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. 3h ago

    Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Sept. 14, 2026)

    Intro/Josue De Paula gets the call Steak League FAAB:Josue De Paula $5Christian Koss $4Leo BernalJonah TongReynaldo LopezZac GallenJohn PeckConnelly EarlySean Manaea Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 14, 2026)Jack Perkins 0Brandon Young 2Patrick Sandoval 2David Peterson 1Nick Lodolo 1 (Todd 0)Rhett Lowder 0Tanner Bibee 3Tomoyuki Sugano 0Ryan Feltner 0Davis Martin 1Erick Fedde 1Troy Melton 2Drew Anderson 1Hunter Brown 4 (Todd 5)Michael Wacha 4Reid Detmers 4 (Todd 5)Ryan Johnson 2Roki Sasaki 1Sandy Alcantara 5Jacob Misiorowski 5Connor Prielipp 2 (Todd 1)Jonah Tong 2Will Warren 3Cristopher Sanchez 5Jared Jones 4Casey Mize 2Walker Buehler 1Kade Anderson 4Landen Roupp 1Quinn Mathews 1Griffin Jax 3Cody Bradford 0 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. 1d ago

    Next Year's First Round with Lauren Auerbach

    Erik Halterman is joined by Lauren Auerbach to discuss the high amount of turnover at the top of the player pool. Who should be picked earlier next season, this year's top picks or this year's top performers? --- 00:00 Headlines 06:30 Pete Crow-Armstrong vs. Shohei Ohtani 13:40 Jacob Misiorowski vs. Aaron Judge 18:15 Ben Rice vs. Bobby Witt Jr. 23:40 Yordan Alvarez vs. Juan Soto 27:35 Cam Schlittler vs. Ronald Acuna Jr. 31:25 Jordan Walker vs. Jose Ramirez 36:20 CJ Abrams vs. Tarik Skubal 41:40 Hunter Goodman vs. Elly De La Cruz 45:15 Junior Caminero vs. Julio Rodriguez 49:35 Sal Stewart vs. Paul Skenes 53:50 Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Garrett Crochet 58:30 Elly De La Cruz vs. Gunnar Henderson 1:01:20 Chris Sale vs. Corbin Carroll 1:04:25 Fernando Tatis Jr. vs. Kyle Tucker 1:07:20 James Wood vs. Fernando Tatis Jr. --- 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. 1d ago

    September Callups With The Welsh

    Chris Welsh (@isitthewelsh) joins Jeff Erickson to discuss September call-ups like Lazaro Montes, Ethan Salas and Leo Bernall, and they also discuss the state of the Diamondbacks. --- 00:00 09-09-26 MLB Podcast 00:15 Welcome to Chris Welsh 00:35 What is Chris working on? 04:30 Thanks to James Anderson 05:30 Diamondbacks Talk - Carroll, Playoffs, Burnes, Bullpen 15:30 Brock Bowers Injury 16:20 Circa 17:30 September Call-Ups 17:40 Lazaro Montes 26:00 Ethan Salas 29:30 Leo Bernal 32:00 Cooper Hjerpe 33:45 Walker Jenkins 35:35 BlueWire 36:20 Jonah Tong 38:30 Michael Arroyo  39:10 John Peck 40:10 Adael Amador 41:10 Ty Johnson 41:40 Ricky Tiedemann 42:30 Denzel Clarke 43:25 Carlos Jorge and Hector Rodriguez --- 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.

  4. 2d ago

    Five Fantasy Baseball Mistakes Experts Made in 2026

    Fred Zinkie is in the finals of the Tout Wars Champions League, but even he has made mistakes this year, including drafting early catchers like Cal Raleigh. He and Jeff Erickson discuss their biggest mistakes of the season. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 9-8-26 00:45 Tout Wars Champions League 05:30 News:  05:35 Aaron Judge Returns 07:45 Corbin Burnes Returns 09:15 Corbin Carroll Scratched 10:20 Shohei Ohtani Out Tuesday 16:45 Chase Burns pitched so well that you may want to start him anyways 18:45 Emmet Sheehan struck out 10 Reds 19:30 Another monster game from PCA, who is at 41-35 19:55 Henry Bolte had a homer and three steals. 22:00 Coby Mayo homered twice and has a .905 OPS in the second half. 26:00 Dylan Cease dealt with diminished velo in a poor start 28:20 Eury Perez has allowed at least 5 ER in three straight starts 31:00 Jesus Luzardo with another dominant start. Is he a top 10 SP for 2027? 32:00 Kyle Harrison is no longer worth rostering 33:30 Riley O’Brien blew a save. He is 0-4 with 3 BS and a 5.30 ERA in the second half 36:20 Circa 37:19 BlueWire 37:25 Main Topic: Fred’s five biggest screwups of 2026 38:15 Drafting pitchers in Round 1 44:30 Investing heavily in catchers (Cal Raleigh, Shea Langeliers) 49:10 Ignoring the second-half collapse of Framber Valdez 52:30 Overly Relying on Park Factors - Luis Castillo and Ezequiel Tovar 54:45 Ryan Walker 58:25 Jeff’s Biggest Mistakes 58:40 Not Enough “What Could Go Right?” Players 1:01:35 Pushing Up Scarce Players 1:05:10 Too Many Old Hitters 1:07:30 Impatience With Roles 1:13:40 Overlooking Speed …. Again --- 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.

  5. 4d ago

    10 Players Experts Are Adding on the Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire

    Jeff Erickson and Paul Sporer from Fangraphs and the Sleeper and Bust Podcast discuss Konnor Griffin vs. Kevin McGonigle, the AL Playoff Races, and the FAAB Results of the week. --- 00:00 9-6-26 MLB Podcast 00:15 Welcome to Paul Sporer 00:45 Fantasy Trade Deadline Deals 02:00 The DH Discount 04:00 Kyle Tucker 06:30 Paul Skenes 10:15 Konnor Griffin vs. Kevin McGonigle (or others)? 15:20 Catch Up on the Races 15:30 Baltimore Loses Six In A Row 16:30 Tigers/Cleveland 21:00 Seattle Mariners - Shovel Dirt Time? 22:00 Zombie Astros 23:00 Rangers - Not In Nor Out 25:20 Braves-Phillies 33:15 Shohei Ohtani 35:15 Circa Read 36:30 Labor Day Schedule 38:00 Light Schedule 38:50 Jacob Lopez Two-Step 40:30 Chase Burns 42:00 Elly De La Cruz 45:30 Kyle Harrison 48:30 BlueWire 48:40 Free Agent Hitters 48:45 Lazaro Montes 50:15 Leo Bernal 51:45 Thomas Saggese 53:30 Konnor Griffin 53:50 Jonah Cox 56:20 Mickey Gasper 58:20 Hector Rodriguez 59:20 Heriberto Hernandez 1:00:35 Adael Amador 1:01:45 Free Agent Starters 1:01:55 Emmet Sheehan 1:04:10 Jonah Tong 1:05:05 Yusei Kikuchi 1:05:30 Grayson Rodriguez 1:08:25 Davis Martin 1:10:10 Reynaldo Lopez 1:11:20 Cal Quantrill 1:12:38 Free Agent Relievers 1:13:00 Juan Morillo 1:14:00 Ryan Zeferjahn 1:15:00 Andrew Kittredge 1:16:00 Tyler Wells 1:18:00 Nick Pivetta Returning 1:19:30 Joe Ryan Returns --- 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.

  6. 6d ago

    FAAB Targets (Week of Sept. 7, 2026)

    Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top waiver-wire pickups of the week. --- 2:16 Hector Rodriguez5:32 Lazaro Montes8:30 Henry Bolte11:39 Max Clark13:23 Ethan Salas17:29 Grayson Rodriguez19:57 Walbert Urena24:17 Andrew Painter27:01 Hayden Wesneski30:27 Corbin Burnes 33:10 Circa 36:29 Yusei Kikuchi39:09 Patrick Sandoval41:52 Davis Martin46:21 Justin Wrobleski48:36 Bryan Hudson 54:22 Matt Shaw56:54 Thomas Saggese59:12 Jonah Cox1:01:54 Yohandy Morales1:04:08 Wade Meckler 1:08:24 Outro --- 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. Sep 4

    Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Sept. 7, 2026)

    Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details.  Intro/Konnor Griffin is back tonight! - Steak League FAAB: Lazaro Montes $6Bryan Hudson $5Quinn Mathews $3Elvis Alvarado $3Max Scherzer $3Brady House $2Juan Morillo $1Corbin Burnes $1Yohandy Morales $1Emmett Sheehan $1Christian MooreConnor PrielippAnthony MolinaJohnny DeLucaMatt Wilkinson- Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 7, 2026) Jacob Lopez 3Grant Holmes 1Trevor Rogers 3Patrick Sandoval 3David Peterson 1Brandon Williamson 0Joey Cantillo 1Gabriel Hughes 0Davis Martin 2Troy Melton 3Hayden Wesneski 3Noah Cameron 3Grayson Rodriguez 2Eury Perez 4 (Todd 3)Jonah Tong 1Cam Schlittler 5Jesus Luzardo 5Andrew Painter 3 (Todd 4)Bubba Chandler 2Landen Roupp 1 (Todd 2)Michael McGreevy 1Cody Bradford 0Dylan Cease 5Will Dion 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.

  8. Sep 4

    What 25 Days Can Tell Us with Mike Couillard

    With 25 days left in the regular season, Erik Halterman and Mike Couillard look back at the best players of the first 25 days to see how their seasons have worked out.  --- 00:00 Headlines 16:45 Home Runs 27:40 Stolen Bases 36:10 Runs 46:15 RBI 52:30 Batting Average 59:25 ERA 1:02:35 WHIP 1:05:25 Wins 1:08:55 Strikeouts 1:11:45 Saves --- 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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