00:00 Fred Pod 7-1 00:30 Welcome 01:00 Blue Jays - Max Scherzer looked much better in a tough matchup…. 05:30 News: Chase Burns must be an all-time story of FAAB bids blowing up so quickly….. 10:30 Wilyer Abreu had a memorable game….. 12:50 Jeremy Pena and Zach Eflin to the IL…. Hunter Goodman to go on the IL…. 17:10 Trevor Rogers continues to put himself back on the radar…. 19:40 Marcus Semien had a great night, which wrapped up an excellent June where he had a .932 OPS and cut his strikeout ra...
Jul 01, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 1165
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a busy weekend in fantasy baseball, highlighted by the massive FAAB bidding on Reds starter Chase Burns. In addition they discuss Bailey Ober's brutal season, Bryon Buxton's incredible first half and the slew of disappointments from the second round of fantasy drafts. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Get the l...
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 1164
Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:19 Chase Burns 16:58 Edward Cabrera 19:39 Frankie Montas 22:10 Jacob Lopez 24:30 Lance McCullers 29:48 Chandler Simpson 33:53 Mickey Moniak 36:44 Tyler Freeman 40:45 Cam Smith 42:30 Casey Schmitt 45:40 Deep-League Pitchers 57:53 Deep-League Hitters --- Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K. Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insi...
Jun 28, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 1163
0:00 Intro/J.D. Martinez has an offer from the Rangers Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Jacob Lopez $6 Jonah Heim $4 Casey Schmitt $4 12:07 Isaac Collins $4 Trevor Rogers $4 Ryan Pressly $3 Christopher Morel $3 Jake McCarthy $2 Grant Taylor $1 17:37 Phil Maton $0 21:57 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 27, 2025) Ryne Nelson 2 Zac Gallen 3 Jacob Lopez 3 Grant Holmes 3 Trevor Rogers 2 Matthew Boyd 4 33:29 Chase Burns 2 Gavin Williams 2 Chase Dollander 0 Jack Flaherty 3 Colt...
Jun 27, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 1162
Erik Halterman is joined by Garion Thorne to discuss the AL Wild Card contenders, looking for surprising fantasy standouts and spots that need upgrading at the deadline. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:40 Toronto Blue Jays 29:30 Tampa Bay Rays 40:00 Seattle Mariners 46:05 Cleveland Guardians 50:00 Los Angeles Angels 57:20 Texas Rangers 1:00:55 Boston Red Sox 1:05:30 Twins/Royals/Orioles --- Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 ...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 1161
James Anderson and Marc Winokur look back at Average Auction Values from the final week of auction season to look at the biggest hits and misses by position. Then they look at which injured list players are holds, maybe holds and drops in 15-team leagues! 00:00 Intro 03:10 League-winning Catcher buys 10:15 Figuring out First Base 15:30 Massive drop off after Ketel Marte at 2B 20:05 The position with the biggest hits 25:20 Shortstop is LOADED 33:35 Don’t pay for the top OFs 41:00 Kyle Schwarber a...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 1160
00:00 Fred Pod 6-24 00:30 Welcome 01:00 Could Acuna be the 1.1 in fantasy already? 09:00 Chandler Simpson is back 12:30 Trevor Rogers was amazing 15:30 Bailey Ober, time to cut? 17:30 I give up on Ben Brown 19:30 BlueWire 19:40 Kenley Jansen left the game 23:15 Dylan Lee picked up a save 24:45 Eduardo Rodriguez was dominant last night and may have turned a corner….. 27:00 NFFC 27:50 Post-Memorial Day Slumps 28:00 Background 28:45 Josh Jung 31:00 Corey Seager 33:30 Victor Scott II 35:30 Brenton D...
Jun 24, 2025•59 min•Ep. 1159
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a busy weekend of baseball full of homers and discuss all the adds and drops in FAAB. They also discuss the Jo Adell breakout, 2026 draft prices for Pete Crow-Armstrong and James Wood and figure out to handle the slew of injuries from over the weekend for your rosters. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Get the ...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 1158
Ryan Boyer covers his waiver wire recommendations for the week. -- 00:00 Headlines 17:22 Jurickson Profar 20:15 Michael Toglia 21:45 Max Scherzer 23:14 Eduardo Rodriguez 24:25 Orion Kerkering 27:25 Deep-League Pitchers 35:01 Deep-League Hitters -- Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K. Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% o...
Jun 21, 2025•40 min•Ep. 1157
Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now 0:00 Intro/Luke Weaver expected back tonight Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Michael Toglia $8 Hunter Dobbins $7 Kumar Rocker $6 Ryan Gusto $6 Michael Burrows $3 Mickey Moniak $3 Nolan Gorman $1 Ramon Laureano $1 6:50 Chase DeLauter $1 Emerson Hancock $0 Masataka Yoshida $0 22:10 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 23, 2025) Eduardo Rodriguez 3 Luis Severino 1 (Todd ...
Jun 20, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 1156
Erik Halterman is joined by Jordan Rosenblum, creator of the OOPSY projection system, to discuss OOPSY's biggest hits and misses in its rookie season. --- 00:00 Headlines 09:00 What is OOPSY? 18:00 OOPSY's hitter hits 37:30 OOPSY's correct hitter fades 40:30 OOPSY's hitter misses 52:30 OOPSY's pitcher hits 1:00:10 OOPSY's pitcher misses --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expe...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 1155
James Anderson and Rob DiPietro draft Mets starting pitchers for rest-of-season value, and then discuss the struggles of Mark Vientos and Francisco Alvarez, the bright futures of Ronny Mauricio and Jett Williams and much more! 00:00 Intro 01:45 Mets Starting Pitcher Draft 08:20 Add Sean Manaea Now! 13:00 Griffin Canning vs. Kodai Senga ROS 22:45 Top Mets Pitching Prospect To Stash 27:50 Jonah Tong Up In The Second Half? 36:00 Buy Low On Mark Vientos? 40:50 Ronny Mauricio's Excellent Defense 55:0...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 1154
0:00 Intro/Dust settles on Rafael Devers trade Other news: 6:23 Giancarlo Stanton is back with NYY - pick him up? Is Michael Toglia worth adding? 22:48 Looking at the most surprising players thus far (using the Rotowire Earned Auction Value Calculator). How likely are each of these players to keep this up the rest of the way? Their dollar value and Main Event ADP in brackets. Players who have earned at least $20 and were picked outside the top 100: Pete Crow-Armstrong (47, 117) Jeremy Pena (29, ...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 1153
Scott Jenstad and special guest, Vlad Sedler of FTN Fantasy, break down the huge Rafael Devers trade, talk a large pitching week in FAAB and discuss many other players, including Jeremy Pena, Oneil Cruz and Bailey Ober. In addition to the big bids on Jacob Misiorowski and Eury Perez, they chat about the other popular players in FAAB this week, including Christian Moore, Brandon Walter, Ben Casparius and Shelby Miller. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at ...
Jun 16, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 1152
Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 16:22 Jacob Misiorowski 19:23 Shelby Miller 22:12 Ben Casparius 25:03 Ryan Pressly 29:07 Michael Soroka 33:27 Christian Moore 36:52 Evan Carter 38:59 Christian Encarnacion-Strand 40:35 Jeff McNeil 42:20 Alejandro Kirk 46:03 Deep-League Pitchers 57:13 Deep-League Hitters --- Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K. Enter now Get the latest ...
Jun 14, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 1151
0:00 Intro/Jacob Misiorowski reached 100 mph 14 times last night (miz-uh-ROW-skee) 5:56 Roman Anthony Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: 8:34 Christian Moore $15 Abraham Toro $6 Brandon Walter $3 Quinn Priester $3 Ryan Pressly $3 Adrian Houser $3 Michael Conforto $2 Davis Martin $1 Spencer Horwitz $1 Alek Thomas $1 Max Scherzer $1 23:49 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 16, 2025) Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 1) JP Sears 1 JT Ginn 0 Grant Holmes 3 Zach Eflin 2 Dean Kremer 0 Lucas ...
Jun 13, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1150
Erik Halterman is joined by Sara Sanchez to discuss the best teams in baseball, both their best players to date and some less heralded players who deserve more attention. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:45 New York Mets 18:40 Detroit Tigers 25:20 New York Yankees 33:10 Chicago Cubs 46:40 Los Angeles Dodgers 53:00 San Francisco Giants 58:25 Philadelphia Phillies 1:07:50 Other Top Teams Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at che...
Jun 12, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 1149
James Anderson and Melissa Lockard of The Athletic discuss the breakout hitters on the Athletics including Jacob Wilson, Lawrence Butler, Nick Kurtz and Tyler Soderstrom before revisiting the Nationals' ridiculous haul in the Juan Soto trade and the top MiLB breakout of 2025! 00:00 Intro 02:25 Jacob Wilson 06:45 Nick Kurtz/Brent Rooker/Tyler Soderstrom 18:00 Denzel Clarke/Colby Thomas/Henry Bolte 24:15 Lawrence Butler 28:00 Max Muncy/Zack Gelof 31:20 Tommy White 32:10 2026 Opening Day Lineup 36:...
Jun 11, 2025•51 min•Ep. 1148
0:00 News Review: Roman Anthony, Ryan Weather, Eury Perez, Nick Kurtz, Jo Adell, Justin Martinez, Pablo Lopez, Michael King, Shane McClanahan, Max Scherzer :30 Pitchers with a high xERA and low ERA: Trevor Megill, Noah Cameron, Slade Cecconi, Seth Lugo, Yusei Kikuchi :45 Pitchers with a low xERA and high ERA: Jordan Romero, Jeff Hoffman, Cole Ragans, Zebby Matthews, Mason Miller, Emmanuel Clase, Zac Gallen Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com...
Jun 10, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 1147
Scott Jenstad and special guest, Ryan Bloomfield of Baseball HQ, break down a huge week of rookies in FAAB, including heavy action on Jac Caglianone, Kyle Teel and Ronny Mauricio. In addition, they talk about pitchers in FAAB that can help you this week and also discuss the struggles so far in 2025 for Willy Adames and Michael Harris II. 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....
Jun 09, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 1146
Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their waiver wire recommendations for the week. -- 00:00 Headlines 13:20 Jac Caglianone 15:55 Kyle Teel 19:00 Ronny Mauricio 22:25 Ceddanne Rafaela 25:15 Thairo Estrada 27:30 Willi Castro 30:00 Ryne Nelson 31:55 David Festa 35:05 Mick Abel 38:45 Luis L. Ortiz 40:45 Deep-league pitchers 51:40 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 ...
Jun 07, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 1145
Clay Link and Todd Zola 0:00 Intro/Jac Caglianone has arrived Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Ryan Yarbrough $8 Jake Mangum $5 Dillon Dingler $5 3:12 Ronny Mauricio $5 Kyle Teel $5 Ernie Clement $4 Fernando Cruz $4 Coby Mayo $2 Mick Abel $1 13:46 Randy Rodriguez $0 17:35 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 9, 2025) Merrill Kelly 3 (Todd 4) Jeffrey Springs 3 (Todd 4) Chris Sale 5 Cade Povich 2 Brayan Bello 3 (Todd 2) Matthew Boyd 3 (Todd 4) Collin Rea 2 Andrew Abbott 4 Luis...
Jun 06, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 1144
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 Headlines 13:10 40-40 Pace 18:45 30-30 Pace 28:40 25-25 Pace 40:50 20-20 Pace 58:00 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....
Jun 05, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 1143
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 Jhosty...
Jun 04, 2025•55 min•Ep. 1142
0:00 Intro and Fred's LABR team 12:00 News: Jac Caglianone, Parker Meadows, JJ Bleday, Jerar Encarnacion, Luke Weaver/Devin WIlliams 35:00: 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.
Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 1141
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 RotoW...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 1140
News review 15 team Mixed Leagues 12 Team Mixed Leagues AL/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.
May 31, 2025•49 min•Ep. 1139
0:00 Intro/Chandler Simpson sent down Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Robert Garcia $11 Edward Cabrera $6 Carlos Narvaez $5 Wenceel Perez $5 Ryne Nelson $4 Richard Fitts $2 Adrian Houser $2 11:20 Dane Myers $2 Zach Agnos $1 16:01 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 2, 2025) Luis Severino 2 Jacob Lopez 0 Chris Sale 5 Tomoyuki Sugano 3 Richard Fitts 2 (Todd 1) 22:59 Cade Horton 3 (Todd 2) Brady Singer 2 Logan Allen 1 German Marquez 0 Jonathan Cannon 1 Shane Smith 2 (Todd 3) ...
May 30, 2025•55 min•Ep. 1138
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 ...
May 28, 2025•56 min•Ep. 1137
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 5-27 00:30 Welcome 01:00 Bryce Harper 03:30 Nick Kurtz to the IL 06:00 Overachieving Pitching Staffs 06:30 1. Mets 13:50 2. Royals 18:40 3. Tigers 24:50 4. Giants 29:35 5. Rangers 33:55 BlueWire 34:00 Underachieving Pitching Staffs 34:20 1. Orioles 40:20 2. Marlins 44:45 3. D-backs 47:45 4. Dodgers 51:00 5. Brewers G...
May 28, 2025•59 min•Ep. 1136
