RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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Jeff Erickson, Clay Link, James Anderson, Scott Jenstad, Todd Zola, Fred Zinkie, Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider cover fantasy baseball year round, including draft prep, strategy and much more!

  1. 16h ago

    PCA vs. Shohei, Closer Pockets, Post-Break Stats

    Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the NL MVP race, closer pockets from 2026 drafts and one month outliers after the All-Star Break. --- 00:00 MLB Pod 8-18-26 00:15 News: 00:30 PCA is the first (and possibly only) 30-30 player this season, as he homered twice (and so did NL MVP challenger Shohei Ohtani)….. 08:00 Cutting Kyle Tucker 16:15 Jacob Wilson was scratched due to a sore shoulder 19:00 Max Fried is back on the IL, which makes him a drop 20:00 Monday was a big day for player returns: Oneil Cruz, Maikel Garcia, Shane McClanahan, Jordan Lawlar, Vinnie Pasquantino, Justin Martinez, Carlos Rodon, AJ Smith-Shawver 21:45 Ketel Marte is away from the team due to a personal matter, then flew back to AZ for knee 25:00 Bobby Witt Jr. had a big game in an otherwise unremarkable (for him) season 28:45 Circa 29:50 Bridge topic: Closer review from 2026 drafts. 31:00 Edwin Diaz to the IL 33:30 Spend Up on Closers Nevertheless 36:00 Second Tier Disasters 39:45 Next Tier Questionable 49:50 BlueWire 49:55 Main Topic: One month since ASB. Article coming for reference. 50:00 Brandon Pfaadt 54:00 Ty France 55:45 Alec Bohm 57:00 Abimelec Ortiz 58:35 Walbert Ureña 1:02:00 Mason Montgomery --- 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.    (hyperlink: https://www.circasports.com/contests)  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.

  2. 2d ago

    Joshua Báez Has Arrived!

    Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad talk about the huge Joshua Báez debut on the field and in FAAB, discuss the playoff races, debate where Paul Skenes and Jesus Luzardo get drafted next year and break down all the non-Joshua Báez adds in FAAB as well, including active bidding on Zac Veen and Kodai Senga.   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.

  3. 4d ago

    FAAB Targets (Week of August 17, 2026)

    Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top fantasy baseball pickups of the week. --- 1:34 Joshua Baez 5:06 Zack Gelof 7:38 Zac Veen 10:19 Chase Meidroth 12:48 Abimelec Ortiz 15:30 Alejandro Kirk 18:39 Edward Cabrera 22:49 Brandon Pfaadt 26:18 Andrew Painter 30:17 Tyler Mahle 34:11 Kodai Senga 38:20 Circa 39:28 Cal Quantrill 42:11 Blade Tidwell 44:08 Chris Bassitt 46:48 Drew Anderson 49:26 George Klassen 53:06 Jackson Kent 54:26 Osleivis Basabe 56:34 Javier Baez 59:30 Charles McAdoo/Brett Bateman 1:02:30 Tyler O’Neill 1:05:59 Nick Sogard/Masataka Yoshida 1:08:44 Outro --- 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.

  4. 4d ago

    Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Aug. 17, 2026)

    Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Intro/Tigers suddenly in the final wild-card spot in AL Steak League FAAB: Zac Veen $7 Abimelic Ortiz $5 Tyler Mahle $4 Ben Joyce $4 Kodai Senga $3 Andrew Alvarez $3 Jonny DeLuca $3 Hunter Dobbins $1 Justin Martinez $1 Joe Musgrove George Klassen Blade Tidwell Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 17, 2026) Mitch Bratt 1 Mason Barnett 0 Jack Perkins 0 Martin Perez 3 (Todd 2) Tyler Mahle 3 (Todd 4) Brandon Young 2 Shane Baz 3 Ranger Suarez 3 Shota Imanaga 4 Rhett Lowder 0 (Todd 1) Andrew Abbott 3 Foster Griffin 3 Tomoyuki Sugano 0 Luis Castillo 3 Erik Fedde 0 Framber Valdez 3 Cristian Javier 1 Michael Wacha 2 Daniel Lynch 0 George Klassen 2 Jason Junk 1 Nolan McLean 3 Will Warren 3 Cristopher Sanchez 5 Carmen Mlodzinski 1 Walker Buehler 2 Bryce Miller 2 Carson Whisenhunt 0 Andre Pallante 2 Kyle Leahy 2 Nick Martinez 4 Drew Rasmussen 5 Cal Quantrill 1 Jose Soriano 3 Jackson Kent 0 (Todd 1) 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.

  5. 5d ago

    What Makes a Bust with Dave McDonald

    Erik Halterman is joined by Dave McDonald to discuss which of this year's biggest busts came into the season with clear red flags and which ones fell flat out of nowhere. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:30 Busts Overview 15:30 Aaron Judge 20:40 Ronald Acuna 22:30 Paul Skenes 29:10 Garrett Crochet 34:00 Gunnar Henderson 38:35 Kyle Tucker 40:55 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 44:50 Cal Raleigh 49:05 Edwin Diaz 50:35 Francisco Lindor 54:25 Bryan Woo 57:10 Wyatt Langford 1:01:10 Hunter Brown 1:03:55 Devin Williams 1:06:35 Cole Ragans 1:08:45 Brent Rooker 1:11:05 Freddy Peralta 1:14:00 Daniel Palencia 1:15:50 Manny Machado 1:18:35 Maikel Garcia --- 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.

  6. 6d ago

    Drafting For 2027 w/ Dominic Rello

    James Anderson and Dominic Rello preview the 5th annual Too Early Meatball Draft (the first high-stakes draft of 2027), which will take place next week!   02:45 2026 check in 10:20 Predicting the first round 18:40 1B is DEEP 25:25 3B is shallow again 30:15 Where does Cal Raleigh rank at C? 34:00 Buy low on Kyle Tucker? 38:55 Big names who might not get drafted 48:45 Players who lost eligibility 53:00 Multi-eligible players 01:07:20 Rookies for 2027   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.

  7. Aug 11

    Pitching Pockets Review

    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 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details.  (hyperlink: https://www.circasports.com/contests)  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.

  8. Aug 10

    Busy Week of Rookie FAAB

    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.

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