RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson share their Trade Deadline Buyers Preview - which 10+ teams should be buying and what are they shopping for? Who's going to end up with Luis Robert or Eugenio Suarez?---00:00 Trade Deadline Buyers00:20 Welcome00:30 Break up the Brewers01:00 News02:45 Tanner Scott felt something in his forearm.05:15 Yordan Alvarez is making slow progress.06:15 Shane McClanahan is facing a delay in his rehab assignment.07:00 Same with Grayson Rodriguez, who is undergoing imaging on his elbow.09:00 Shelby Miller is throwing to hitters today. He could be traded or could be the team’s closer in a couple weeks.10:00 Adley Rutschman vs. Ivan Herrera12:00 Sell low on Freddie Freeman?13:45 Mookie Betts vs CJ Abrams15:30 Josh Jung returned and homered.18:00 NFFC18:45 Trade Deadline Buyers Preview19:00 What are these teams likely to acquire, and who could be bumped from their current roles?19:30 Blue Jays: Where to add to a team that is getting average production at almost every position.26:40 Tigers: Add CF? Closer? SP5?30:00 Astros: Add OF? With injured SP coming back, they seem fine elsewhere.32:00 Yankees: Prob need 2 SP and a 3B34:45 Red Sox: SP for sure. I kind of like the lineup.36:15 Rays: Typically, impossible to predict. Could buy and sell. Unload Littell and add someone.39:00 Home Run Forecast39:45 Mariners: 2B, 3B, RF.43:45 Phillies: Closer, more than any other contender. Maybe LF too.47:00 Mets: C, 2B, 3B.49:30 Cubs: 3B, SP.51:30 Brewers: I have no idea. They are similar to the Jays offensively.53:30 Dodgers: Only RPs?55:20 Padres: A rare team that could take an elite hitter and stick him at DH57:25 BlueWire57:30 Giants: SP, 1B. 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 the weekend in baseball and discuss a quiet weekend of FAAB coming out of the All Star Break. They also discuss the surprising seasons in Miami from Kyle Stowers and Otto Lopez, the Ceddanne Rafaela improvements and what's going on with Mookie Betts. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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 discuss their top FAAB recommendations for the week.---00:00 Headlines14:30 Sean Murphy17:45 Trade Paul Skenes?20:25 Ezequiel Tovar23:25 Ramon Laureano25:20 Jordan Walker30:30 Zebby Matthews32:50 Brandon Walter36:55 Shane Bieber39:35 Quinn Priester43:00 Spencer Arrighetti45:00 Trevor Rogers48:50 Deep-League Pitchers1:00:10 Adrian Del Castillo---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowHome Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!Intro/Second half is officially underway!Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Colson Montgomery $3Dominic Canzone $2Nick Loftin $2Lane Thomas $1Colin Rea $0Dillon Dingler $0Logan T. Allen $0Blake Treinen $0Spencer Horwitz $0Two-start pitchers (week of July 21, 2025)Zac Gallen 4Jacob Lopez 2 (Todd 3)Jack Perkins 1Davis Daniel 0Tomoyuki Sugano 2Zach Eflin 1Richard Fitts 1 (Todd 0)Cade Horton 2Brady Singer 2 (Todd 3)Tanner Bibee 4 (Todd 3)Joey Cantillo 2Austin Gomber 0Casey Mize 4Hunter Brown 5Colton Gordon 0 (Todd 1)Tyler Anderson 1Kyle Hendricks 0Eury Perez 4 (Todd 3)Kodai Senga 5Carlos Rodon 4Zach Wheeler 5Mitch Keller 3Randy Vazquez 1Stephen Kolek 1Bryan Woo 5George Kirby 5Landen Roupp 2 (Todd 1)Matthew Liberatore 1 (Todd 2)Erick Fedde 2 (Todd 1)Shane Baz 4 (Todd 3)Jacob DeGrom 5Kevin Gausman 4Max Scherzer 3Jake Irvin 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 Torres (@TorresTakes) of the Fantasy Baseball Beat to give some midseason grades on this year's riskiest fantasy picks.---00:00 Headlines13:55 Jacob deGrom22:20 Risky hitters who are working out47:00 Risky pitchers who are working out55:05 Risks who have not worked out---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowHome Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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, Chris Clegg, Eric Cross and Chris Welsh conduct a 24-pick mock dynasty first-year player draft featuring just 2025 MLB draftees!00:50 Who to take No. 1 overall04:25 How good is Ethan Holliday?09:15 JoJo Parker top 3?14:00 Perfect landing spot for Kade Anderson16:35 Aiva Arquette’s high floor18:20 Seth Hernandez has the highest ceiling22:40 Chasing Steele Hall’s upside23:50 Gavin Fien Love25:35 Jamie Arnold best value in the draft28:25 A loaded college pitching class30:40 Ethan Conrad’s upside33:10 Liam Doyle’s slide ends35:00 Kayson Cunningham’s hit tool37:40 Ike Irish, best college hitter in the class?40:20 Kyson Witherspoon’s upside42:00 Buy low on Brendan Summerhill?44:00 Gage Wood’s crazy upside46:35 Andrew Fischer48:00 Marek Houston50:40 Buy low on Chase LaViolette?55:30 Big power for Xavier Neyens57:40 Chasing upside with Quentin Young01:00:10 Charles Davalan better in fantasy01:01:20 Mason Neville01:04:00 Final thoughts on the class NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowHome Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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.

Johnny Venezia joins Jeff Erickson on the RotoWire MLB Podcast and shares his immediate reactions to the MLB draft.---00:00 MLB Instant Draft Reactions00:20 Welcome to Johnny Venezia01:00 Early Surprises04:15 Jace Laviolette05:45 Eli Willits08:00 Tyler Bremmer09:45 Kade Anderson12:15 Ethan Holliday13:30 NFFC14:15 Liam Doyle16:00 Seth Hernandez16:50 Aiva Arquette17:35 JoJo Parker18:30 Steele Hall19:40 Billy Carlson20:30 Jamie Arnold22:40 Gavin Fien23:45 Gavin Kilen24:30 Daniel Pierce25:25 Kyson Witherspoon26:15 Home Run Forecast27:30 Marek Houston29:30 Ethan Conrad30:15 Kayson Cunningham32:30 Ike Irish34:00 Andrew Fischer35:00 Xavier Neyens / Kruz Schoolcraft36:10 BlueWire36:20 Tate Southisene37:25 Sean Gamble38:30 Jordan Yost39:20 Gage Wood40:20 Jace LaViolette42:45 Noteworthy Fallers---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now (hyperlink: http://rotowire.com/highstakes)Home Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!(hyperlink: https://www.homerunforecast.com/) 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 discuss their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week.---00:00 Headlines17:11 Brandon Woodruff21:14 Cam Schlittler24:15 Charlie Morton26:45 Joe Boyle30:38 Kevin Ginkel37:02 Brice Matthews40:06 Colt Keith44:24 Willi Castro46:18 Romy Gonzalez48:35 Austin Hays49:56 Deep-League Pitchers1:02:05 Deep-League Hitters---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowHome Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!Intro/Heading into the final weekend before the breakPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Trent Grisham $6Cameron Schlittler $6Kevin Ginkel $5Shane McClanahan $4Joey Cantillo $3Brayan Rocchio $3Miguel Andujar $2Masataka Yoshida $1Jordan Hicks $1Michael Lorenzen $0Kirby Yates $0Brice Matthews, HOU top prospect, called up to HoustonTop fantasy earners so far in 2025:RotoWire Earned Auction Values page: https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/auction-values-earned.php$55.06 Aaron Judge$46.22 Pete Crow-Armstrong$42.98 Shohei Ohtani$42.39 Cal Raleigh$39.31 Elly De La Cruz$36.24 James Wood$35.10 Kyle Tucker$35.06 Kyle Schwarber$34.59 Tarik Skubal$32.43 Bobby Witt$31.65 Zack Wheeler$31.59 Jose Ramirez$30.19 Byron Buxton$29.67 Eugenio Suarez$29.37 Seiya Suzuki$28.64 Pete AlonsoDown the list$18.43 Maikel Garcia$18.17 Spencer Torkelson$15.42 Vladimir Guerrero$12.45 Freddie Freeman$11.88 Mookie Betts$10.91 Wyatt Langford$8.35 Jose Caballero$2.85 Bryan Reynolds 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 Jason Collette to discuss some of the biggest hits and misses so far in Jason's annual Bold Predictions series.---00:00 Headlines15:10 Bold Predictions Overview17:30 Andres Munoz21:00 Emmanuel Clase26:50 Andy Pages29:55 Ivan Herrera34:00 Matthew Boyd38:20 Clay Holmes40:15 Michael King42:15 Noah Cameron44:15 Pete Crow-Armstrong53:00 Bogaerts/Campbell/Lux58:30 Pfaadt/Festa1:02:00 Drew Rasmussen---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowHome Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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.

Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline joins James Anderson for their annual MLB Draft preview! Who will go No. 1 overall? What's the strength of this class? Which prospects have the highest upside? They tackle all that and more while getting you up to speed for Sunday night's MLB Draft.00:30 Is Ethan Holliday in his own tier?03:25 Kade Anderson’s upside05:20 Odds to go No. 1 overall10:35 Odds to go No. 2 overall15:10 Ranking the top college starters21:25 Who’s the best college hitter?22:20 Aiva Arquette’s floor24:50 Prep shortstops to target in fantasy34:10 Fade Jace LaViolette?38:05 Sleeper college hitters45:35 Sleeper prep hitters52:20 How special is Seth Hernandez?NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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 discuss 30 players that should prove to be more valuable over the second half of the season than they were in the first half.---00:00 Fred Pod 7-800:30 Welcome01:30 30 Players That Will Be Better in the Second Half02:00 ARI: Kevin GInkel03:45 ATH: Shea Langeliers04:45 ATL: Austin Riley05:30 BAL: Tyler O’Neill08:00 BOS: Roman Anthony09:00 Home Run Forecast09:50 CHC: Ian Happ11:15 CIN: Hunter Greene15:00 CLE: Slade Cecconi18:25 COL: Brenton Doyle19:45 CWS: Grant Taylor23:00 DET: Reese Olson24:30 HOU: Brandon Walter26:45 KC: Jonathan India29:45 NFFC30:30 LAA: Reid Detmers31:30 LAD: Tyler Glasnow/Blake Snell33:00 MIA: Agustin Ramirez36:20 MIL: Nestor Cortes40:00 MIN: Royce Lewis41:25 NYM: Sean Manaea42:10 NYY: Devin Williams44:00 PHI: Max Kepler45:00 PIT: Bryan Reynolds46:05 BlueWire46:20 SD: Yu Darvish48:30 SEA: George Kirby49:30 SF: Randy Rodriguez51:30 STL: Ivan Herrera53:00 TB: Chandler Simpson54:40 TEX: Corey Seager56:30 TOR: Anthony Santander57:45 WSH: Luis Garcia Jr.---NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now (hyperlink: http://rotowire.com/highstakes) Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! (hyperlink: https://www.homerunforecast.com/) 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 discuss some struggling stars as we get past the halfway point of the season and also break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They talk about how to handle Marcell Ozuna, Michael Harris II and Mark Vientos moving forward and also dive into the prospects of adding Colson Montgomery, Ha-Seong Kim and Ronny Henriquez and many, many more. NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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 cover their waiver wire recommendations for the week.--00:00 Headlines10:00 Ben Rice14:00 Zack Gelof17:15 Otto Lopez19:25 Ha-Seong Kim21:50 Noelvi Marte24:20 Eury Perez27:00 Sean Manaea29:00 Emmet Sheehan32:05 Ronny Henriquez34:50 Cam Schlittler38:45 Deep-League Pitchers53:55 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% 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.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!0:00 Intro/Happy 4th of July!Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Ronny Henriquez $12Nestor Cortes $3Dietrich Enns $3Ryan Mountcastle $2Garrett Whitlock $2Cole Young $1Max Muncy (ATH) $1Derek Hill $0Matt Brash $0Two-Start Pitchers (Week of July 7, 2025)Merrill Kelly 3 (Todd 4)Brandon Pfaadt 2Jeffrey Springs 2Didier Fuentes 0Brandon Young 1Brayan Bello 2 (Todd 3)Shota Imanaga 4 (Todd 3)Brady Singer 3Nick Martinez 3Tanner Bibee 4Joey Cantillo 1 (Todd 0)Sean Burke 2Aaron Civale 1 (Todd 0)Jack Flaherty 3 (Todd 4)Hunter Brown 5Noah Cameron 3Yusei Kikuchi 3Jose Soriano 2 (Todd 3)Janson Junk 3Eury Perez 4 (Todd 3)Simeon Woods Richardson 1Will Warren 2 (Todd 1)Cristopher Sanchez 5Andrew Heaney 2 (Todd 3)Nick Pivetta 4Dylan Cease 4Logan Gilbert 4Landen Roupp 1Andre Pallante 1 (Todd 2)Shane Baz 3Ryan Pepiot 3Jacob deGrom 5Nathan Eovaldi 3Jose Berrios 3MacKenzie Gore 4 (Todd 5) 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 Brian Walton of Creative Sports and TheCardinalNation.com to discuss the NL Wild Card contenders, looking for surprising fantasy standouts and spots that need upgrading at the deadline.---00:00 Headlines11:00 How to improve in a deep league19:35 St. Louis Cardinals31:30 New York Mets36:30 Milwaukee Brewers42:20 San Diego Padres47:30 San Francisco Giants52:05 Cincinnati Reds57:05 Arizona Diamondbacks---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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, Taylor Corso and Kyle Sonntag talk about some prospects they've recently added in dynasty leagues like Jared Thomas, Carter Jensen, Max Anderson and Ethan Dorchies before discussing some recent prospect drops like Thomas Harrington and Ben Hess!00:00 Intro 01:25 Jared Thomas 04:25 Carter Jensen 08:30 Max Anderson 10:40 Braden Nett 14:25 Sam Antonacci 19:00 Ethan Dorchies 21:10 Yohendrick Pinango 25:40 Tanner McDougal 30:35 Jose Urbina 32:00 Honorable Mention Pickups 43:50 Thomas Harrington 46:50 James Triantos 49:20 Ben Hess 50:25 Yoeilin Cespedes 51:15 Levi Sterling 54:05 Juan Valera 55:25 Honorable Mention Drops 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.

00:00 Fred Pod 7-100:30 Welcome01:00 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 rate….22:30 NFFC23:15 Ryne Nelson had another good start…..27:00 Kerry Carpenter to the IL29:15 Zack Wheeler is so damn reliable…..32:30 Junior Caminero homered again and has lived up to all the hype….36:30 BLUEWIRE36:40 “buy low or let him go”.37:00 We will look at top-50 hitters who have not earned $15 and discuss whether we would trade for them or trade them away.38:05 Mookie Betts, 1343:45 Gunnar Henderson, 1246:30 William Contreras, 1450:00 HOME RUN FORECAST50:35 Jarren Duran, 1453:00 Wyatt Langford, 955:45 Austin Riley, 13 and Michael Harris II, 21:00:00 Freddie Freeman barely made the cut, at exactly $15.1:00:15 And if I lowered the playing time bar to 200 AB, I would have included Jackson Merrill at $-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.

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 NFFCPlay 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% 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 go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week. ---00:00 Headlines12:19 Chase Burns16:58 Edward Cabrera19:39 Frankie Montas22:10 Jacob Lopez24:30 Lance McCullers29:48 Chandler Simpson33:53 Mickey Moniak36:44 Tyler Freeman40:45 Cam Smith42:30 Casey Schmitt45:40 Deep-League Pitchers57:53 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 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.

0:00 Intro/J.D. Martinez has an offer from the RangersPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Jacob Lopez $6Jonah Heim $4Casey Schmitt $412:07 Isaac Collins $4Trevor Rogers $4Ryan Pressly $3Christopher Morel $3Jake McCarthy $2Grant Taylor $117:37 Phil Maton $021:57 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 27, 2025)Ryne Nelson 2Zac Gallen 3Jacob Lopez 3Grant Holmes 3Trevor Rogers 2Matthew Boyd 433:29 Chase Burns 2Gavin Williams 2Chase Dollander 0Jack Flaherty 3Colton Gordon 1 (Todd 0)Michael Wacha 3Michael Lorenzen 1 (Todd 2)Tyler Anderson 1Edward Cabrera 2Joe Ryan 5Clay Holmes 3Marcus Stroman 0Max Fried 5Zack Wheeler 5Andrew Heaney 2George Kirby 5Emerson Hancock 1 (Todd 2)Logan Webb 554:09 Hayden Birdsong 3Erick Fedde 2Drew Rasmussen 4Patrick Corbin 0 (Todd 1)Max Scherzer 3Kevin Gausman 4Trevor Williams 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 Garion Thorne to discuss the AL Wild Card contenders, looking for surprising fantasy standouts and spots that need upgrading at the deadline.---00:00 Headlines13:40 Toronto Blue Jays29:30 Tampa Bay Rays40:00 Seattle Mariners46:05 Cleveland Guardians50:00 Los Angeles Angels57:20 Texas Rangers1:00:55 Boston Red Sox1:05:30 Twins/Royals/Orioles---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. 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 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 Intro03:10 League-winning Catcher buys10:15 Figuring out First Base15:30 Massive drop off after Ketel Marte at 2B20:05 The position with the biggest hits25:20 Shortstop is LOADED33:35 Don’t pay for the top OFs41:00 Kyle Schwarber a bargain again44:30 So many landmines at SP52:45 Don’t pay for saves?59:30 IL guys to HOLD/DROP 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.

00:00 Fred Pod 6-2400:30 Welcome01:00 Could Acuna be the 1.1 in fantasy already?09:00 Chandler Simpson is back12:30 Trevor Rogers was amazing15:30 Bailey Ober, time to cut?17:30 I give up on Ben Brown19:30 BlueWire19:40 Kenley Jansen left the game23:15 Dylan Lee picked up a save24:45 Eduardo Rodriguez was dominant last night and may have turned a corner…..27:00 NFFC27:50 Post-Memorial Day Slumps28:00 Background28:45 Josh Jung31:00 Corey Seager33:30 Victor Scott II35:30 Brenton Doyle37:30 Kyle Stowers38:15 Jorge Polanco40:00 Michael Harris II45:00 Marcell Ozuna46:20 Geraldo Perdomo49:20 Teoscar Hernandez50:50 Oneil Cruz55:00 Spencer Torkelson 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 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 NFFCPlay 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% 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 covers his waiver wire recommendations for the week.--00:00 Headlines17:22 Jurickson Profar20:15 Michael Toglia21:45 Max Scherzer23:14 Eduardo Rodriguez24:25 Orion Kerkering27:25 Deep-League Pitchers35:01 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% 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.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250KEnter now0:00 Intro/Luke Weaver expected back tonightPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Michael Toglia $8Hunter Dobbins $7Kumar Rocker $6Ryan Gusto $6Michael Burrows $3Mickey Moniak $3Nolan Gorman $1Ramon Laureano $16:50 Chase DeLauter $1Emerson Hancock $0Masataka Yoshida $022:10 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 23, 2025)Eduardo Rodriguez 3Luis Severino 1 (Todd 2)Spencer Schwellenbach 5Chris Sale 5Trevor Rogers 0Walker Buehler 1Jameson Taillon 329:27 Nick Lodolo 2Logan Allen 1 (Todd 0)German Marquez 0Shane Smith 2Tarik Skubal 5Framber Valdez 5Kris Bubic 4Jack Kochanowicz 0Cal Quantrill 038:03 Chad Patrick 3Bailey Ober 1 (Todd 2)Chris Paddack 2 (Todd 1)Paul Blackburn 0Frankie Montas 1 (Todd 0)Ryan Yarbrough 2 (Todd 1)Ranger Suarez 3 (Todd 4)Stephen Kolek 1Bryan Woo 5Luis Castillo 5Justin Verlander 1 (Todd 2)Matthew Liberatore 3Taj Bradley 3Patrick Corbin 1Max Scherzer 3 (Todd 2)Mitchell Parker 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 Jordan Rosenblum, creator of the OOPSY projection system, to discuss OOPSY's biggest hits and misses in its rookie season.---00:00 Headlines09:00 What is OOPSY?18:00 OOPSY's hitter hits37:30 OOPSY's correct hitter fades40:30 OOPSY's hitter misses52:30 OOPSY's pitcher hits1:00:10 OOPSY's pitcher misses---NFFCPlay 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% 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 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 55:05 Jett Williams Love 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.

0:00 Intro/Dust settles on Rafael Devers tradeOther 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, 145) 35:06 Eugenio Suarez (27, 176) Jacob Wilson (26, 308) Josh Naylor (25, 105) Byron Buxton (24, 215) Carlos Rodon (23, 130) 57:58 Geraldo Perdomo (22, 492) Andy Pages (22, 367) Heliot Ramos (20, 206) Maikel Garcia (20, 211) 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 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 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 go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week. ---00:00 Headlines16:22 Jacob Misiorowski19:23 Shelby Miller22:12 Ben Casparius25:03 Ryan Pressly29:07 Michael Soroka33:27 Christian Moore36:52 Evan Carter38:59 Christian Encarnacion-Strand40:35 Jeff McNeil42:20 Alejandro Kirk46:03 Deep-League Pitchers57:13 Deep-League Hitters---Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K. Enter now Get the latest 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.

0:00 Intro/Jacob Misiorowski reached 100 mph 14 times last night (miz-uh-ROW-skee)5:56 Roman AnthonyPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:8:34 Christian Moore $15Abraham Toro $6Brandon Walter $3Quinn Priester $3Ryan Pressly $3Adrian Houser $3Michael Conforto $2Davis Martin $1Spencer Horwitz $1Alek Thomas $1Max Scherzer $123:49 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 16, 2025)Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 1)JP Sears 1JT Ginn 0Grant Holmes 3Zach Eflin 2Dean Kremer 0Lucas Giolito 2Andrew Abbott 4Slade Cecconi 3Kyle Freeland 0Antonio Senzatela 0Sean Burke 1Casey Mize 3Lance McCullers 2 (Todd 3)Kris Bubic 4Jose Soriano 2 (Todd 1)Kyle Hendricks 0Justin Wrobleski 144:41 Sandy Alcantara 2 (Todd 3)Chad Patrick 2David Festa 1David Peterson 3 (Todd 4)Clarke Schmidt 2 (Todd 4)Will Warren 250:18 Mick Abel 3 (Todd 2)Jesus Luzardo 4Bailey Falter 1Dylan Cease 4Randy Vasquez 0Logan Gilbert 4 (Todd 3)Robbie Ray 5Matthew Liberatore 3Ryan Pepiot 3Zack Littell 3Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2)Chris Bassitt 2 (Todd 3)Jake Irvin 2 (Todd 1)Michael Soroka 2 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 the best teams in baseball, both their best players to date and some less heralded players who deserve more attention.---00:00 Headlines12:45 New York Mets18:40 Detroit Tigers25:20 New York Yankees33:10 Chicago Cubs46:40 Los Angeles Dodgers53:00 San Francisco Giants58:25 Philadelphia Phillies1:07:50 Other Top Teams 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 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 36:00 Trade Tyler Soderstrom? 39:05 Best SP in 2026? 39:50 Pitching Prospects 46:50 Top MLB Breakouts of 2025 49:15 Top MiLB Breakout of 2025 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.

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—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 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.  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 go over their waiver wire recommendations for the week.--00:00 Headlines13:20 Jac Caglianone15:55 Kyle Teel19:00 Ronny Mauricio22:25 Ceddanne Rafaela25:15 Thairo Estrada27:30 Willi Castro30:00 Ryne Nelson31:55 David Festa35:05 Mick Abel38:45 Luis L. Ortiz40:45 Deep-league pitchers51:40 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 any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Clay Link and Todd Zola0:00 Intro/Jac Caglianone has arrivedPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Ryan Yarbrough $8Jake Mangum $5Dillon Dingler $53:12 Ronny Mauricio $5Kyle Teel $5Ernie Clement $4Fernando Cruz $4Coby Mayo $2Mick Abel $113:46 Randy Rodriguez $017:35 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 9, 2025)Merrill Kelly 3 (Todd 4)Jeffrey Springs 3 (Todd 4)Chris Sale 5Cade Povich 2Brayan Bello 3 (Todd 2)Matthew Boyd 3 (Todd 4)Collin Rea 2Andrew Abbott 4Luis L. Ortiz 3Chase Dollander 1Sean Burke 2 (Todd 4)Sawyer Gipson-Long 1Ryan Gusto 2 (Todd 1)Kris Bubic 4 (Todd 5)Yusei Kikuchi 2Clayton Kershaw 342:42 Eury Perez 3 (Todd 1)Freddy Peralta 5Quinn Priester 245:03 Zebby Matthews 3 (Todd 2)Griffin Canning 4Clarke Schmidt 2Mike Burrows 1Mitch Keller 2 (Todd 3)Nick Pivetta 4Logan Gilbert 3Robbie Ray 5Andre Pallante 0 (Todd 1)Miles Mikolas 2Shane Baz 3Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2)Jose Berrios 3MacKenzie Gore 5 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 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 Headlines13:10 40-40 Pace18:45 30-30 Pace28:40 25-25 Pace40:50 20-20 Pace58:00 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.  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 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 Jhostynxon Garcia 44:00 Harry Ford 49:40 Jaxon Wiggins 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.

0:00 Intro and Fred's LABR team12:00 News: Jac Caglianone, Parker Meadows, JJ Bleday, Jerar Encarnacion, Luke Weaver/Devin WIlliams35:00: 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.  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 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 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.

News review15 team Mixed Leagues12 Team Mixed LeaguesAL/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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

0:00 Intro/Chandler Simpson sent downPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Robert Garcia $11Edward Cabrera $6Carlos Narvaez $5Wenceel Perez $5Ryne Nelson $4Richard Fitts $2Adrian Houser $211:20 Dane Myers $2Zach Agnos $116:01 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 2, 2025)Luis Severino 2Jacob Lopez 0Chris Sale 5Tomoyuki Sugano 3Richard Fitts 2 (Todd 1)22:59 Cade Horton 3 (Todd 2)Brady Singer 2Logan Allen 1German Marquez 0Jonathan Cannon 1Shane Smith 2 (Todd 3)Jack Flaherty 3Jackson Jobe 2Lance McCullers 2 (Todd 3)Michael Lorenzen 2Tyler Anderson 1Dustin May 3 (Todd 2)Freddy Peralta 5Joe Ryan 5Pablo Lopez 5Tylor Megill 2Carlos Rodon 5Zack Wheeler 5Mike Burrows 0Stephen Kolek 1 (Todd 2)41:54 George Kirby 4Logan Webb 5Justin Verlander 2Drew Rasmussen 4Nathan Eovaldi 5Bowden Francis 2Trevor Williams 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.

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 Jump's upside 32:30 A mulligan on Austin Overn 34:10 Chase Burns vs. Bubba Chandler 36:45 Chase Burns, Bryce Eldridge ETAs 38:50 When to move on from a prospect 41:30 The quality of this prospect crop 42:35 Cam Collier and Sal Stewart 43:35 George Lombard 46:05 Arjun Nimmala vs. Cooper Pratt 47:15 Brailer Guerrero the runner? 48:25 Travis Sykora 49:50 Grant Taylor 51:10 Drop Colt Emerson? 52:55 Felnin Celesten 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 review five overachieving pitching staffs, five underachieving pitching staffs, and discuss injuries to Bryce Harper and Nick Kurtz.---00:00 Fred Pod 5-2700:30 Welcome01:00 Bryce Harper03:30 Nick Kurtz to the IL06:00 Overachieving Pitching Staffs06:30 1. Mets13:50 2. Royals18:40 3. Tigers24:50 4. Giants29:35 5. Rangers33:55 BlueWire34:00 Underachieving Pitching Staffs34:20 1. Orioles40:20 2. Marlins44:45 3. D-backs47:45 4. Dodgers51:00 5. Brewers 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 the weekend in baseball, talking Phillies A's and Rays, and then jump into a busy week in FAAB, highlighted by aggressive bidding for Red Sox rookie, Marcelo Mayer. Follow us on Twitter / X: Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @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.

Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Halusker to discuss their favorite FAAB pickups of the week.---00:00 Headlines15:00 Chase Meidroth17:15 Matt Shaw20:00 Matt Wallner21:25 Miguel Vargas25:00 Parker Meadows26:15 Nick Kurtz28:40 Daniel Palencia32:10 Hayden Birdsong35:20 Michael Lorenzen36:50 Will Warren41:10 Deep-league pitchers52:30 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 any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

0:00 Intro/Happy Ronald Acuna DayPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:5:59 Hayden Birdsong $31Daniel Palencia $10Miguel Vargas $9Slade Cecconi $7Noah Cameron $415:49 Robert Hassell $4Denzel Clarke $3Kody Clemens $3Abner Uribe $122:36 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 26, 2025)J.P. Sears 0Spencer Strider 4 (Todd 3)Tomoyuki Sugano 3Jameson Taillon 2 (Todd 3)Nick Martinez 2Gavin Williams 3Carson Palmquist 0Adrian Houser 1Keider Montero 0Hunter Brown 5Michael Lorenzen 3Jack Kochanowicz 1Yoshinobu Yamamoto 537:37 Ryan Weathers 4 (Todd 3)Joe Ryan 4 (Todd 5)Clay Holmes 4Ryan Yarbrough 1 (Todd 0)Ranger Suarez 3 (Todd 4)Andrew Heaney 2Randy Vasquez 1Hayden Birdsong 4 (Todd 3)Erick Fedde 3Zack Littell 3Taj Bradley 3 (Todd 2)Jacob deGrom 5Kevin Gausman 4Bowden Francis 1 (Todd 2)Mitchell Parker 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.