Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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 Kri

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

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 48:0

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_Uls78le749zlaFIUcRo8

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

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson share their top reactions from the Tout Wars Experts Leagues, including two record-setting buys of Aaron Judge in successive drafts. --- 00:00 RotoWire MLB Podcast 3-17-26 00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie 00:30 RotoWire Smart Money - https://t.co/qcmg4BiQus 01:45 News 02:00 Gerrit Cole will start tomorrow. 03:10 MacKenzie Gore has a 6:6 K:BB ratio in ST. Globe Life Field better work its magic. 06:30 NFBC Main Event draft slot 10:00 Thoughts on the Closer Market 16:00 Why can’t the Reds just say that Chase Burns is going to make the team? 22:00 Fantrax 23:00 ToutWars Results 24:00 Aaron Judge 32:30 Kyle Bradish seems like your best purchase, when compared to the other SP prices. 34:15 Fred likes the Kirby Yates pick. He is starting to look like their closer. 37:00 You haven’t mentioned Samuel Basallo as a target….was that just a value purchase? 39:20 Dominic Canzone 40:00 How to do Stars and Scrubs Right 43:20 Are you becoming the Chase DeLauter guy? There isn’t much buzz on him, even

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad break down the news from across the weekend in baseball, discuss their reaction to the first wave of NFBC Main Event draft results and share some of their favorite draft targets for 2026. They go position by position to get into a number of names they like at their current draft price, including Roman Anthony, Michael Busch and Nick Lodolo, among many, many more.   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 Chris Clegg discuss sniping each other in the Tout Wars Draft and Hold League and which prospects they're targeting for 2026! Draft Board   03:40 Hunter Brown as SP1 06:35 Corey Seager’s OBP bump 10:15 Sheehan/Uribe snipes 14:00 Lawrence Butler’s upside 18:05 Playing the middle at catcher 25:00 Sal Stewart’s upside 28:05 Mike Burrows snipe 30:45 Reid Detmers’ breakout potential 32:30 Colt Emerson’s 2026 potential 35:20 Don’t forget about Brennen Davis 38:20 Quinn Mathews’ velocity is back 40:50 Sam Antonacci and Jack Wenninger 46:25 James’ team 50:30 Colton Cowser’s underrated 52:30 Skills > Role relievers 57:20 Ryan Waldschmidt’s loud spring 01:01:45 Don’t sleep on Shane Drohan 01:06:00 Spring Breakout prospects to watch   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 Sim

Could Junior Caminero lead baseball in RBI? Is Jake Burger being undervalued? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson tackle those players and more. --- 00:00 3-10-26 Podcast 01:00 Pick 13 Fred 02:45 News 03:00 Hunter Greene out until July. 07:00 Corbin Carroll could play in a game this week. Put him back into the first round? 08:30 Logan Henderson is battling elbow soreness. Who is their SP5 if Quinn Priester also ends up on the IL? 11:00 Fantrax 12:00 Kyle Tucker aside 13:00 Main Event ADP Talk 27:00 BlueWire 27:15 Steamer 600 revelations 27:30 Value - As we both know, Steamer 600 projections can offer a new perspective on players, since it removes playing time. Here are some interesting numbers to discuss. 28:30 The industry is turning on Nick Kurtz to some degree. Steamer has him third in homers, seventh in runs and fifth in RBI. It also has a respectable .258 average. 29:30 Munetaki Murakami is 12th in homers, 14th in RBI. Has an ADP around 200. 34:30 Junior Caminero is first in RBI and fifth in home runs. Solid .

Scott Jenstad and Jeff Erickson discuss the top-heavy closer market and then dive into the players in the top 150 that they are fading in 2026 drafts.. They go position by position and identity players being drafted in the top 10 rounds that they are not drafting at their current ADP.   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 share their top fantasy baseball pitcher sleepers for ERA and WHIP. --- 00:00 Headlines 15:20 What makes an ERA sleeper? 18:40 Braxton Ashcraft 20:55 Kris Bubic 24:15 Jameson Taillon 26:45 Jack Flaherty 29:15 Simeon Woods-Richardson 32:00 Logan Henderson 35:15 Justin Steele 37:45 Mike Burrows 40:10 Dustin May 44:20 Grant Taylor 47:35 What makes a WHIP sleeper? 50:30 Cody Ponce 53:35 Andrew Abbott 56:45 Sean Manaea 58:50 Matthew Boyd 1:01:10 Braxton Garrett 1:03:30 Noah Cameron 1:05:55 Slade Cecconi 1:07:10 Parker Messick 1:09:40 Zack Littell 1:11:25 Zach Eflin --- 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/Injuries are piling up and the World Baseball Classic is in full swing Injury news Hunter Greene undergoing MRI on sore elbow. Rhett Lowder’s chances improve. Jeremy Pena diagnosed with fracture in the tip of his right ring finger. Carlos Correa back to shortstop? Josh Hader (biceps) is slated for mound work early next week. Jackson Chourio is out of Team Venezuela’s lineup Friday after being hit by a pitch on his left hand during Wednesday’s exhibition game. Rafael Devers (hamstring) is nearing a return to game action Cole Ragans endures brutal spring start Six runs on five hits – including two homers – plus a walk and a hit batsman in 1.2 innings. Connelly Early and Peyton Tolle both expected to be optioned if Johan Oviedo wins the No. 5 job, “as expected.” Jurickson Profar suspended 162 games for PED violation. Meanwhile, Spencer Strider’s velocity is

Erik Halterman is joined by Adam Howe of Pitcher List to discuss the different paths drafters can take through the first five rounds of a fantasy baseball draft. --- 00:00 Intro 02:10 Injury news 11:40 SP News 22:20 Hitter-heavy starts 35:15 Balanced starts 39:45 Pitcher-heavy starts 46:45 How many closers? 50:20 Category balance 1:07:15 Risk --- 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 is joined by Geoff Pontes of Baseball America to talk about Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle's chances of making the Opening Day roster, which pitching prospects to target in 2026 fantasy baseball leagues and much more!   00:25 Konnor Griffin 09:50 Kevin McGonigle 19:25 Jordan Lawlar 24:40 Caleb Bonemer 27:25 Braden Montgomery 30:00 Dylan Beavers 31:10 Noah Schultz 34:55 Ethan Conrad 36:05 David Hagaman 37:45 Dasan Hill 39:20 Justin Gonzales 43:00 Chase Burns 46:05 Cam Schlittler 48:25 Rhett Lowder 48:55 Logan Henderson 49:40 River Ryan 50:50 Brody Hopkins 54:40 Liam Doyle 01:00:20 College Starters 01:05:05 Roch Cholowsky   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 persona

Is the Pocket Aces strategy dead, or just out of favor? Jeff Erickson discuss that talking point amongst their other observations from the LABR 15-team Mixed League draft. --- 00:00 MLB 2-3-26 Podcast 00:30 Jurickson Profar suspension. 07:30 Josh Hader might finally throw off a mound next week. 09:30 Quinn Priester may not be ready for OD. 15:30 Edwin Uceta is unlikely to be ready for OD. 17:30 Royce Lewis should be back in a week. 20:00 Mike Clevinger had a good start. Bubba Chandler has 7 walks in 3 innings. 22:45 Fernando Tatis to bat 3rd or 4th. Xander Bogaerts could bat leadoff. 24:00 Fantrax 24:52 BlueWire 25:00 10 takeaways from LABR and other early drafts 25:30 Fred was the only drafter who selected two SPs in the initial four rounds. Is the Pocket Aces strategy dead? 30:30 Why does no one want the batting average specialists? I thought that Jacob Wilson was the biggest value pick in the draft. Luis Arraez in Rd. 18 is so late too. 35:30 Why does no one believe in prospects? Has Scott Pianowski’s “avo