RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Erik Halterman is joined by Scott Chu of Pitcher List to discuss a handful of struggling hitters, trying to figure out which cold starts are genuinely worrying and which have presented buy-low opportunities.

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00:00 Intro
02:15 Injured Closers
05:45 Other Headlines
20:00 Juan Soto
23:45 Gunnar Henderson
27:55 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
32:35 Julio Rodriguez
36:35 Yordan Alvarez
40:45 Trea Turner
43:00 Rafael Devers
46:40 Mid-round Cs
50:35 Mid-rou...

James Anderson and Zac Beck talk realist breakout, buy-low targets, breakouts we're not buying, FYPD prospects on the rise, relief prospect with the most upside and much more!

01:40 Aroon Escobar 

04:55 Cristian Hernandez 

06:45 Spencer Jones 

09:45 C.J. Kayfus 

11:35 Dylan Crews 

13:25 Brandon Winokur 

15:15 Carson Williams 

17:00 Matt Shaw 

19:20 Brandon Clarke 

22:40 Michael Forret/Ben Hess 

25:10 Nick Kurtz/Ryan Sloan 

29:50 Caleb Bonemer/...

Will the real Zac Gallen please stand up? Is this version of Chris Bassitt for real? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the news of the day and at least 10 polarizing starting pitchers.

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00:00 Fred Zinkie 4/22 Pod

00:30 Welcome

01:30 Nick Kurtz Getting the Call

14:30 How Much FAAB do you need for five months?

24:15 Chandler Simpson

27:50 Spencer Strider to IL

31:10 Vivid Seats

32:01 BlueWire

32:15 Polarizing Pitchers

33:15 Bowden Franci...

Jeff Erickson and Scott discuss the weekend in baseball and then jump into all the adds and drops in FAAB, including heavy action on Chandler Simpson and Caleb Durbin. They also preview Week 5, talk Cubs and Royals offenses and try and find possible pitching adds in a really scarce week in pitcher FAAB. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire. 

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver pickups for a week that was full of prospect callups.

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00:00 Headlines
15:26 Chandler Simpson
21:08 Nick Kurtz
25:29 Caleb Durbin
29:04 Edgar Quero
32:14 Austin Hays
33:47 Pavin Smith
38:19 Hayden Wesneski
39:50 Tyler Mahle
42:04 Luis L. Ortiz
45:04 David Bednar
48:55 Deep-league Pitchers
59:59 Deep-league Hitters

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0:00 Intro/23 mph winds blowing out at Wrigley today

Pickups from t...

Erik Halterman is joined by Nick Pollack, founder of Pitcher List, to figure out which pitchers off to hot starts are genuinely breaking out and which are merely in a groove.

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00:00 Intro
02:45 Spencer Strider
07:25 Bobby Miller
12:00 How Nick analyzes pitchers

Hot starts:
21:00 Cole Ragans
26:00 Hunter Greene
28:50 Joe Ryan
32:30 Logan Webb
36:20 Shane Baz
39:55 MacKenzie Gore
42:55 Chris Bassitt
45:30 Hayden Wesneski
48:30 Jesus Luzardo

Cold ...

James Anderson welcomes on Taylor Corso and Kyle Sonntag of Prospects Live to talk about the best prospects to add in your shallow, mid and deep-sized dynasty leagues!
 

00:00 Intro 

01:45 Yophery Rodriguez 

05:40 Tommy Troy 

07:05 Dasan Hill 

10:10 Nolan McLean 

13:45 Gabriel Rincones 

16:35 Ernesto Martinez Jr. 

19:55 Jonathan Santucci 

21:35 Brandon Young 

22:50 Austin Overn 

25:30 Henry Bolte 

27:30 Miguel Ullola 

29:10 Khal Stephen 

32:05 Ky...

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss 10 hitters that are off to interesting early hitter stat lines, including Jazz Chisholm and Jacob Wilson.

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00:00 Fred Pod 4-15

00:30 Welcome

01:45 Jacob Wilson

10:00 Gabriel Arias

12:11 BlueWire

12:15 News and Injuries:

12:30 Marcell Ozuna will miss the Jays series (hip)…..

15:15 Jays notes - Easton Lucas, George Springer seems to have avoided a major injury….Max Scherzer has a setback

18:40 Reds Move...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss a busy weekend across baseball and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They talk the scoreless Rockies, Jung Hoo Lee, Chris Sale and more before getting into all the popular names in FAAB this week, including Chase Dollander, Davis Festa, Zac Veen and Chase Meidroth. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week.

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00:00 Headlines
17:45 David Festa
20:30 Zebby Matthews
23:45 Landen Roupp
26:40 Justin Verlander
29:00 Nick Kurtz
30:25 Sean Murphy
33:35 Zac Veen
36:40 Matt Wallner
39:10 Dylan Moore
42:30 Geraldo Perdomo
45:25 Jesus Sanchez
48:30 Deep-league pitchers
1:00:15 Deep-league hitters

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0:00 Intro/Zac Veen arrives, will command some lofty bids this wee...

Erik Halterman is joined by Lauren Auerbach of Fantrax to discuss a handful of teams which have started out unexpectedly hot or cold in an attempt to figure out if fantasy players misevaluated anyone during draft season.

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00:00 Intro
02:20 Kyren Paris does it again
08:45 Pitcher Injuries
14:45 Angels
21:20 Rangers
28:30 Padres
34:45 Giants
40:00 Blue Jays
48:00 Cubs
53:20 Braves
1:01:45 Orioles
1:06:45 Twins

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James Anderson welcomes on Andrew Geller (aka The Gildz) to talk about some early hits and misses and early-season roster management!

00:00 Intro

02:20 Evaluating potential drops

03:50 Potential drops

06:50 Pete Alonso

11:20 Kyren Paris

18:15 Zach Neto

24:00 Early Hits

35:35 Early Misses

44:15 Early FOMO

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Fred Zinkie shares his top trading tips and reviews the big Vlad Guerrero Jr. contract with Jeff Erickson.

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00:00 Fred-Vision 4/8

00:30 Welcome - Vlad’s contract

12:00 Fred’s Annual trade tips

12:50 A) Make the offer

14:45 B) Concise explanation

16:45 C) Provide Options

20:00 D) Focus on Opponent

22:00 E) Unbalance

25:30 F) Streamline

28:15 G) Multiple Offers

30:40 H) You Don’t Know Everything

33:30 I) Don’t Fear

36:00 VIVID Seats

36:55 News &...

Scott Jenstad is joined by special guest, Paul Sporer, and they discuss a busy weekend in baseball, run through all the injury news and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They talk about injuries to Victor Robles, Blake Snell and Ivan Herrera and then get into the FAAB bidding on Zac Veen, Kyren Paris, Dennis Santana and many more, all getting you ready for Week 3 in the MLB season. 

Get the latest fantasy sports insights, ...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver wire pickups of the week.

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00:00 Headlines

15:39 Jordan Hicks

19:01 Max Meyer

21:37 Tommy Kahnle

23:49 Jose Soriano

27:08 Dennis Santana

30:01 Jordan Walker

34:05 Hunter Goodman

37:06 Ivan Herrera

39:38 Heston Kjerstad

41:53 Jacob Wilson

45:49 Deep League Pitchers

55:54 Deep League Hitters

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0:00 Intro/Day baseball!

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Erik Halterman and guest Grey Albright of Razzball check in on some of the most-talked about players during draft season to see who already looks overhyped and who looks like they deserved the attention.

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00:00 Torpedo Bats
06:05 Headlines
17:30 Roki Sasaki
24:50 Lawrence Butler
26:30 Willson Contreras
30:00 Dylan Crews
33:25 Michael Toglia
38:45 Ivan Herrera
41:15 Victor Scott
45:00 Jordan Westburg
47:50 Hunter Goodman
51:45 Cristopher Sanc...