RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 0:00 Intro/Konnor Griffin has arrived! Steak League FAAB: 4:10 Emerson Hancock $23 Michael McGreevy $13 Lance McCullers $12 Colt Emerson $9 Joe Boyle $7 Joey Wiemer $4 Keaton Winn $1 Two-start pitchers: 12:50 Zac Gallen 3 Aaron Civale 0 20:00 Chris Sale 5 Dean Kremer 0 Brayan Bello 1 Jameson Taillon 2 Brandon Williamson 0 (Todd 1) 25:20 Andrew Abbott 4 Tanner Bibee 3 Ryan Feltner 0 Kyle Freeland 0 Erick Fedde 0 Shane Smith 1 (Todd 2) Casey Mize 2 (Todd 3) Tarik Skubal 5 Hunter Brown 5 Noah Cameron 3 Cole Ragans 5 36:30 Jose Soriano 3 Janson Junk 1 Sandy Alcantara 4 (Todd 5) Brandon Woodruff 5 Joe Ryan 4 Taj Bradley 1 (Todd 2) Freddy Peralta 5 Cam Schlittler 5 44:30 Andrew Painter 4 (Todd 3) Bubba Chandler 3 (Todd 2) German Marquez 0 (Todd 1) Nick Pivetta 4 Logan Gilbert 5 Adrian Houser 1 Andre Pallante 0 Ryan Pepiot 2 (Todd 0) Jacob deGrom 4 Max Scherzer 3 Kevin Gausman 5 Zack Littell 0 (Todd 1) 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by RotoWire president Peter Schoenke to discuss the most confusing bullpens in baseball. --- 00:00 Headlines: Konnor Griffin, Cody Ponce and more 12:45 Closer Chaos: Athletics 15:40 Rockies 20:25 Astros 25:05 Royals 31:05 Angels 34:35 Twins 38:00 Giants 40:30 Cardinals 43:15 Rays 49:40 Rangers 53:20 Nationals 55:30 Move quickly on closers, move slowly on hitters --- Check out Erik's new Closer Carousel Column: https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/column/closer-carousel-695 Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 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.  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 Peter Schoenke conduct a Stash Draft featuring injured big leaguers and prospects! 03:40 Konnor Griffin 10:40 Bryce Miller 12:25 Colt Emerson 14:50 Robby Snelling 17:55 Lourdes Gurriel 19:10 Edwin Uceta 21:30 Bryce Eldridge 24:20 Hagen Smith 27:55 Shane Bieber 29:35 Noah Schultz 30:35 Tommy Edman 31:40 Payton Tolle 33:00 Jasson Dominguez 37:15 Jonah Tong 38:20 Dylan Crews 39:35 River Ryan 40:35 Ryan Waldschmidt 41:20 Charlie Condon 43.55 Didier Fuentes 45:00 Justin Steele 45:35 Honorable Mentions 53:05 Thanks, Pete Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie bid aggressively against each other in the Mixed LABR league on both Carmen Mlodzinski and Randy Suarez, plus they have observations about the new ABS system in major league baseball. --- 00:00 3-31-26 MLB Podcast 00:15 Avoiding Early Damage 11:30 Cody Ponce ACL Sprain 15:00 Colt Emerson (and Cooper Pratt) new contracts 19:30 Sling 20:30 Monday’s Pitchers 20:45 Starters 21:00 Parker Messick 22:45 Jacob Lopez 23:45 Chris Bassitt 29:45 Kyle Harrison 30:30 Foster Griffin 33:00 Bryce Elder, Lance McCullers 35:30 Justin Verlander 38:15 BlueWire 38:20 Relievers 38:30 Paul Sewald got a save. 46:30 Lucas Erceg 49:45 Tyler Alexander has two saves. 54:30 Is it too early to make trades? 57:30 Let’s take a look at these deals, courtesy of the Yahoo Trade Market. 58:30 Chase DeLauter for Sonny Gray 59:15 JJ Wetherholt has been traded in 1-for-1’s for Freddy Peralta, James Wood, Steven Kwan and Chase Burns. 1:00:00 Carson Benge for Jacob Wilson 1:00:30 Jackson Chourio for Brice Turang 1:01:30 RotoWire Smart Money 1:04:30 Sitting McClanahan 1:06:00 Knowing the LABR Rules --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! (Hyperlink: https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334) 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap-up a busy first weekend of the baseball season and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They discuss the big start for a number of highly touted rookies, take a look ahead at Week 2 and then talk an active weekend in FAAB with closers such as Jordan Romano and Cole Sands garnering the most interest in fantasy leagues. Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! 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.  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 Ryan Boyer offer up their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:38 Carson Benge 17:13 Justin Crawford 20:39 Jordan Lawlar 23:01 Jake McCarthy 25:41 Nasim Nunez 30:22 Max Meyer 32:26 Matthew Liberatore 35:48 Kyle Harrison 37:46 Paul Sewald 40:21 Jordan Romano 44:50 Ryan Johnson 47:05 Carmen Mlodzinski 49:36 Steven Matz 51:27 Ryne Stanek 54:29 Gregory Soto 57:22 Casey Schmitt 59:37 Joey Loperfido 1:01:43 T.J. Rumfield 1:03:47 Jake Bauers 1:07:12 Edouard Julien 1:09:15 Smart Money --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Intro/First two-start pitcher podcast of the season! Opening Day takeaways/box score nuggets: Clay was sure Sal Stewart broke his wrist Kevin McGonigle goes 4-for-5 with two doubles (btw a four-hit debut is rarer than a perfect game) Chase DeLauter pops two long balls JJ Wetherholt homers in debut Jacob Misiorowski sets Brewers Opening Day record with 11 strikeouts Paul Skenes fails to make it out of the first inning Griffin Jax in the sixth inning Trevor Rogers picks up where he left off last season Jordan Romano nails down the save for LAA Ryne Stanek closes things out for STL Nasim Nunez swipes a bag Nathan Church goes 3-for-4 Two-start pitchers: Michael Soroka 0 Brandon Pfaadt 1 Aaron Civale 0 Bryce Elder 0 Jose Suarez 0 Chris Bassitt 3 Ranger Suarez 4 Edward Cabrera 4 Chase Burns 3 Parker Messick 1 (Todd 0) Tomoyuki Sugano 0 Davis Martin 0 Justin Verlander 2 Kris Bubic 3 Ryan Johnson 0 Roki Sasaki 0 Chris Paddack 0 Kyle Harrison 3 Mick Abel 2 (Todd 1) Clay Holmes 3 Kodai Senga 3 Ryan Weathers 3 Max Fried 5 Taijuan Walker 0 Braxton Ashcraft 1 German Marquez 1 Luis Castillo 4 Adrian Houser 1 (Todd 2) Landen Roupp 1 Kyle Leahy 0 Nick Martinez 1 (Todd 2) Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2) Cody Ponce 4 Foster Griffin 0 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Matt Morris of the Dynasty Dingers podcast to discuss every rookie on every Opening Day roster. Which ones should be added everywhere they're available, which ones belong on your watch list, and which ones can you safely ignore? --- 00:00 Headlines 11:25 AL Central rookies 26:15 AL East rookies 40:55 AL West rookies 52:10 NL Central rookies 1:03:30 NL East rookies 1:12:05 NL West rookies --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! 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.  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 listener questions about the fully-updated RotoWire Top 400 Prospect Rankings! 01:05 Tiers 03:00 McGonigle vs Wetherholt 04:50 Roch Cholowsky 05:50 Basallo vs. Rainiel 07:40 Joshua Baez 10:30 Carson Benge 11:10 Ralphy Velazquez 13:05 This Year’s Nolan McLean 15:00 Mike Sirota 16:15 Ranking the young shortstops 18:25 Josuar Gonzalez vs. Jesus Made 19:45 A.J. Ewing 20:45 Henry Bolte 25:40 Didier Fuentes 26:50 Carlos Lagrange 28:25 Sam Antonacci 31:00 Juan Valera 32:10 Jefferson Rojas 33:35 John Gil 34:20 Trevor McDonald 36:00 Jordan Yost 37:35 Jonny Farmelo 38:35 Devin Fitz-Gerald 39:30 Breyson Guedez 41:00 Jose Fernandez 42:10 Christian Scott Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The concept of "FOMO" (Fear of Missing Out) is real and powerful in fantasy baseball. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the players they missed out on, including Sal Stewart and Daniel Palencia. --- 00:00 FOMO-cast 2026 00:15 News 00:35 JJ Wetherholt, Kevin McGonigle and Carson Benge made the team. Konnor Griffin didn’t. 07:30 Connelly Early made the team. In the rotation too. 15:00 Ryan Pepiot to the IL. 16:00 RotoWire My Leagues Demo 19:20 Dennis Santana may not get all the save chances. 23:00 Spencer Strider’s poor spring ends with a trip to the IL. Should they sign Lucas Giolito? 29:00 Kyle Stowers will miss 3-4 weeks. And the Marlins were comfortably the lowest scoring team this spring. 32:00 Zack Wheeler will start a rehab assignment on Saturday. 34:20 The Yankees won’t need Luis Gil to start until April 11. 35:20 RotoWire Smart Money Demo 36:40 Fantrax 37:40 FOMO Players! 38:30 Fred: SP: Parker Messick, George Kirby, Kodai Senga 42:30 Jeff SP: Jacob Misiorowski 46:00 Fred: RP: Danny Palencia 48:00 Jeff RP: Edwin Diaz 48:30 Fred: C: Samuel Basallo 49:30 Jeff C: Drake Baldwin 50:00 Fred: 1B: Sal Stewart 53:00 Jeff 1B: Vinnie Pasquantino 55:00 Fred & Jeff: 2B: None, what a garbage position 55:30 Fred: 3B: None, what a garbage position 55:45 Jeff 3B: J-Ram & Jordan Lawlar 58:30 Fred: SS: Elly De La Cruz, Jacob Wilson, Colston Montgomery 1:01:50 Jeff SS: Bo Bichette 1:04:03 BlueWire 1:04:05 Fred: OF: Chase DeLauter, Wilyer Abreu 1:07:00 Jeff OF: Wyatt Langford, Wilyer Abreu too! --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad preview Week 1 of the MLB Season, talk all the news and notes from the weekend and then break down their NFBC Main Event Drafts from Las Vegas on Saturday. In addition, they also discuss the first week of FAAB and the demotion of Dylan Crews before getting into all the picks, misses and snipes from a busy weekend of drafts in Vegas. Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Rick Graham of PitcherList as they try to figure out how many true, trustworthy closers there will be in 2026. --- 00:00 Intro 02:00 Outfielders on/off Opening Day rosters 06:00 Opening Day rotation news 13:45 NL Tout Wars review 30:00 Safe, trustworthy closers 33:00 Safe for now 47:00 Unconfirmed but probable closers 52:00 Currently injured closers 54:30 Committees and unclear situations --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Intro/Back from New York City, getting you set for the final weekend before Opening Day Latest news Zebby Matthews optioned, Mick Abel seemingly wins rotation spot. Samuel Basallo homers twice Thursday. Clay experiencing severe FOMO. Dylan Crews optioned to Triple-A Rochester. Cody Ponce allows one hit over 5.2 scoreless innings, striking out five against the Yankees on Thursday. Logan Henderson optioned by MIL. Is Kevin McGonigle going to be the Tigers' everyday shortstop and leadoff man? Caleb Durbin named Boston’s starting third baseman… is he being overlooked? Carson Benge has made the Mets’ roster, looks like a starter. Didier Fuentes is making noise in camp for Atlanta. Grayson Rodriguez is dealing with a dead arm. Tout Wars Todd’s draft A record price on Aaron Judge Full draft board: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FUC4bQIEBWB_Uls78le749zlaFIUcRo8HreKAlcdQUo/edit?gid=1184240362#gid=1184240362 Clay’s draft FREE draft review article at RotoWire: https://x.com/claywlink/status/2035050310742266006 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Sara Sanchez to discuss a large number of spring news updates as well as the top performers from the World Baseball Classic, which Sara just returned from covering. --- 00:00 Intro 02:40 Positive Pitcher Updates 13:00 Hitter Injury News 29:45 Negative Pitcher News 37:00 WBC Standouts: Venezuela 49:20 USA 57:00 Dominican Republic 1:04:00 Italy 1:09:20 Other Countries --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! 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.  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 Dustin McComas give an update on the Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle situations and discuss Leo De Vries' impressive spring before going team by team and evaluating rotation battles and whether to pay the increased price tags on our favorite starting pitcher sleepers! 01:35 Konnor Griffin/Kevin McGonigle 07:55 Leo De Vries 11:30 Rotation Battles 12:05 Diamondbacks rotation 14:50 Didier Fuentes’ upside 19:40 Red Sox rotation 24:25 Cubs rotation 27:10 Reds rotation 31:30 Tatsuya Imai’s upside 36:00 Stash George Klassen? 38:05 Dodgers rotation 41:50 Robby Snelling Watch 46:00 Brewers rotation 51:00 Buying Mick Abel? 54:50 Mets rotation 58:40 Riding Ryan Weathers 01:01:40 Phillies rotation 01:04:35 Pirates rotation 01:07:50 Padres rotation 01:11:05 Buying Emerson Hancock? 01:13:25 Giants rotation 01:14:50 Cardinals rotation 01:17:55 Rays rotation 01:20:45 Rangers rotation 01:22:15 Pay for Cade Cavalli? Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson share their top reactions from the Tout Wars Experts Leagues, including two record-setting buys of Aaron Judge in successive drafts. --- 00:00 RotoWire MLB Podcast 3-17-26 00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie 00:30 RotoWire Smart Money - https://t.co/qcmg4BiQus 01:45 News 02:00 Gerrit Cole will start tomorrow. 03:10 MacKenzie Gore has a 6:6 K:BB ratio in ST. Globe Life Field better work its magic. 06:30 NFBC Main Event draft slot 10:00 Thoughts on the Closer Market 16:00 Why can’t the Reds just say that Chase Burns is going to make the team? 22:00 Fantrax 23:00 ToutWars Results 24:00 Aaron Judge 32:30 Kyle Bradish seems like your best purchase, when compared to the other SP prices. 34:15 Fred likes the Kirby Yates pick. He is starting to look like their closer. 37:00 You haven’t mentioned Samuel Basallo as a target….was that just a value purchase? 39:20 Dominic Canzone 40:00 How to do Stars and Scrubs Right 43:20 Are you becoming the Chase DeLauter guy? There isn’t much buzz on him, even though he seems certain to make the team. 45:01 BlueWire 45:10 I’d also like to comment on the Mixed Auction, since it is relevant to many of our listeners. We saw a $63 Judge and four players go for $50 or more. The high NFBC auction average is $48. Did these drafters get carried away? 46:30 The second and third tier of closers were so cheap. For $20, you could get two closers from the Jansen, Santana, Hader, Walker tier, and a couple speculative closers, like O’Brien or Beeter. Is that better than $22-25 for a top-tier closer? 49:30 Brewers relievers 52:00 Also in the Mixed, McGonigle went for $21, while Griffin went for $11 and Wetherholt went for $4. That doesn’t make much sense to me, or anyone who looks at ADP. 55:00 Tout Wars Champions League. 55:30 Most popular format (H2H Categories, daily transactions) on many sites. But a format that we rarely discuss. How should we attack the smaller lineups (10H, 7 P). 57:00 Is punting a category an option? --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad break down the news from across the weekend in baseball, discuss their reaction to the first wave of NFBC Main Event draft results and share some of their favorite draft targets for 2026. They go position by position to get into a number of names they like at their current draft price, including Roman Anthony, Michael Busch and Nick Lodolo, among many, many more. Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! 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.  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 Chris Clegg discuss sniping each other in the Tout Wars Draft and Hold League and which prospects they're targeting for 2026! Draft Board 03:40 Hunter Brown as SP1 06:35 Corey Seager’s OBP bump 10:15 Sheehan/Uribe snipes 14:00 Lawrence Butler’s upside 18:05 Playing the middle at catcher 25:00 Sal Stewart’s upside 28:05 Mike Burrows snipe 30:45 Reid Detmers’ breakout potential 32:30 Colt Emerson’s 2026 potential 35:20 Don’t forget about Brennen Davis 38:20 Quinn Mathews’ velocity is back 40:50 Sam Antonacci and Jack Wenninger 46:25 James’ team 50:30 Colton Cowser’s underrated 52:30 Skills > Role relievers 57:20 Ryan Waldschmidt’s loud spring 01:01:45 Don’t sleep on Shane Drohan 01:06:00 Spring Breakout prospects to watch Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Could Junior Caminero lead baseball in RBI? Is Jake Burger being undervalued? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson tackle those players and more. --- 00:00 3-10-26 Podcast 01:00 Pick 13 Fred 02:45 News 03:00 Hunter Greene out until July. 07:00 Corbin Carroll could play in a game this week. Put him back into the first round? 08:30 Logan Henderson is battling elbow soreness. Who is their SP5 if Quinn Priester also ends up on the IL? 11:00 Fantrax 12:00 Kyle Tucker aside 13:00 Main Event ADP Talk 27:00 BlueWire 27:15 Steamer 600 revelations 27:30 Value - As we both know, Steamer 600 projections can offer a new perspective on players, since it removes playing time. Here are some interesting numbers to discuss. 28:30 The industry is turning on Nick Kurtz to some degree. Steamer has him third in homers, seventh in runs and fifth in RBI. It also has a respectable .258 average. 29:30 Munetaki Murakami is 12th in homers, 14th in RBI. Has an ADP around 200. 34:30 Junior Caminero is first in RBI and fifth in home runs. Solid .271 average. 36:30 Jo Adell is seventh in homers and 11th in RBI. 37:10 Jake Burger is 21st in homers and 22nd in RBI. 38:30 Nasim Nunez is listed as the starting 2B in WSH. His March ADP is 383. He’s seventh in steals. 42:15 The list of players with at least 20 HR and 30 SB includes a bunch of Rd. 1 or 2 players, along with Oneil Cruz and Luis Robert. 44:45 Notable Spring Training performers (good or bad) 45:00 Matt McLain 47:00 TJ Rumfield and Charlie Condon 50:00 Bubba Chandler 54:20 Grayson Rodriguez --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) 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.  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 Jeff Erickson discuss the top-heavy closer market and then dive into the players in the top 150 that they are fading in 2026 drafts.. They go position by position and identity players being drafted in the top 10 rounds that they are not drafting at their current ADP. Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! 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.  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 Ryan Boyer share their top fantasy baseball pitcher sleepers for ERA and WHIP. --- 00:00 Headlines 15:20 What makes an ERA sleeper? 18:40 Braxton Ashcraft 20:55 Kris Bubic 24:15 Jameson Taillon 26:45 Jack Flaherty 29:15 Simeon Woods-Richardson 32:00 Logan Henderson 35:15 Justin Steele 37:45 Mike Burrows 40:10 Dustin May 44:20 Grant Taylor 47:35 What makes a WHIP sleeper? 50:30 Cody Ponce 53:35 Andrew Abbott 56:45 Sean Manaea 58:50 Matthew Boyd 1:01:10 Braxton Garrett 1:03:30 Noah Cameron 1:05:55 Slade Cecconi 1:07:10 Parker Messick 1:09:40 Zack Littell 1:11:25 Zach Eflin --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Intro/Injuries are piling up and the World Baseball Classic is in full swing Injury news Hunter Greene undergoing MRI on sore elbow. Rhett Lowder’s chances improve. Jeremy Pena diagnosed with fracture in the tip of his right ring finger. Carlos Correa back to shortstop? Josh Hader (biceps) is slated for mound work early next week. Jackson Chourio is out of Team Venezuela’s lineup Friday after being hit by a pitch on his left hand during Wednesday’s exhibition game. Rafael Devers (hamstring) is nearing a return to game action Cole Ragans endures brutal spring start Six runs on five hits – including two homers – plus a walk and a hit batsman in 1.2 innings. Connelly Early and Peyton Tolle both expected to be optioned if Johan Oviedo wins the No. 5 job, “as expected.” Jurickson Profar suspended 162 games for PED violation. Meanwhile, Spencer Strider’s velocity is trending upward. Carlos Estevez’s velocity is way down. TGFBI Clay (picking 10th) Paul Skenes Nick Kurtz Andres Munoz Wyatt Langford William Contreras Jeremy Pena Nick Pivetta Kevin Gausman Konnor Griffin Jakob Marsee TZ (10th) Crochet Chourio Woo Olson Duran Luzardo Jansen Hoerner Nimmo Swanson Abreu Eovaldi 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Adam Howe of Pitcher List to discuss the different paths drafters can take through the first five rounds of a fantasy baseball draft. --- 00:00 Intro 02:10 Injury news 11:40 SP News 22:20 Hitter-heavy starts 35:15 Balanced starts 39:45 Pitcher-heavy starts 46:45 How many closers? 50:20 Category balance 1:07:15 Risk --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson is joined by Geoff Pontes of Baseball America to talk about Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle's chances of making the Opening Day roster, which pitching prospects to target in 2026 fantasy baseball leagues and much more! 00:25 Konnor Griffin 09:50 Kevin McGonigle 19:25 Jordan Lawlar 24:40 Caleb Bonemer 27:25 Braden Montgomery 30:00 Dylan Beavers 31:10 Noah Schultz 34:55 Ethan Conrad 36:05 David Hagaman 37:45 Dasan Hill 39:20 Justin Gonzales 43:00 Chase Burns 46:05 Cam Schlittler 48:25 Rhett Lowder 48:55 Logan Henderson 49:40 River Ryan 50:50 Brody Hopkins 54:40 Liam Doyle 01:00:20 College Starters 01:05:05 Roch Cholowsky Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Is the Pocket Aces strategy dead, or just out of favor? Jeff Erickson discuss that talking point amongst their other observations from the LABR 15-team Mixed League draft. --- 00:00 MLB 2-3-26 Podcast 00:30 Jurickson Profar suspension. 07:30 Josh Hader might finally throw off a mound next week. 09:30 Quinn Priester may not be ready for OD. 15:30 Edwin Uceta is unlikely to be ready for OD. 17:30 Royce Lewis should be back in a week. 20:00 Mike Clevinger had a good start. Bubba Chandler has 7 walks in 3 innings. 22:45 Fernando Tatis to bat 3rd or 4th. Xander Bogaerts could bat leadoff. 24:00 Fantrax 24:52 BlueWire 25:00 10 takeaways from LABR and other early drafts 25:30 Fred was the only drafter who selected two SPs in the initial four rounds. Is the Pocket Aces strategy dead? 30:30 Why does no one want the batting average specialists? I thought that Jacob Wilson was the biggest value pick in the draft. Luis Arraez in Rd. 18 is so late too. 35:30 Why does no one believe in prospects? Has Scott Pianowski’s “avoid the shiny new toy” message finally won?! 38:00 Are we overpaying for poor save sources in a bad closer market? The RPs in Rd. 10-13 are a pretty questionable group, either in terms of skills or role. 42:00 Which Rd. 2 picks were the most surprising to you? I see a few. 45:00 Jeff had a steady stream of yellow at the bottom of your draft. Who were your favorites? And were there any that you instantly regretted? 49:30 Fred regretting Shane Bieber 51:15 Fred decided to use the unlimited IL spots to hoard players, much like MLB teams do. \ 53:00 Jose Caballero - do you see a scenario where he remains in a full-time role when Volpe is ready to return? 55:15 We each drafted two players who will likely have a single-digit homer total. How many of these players can you roster without having a problem? --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad break down the weekend in spring training and then take a deep dive into a number of starting pitchers being selected after pick 200 in drafts. Among many arms in the range, they discuss their feelings on Shane Baz, Shane McClanahan and Roki Sasaki. Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ryan Boyer and Jeremy Schneider give you some guys to target in the strikeouts and wins departments. --- 0:00 Headlines 13:32 Shane McClanahan 15:50 Shane Baz 17:56 Logan Henderson 19:33 Zac Gallen 21:40 Reid Detmers 23:30 Joey Cantillo 25:45 Jeremiah Estrada 27:59 Grayson Rodriguez 30:16 Cade Cavalli 32:46 Zebby Matthews 37:38 Matthew Boyd 39:40 Aaron Nola 41:20 Joe Musgrove 43:23 Quinn Priester 45:03 Michael Wacha 46:49 Mike Burrows 48:25 Chris Bassitt 50:10 Reynaldo Lopez 52:51 Nick Martinez 55:38 Mitch Keller --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.