RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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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

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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.

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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

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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?

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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

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Could Junior Caminero lead baseball in RBI? Is Jake Burger being undervalued? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson tackle those players and more.

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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

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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.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top fantasy baseball pitcher sleepers for ERA and WHIP.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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?

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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.

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Ryan Boyer and Jeremy Schneider give you some guys to target in the strikeouts and wins departments.

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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

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Intro/Welcoming Ariel Cohen back to the podcast

• Creator of ATC Projections, which we’re proud to have back at RotoWire.
  • What are ATC Projections?
• Tout Wars H2H Champion (again). Congratulations!
• A drafter with incredible discipline. You stick to your dollar values closely in a draft… is that the key to your consistency in the league?
• Do you ever go over your number in an auction?

H2H Points

• Generally, what are the main things one has to know when transitioning from Roto scoring to H2H Points?
• Do you prefer closers or IP volume in the two designated RP slots?
• Winning strategies you’re willing to share?

Players

• Giancarlo Stanton can’t open a bag of chips
• Ryan Weathers touching 99.8 mph
• Any sleepers on your Mets?
• ATC loves Bryan Woo this year
• Should Pete Crow-Armstrong’s second half weigh more heavily?
• Cold water on Roman Anthony
• Trevor Megill health, trade questions

Signing off

• Regular updates to ATC
• See you in NYC!

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How can you use moving averages and pulled barrel rates to help you win your fantasy league? Jeff Erickson and John Laghezza explain how.

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00:00 RotoWire MLB Podcast 2-25-26

00:20 Welcome to John Laghezza

• Host of Corked Stats; TheAthletic; Substack
• 3x FSWA Award Winner, including this year!

02:15 News:

• 02:30 Merrill Kelly ruled out for Opening Day
• 04:40 Samuel Basallo injured at plate
• 09:00 Max Scherzer back with the Jays
• 14:00 Francisco Lindor resuming activities soon

16:30 Fantrax

17:30 Pulled Barrels

• 17:50 What is the stat, and what’s a good baseline?
• 23:00 Who are some outliers?
• 23:30 Isaac Paredes
• 26:00 Stabilization of the stat
• 31:00 Jeff McNeil
• 32:15 Bo Naylor
• 34:45 Matt Wallner

36:00 BlueWire

36:15 “Anti-Fragile” - what does it mean for baseball?

38:00 Velocity Bands for SP’s to predict injuries

44:00 Moving Averages - What are they, how do they apply in draft season?

48:00 Konnor Griffin

49:30 Underdog Strategies / Observations so far

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Elite high-stakes player John Pausma joins James Anderson to recap their NFBC $500 DC Auction, discussing what went right, what went wrong, how to handle massive closer inflation and much more!

2:35 Closer inflation

09:45 Who’s the Brewers closer

15:30 Discounted players

19:00 Multi-eligibility players

21:50 Overpays

25:00 Weak SP builds

32:20 Catchers

38:45 Scripting your build

43:00 When to nominate your targets

46:15 Dollar days

49:55 Brewers talk

53:20 More dollar days

55:15 Prospect talk

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Both Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie drafted in the LABR 15-team Mixed League draft Monday night, Jeff from the 11th spot and Fred from the 13th spot. They live-streamed the first 12 rounds - see who they drafted!

Full draft results are here: https://www.rtsports.com/labr-mixed-draft

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the first weekend of Spring Training and discuss a number of interesting hitters currently being selected outside the Top 200 in drafts. The break down a numbers of Mets infielders including Jorge Polanco, Brett Baty and Marcus Semien and also take deep dives into Ramon Laureano, Mickey Moniak and Alec Bohm and many, many other mid to late round hitters.

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Ryan Boyer and Todd Zola offer up their favorite steals and saves sleepers, including Luisangel Acuna and Griffin Jax.

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00:00 Spring Training

5:56 Headlines

18:01 Sal Frelick

19:45 Josh Lowe

21:13 Caleb Durbin

22:49 Masyn Winn

24:19 JJ Wetherholt

26:15 Luisangel Acuna

27:56 Jasson Dominguez

30:11 Jake McCarthy

31:55 Joshua Baez

33:47 Lane Thomas

36:55 Robert Garcia

38:01 Griffin Jax

40:01 JoJo Romero

41:00 Robert Suarez

43:15 Kevin Ginkel/Paul Sewald

44:49 Clayton Beeter

46:20 Jordan Wicks

47:46 Jordan Leasure

49:05 Jose Corniell

50:38 Matt Svanson

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Intro/Spring games have begun, new Roundtable update

News

• Jordan Westburg out through April with UCL tear
  • Will Coby Mayo take over at third base?
• Chandler Simpson is nursing a tight left hamstring and won’t play in the Rays’ first few Grapefruit League games.
  • Todd’s Twitter poll on Simpson
  • Big discrepancy between our ranks
• Edwin Uceta received an MRI on his cranky shoulder
  • Increased interest in Griffin Jax?
• Joe Musgrove is considered a full-go in Padres camp
• Pablo Lopez will have Tommy John surgery

Roundtable update

• https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/article/february-rotowire-roundtable-rankings-2026-fantasy-baseball-top-300-105668
• Biggest gainers: 
  • Willson Contreras
  • JJ Wetherholt
  • Devin Williams
  • Ivan Herrera
  • Daniel Palencia
  • Kenley Jansen
• Biggest drops: 
  • Corbin Carroll
  • Francisco Lindor
  • Jackson Holliday
  • Blake Snell
  • Josh Hader
  • Shane Bieber
• Dropping Out: 
  • Troy Melton
  • Trevor Larnach
  • Matt Shaw
  • Connelly Early
  • Sean Manaea
  • Hurston Waldrep
  • Nick Castellanos
  • Spencer Schwellenbach
  • Pablo Lopez
  • Anthony Santander
• Jumping in:
  • Evan Carter
  • Logan Henderson
  • Mitch Keller
  • Justin Steele
  • Cedric Mullins
  • Jack Leiter
  • Kevin McGonigle
  • Brady Singer
  • Carson Kelly
  • Dylan Beavers
• Todd loves Cristopher Sanchez?
• Austin Riley not a value right now?
• I’m a little surprised to see Todd is the high man on Daylen Lile
• Chase Burns
  • Todd: 81
  • Clay: 193
• Concerns with Trey Yesavage or more so you just need to see it?

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Inspired by injuries to Spencer Schwellenbach and Hurston Waldrep, Jeff Erickson from RotoWire.com and Chris Towers from CBS break down the pitching options in the NL East.

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Nobody has won more NFBC Main Event leagues than Mark Srebro, and he joins James Anderson to give a couple hot takes before discussing how to build a winning pitching staff in a 15-team high-stakes league!

07:45 Mark’s 1st Bold Take

12:00 Mark’s 2nd Bold Take

18:35 How to win a Main Event league

22:30 Where’s the SP1 cutoff?

27:00 SP2 and SP3

31:10 Groups of SPs in the 100-250 range

33:00 Young and exciting SPs

37:40 Injury discount SPs

41:00 Coming off a down year SPs

44:35 Not enough track record SPs

50:05 Good and boring SPs

54:30 Constructing a staff

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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss eight important park factors that you might not know about that could influence the players you draft.

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Jeff Erickson from RotoWire.com hosts Vlad Sedler from FTNFantasy.com and they discuss early observations from the draft pool, including which positions are the weakest.

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00:00 Early Player Pool Observations

00:15 Welcome to Vlad Sedler from FTN Fantasy

03:25 Recent News

03:40 Yordan Alvarez reports without ankle pain

06:20 Zac Gallen signs with Diamondbacks

10:45 Orioles sign Chris Bassitt

14:45 Fantrax

15:45 Hitter Tiers By Position

16:00 2B

16:30 Thin Top, Thick Middle

17:30 How have you attacked the position?

17:45 Punt, Punt, Punt!!!

21:30 Target(s): Players after 200-250; Matt McLain, Brendan Donovan

23:00 Fade(s): Jazz Chisholm

24:50 Breakout: Maybe Luisangel Acuña, Chase Meidroth

27:00 3B

27:20 Minefields all over

30:30 Are you among the legion that gets one early and calls it a day?

31:00 Target(s): Both Japanese players (Okamoto, Murakami), Royce Lewis

33:00 Fade(s): Noelvi Marte, Matt Chapman

35:00 Breakout: Jordan Lawlar

36:15 Catcher

36:30 Many are saying it’s a great era

37:30 Cal Raleigh or not?

39:00 Ben Rice

40:45 Where is Vlad shopping for catchers?

42:00 Target(s): Francisco Alvarez

43:00 Fade(s): Raleigh, Hunter Goodman at cost

43:25 Breakout: Harry Ford

44:09 BlueWire

44:20 1B

44:35 On average none in the first round

47:15 But very deep, with options at many tiers

48:30 Target(s): Pete Alonso

49:50 Fade(s): None for real, but haven’t drafted Josh Naylor

52:00 Breakout: Manifesting Willson Contreras, Andrew Vaughn

55:00 SS

55:15 Ranked a little stronger at the top

55:30 So hard to not to draft three of them!

57:45 Bo Bichette with the Mets

59:15 Target(s): Gunnar Henderson, Zach Neto, Masyn Winn

1:00:30 Fade(s): CJ Abrams

1:01:10 Breakout: Konnor Griffin

1:02:30 OF

1:02:45 4-5 on average go in first round

1:03:15 Deep, but remember you need at least five OF

1:07:45 Target(s): Roman Anthony, Byron Buxton, Luis Robert

1:09:00 Fade(s): Questionable BA guys early like PCA, James Wood

1:11:45 Breakout(s): Jordan Walker (Driveline), Chase DeLauter

1:16:00 UnderDog Strategy - Load Up on Early OF’s

1:17:30 Infield Glut

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Jeff Erickson and Ryan Boyer hit on some of their favorite sleepers in the batting average and home runs categories.

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02:00 Headlines

02:30 Castellanos to Padres

05:45 Gallen back to Diamondbacks

11:00 Luis Rengifo to Brewers

12:45 Fantrax

13:45 Batting Average

14:15 Q: What do you look for to find BA sleepers?

15:00 One stat: Playing around with xBA-BA to find hidden value

16:50 Ryan’s BA Sleepers

17:00 Sal Frelick (ADP 200.6)

18:50 Ramon Laureano (ADP 214.8)

21:30 Kevin McGonigle (ADP 316.5)

24:40 Moises Ballesteros (ADP 428.3)

27:25 Miguel Andujar (ADP 542.5)

29:20 Jeff’s BA Sleepers

29:30 Dillon Dingler (ADP 213.9)

31:00 Luis Garcia (ADP 227.2)

32:30 Andrew Vaughn (ADP 310.7)

34:30 Tommy Edman (ADP 314.5)

36:30 Jeff McNeil (ADP 486.7)

37:56 BlueWire

38:00 Home Runs

38:10 Q: What do you look for to find HR sleepers?

39:30 Ryan’s HR Sleepers

39:35 Wilyer Abreu (ADP 221.6)

41:15 Mickey Moniak (ADP 245.2)

44:00 Miguel Vargas (ADP 286.4)

45:45 Marcell Ozuna (ADP 388.1)

47:30 Josh Bell (ADP 405.9)

49:00 Jeff’s HR Sleepers

49:10 Jac Caglianone (219.22)

50:15 Andrew Vaughn (again!) (ADP 310.7)

50:30 Matt Wallner (ADP 347.89)

52:15 Dominic Canzone (ADP 417.27)

54:40 Gavin Sheets (ADP 460.2)

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Intro/Pitchers and catchers report to spring training

• Spencer Schwellenbach placed on the 60-day IL with right elbow inflammation
  • Who slots in as Atlanta’s No. 5 starter?
• Josh Hader dealing with left biceps inflammation
• Hamate madness
  • Corbin Carroll suffered a broken hamate bone in his right hand during a live batting practice session Tuesday, undergoes surgery
  • Francisco Lindor undergoes surgery, Mets still optimistic for Opening Day.
    • Bo Bichette will remain at third base for now
  • Jackson Holliday will begin the season on the IL after undergoing surgery Thursday
    • Jordan Westburg dealing with an injury of his own (oblique strain), could miss the first several weeks of Grapefruit League play
• Cam Schlittler won’t throw off a mound for a few days due to mid-back inflammation
• Chris Bassitt lands in Baltimore
• Closer confirmation: Mason Miller in SD, Daniel Palencia for CHC
• Ben Rice will still get reps vs. LHP after the return of Paul Goldschmidt
• Jesus Sanchez traded to the Blue Jays today in exchange for Joey Loperfido

Late-round selections in the First Pitch Arizona DC:

• As Jason Collette would say, “finding value in the scrap heap,” or trying to…
• Clay
  • Jett Williams
  • Blaine Crim
  • Aaron Civale
  • Masataka Yoshida (round 38)
  • Jhostynxon Garcia
  • Michael Kopech

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Todd Zola and Jeff Erickson discuss the differences between the major best ball contests and share strategy tips for each.

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James Anderson and elite high-stakes player Steve Weimer discuss fantasy baseball roster construction strategies and much more!

03:30 Extreme hitters

10:30 Risky old hitters

15:20 This year’s George Springer

22:40 Projecting catcher playing time

27:15 How to attack 2B and 3B

32:00 This year’s Drew Rasmussen

37:10 Late-round outfielders to target

43:00 Late-round pitchers to target

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Jeff Erickson from RotoWire and Fred Zinkie from Yahoo Fantasy Sports build a full roster comprised of players with 300+ ADP's.

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Jeff Erickson from RotoWire.com hosts Ariel Cohen of ATC Projections to discuss how you can use projections to win your league.

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00:00 MLB Podcast 2-8

00:20 Welcome to Ariel Cohen

01:10 Top News

01:20 Framber Valdez to the Tigers

05:30 Kenley Jansen to close

12:30 Blake Snell Could Begin on IL

15:30 Fantrax

16:30 How to Use Projections to Win

16:45 What is ATC?

19:00 Projections Inputs / Components

19:30 Finding Power

22:30 Finding Stolen Bases

27:20 Finding Batting Average

28:18 BlueWire

28:23 Pitching - Strikeouts

32:50 HOW - Market Values

33:00 Auction Calculators

33:30 Start With Actual Value of Each Player

34:30 Get Market Data

39:30 What Constitutes Good Data?

41:25 What is the Biggest Mistake Drafters Make with Projections?

44:20 Humans vs. Projections

46:00 Knowing Context on Players (Nico Hoerner)

48:00 Difficult Players to Project - Prospects

50:00 Injured Players

51:30 Players from Foreign Leagues

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer kick off their category sleepers series with a look at Runs and RBI.

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00:00 Headlines
13:30 Runs Sleepers
16:10 Daylen Lile
19:25 Kazuma Okamoto
22:20 Otto Lopez
24:35 Brendan Donovan
27:30 Gleyber Torres
29:30 Willi Castro
31:15 JJ Wetherholt
35:00 Chase Meidroth
38:00 Masyn Winn
40:10 Austin Martin
43:10 RBI Sleepers
44:20 Munetaka Murakami
48:40 Jac Caglianone
51:45 Anthony Santander
54:35 Colson Montgomery
57:25 Adolis Garcia
1:00:30 Alec Bohm
1:02:10 Carlos Correa
1:04:10 Kyle Manzardo
1:06:40 Jake Burger
1:08:40 Andrew Vaughn

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Intro/Back for another season on the RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Latest news

• Bunch of Tigers news
  • Framber Valdez to the Tigers
  • Tarik Skubal wins arbitration case
  • A.J. Hinch strongly implies Kenley Jansen will be the closer
  • Does this change anything for McGonigle?
• Eugenio Suarez returns to the Reds
  • Sal Stewart expected to split time between 1B/DH
• Royals bringing in fences at Kauffman Stadium
  • From Mike Petriello’s article at MLB.com: The fences in left field and right field are coming in by 9-10 feet, and the wall heights along much of the outfield are coming down by up to 18 inches.

Mid-round Targets/Recent picks in FPAZ draft

• Clay
  • 14. Isaac Paredes
  • 15. Sal Frelick
  • 16. Kazuma Okamoto
  • 17. Wilyer Abreu
  • 18. Dylan Beavers
  • 19. Logan Henderson
  • 20. Edwin Uceta
  • 21. Lenyn Sosa
  • 22. Tyler Mahle
  • 23. Chris Bassitt

TZ players on at least three of six NFBC teams (two Gladiators, three DC50s, AFL (in progress)

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jason Collette to discuss Jason's annual Bold Predictions series, featuring three bold picks from every division in baseball.

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00:00 Headlines

14:25 AL East

27:10 AL Central

40:45 AL West

47:30 NL East

56:30 NL Central

1:06:25 NL West

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James Anderson and Marc Winokur talk fantasy baseball auction strategy and recap Marc's first two high-stakes auctions of 2026!

02:00 How the 2025 winners spent their money

14:20 Marc’s surprise buys

21:25 Overpriced players

25:45 Skubal/Skenes/Crochet

29:15 Spending at 3B

30:40 Buying Rafael Devers

33:30 How to attack 2B

37:50 Willy Adames/Jung Hoo Lee

41:05 How much to spend on outfield

44:50 How much to spend on pitching

51:35 Buy 1 or 2 closers?

58:20 Nomination strategy

01:06:10 Advice for new auction players

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Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie break down the major additions and subtractions for each National League team and what it means for our fantasy baseball drafts.

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Jeff Erickson from RotoWire.com and Paul Sporer from Fangraphs.com review the highlights from the offseason in the American League, and what it means for our fantasy leagues.

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00:00 2-1-26 RotoWire MLB Podcast

00:20 Welcome to Paul Sporer

02:00 Weekend News

02:20 Eugenio Suarez to Reds

07:20 Luis Arraez to Giants

10:00 Jacob Wilson Extension

14:45 Free Agents Remaining

15:00 Pitchers: Framber Valdez, Zac Gallen, Zack Littell, Chris Bassitt, Lucas Giolito, Jose Quintana, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer

21:00 Hitters: Marcell Ozuna, Paul Goldschmidt, Luis Rengifo, Rhys Hoskins, Tommy Pham, Miguel Andujar, Nathaniel Lowe

23:00 AL WEST Changes

23:15 Angels: Josh Lowe, Grayson Rodriguez (traded for Taylor Ward), Kirby Yates//Jordan Romano

28:00 Astros: Tatsuya Imai, Mike Burrows (three-way trade with PIT/TB, losing Jacob Melton), making room for Zach Cole; no place currently for Isaac Paredes. Losing Framber.

34:00 Athletics: Jeff McNeil, Mark Leiter?

40:30 Mariners: Re-sign Josh Naylor, Jose Ferrer … no 2B or 3B.

42:30 Rangers: Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien; MacKenzie Gore; Danny Jansen, non-tendered Adolis Garcia

46:30 Fantrax

47:30 AL CENTRAL Changes

47:45 Guardians: Re-signed J-Ram and called it a day

50:00 Royals: Traded for Isaac Collins; Signed Lane Thomas; Signed Matt Strahm

51:30 OMG Kaufmann Stadium Changes!

56:00 Tigers: Signed Kenley Jansen, Signed Drew Anderson (KBO)

1:03:00 Twins: Fired their President of MLB Operations last week; Victor Caratini; Signed Josh Bell; Signed Taylor Rogers; traded Edouard Julien to Paste-Eaters.

1:08:00 White Sox: Signed Munetaka Murakami from Japan; traded Luis Robert to Mets for Luisangel Acuña et al; signed Austin Hays; signed Seranthony Dominguez

1:16:15 BlueWire

1:16:20 AL EAST Changes

1:16:35 Blue Jays: Lost Bo Bichette; Signed Dylan Cease; Signed Cody Ponce (KBO); Signed Kazuma Okamoto (JPN); came up short on Kyle Tucker; signed Tyler Rogers

1:26:30 Orioles: Signed Pete Alonso; Traded for Taylor Ward (for Grayson Rodriguez); Signed Ryan Helsley; traded for Shane Baz.

1:31:30 Rays: Traded Brandon Lowe in 3-way trade that netted Jacob Melton; traded for Gavin Lux (sent away Josh Lowe); traded Shane Baz; Signed Steven Matz; Signed Cedric Mullins; Signed Jake Fraley.

1:37:00 Red Sox: Traded for Sonny Gray; traded for Willson Contreras; signed Ranger Suarez; lost Alex Bregman; Trevor Story did not opt out.

1:41:00 Yankees: Re-signed Cody Bellinger; lost Devin Williams and Luke Weaver; lost Paul Goldschmidt; traded for Ryan Weathers

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Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Bloomfield of BaseballHQ to discuss the candidates to be this year's Nick Castellanos — players whose real-world value trails their fantasy value to the point that they're at risk of losing most or all of their playing time.

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00:00 Headlines

10:30 This Year's Castellanos Overview

14:00 Hunter Goodman

15:40 Agustin Ramirez

19:20 Vinnie Pasquantino and Christian Yelich

20:15 Luis Robert, Jo Adell, Teoscar Hernandez

23:15 Noelvi Marte

27:30 Marcell Ozuna

30:35 Dylan Crews

32:50 Samuel Basallo

36:00 Alec Burleson, Christian Walker, Spencer Torkelson

39:35 Addison Barger

42:35 Chandler Simpson

47:20 Matt Shaw

49:50 Jasson Dominguez and Jac Caglianone

52:55 Jordan Beck and Mickey Moniak

56:15 Anthony Santander and Spencer Steer

58:10 Adolis Garcia

59:50 Mark Vientos

1:02:15 Inverse Castellanos candidates

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James Anderson and high-stakes fantasy baseball player Phil Dussault discuss some boom or.bust catchers, platoon outfielders, underrated players and much more as we head into the heart of 2026 fantasy baseball draft season!

01:30 More early drafting

04:00 When we know who we’re drafting

07:00 How the Main Event has changed

10:45 Toughest teams to project

15:35 A potential bust at Catcher

22:45 Best risky catcher

30:50 Fernando Tatis HR projection

35:25 Brent Rooker vs. Wyatt Langford

39:45 Chandler Simpson vs. Jose Caballero

45:15 Platoon Outfielders

52:15 Best blocked hitter to buy

59:30 Phil’s favorite really old prospect

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Erik Halterman and Jeff Erickson discuss the players they disagreed on in the latest edition of the RotoWire Roundtable Rankings, starting right at the top with Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge fighting for the number one spot.

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00:00 Headlines

12:30 #1 Overall: Judge or Ohtani?

16:30 Catcher: Rice or Contreras or Langeliers?

21:00 First Base: Kurtz or Guerrero?

26:30 Second Base: Rafaela or Holliday?

31:00 Third Base: Bregman or Suarez or Westburg?

37:15 Shortstop: Turner or Neto?

41:00 Outfield: Stowers or Hernandez?

45:10 Starting Pitcher #1: Skubal or Crochet or Skenes?

50:55 Starting Pitcher #4: Yamamoto or Sanchez?

55:15 Closer: Munoz or Duran or Smith? 

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James Anderson answers listener questions about the full-updated RotoWire top 400 prospect rankings! 

02:00 Holy Shortstops!

04:15 Top 10 Prospects By Upside

08:10 State of the Rankings

10:45 What Causes Offseason Movement?

12:05 Rainiel Rodriguez

12:50 Joshua Baez

14:35 Walker Jenkins

16:20 This Year’s Luke Keaschall

17:30 Edward Florentino

18:15 Carter Jensen

23:00 Luis Pena

24:10 Tyler Bremner

26:00 Andrew Painter

28:25 Elmer Rodriguez, Luis De Leon, Trey Gibson

30:20 Alfredo Duno

32:00 Nathan Flewelling

33:00 Which catchers won’t catch?

33:35 Harry Ford

35:40 NPB and KBO

36:20 Elian Pena vs. Jacob Reimer

37:15 Roch Cholowsky

38:25 Felnin Celesten

38:50 Miguel Ullola, Brandon Clarke

39:50 Robert Calaz

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James Anderson, Zac Beck, Kyle Sonntag, Ross Jensen, Jesse Severe and Taylor Corso participate in a mock FYPD! Find out where the top 2025 draftees stack up against the international signees in your dynasty leagues!
 

01:40 Tatsuya Imai

02:15 Kade Anderson

03:00 Kazuma Okamoto

04:00 Munetaka Murakami

05:00 JoJo Parker

06:00 Liam Doyle

06:50 Dax Kilby

08:10 Eli Willits

09:40 Seth Hernandez

10:20 Andrew Fischer

11:20 Kyson Witherspoon

12:40 Aiva Arquette

13:15 Gavin Fien

14:40 Ethan Conrad

15:40 Steele Hall

18:30 Jamie Arnold

19:25 Luis Hernandez

21:10 Ethan Holliday

22:40 Gage Wood

24:35 Tyler Bremner

26:25 Wandy Asigen

28:00 J-15 Talk

29:30 Charles Davalan

30:20 Ethan Frey

32:25 Kruz Schoolcraft

33:20 Jace LaViolette

34:30 Xavier Neyens

35:35 Slater de Brun

36:25 Francisco Renteria

37:55 Johenssy Colome

38:55 Cody Ponce

42:00 The 2026 FYPD Class

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jeff Zimmerman, co-author of The Process, to discuss the latest discoveries in the most recent edition of the award-winning book.

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00:00 Headlines

14:30 What is The Process?

23:15 Second Opinions

26:30 Late Rounds of a Draft-and-Hold

29:10 Stats That Matter in an Overall Contest

32:45 PCA Clones

37:00 Successful Pitchers Despite Low Velocity

40:30 NFBC FAAB Bidding Patterns

47:00 The Kyren Paris Rule

53:10 The Xavier Edwards Rule

1:00:30 Pitch Characteristics

1:05:10 Starting Pitcher Injuries

1:08:00 Pitching Prospects

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James Anderson and Dustin McComas go through the top 150 starting pitchers by recent ADP and highlight many targets and avoids to get you prepared for you 2026 fantasy baseball drafts!

02:40 Garrett Crochet

04:45 Hunter Brown

05:55 Bryan Woo

07:50 Logan Webb

10:20 Kyle Bradish, Jesus Luzardo, Eury Perez

12:45 Kevin Gausman

15:00 Tyler Glasnow

15:35 Spencer Strider

16:35 Nick Pivetta

20:00 Nick Lodolo

21:30 Bubba Chandler

22:35 Emmet Sheehan

24:10 Brandon Woodruff

25:55 Robbie Ray

28:45 Tatsuya Imai, MacKenzie Gore

35:40 Tanner Bibee

37:40 Cade Horton

38:30 Shane Bieber

42:20 Andrew Abbott

43:40 Noah Cameron

45:50 Roki Sasaki, Shane McClanahan, Bryce Miller

48:00 SP Sleepers

53:10 Bailey Ober, Zebby Matthews, Reese Olson

56:45 More SP Sleepers

01:04:55 Seth Lugo

01:05:55 Jonah Tong

01:07:05 Deep SP Sleepers

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Halusker to talk about the players rising up draft boards in the early part of draft season, some of whom are rising due to signings or trades but many of whom are rising due to nothing but buzz.

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00:00 Intro/Headlines

09:50 Rising after signings/trades, early rounds

14:20 Rising after signings/trades, later rounds

33:15 Rising due to nothing but buzz, early rounds

59:30 Rising due to nothing but buzz, later rounds

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James Anderson and KC Bubba pinpoint some potential inaccuracies on Roster Resource that are leading to some players being overvalued and others being slept on, as playing time is key to winning fantasy baseball leagues!

02:30 Sal Stewart

05:20 Connelly Early

09:25 Lenyn Sosa

14:00 Jack Perkins, J.T. Ginn

18:25 Ian Seymour

21:50 Jacob Melton, Carson Williams

27:15 Spencer Arrighetti

30:20 JJ Wetherholt

34:00 Kyle Leahy, Richard Fitts

38:55 Carter Jensen, Lane Thomas

44:05 Troy Melton

47:05 Parker Messick

48:45 Blade Tidwell, Hayden Birdsong

52:45 Owen Caissie, Moises Ballesteros

55:05 Graham Pauley, Connor Norby

56:30 Harry Ford

59:00 Hyesong Kim

01:00:10 Zac Veen, Tyler Freeman

01:01:30 Elmer Rodriguez, Colt Emerson, Konnor Griffin

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Erik Halterman is joined by Sara Sanchez to discuss their fantasy baseball Christmas wishlists. Which players need just a bit more power, a bit more control, better health, and more?

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00:00 Headlines

11:45 The Gift of Good Health

20:10 Gifts for Hitters

38:30 Gifts for Pitchers

56:05 The Gift of Playing Time

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James Anderson and Rob DiPietro identify six players who are being drafted too early, including Rafael Devers and Oneil Cruz, before highlighting more than 10 players who are great late-round values in 50-round draft-and-hold leagues!

04:00 Trevor Megill

09:45 Rafael Devers

12:50 Oneil Cruz

17:25 Noelvi Marte

21:40 Jackson Holliday

25:15 Jonathan Aranda

29:45 Finding late DC gems

31:45 Andruw Monasterio

35:50 Hunter Harvey

39:30 Carmen Mlodzinski

43:25 Michael Conforto

46:10 Graham Pauley

50:30 Sean Newcomb

53:05 Nathan Church

56:10 Zach Dezenzo

58:50 Hagen Smith

01:01:55 Everson Pereira

01:04:15 Oswald Peraza

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James Anderson and Dave McDonald discuss the riskiest players who are getting drafted highly in 2026 fantasy baseball drafts, including Yordan Alvarez, Cole Ragans, Brandon Woodruff, Zack Wheeler and more!

03:25 Evaluating injury risk

11:35 Yordan Alvarez

19:15 Bryan Woo vs. Jacob deGrom

26:00 Cole Ragans

31:00 Josh Hader

33:50 Tyler Glasnow

36:20 Brandon Woodruff

38:10 Pablo Lopez

40:40 Shane Bieber

43:55 Michael King

47:05 Nathan Eovaldi

49:25 Zack Wheeler

52:05 Carlos Rodon

53:45 Kris Bubic

55:25 This Year’s Byron Buxton

59:50 Chase Burns

01:01:25 2024 velocity gainers -> 2025 results

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