $7 Brandon Lockridge $4 David Hamilton $3 Kevin Kelly $2 Brandon Williamson $1 James Tibbs $1 Ryan Jeffers $0 14:25 Other roster trends from CBS 18:00 Two-start pitchers: Ryne Nelson 1 Luis Severino 1 Jeffrey Springs 3 Grant Holmes 3 Reynaldo Lopez 3 Trevor Rogers 4 (Todd 5) Kyle Bradish 4 Garrett Crochet 5 Gavin Williams 3 Joey Cantillo 2 (Todd 3) Michael Lorenzen 0 Sean Burke 2 Framber Valdez 5 35:00 Mike Burrows 4 Cole Ragans 5 Yusei Kikuchi 1 (Todd 0) Reid Detmers 2 Eury Perez 4 Brandon Sproat 0 Bailey Ober 1 44:30 David Peterson 0 (Todd 1) Will Warren 3 Ryan Weathers 3 Cristopher Sanchez 5 Paul Skenes 5 Mitch Keller 3 (Todd 4) Michael King 4 George Kirby 5 Bryan Woo 5 Robbie Ray 3 Matthew Liberatore 3 Shane McClanahan 3 Nathan Eovaldi 4 MacKenzie Gore 4 Kevin Gausman 5 Cade Cavalli 3 Miles Mikolas 0 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.

Erik Halterman is joined by Grey Albright of Razzball to discuss some surprisingly hot starts. Should you sell high or hold? --- 00:00 Headlines 14:30 Drake Baldwin 19:15 CJ Abrams 21:45 Jordan Walker 26:10 Andy Pages 28:45 Christian Yelich 31:05 Oneil Cruz 35:35 Yordan Alvarez 38:10 Ben Rice 40:45 Chase DeLauter 43:45 Liam Hicks 46:05 Garrett Mitchell 47:30 Cam Smith 49:50 Sandy Alcantara 53:15 Jose Soriano 55:55 Cam Schlittler 59:25 Taj Bradley 1:01:30 MacKenzie Gore 1:03:45 Emerson Hancock and Bryce Elder 1:07:00 Gavin Williams and Edward Cabrera --- 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 Sam Dykstra discuss all the most notable minor-league assignments and which players are set up to climb prospect rankings this season!   01:20 Ryan Sloan and Kade Anderson 06:25 Jamie Arnold/Liam Doyle/Tyler Bremner 10:55 Devin Fitz-Gerald 15:05 Jesus Made, Blake Burke 17:55 Prospects skipping complex ball 23:35 Luis Hernandez 26:05 Cardinals catchers 28:55 Leo De Vries, Ralphy Velazquez 31:45 Steele Hall 35:00 Greenville’s loaded rotation 38:10 Johnny King, Arjun Nimmala 42:00 Soft Dodgers assignments 43:55 Binghamton’s loaded roster   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.

Nick Kurtz entered Tuesday night's play with zero homers, 14 strikeouts and a .148 batting average. Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss Kurtz and other early season slumping hitters and their respective worry levels. --- 00:00 10 Players We Regret 00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie 01:45 News: 02:00 Hunter Brown not throwing 05:30 Use Shohei as a SP? 09:20 Cade Horton’s first MRI didn’t look good….. 11:00 Juan Soto will miss 2-3 weeks….. 13:00 Jacob deGrom left after five innings with knee discomfort….. 14:40 Matthew Boyd landed on the IL…… 21:00 Bryan Baker, Lucas Erceg, Jordan Romano and Jakob Junis were among those who got saves last night….. 24:15 Jose Soriano looks great 26:00 Smart Money Demo - Ozzie Albies Walk 27:45 Jansen Junk 33:30 Sling 34:30 Who are we worried about? 36:00 The following players required a significant draft investment and have an OPS below .500. Who are we worried about? 36:45 At your request, we can talk about Nick Kurtz too. 40:30 Pete Crow-Armstrong 44:00 Julio Rodriguez 48:00 Ronald Acuna 48:15 Josh Naylor 49:15 Byron Buxton 50:15 Trevor Story 52:20 Wyatt Langford 55:00 Austin Riley 57:30 Bo Bichette 59:06 BlueWire 59:10 The following players were later picks and have an OPS below .500. Who are we ready to drop? 59:45 Marcell Ozuna 1:02:00 Cedric Mullins 1:03:00 Jose Caballero 1:04:30 Carson Benge 1:06:00 Caleb Durbin --- 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 Justin Mason discuss Konnor Griffin's debut, injuries to Hunter Brown and Mookie Betts, and the top pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Easter Sunday Podcast 00:15 Welcome to Justin Mason 02:45 Mason’s Musings 03:40 Top News 03:50 Konnor Griffin Debuts 08:15 Red Sox / Giants Struggling 15:00 Injuries 15:10 Hunter Brown 18:10 Mookie Betts 19:55 Juan Soto 21:00 Jordan Lawlar & Cade Horton 23:00 Alejandro Kirk 27:30 Schedule Notes 27:40 7 Games: CIN, COL, CWS, DET, KC, MIA, MIN, SD 30:00 Sling AD 31:00 Free Agent Results 31:15 Starting Pitchers 32:30 Bryce Elder 33:30 Lance McCullers 37:00 Colin Rea 38:30 Why is Lucas Giolito unsigned? 40:30 Spencer Arrighetti 42:30 Janson Junk, Foster Griffin, Sean Burke, Cade Povich, Anyone Else? 44:00 Brandon Sproat 46:21 BlueWire 46:30 Relievers 46:50 Gregory Soto 49:00 Rays - Bryan Baker, Kevin Kelly? 50:15 Giants - Winn, Kilian? 51:55 A’s? 54:00 Rangers? 55:30 Hitters 55:50 Jordan Walker - Spiked him in OC 57:50 Garrett Mitchell 59:30 Mark Vientos 1:01:10 Cole Young 1:03:20 Troy Johnston 1:04:20 Parker Meadows, Kyle Isbel, Joey Wiemer --- 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.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer hit on all their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:45 Jordan Walker 17:45 Cam Smith 20:25 Liam Hicks 24:00 Mickey Moniak 27:30 Colt Emerson 31:20 Taj Bradley 33:45 Randy Vasquez 36:00 Eric Lauer 38:15 Michael Soroka 40:50 Riley O'Brien 45:15 Dean Kremer 47:20 Janson Junk 49:50 Lance McCullers 53:40 Tyler Alexander 55:30 Mark Leiter 57:40 Kyle Isbel 59:25 Brice Matthews 1:01:35 Daniel Schneeman 1:04:00 Oswald Peraza 1:07:05 Dominic Smith 1:09:20 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/Konnor Griffin has arrived! Steak League FAAB: 4:10 Emerson Hancock $23 Michael McGreevy $13 Lance McCullers $12 Colt Emerson $9 Joe Boyle $7 Joey Wiemer $4 Keaton Winn $1 Two-start pitchers: 12:50 Zac Gallen 3 Aaron Civale 0 20:00 Chris Sale 5 Dean Kremer 0 Brayan Bello 1 Jameson Taillon 2 Brandon Williamson 0 (Todd 1) 25:20 Andrew Abbott 4 Tanner Bibee 3 Ryan Feltner 0 Kyle Freeland 0 Erick Fedde 0 Shane Smith 1 (Todd 2) Casey Mize 2 (Todd 3) Tarik Skubal 5 Hunter Brown 5 Noah Cameron 3 Cole Ragans 5 36:30 Jose Soriano 3 Janson Junk 1 Sandy Alcantara 4 (Todd 5) Brandon Woodruff 5 Joe Ryan 4 Taj Bradley 1 (Todd 2) Freddy Peralta 5 Cam Schlittler 5 44:30 Andrew Painter 4 (Todd 3) Bubba Chandler 3 (Todd 2) German Marquez 0 (Todd 1) Nick Pivetta 4 Logan Gilbert 5 Adrian Houser 1 Andre Pallante 0 Ryan Pepiot 2 (Todd 0) Jacob deGrom 4 Max Scherzer 3 Kevin Gausman 5 Zack Littell 0 (Todd 1) 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 RotoWire president Peter Schoenke to discuss the most confusing bullpens in baseball. --- 00:00 Headlines: Konnor Griffin, Cody Ponce and more 12:45 Closer Chaos: Athletics 15:40 Rockies 20:25 Astros 25:05 Royals 31:05 Angels 34:35 Twins 38:00 Giants 40:30 Cardinals 43:15 Rays 49:40 Rangers 53:20 Nationals 55:30 Move quickly on closers, move slowly on hitters --- Check out Erik's new Closer Carousel Column: https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/column/closer-carousel-695 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 Peter Schoenke conduct a Stash Draft featuring injured big leaguers and prospects!   03:40 Konnor Griffin 10:40 Bryce Miller 12:25 Colt Emerson 14:50 Robby Snelling 17:55 Lourdes Gurriel 19:10 Edwin Uceta 21:30 Bryce Eldridge 24:20 Hagen Smith 27:55 Shane Bieber 29:35 Noah Schultz 30:35 Tommy Edman 31:40 Payton Tolle 33:00 Jasson Dominguez 37:15 Jonah Tong 38:20 Dylan Crews 39:35 River Ryan 40:35 Ryan Waldschmidt 41:20 Charlie Condon 43.55 Didier Fuentes 45:00 Justin Steele 45:35 Honorable Mentions 53:05 Thanks, Pete   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.

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie bid aggressively against each other in the Mixed LABR league on both Carmen Mlodzinski and Randy Suarez, plus they have observations about the new ABS system in major league baseball. --- 00:00 3-31-26 MLB Podcast 00:15 Avoiding Early Damage 11:30 Cody Ponce ACL Sprain 15:00 Colt Emerson (and Cooper Pratt) new contracts 19:30 Sling 20:30 Monday’s Pitchers 20:45 Starters 21:00 Parker Messick 22:45 Jacob Lopez 23:45 Chris Bassitt 29:45 Kyle Harrison 30:30 Foster Griffin 33:00 Bryce Elder, Lance McCullers 35:30 Justin Verlander 38:15 BlueWire 38:20 Relievers 38:30 Paul Sewald got a save. 46:30 Lucas Erceg 49:45 Tyler Alexander has two saves. 54:30 Is it too early to make trades? 57:30 Let’s take a look at these deals, courtesy of the Yahoo Trade Market. 58:30 Chase DeLauter for Sonny Gray 59:15 JJ Wetherholt has been traded in 1-for-1’s for Freddy Peralta, James Wood, Steven Kwan and Chase Burns. 1:00:00 Carson Benge for Jacob Wilson 1:00:30 Jackson Chourio for Brice Turang 1:01:30 RotoWire Smart Money 1:04:30 Sitting McClanahan 1:06:00 Knowing the LABR Rules --- 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 busy first weekend of the baseball season and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They discuss the big start for a number of highly touted rookies, take a look ahead at Week 2 and then talk an active weekend in FAAB with closers such as Jordan Romano and Cole Sands garnering the most interest in fantasy leagues. Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today!   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  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 14:38 Carson Benge 17:13 Justin Crawford 20:39 Jordan Lawlar 23:01 Jake McCarthy 25:41 Nasim Nunez 30:22 Max Meyer 32:26 Matthew Liberatore 35:48 Kyle Harrison 37:46 Paul Sewald 40:21 Jordan Romano 44:50 Ryan Johnson 47:05 Carmen Mlodzinski 49:36 Steven Matz 51:27 Ryne Stanek 54:29 Gregory Soto 57:22 Casey Schmitt 59:37 Joey Loperfido 1:01:43 T.J. Rumfield 1:03:47 Jake Bauers 1:07:12 Edouard Julien 1:09:15 Smart Money --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Intro/First two-start pitcher podcast of the season! Opening Day takeaways/box score nuggets: Clay was sure Sal Stewart broke his wrist Kevin McGonigle goes 4-for-5 with two doubles (btw a four-hit debut is rarer than a perfect game) Chase DeLauter pops two long balls JJ Wetherholt homers in debut Jacob Misiorowski sets Brewers Opening Day record with 11 strikeouts Paul Skenes fails to make it out of the first inning Griffin Jax in the sixth inning Trevor Rogers picks up where he left off last season Jordan Romano nails down the save for LAA Ryne Stanek closes things out for STL Nasim Nunez swipes a bag Nathan Church goes 3-for-4 Two-start pitchers: Michael Soroka 0 Brandon Pfaadt 1 Aaron Civale 0 Bryce Elder 0 Jose Suarez 0 Chris Bassitt 3 Ranger Suarez 4 Edward Cabrera 4 Chase Burns 3 Parker Messick 1 (Todd 0) Tomoyuki Sugano 0 Davis Martin 0 Justin Verlander 2 Kris Bubic 3 Ryan Johnson 0 Roki Sasaki 0 Chris Paddack 0 Kyle Harrison 3 Mick Abel 2 (Todd 1) Clay Holmes 3 Kodai Senga 3 Ryan Weathers 3 Max Fried 5 Taijuan Walker 0 Braxton Ashcraft 1 German Marquez 1 Luis Castillo 4 Adrian Houser 1 (Todd 2) Landen Roupp 1 Kyle Leahy 0 Nick Martinez 1 (Todd 2) Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2) Cody Ponce 4 Foster Griffin 0 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 Matt Morris of the Dynasty Dingers podcast to discuss every rookie on every Opening Day roster. Which ones should be added everywhere they're available, which ones belong on your watch list, and which ones can you safely ignore? --- 00:00 Headlines 11:25 AL Central rookies 26:15 AL East rookies 40:55 AL West rookies 52:10 NL Central rookies 1:03:30 NL East rookies 1:12:05 NL West rookies --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  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 listener questions about the fully-updated RotoWire Top 400 Prospect Rankings!   01:05 Tiers 03:00 McGonigle vs Wetherholt 04:50 Roch Cholowsky 05:50 Basallo vs. Rainiel 07:40 Joshua Baez 10:30 Carson Benge 11:10 Ralphy Velazquez 13:05 This Year’s Nolan McLean 15:00 Mike Sirota 16:15 Ranking the young shortstops 18:25 Josuar Gonzalez vs. Jesus Made 19:45 A.J. Ewing 20:45 Henry Bolte 25:40 Didier Fuentes 26:50 Carlos Lagrange 28:25 Sam Antonacci 31:00 Juan Valera 32:10 Jefferson Rojas 33:35 John Gil 34:20 Trevor McDonald 36:00 Jordan Yost 37:35 Jonny Farmelo 38:35 Devin Fitz-Gerald 39:30 Breyson Guedez 41:00 Jose Fernandez 42:10 Christian Scott   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The concept of "FOMO" (Fear of Missing Out) is real and powerful in fantasy baseball. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the players they missed out on, including Sal Stewart and Daniel Palencia.  --- 00:00 FOMO-cast 2026 00:15 News 00:35 JJ Wetherholt, Kevin McGonigle and Carson Benge made the team. Konnor Griffin didn’t. 07:30 Connelly Early made the team. In the rotation too. 15:00 Ryan Pepiot to the IL. 16:00 RotoWire My Leagues Demo 19:20 Dennis Santana may not get all the save chances. 23:00 Spencer Strider’s poor spring ends with a trip to the IL. Should they sign Lucas Giolito? 29:00 Kyle Stowers will miss 3-4 weeks. And the Marlins were comfortably the lowest scoring team this spring. 32:00 Zack Wheeler will start a rehab assignment on Saturday. 34:20 The Yankees won’t need Luis Gil to start until April 11. 35:20 RotoWire Smart Money Demo 36:40 Fantrax 37:40 FOMO Players! 38:30 Fred: SP: Parker Messick, George Kirby, Kodai Senga 42:30 Jeff SP: Jacob Misiorowski 46:00 Fred: RP: Danny Palencia 48:00 Jeff RP: Edwin Diaz 48:30 Fred: C: Samuel Basallo 49:30 Jeff C: Drake Baldwin 50:00 Fred: 1B: Sal Stewart 53:00 Jeff 1B: Vinnie Pasquantino 55:00 Fred & Jeff: 2B: None, what a garbage position 55:30 Fred: 3B: None, what a garbage position 55:45 Jeff 3B: J-Ram & Jordan Lawlar 58:30 Fred: SS: Elly De La Cruz, Jacob Wilson, Colston Montgomery 1:01:50 Jeff SS: Bo Bichette 1:04:03 BlueWire 1:04:05 Fred: OF: Chase DeLauter, Wilyer Abreu 1:07:00 Jeff OF: Wyatt Langford, Wilyer Abreu too! --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) 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 preview Week 1 of the MLB Season, talk all the news and notes from the weekend and then break down their NFBC Main Event Drafts from Las Vegas on Saturday.  In addition, they also discuss the first week of FAAB and the demotion of Dylan Crews before getting into all the picks, misses and snipes from a busy weekend of drafts in Vegas. Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  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 Rick Graham of PitcherList as they try to figure out how many true, trustworthy closers there will be in 2026. --- 00:00 Intro 02:00 Outfielders on/off Opening Day rosters 06:00 Opening Day rotation news 13:45 NL Tout Wars review 30:00 Safe, trustworthy closers 33:00 Safe for now 47:00 Unconfirmed but probable closers 52:00 Currently injured closers 54:30 Committees and unclear situations --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Intro/Back from New York City, getting you set for the final weekend before Opening Day Latest news Zebby Matthews optioned, Mick Abel seemingly wins rotation spot. Samuel Basallo homers twice Thursday. Clay experiencing severe FOMO. Dylan Crews optioned to Triple-A Rochester. Cody Ponce allows one hit over 5.2 scoreless innings, striking out five against the Yankees on Thursday. Logan Henderson optioned by MIL. Is Kevin McGonigle going to be the Tigers' everyday shortstop and leadoff man? Caleb Durbin named Boston’s starting third baseman… is he being overlooked? Carson Benge has made the Mets’ roster, looks like a starter. Didier Fuentes is making noise in camp for Atlanta. Grayson Rodriguez is dealing with a dead arm. Tout Wars Todd’s draft A record price on Aaron Judge Full draft board: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FUC4bQIEBWB_Uls78le749zlaFIUcRo8HreKAlcdQUo/edit?gid=1184240362#gid=1184240362 Clay’s draft FREE draft review article at RotoWire: https://x.com/claywlink/status/2035050310742266006 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 Sara Sanchez to discuss a large number of spring news updates as well as the top performers from the World Baseball Classic, which Sara just returned from covering. --- 00:00 Intro 02:40 Positive Pitcher Updates 13:00 Hitter Injury News 29:45 Negative Pitcher News 37:00 WBC Standouts: Venezuela 49:20 USA 57:00 Dominican Republic 1:04:00 Italy 1:09:20 Other Countries --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  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 Dustin McComas give an update on the Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle situations and discuss Leo De Vries' impressive spring before going team by team and evaluating rotation battles and whether to pay the increased price tags on our favorite starting pitcher sleepers!   01:35 Konnor Griffin/Kevin McGonigle 07:55 Leo De Vries 11:30 Rotation Battles 12:05 Diamondbacks rotation 14:50 Didier Fuentes’ upside 19:40 Red Sox rotation 24:25 Cubs rotation 27:10 Reds rotation 31:30 Tatsuya Imai’s upside 36:00 Stash George Klassen? 38:05 Dodgers rotation 41:50 Robby Snelling Watch 46:00 Brewers rotation 51:00 Buying Mick Abel? 54:50 Mets rotation 58:40 Riding Ryan Weathers 01:01:40 Phillies rotation 01:04:35 Pirates rotation 01:07:50 Padres rotation 01:11:05 Buying Emerson Hancock? 01:13:25 Giants rotation 01:14:50 Cardinals rotation 01:17:55 Rays rotation 01:20:45 Rangers rotation 01:22:15 Pay for Cade Cavalli?   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.