Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad cover the entire weekend in fantasy baseball, including the struggles of Mookie Betts, Jazz Chisholm and Gunnar Henderson, the success of Dylan Cease and Brandon Lowe and all the details of an extremely busy FAAB period highlighted by active bidding on George Lombard, Jr, Kaelen Culpepper and Jackson Jobe.  Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Marty Tallman share their top fantasy baseball pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 09:00 Dylan Crews 11:25 George Lombard Jr. 15:00 Bryce Eldridge 16:55 Kaelen Culpepper 20:15 Tyler Stephenson 26:20 Clay Holmes 28:10 Martin Perez 30:10 Jackson Jobe 35:00 Bailey Ober 40:10 Luke Weaver 44:30 Deep-league pitchers 58:40 Deep-league hitters --- Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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

Erik Halterman is joined by Jason Collette to discuss the biggest winners of the trade deadline and figure out where to spend your money in AL- and NL-only leagues. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:45 Only-league Trade Deadline FAAB Strategy  16:45 NL to AL trades 38:50 AL to NL trades 47:00 Intra-league trades --- Circa   Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details.  Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Spencer Michaelis discuss the Brewers' trade deadline before breaking down all the remaining high-end hitting prospects in the system!   01:05 Dustin May trade 03:05 Alexander Frias 05:50 Josiah Ragsdale 09:20 Juan Martinez 11:40 Grading the Brewers’ deadline 20:40 Cooper Pratt 24:25 Jesus Made 29:05 Luis Pena/Brady Ebel 34:50 Jett Williams 36:55 Andrew Fischer 40:50 Blake Burke/Luke Adams 47:00 Josh Adamczewski 49:45 Braylon Payne 53:00 Brailyn Antunez/Handelfry Encarnacion 55:00 Dominican Summer League Brewers 01:00:00 Marco Dinges 01:01:50 Bishop Letson   Circa   Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details.  Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for

Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Approximate time stamp when each team was discussed :10 ARI :12 ATH :15 ATL :19 BAL :22 BOS :26 CHC :30 CHW :34 CIN :37 COL :39 DET :43 HOU :44 KCR :46 LAA :51 LAD :54 MIA :58 MIL 1:01 MIN 1:03 NYM 1:05 NYY 1:07 Sponsor Ads 1:10 PHI 1:13 PIT 1:17 SDP 1:20 SEA 1:23 SFG 1:26 STL 1:30 TBR 1:33 TEX 1:35 TOR 1:38 WSN   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Paul Sporer of Fangraphs, break down the weekend in baseball, including the fantasy impact for a number of big trades that went down prior to Monday's deadline, the down seasons for Vlad Guerrero and William Contreras, the Gavin Williams breakout and all the moves in a busy week of FAAB, focusing on heavy bidding for Tigers rookie Max Clark and a few new closer options, plus much more!! Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top fantasy baseball pickups of the week. --- 2:49 Max Clark 6:58 Matt McLain 9:37 Tommy Edman 12:00 Heriberto Hernandez 16:00 Dominic Canzone 19:07 Quinn Mathews 25:02 Kyle Leahy 27:45 Mason Montgomery 30:54 Clayton Beeter 34:00 Steven Cruz 41:00 Circa 42:13 Hayden Wesneski 45:15 AJ Smith-Shawver 50:11 Carson Whisenhunt 53:56 Tomoyuki Sugano 57:00 Brandyn Garcia 1:00:35 Tyler Tolbert 1:03:25 Dane Myers 1:05:21 Pedro Ramirez 1:08:22 Hao-Yu Lee 1:10:40 Andruw Monasterio   --- Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Intro/Casey Mize, Freddy Peralta scratched tonight, calm before the trade storm Steak League FAAB: Quinn Mathews $6 Mason Montgomery $4 Steven Cruz $4 Hayden Wesneski $3 Javier Baez $3 Brandyn Garcia $2 Luis Rengifo $2 Tyler Tolbert $2 Dane Myers $2 Pedro Ramirez $1 Rhett Lowder $1 JT Realmuto $1 Carson Whisenhunt $1 Other names to consider: Erik Miller, Max Clark, George Lombard Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 3, 2026) Brandon Pfaadt 3 Eduardo Rodriguez 3 J.T. Ginn 3 (Todd 2) Chris Sale 5 Dean Kremer 1 (Todd 2) Patrick Sandoval 2 (Todd 3) Matthew Boyd 4 Javier Assad 1 Brady Singer 2 Slade Cecconi 2 Michael Lorenzen 0 Davis Martin 2 Casey Mize* 3 Peter Lambert 3 Randy Dobnak 1 Reid Detmers* 4 Ryan Gusto 1 Brandon Sproat 2 Logan Henderson 4 Joe Ryan 5 Christia

Erik Halterman is joined by Britton Allan to discuss some hitters who have gotten much better in the last two months and some hitters who have gotten much worse. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:10 Rising Hitters, Good to Great 32:15 Rising Hitters, Bad to Good 48:55 Falling Hitters, Great to Good 1:00:30 Falling Hitters, Good to Bad --- Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson, Taylor Corso and Kyle Sonntag predict who the top 10 prospects for dynasty baseball leagues will be heading into the 2028 season!   02:40 Eli Willits 06:05 Grady Emerson 08:15 Seth Hernandez 11:15 Eduardo Quintero 14:15 Juneiker Caceres 19:50 Dax Kilby 21:15 Eric Hartman 20:20 Angeibel Gomez 26:50 Luis Hernandez 29:35 Kendry Chourio 31:00 Luis Pena 33:00 Kevin Alvarez 35:00 Edward Florentino 38:15 JoJo Parker 39:20 Josuar Gonzalez 42:20 Alexander Frias 46:00 Honorable Mentions   Circa  Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Who is the only 20-20 player in baseball right now? Which undrafted pitcher is in the top-10 in wins, ERA and WHIP? Plus, is Cody Bellinger a drop now that he's out 4-to-6 weeks with a hamstring injury. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss all that and more! --- 00:00 Diamond Detective Podcast 00:15 News: 00:30 Cody Bellinger to miss 4-6 weeks. Drop?…… 07:55 Max Meyer 10:30 NL vs AL Wild Card Race 12:00 Kerry Carpenter and Spencer Steer are both on the IL and look like drops 12:30 Ronald Acuna Jr. returned 13:30 Addison Barger avoided TJ surgery and will be ready for spring training 14:15 Joc Pederson homered twice and has 17 homers since May 1 15:50 Casey Schmitt is likely going on the IL with a knee injury 18:00 Esmerlyn Valdez left after being hit by a pitch 19:00 Curtis Mead left his Boston debut with a bruised wrist, Ceddanne Rafaela hit a grand slam and the Red Sox continued to roll 20:40 Francisco Lindor had his best game of 2026 22:30 Zac Thornton with another quality start 24:00 Zack Wheeler and Max

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss the exceptional Nationals offense led by 2 MVP candidates, possible trade deadline moves that might affect fantasy teams and the week in FAAB, highlighted by active bidding on Ronel Blanco and Christian Encarnacion-Strand, and much, much more! They also preview the upcoming week with could feature a lot of offense and talk about a ton of players, including Wyatt Langford, McKenzie Gore and Cade Smith. Circa (All episodes) Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Intro/the Red Sox won 15 straight! Steak League FAAB: Victor Mesa $4 Hunter Dobbins $2 Derek Hill $2 Michael Petersen $1 Tim Tawa $1 Tyler Mahle $1 Connor Prielipp $1 Kohl Drake $0 Dylan Beavers $0 CES $0 Other names to consider: Quinn Mathews, Jordan Montgomery,  Two-start pitchers (week of July 27, 2026) Merrill Kelly 1 (Todd 2) Brandon Pfaadt 3 Jack Perkins 0 (Todd 1) Gage Jump 2 (Todd 1) Martin Perez 1 Chris Sale 5 Kyle Bradish 5 (Todd 4) Payton Tolle 3 Jake Bennett 3 David Peterson 1 (Todd 2) Colin Rea 0 Chase Burns 5 Brady Singer 1 (Todd 2) Slade Cecconi 1 (Todd 2) Noah Schultz 0 Anthony Kay 1 (Todd 0) Keider Montero 2 Tatusya Imai 3 Seth Lugo 2 Walbert Urena 2 Justin Wrobleski 4 Tyler Phillips 1 (Todd 0) Sandy Alcantara 4 Brandon Sproat 3 Bailey Ober

Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Rufe to discuss which closers could see their save chances dry up after the trade deadline. --- 00:00 Headlines 10:50 Buyers whose closer is safe 23:45 Buyers who could upgrade at closer 43:15 Buyers with no clear closer 50:10 Sellers with closers to sell 1:04:55 Sellers without true closers --- Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details.  Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson answers dozens of listener questions about the updated RotoWire Top 400 Prospect Rankings!   01:40 Tiers 02:30 Who could make ’27 Opening Day rosters? 04:20 Dodgers OF prospects 07:05 Mike Sirota 10:30 Josue De Paula 12:20 Kade Anderson’s ETA 13:05 Colt Emerson 14:30 Franklin Arias 16:25 Tate Southisene 20:05 Alfredo Duno 21:10 Ralphy Velazquez 22:30 Edward Florentino 24:10 Henry Bolte 24:40 Cam Cannarella 26:35 Juneiker Caceres 26:55 Angeibel Gomez 27:40 Jefferson Rojas 29:05 Andrew Fischer 31:25 Angel Genao 32:15 Luis Pena 34:30 Prospects most likely to hit 30 HR 36:15 Hayden Alvarez 36:35 Jackson Flora 37:35 Best draft fits 39:00 Braylon Doughty 40:40 Brady Ebel 41:40 Demetrio Crisantes 43:00 Enddy Azocar/Sebastian Dos Santos 44:25 Anthony Eyanson 45:10 Devin Fitz-Gerald 46:20 Ramon Marquez 48:15 Aiva Arquette 49:30 Dax Kilby/Steele Hall 51:00 Rafe Perich 54:15 Austin Overn 55:20 Brody Hopkins 56:35 Josiah Ragsdale/Ricki Moneys 58:15 DSL Standouts 01:00:40 Injured prospects 01:03:40 Wyatt Sa

Are we worried about Jacob Misiorowski from a fantasy perspective? Could the Rays miss the playoffs? Fred Zinkie shares six bold predictions and Jeff Erickson adds one of his own. --- 00:00 Six Bold Second Half Predictions 00:30 Welcome to Fred Zinkie 01:00 News 01:15 Jacob Misiorowski threw just 4 innings last night….. 09:00 Joe Ryan and Freddy Peralta got rocked….. 14:50 Braxton Ashcraft has hit the skids….. 16:10 Trea Turner and Jazz Chisholm Jr. both turned around disappointing seasons for one night 17:15 Bobby Witt Jr. and Julio Rodriguez left their respective games early….. 20:45 Edwin Diaz should be back this weekend or early next week….. 21:30 Max Meyer and Adley Rutschman both went on the IL….. 24:45 Kyle Teel (ankle) left the game and was later seen on crutches….. 26:25 Tommy White had four hits….. 27:40 Cal Raleigh hit a grand slam….. 30:00 Ronel Blanco struck out eight in his return 31:30 Circa 33:03 BlueWire 33:10 BOLD second half predictions. 33:15 The Rays will miss the postseason. 38:30 Led by

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the first weekend of the second half discussing the surging Red Sox, the slumping Cal Raleigh, the sneaky good Bryan Reynolds and all the adds and drops in FAAB, plus much, much more! Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details.    Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik is joined by Michael Govier to preview the American League trade deadline. Which bubble teams will buy at the deadline and which will become sellers? --- 00:00 Headlines 4:00 Detroit Tigers 15:55 Toronto Blue Jays 20:45 Baltimore Orioles 26:10 Houston Astros 32:55 Boston Red Sox 37:40 Minnesota Twins 41:40 Seattle Mariners 47:40 Texas Rangers 54:40 Cleveland Guardians 59:10 Chicago White Sox --- Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.