Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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 Whi

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

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

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.&

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-rost

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

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

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.

James Anderson and Alex Jensen discuss the top breakouts from the Arizona Complex League, Florida Complex League and Dominican Summer League to help you target the NEXT top prospects in your dynasty leagues!   01:20 Sebastian Dos Santos 03:55 Luis Arana 05:25 Kaleb Wing/Dean Livingston 07:00 Luis Hernandez/Josuar Gonzalez/Steele Hall 12:05 Alexander Frias 14:10 Cristian Arguelles 15:30 Juan Martinez 17:00 Josh Owens 19:40 Aidan West 21:00 Johnny Slawinski 22:05 Corey Cousin 23:45 Jhomnardo Reyes 26:00 Johan De Los Santos 27:55 Franklin Primera 30:50 Sadbiel Delzine 33:20 Miguel Caraballo 35:45 Wilberson De Pena 37:35 Emanuel Luna 39:55 Angeibel Gomez 42:30 Diego Frontado 44:15 Enrique Oropeza 45:45 Gregory Pio 47:00 Juan Rijo 47:50 Angel Nunez 49:15 Francisco Renteria 51:40 Leanders Matos 53:40 Sebastian Romero 54:55 Carlos Vielma 56:40 Freyerso Vasquez 59:00 Ronald Cardozo 01:01:05 Joscar Hernandez 01:02:45 Joniel Hernandez 01:04:00 Joskairo Ramirez 01:05:45 Johenssy Colome 01:06:15 Wandy Asigen 01:06:45 Vic

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie continue to review this year's deep rookie class, this time focusing on the NL. Do we target Bryce Eldridge after his recent hot hitting, or target him expecting more of the same? --- 00:00 Fred Pod 6-16-26 00:15 News: 00:30 Daniel Palencia goes on IL 06:00 Francisco Lindor may start a rehab assignment next week…… 07:30 Trea Turner stinks and has a bruised wrist…… 08:00 Corey Seager is on the concussion list and could be a drop in some leagues….. 11:00 Colt Keith entered last night with 1 homer and departed with 4…… 15:30 Drake Baldwin is back…. 16:50 Spencer Strider has been shut down for 4 weeks, making him a drop…. 19:45 Shane Bieber stash? 21:00 Cal Raleigh is coming back…. 22:00 Cooper Pratt is coming up…. 25:00 Nick Kurtz is awesome and everyone who said he stinks during draft season should be fired…. 27:45 Cole Carrigg already has 3 homers….. 30:45 Dustin May put an exclamation point on his resurgence. 32:30 SeatGeek 33:30 BlueWire 33:35 Main topic: NL Rookies. 34:00 Bryce

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a busy weekend in baseball talking about the struggles of Trea Turner and Austin Riley, the recent hot streaks of Bryce Eldridge and Byron Buxton, the injuries over the weekend and all the adds and drops in FAAB. They also discuss how real the White Sox are and the recent bad run by Nolan McLean, before getting into the heavy bidding on rookies Braden Montgomery and Cole Carrigg, and 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. 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. --- 0:35 Intro 2:01 Braden Montgomery 5:45 Cole Carrigg 9:56 Dalton Rushing 12:20 Esmerlyn Valdez 17:32 Nick Gonzales 20:04 Royce Lewis 23:22 Tatsuya Imai 27:06 Shane Drohan 30:57 Michael McGreevy 32:56 Grant Taylor 37:14 SeatGeek 39:34 Brandon Young 44:00 Andre Pallante 46:30 Jake Bennett 50:13 Eric Lauer 59:49 Jordan Lawlar 1:02:54 Ryan Ward 1:05:07 Denzer Guzman 1:09:10 Jared Young 1:13:38 LuJames Groover 1:16:01 Smart Money 1:17:22 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 Clay is off, Todd welcomes Tristan Cockcroft to the show Discussion concerning how to evaluate players without "waiting for proof". Examples of players showing changes: Randy Vasquez, JJ Bleday 9:56 Two Start Pitchers Pitcher TZ/THC Ryne Nelson 3/3 Jack Perkins 2/2 Aaron Civale 1/1 Grant Holmes 2/2 Brandon Young 2/1 Payton Tolle 4/4 Shota Imanaga 4/4 Chase Burns 5/5 Slade Cecconi 2/2 Michael Lorenzen 0/0 Davis Martin 4/3 Seth Lugo 3/3 Walbert Urena 2/2 Reid Detmers 4/4 Ryan Gusto 1/1 Tyler Phillips 1/1 Robert Gasser 2/3 Mike Paredes 1/1 Kodai Senga 1/1 Gerrit Cole 5/4 Zack Wheeler 5/5 Jared Jones 1/1 Lucas Giolito 1/2 Adrian Houser 2/2 Nick Martinez 3/3 MacKenzie Gore 4/4 Dylan Cease 5/5 Andrew Alvarez 2/3     Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15%

Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Halsuker to look at some players who could help you climb the standings in specific categories. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:30 Runs 24:45 Home Runs 32:45 RBI 36:45 Steals 45:45 Average 53:45 Strikeouts 57:35 Wins 1:03:20 Saves 1:08:50 ERA 1:12:10 WHIP --- 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.

James Anderson and Lucas Biery discuss this year's top post-hype breakouts, including Jordan Walker and Miguel Vargas, before highlighting some players who could follow their post-hype breakout path in the coming months!   04:35 Preseason planning 06:00 Buying saves 13:30 Reserve MVPs 14:50 Cut Colt Keith? 19:15 Post-Hype Breakouts 22:15 CJ Abrams 25:40 Miguel Vargas 28:50 Jordan Walker 31:10 Xavier Edwards 33:45 Curtis Mead 38:40 Zack Gelof 41:35 JJ Bleday 45:30 Finding future breakouts 50:50 Masyn Winn 52:35 Cole Young 56:10 Grayson Rodriguez 58:05 Christian Moore 01:00:50 Brady House 01:02:55 Brennen Davis   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 u

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson check in on this year's rookies - who is surging, who is fading? Everybody loves Sal Stewart, but can he keep it going? Should you sell-high now? --- 00:00 MLB Pod 6-9-26 00:15 News: 00:30 The Jays are getting Dylan Cease back today, Max Scherzer back tomorrow and Alejandro Kirk back on Friday….. 03:00 Ryan Helsley is facing hitters 06:30 The Brewers-Athletics game was wild…. 12:30 Brandon Lowe back in the lineup 13:30 Roman Anthony isn’t ready to swing a bat…. 16:30 Kirby Yates blew a save….. 19:40 Logan Webb is back on track….. 20:55 Andres Munoz (the west coast Jeff Hoffman) got a save…. 29:00 Seat Geek 30:03 BlueWire 30:10 Main topic: AL Rookies (+ Sal Stewart!) 31:30 Sal Stewart 34:00 Munetaka Murakami 35:45 Kazuma Okamoto 36:55 Kevin McGonigle 40:30 Sam Antonacci 42:00 Samuel Basallo 45:00 Carter Jensen 47:30 Travis Bazzana 49:30 Chase DeLauter 50:45 Parker Messick 52:00 Connelly Early 53:10 Payton Tolle 54:35 Trey Yesavage --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark,

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss a busy weekend in baseball, hit on all the injury news and notes and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They take a look at the breakout seasons of Kyle Harrison, Ben Brown and Miguel Vargas before getting into another weekend of FAAB, highlighted by big bids on Lars Nootbaar, Alex Lange and Jasson Dominguez.   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.