Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Clay Link and Todd Zola0:00 Intro/Jac Caglianone has arrivedPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Ryan Yarbrough $8Jake Mangum $5Dillon Dingler $53:12 Ronny Mauricio $5Kyle Teel $5Ernie Clement $4Fernando Cruz $4Coby Mayo $2Mick Abel $113:46 Randy Rodriguez $017:35 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 9, 2025)Merrill Kelly 3 (Todd 4)Jeffrey Springs 3 (Todd 4)Chris Sale 5Cade Povich 2Brayan Bello 3 (Todd 2)Matthew Boyd 3 (Todd 4)Collin Rea 2Andrew Abbott 4Luis L. Ortiz 3Chase Dollander 1Sean Burke 2 (Todd 4)Sawyer Gipson-Long 1Ryan Gusto 2 (Todd 1)Kris Bubic 4 (Todd 5)Yusei Kikuchi 2Clayton Kershaw 342:42 Eury Perez 3 (Todd 1)Freddy Peralta 5Quinn Priester 245:03 Zebby Matthews 3 (Todd 2)Griffin Canning 4Clarke Schmidt 2Mike Burrows 1Mitch Keller 2 (Todd 3)Nick Pivetta 4Logan Gilbert 3Robbie Ray 5Andre Pallante 0 (Todd 1)Miles Mikolas 2Shane Baz 3Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2)Jose Berrios 3MacKenzie Gore 5 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter p

Erik Halterman is joined by Brian Entrekin (a.k.a. KC Bubba) to discuss this season's early power-speed standouts. Who will join the 30/30 club this year?---00:00 Headlines13:10 40-40 Pace18:45 30-30 Pace28:40 25-25 Pace40:50 20-20 Pace58:00 Notable Misses 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 Aram Leighton of Just Baseball discuss the toughest (and easiest) prospects to rank on their recent prospect rankings updates, including Bubba Chandler, Kevin McGonigle, Luis Pena and Jhostynxon Garcia!00:00 Intro 00:55 Walker Jenkins/Chase DeLauter/Emmanuel Rodriguez 04:00 Quinn Mathews 05:30 Max Clark 07:15 Josue De Paula 08:25 Luke Keaschall 10:40 Bubba Chandler 15:15 Andrew Painter vs. Chase Burns 19:10 Kevin McGonigle 26:20 Comparing hit-over-power prospects 39:25 Jhostynxon Garcia 44:00 Harry Ford 49:40 Jaxon Wiggins 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 and Fred's LABR team12:00 News: Jac Caglianone, Parker Meadows, JJ Bleday, Jerar Encarnacion, Luke Weaver/Devin WIlliams35:00: Will They Rebound? Adley Rutschman, Juan Soto, Mike Trout, Andrew Vaughn, Marcus Semien 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, Paul Sporer, talk the Jac Caglianone call-up, answer a number of burning questions about Ryan Walker, Kristian Campbell and others and dive into all FAAB activity from the weekend. They discuss the bidding on Cole Young, Jake Mangum, Lance McCullers and many more and also chat about Luis Robert Jr's struggles, Chandler Simpson's demotion and Cal Raleigh's amazing first two months.  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.

News review15 team Mixed Leagues12 Team Mixed LeaguesAL/NL only Leagues 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/Chandler Simpson sent downPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Robert Garcia $11Edward Cabrera $6Carlos Narvaez $5Wenceel Perez $5Ryne Nelson $4Richard Fitts $2Adrian Houser $211:20 Dane Myers $2Zach Agnos $116:01 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 2, 2025)Luis Severino 2Jacob Lopez 0Chris Sale 5Tomoyuki Sugano 3Richard Fitts 2 (Todd 1)22:59 Cade Horton 3 (Todd 2)Brady Singer 2Logan Allen 1German Marquez 0Jonathan Cannon 1Shane Smith 2 (Todd 3)Jack Flaherty 3Jackson Jobe 2Lance McCullers 2 (Todd 3)Michael Lorenzen 2Tyler Anderson 1Dustin May 3 (Todd 2)Freddy Peralta 5Joe Ryan 5Pablo Lopez 5Tylor Megill 2Carlos Rodon 5Zack Wheeler 5Mike Burrows 0Stephen Kolek 1 (Todd 2)41:54 George Kirby 4Logan Webb 5Justin Verlander 2Drew Rasmussen 4Nathan Eovaldi 5Bowden Francis 2Trevor Williams 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 comp

James Anderson's top 400 prospect rankings are fully updated and he answers dozens of listener questions about the top talents like Sebastian Walcott, Leo De Vries and Jesus Made!00:00 Intro 00:50 Sebastian Walcott, Leo De Vries, Jesus Made 05:05 TIERS 07:05 Samuel Basallo 10:50 Ceiling vs. Proximity 14:55 Luis Pena vs. Jesus Made 18:10 Luis Pena vs. Josue De Paula 19:50 Braden Montgomery's ETA 22:05 Eduardo Quintero's upside 23:00 Mike Sirota to the moon 28:55 Jack Perkins' ceiling 31:10 Gage Jump's upside 32:30 A mulligan on Austin Overn 34:10 Chase Burns vs. Bubba Chandler 36:45 Chase Burns, Bryce Eldridge ETAs 38:50 When to move on from a prospect 41:30 The quality of this prospect crop 42:35 Cam Collier and Sal Stewart 43:35 George Lombard 46:05 Arjun Nimmala vs. Cooper Pratt 47:15 Brailer Guerrero the runner? 48:25 Travis Sykora 49:50 Grant Taylor 51:10 Drop Colt Emerson? 52:55 Felnin Celesten  Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code RO

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson review five overachieving pitching staffs, five underachieving pitching staffs, and discuss injuries to Bryce Harper and Nick Kurtz.---00:00 Fred Pod 5-2700:30 Welcome01:00 Bryce Harper03:30 Nick Kurtz to the IL06:00 Overachieving Pitching Staffs06:30 1. Mets13:50 2. Royals18:40 3. Tigers24:50 4. Giants29:35 5. Rangers33:55 BlueWire34:00 Underachieving Pitching Staffs34:20 1. Orioles40:20 2. Marlins44:45 3. D-backs47:45 4. Dodgers51:00 5. Brewers 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 the weekend in baseball, talking Phillies A's and Rays, and then jump into a busy week in FAAB, highlighted by aggressive bidding for Red Sox rookie, Marcelo Mayer. Follow us on Twitter / X: Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @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.

Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Halusker to discuss their favorite FAAB pickups of the week.---00:00 Headlines15:00 Chase Meidroth17:15 Matt Shaw20:00 Matt Wallner21:25 Miguel Vargas25:00 Parker Meadows26:15 Nick Kurtz28:40 Daniel Palencia32:10 Hayden Birdsong35:20 Michael Lorenzen36:50 Will Warren41:10 Deep-league pitchers52:30 Deep-league hitters 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/Happy Ronald Acuna DayPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:5:59 Hayden Birdsong $31Daniel Palencia $10Miguel Vargas $9Slade Cecconi $7Noah Cameron $415:49 Robert Hassell $4Denzel Clarke $3Kody Clemens $3Abner Uribe $122:36 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 26, 2025)J.P. Sears 0Spencer Strider 4 (Todd 3)Tomoyuki Sugano 3Jameson Taillon 2 (Todd 3)Nick Martinez 2Gavin Williams 3Carson Palmquist 0Adrian Houser 1Keider Montero 0Hunter Brown 5Michael Lorenzen 3Jack Kochanowicz 1Yoshinobu Yamamoto 537:37 Ryan Weathers 4 (Todd 3)Joe Ryan 4 (Todd 5)Clay Holmes 4Ryan Yarbrough 1 (Todd 0)Ranger Suarez 3 (Todd 4)Andrew Heaney 2Randy Vasquez 1Hayden Birdsong 4 (Todd 3)Erick Fedde 3Zack Littell 3Taj Bradley 3 (Todd 2)Jacob deGrom 5Kevin Gausman 4Bowden Francis 1 (Todd 2)Mitchell Parker 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

Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Rufe to discuss every bullpen around the league, trying to figure out where the next saves will come from on the waiver wire.---00:00 Headlines14:30 Tier 1: clear closer, no worries27:20 Tier 2: clear closer, some questions42:00 Tier 3: close enough to a closer47:50 Tier 4: committee, clear #153:05 Tier 5: committee/co-closer57:20 Tier 6: Don't know, don't care 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 Alex Jensen go through the Arizona and Florida Complex Leagues to find breakout hitters, such as Rainiel Rodriguez and Tyson Lewis, before looking at which Dominican Summer League prospects have star potential, such as Yorger Bautista!00:00 Intro 01:20 Tyson Lewis 07:50 Jose Anderson 11:35 Paulino Santana, Yolfran Castillo 14:30 Kale Fountain 17:10 Alex's Arizona Complex League Guys 33:30 Rainiel Rodriguez 38:20 Yairo Padilla 40:50 Stiven Martinez, Jose Dickson 42:40 Eduardo Beltre, Eduardo Florentino 46:00 Alex's Florida Complex League Guys 54:20 Dominican Summer League Watch List 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.

Sparked by the emergence of Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Cubs lead the list of overachieving offenses a quarter of the way through the season. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson evaluate the sustainability of these overachievers, and review the recent Yahoo Friends & Family draft.---00:00 Fred Pod 5-2000:30 Welcome01:00 Y! Friends & Family Draft03:00 Fred’s Team14:00 Geraldo Perdomo, Nate Eovaldi15:45 Royce Lewis18:30 Jeff’s Recency Bias Team21:30 Timing the Closer Market24:30 BlueWire25:00 Overachieving Offenses25:10 1. Cubs; 277 R, 117 wRC+27:45 2. Tigers 257 R, 116 wRC+33:30 3. Cardinals 235 R, 110 wRC+40:20 4. Giants 223 R, 96 wRC+45:30 5. Athletics 202 R, 106 wRC+50:45 6. Mariners 221 R, 115 wRC+57:00 Sandy Alcantara1:00:00 Underachieving Offenses1:00:10 1. Orioles1:07:45 2. Rockies 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

Scott Jenstad review the weekly FAAB run in a tricky prospect week. How much did your league bid on Hayden Birdsong, Jordan Lawlar, Dalton Rushing and Moises Ballesteros? Who did you pivot to if you didn't add those prospects?---00:00 MLB Pod 5-18-2500:30 Week 5 Preview01:15 Twins finally lost a game after 13 in a row – Went from 13-20 to 26-20!03:00 Six teams in the AL over .540 winning % - 4 of them in the Central04:30 AL East has one team over .500 – Where the heck does Balt go from here? Lost 6 in a row.Reds sweep Guardians10:50 Schedule Notes11:00 7 Gamers: AL - Boston, Balt, Cleve, Det, A’s, Angels, Hou11:10 NL: Phillies, Pirates, Brewers, Rockies11:20 Balt, Bos and Hou facing 7 RHP.Nice schedules:11:30 Phillies monster, 4 @ Col, 3 @ A’s12:00 Nick Kurtz13:00 A’s: 7 home, 4 LAA, 3 Philly (Also get 7 home in 2 weeks)15:00 Red Sox 7 home: 3 NYM, 4 Balt15:45 Brewers: 3 Balt, 4 @ Pitt16:00 Angels: 4 @ A’s, 3 Miami17:50 Rockies – Home 7: 4 Philly, 3 NYY18:13 BlueWire18:20 News and notes18:25 Jose Alvarado – 8

Erik Halterman goes over his top waiver wire recommendations of the week.---00:00 Headlines10:45 Ryan Weathers13:20 Zebby Matthews16:00 Clayton Kershaw18:20 Jordan Romano20:15 Spencer Horwitz22:05 Jordan Lawlar24:35 Dalton Rushing26:30 Trevor Larnach29:00 Gavin Sheets31:25 Deep-League Pitchers45:20 Deep-League Hitters 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/Dalton Rushing has his first big-league hitsPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Dalton Rushing $125:25 Brett Baty $11Stephen Kolek $11Dennis Santana $9Drake Baldwin $6Addison Barger $5Daysbel Hernandez $5Lenyn Sosa $3Yimi Garcia $3Pierce Johnson $120:27 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 19, 2025)Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 3)J.T. Ginn 0Oswaldo Bido 1Strider Strider 4Dean Kremer 0Tomoyuki Sugano 228:27 Hunter Dobbins 3 (Todd 2)Walker Buehler 2Ben Brown 1 (Todd 2)Nick Lodolo 3Logan Allen 1Gavin Williams 3 (Todd 2)Kyle Freeland 0Antonio Senzatela 0Davis Martin 0Tarik Skubal 5Framber Valdez 5Kris Bubic 4Jose Soriano 2 (Todd 1)Kyle Hendricks 0Edward Cabrera 0Quinn Priester 0Bailey Ober 5Kodai Senga 5 (Todd 4)Will Warren 3 (Todd 2)Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 5)49:00 Aaron Nola 1 (Todd 2)Mitch Keller 2 (Todd 3)Bailey Falter 1Dylan Cease 4Luis Castillo 5Robbie Ray 4 (Todd 5)Erik Fedde 2Ryan Pepiot 4 (Todd 3)Patrick Corbin 0Chris Bassitt 3Mitchell Parker 0 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, exp

Erik Halterman is joined by Justin Mason to discuss a group of players who aren't playing the same way they were in the first week or two of the year.---00:00 Intro/Headlines17:00 Kyren Paris23:30 Tyler Soderstrom28:30 Other hitters31:00 Spencer Schwellenbach33:20 Jack Flaherty36:25 Max Meyer38:25 Drew Rasmussen41:20 Shane Baz43:30 Willson Contreras46:30 Mark Vientos50:15 Alec Bohm52:10 Jackson Holliday54:35 Dylan Cease56:45 Bailey Ober59:05 Chris Sale1:01:00 Reese Olson 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 Dylan White discuss the top hitter and pitcher breakouts at Triple-A, Double-A, High-A and Single-A, including discussions about Sebastian Walcott and Leo De Vries plus they react live to Dalton Rushing's call-up!00:00 Intro 01:00 Triple-A Hitters Who Will Be Up Soon 13:15 BREAKING Dalton Rushing News 15:50 Who is Nathan Wiles? 18:50 Joe Boyle vs. Ian Seymour 21:40 95 Percenters 25:30 Buy or Sell Jac Caglianone? 30:00 Chase Burns vs. Recent Elite SP Prospects 37:00 Jonah Tong's Outlier Fastball 42:25 Sebastian Walcott vs. Leo De Vries 46:45 Best non-De Vries hitters at High-A 51:55 Carlos Lagrange vs. Brandon Clarke 01:00:00 Love For Andrew Salas 01:05:00 Fun Single-A Shortstops 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.