RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

James Anderson and Rob Silver discuss the rookie shortstop class, sleeper candidates to hit 30-plus homers, reliever land mines, Rob's prospect for 2026 plus much more!

01:40 Konnor Griffin

09:20 Rookie Shortstops

13:20 Finding Cheap Power

15:45 Jorge Polanco

17:35 Dominic Canzone

19:45 Royce Lewis

23:05 Max Muncy (LAD)

26:20 Jordan Walker

31:25 Power Sleepers

34:00 Reliever Land Mines

41:50 Chandler Simpson

47:30 Cheap Speed

50:00 Rob’s Prospect For 2026

55:35 Nasim Nunez

58:40 Jeff Hoffman

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James Anderson and Tim McLeod discuss Tatsuya Imai, Munetaka Murakami, Kazuma Okamoto and the rest of the players making the leap from Asia to MLB in 2026!

01:10 Tatsuya Imai

06:25 Munetaka Murakami

10:45 Kazuma Okamoto

15:30 Cody Ponce

18:50 Foster Griffin vs. Anthony Kay

22:35 Jon Duplantier

25:00 Lewin Diaz isn’t coming over

26:50 Jo Hsi Hsu

28:45 Sung-Mun Song

31:35 Open Universe Targets

37:40 Roki Sasaki

42:50 Tim’s Rookie Targets

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The 2026 RotoWire Roundtable Rankings have arrived, and Erik Halterman is joined by fellow roundtable ranker Todd Zola to discuss the first round as well as some of the most difficult players to rank.

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00:00 Intro

02:30 Headlines

10:15 The First Round

21:50 Rankings Disagreements, First Three Rounds

42:30 Rankings Disagreements, Later Rounds

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James Anderson and Eno Sarris discuss the 2026 fantasy baseball prices for the top young starting pitchers in the game, including Chase Burns, Jacob Misiorowski, Cam Schlittler, Emmet Sheehan and more!

01:20 High Upside SPs

03:20 Chase Burns

04:55 Cam Schlittler

09:30 Jacob Misiorowski

13:30 Emmet Sheehan

18:30 Nolan McLean

23:45 Trey Yesavage

27:55 Bubba Chandler

29:50 Cade Horton

33:25 Connelly Early, Payton Tolle

38:15 Troy Melton, Jonah Tong

43:35 Tatsuya Imai

47:45 Braxton Ashcraft

50:25 Giants SP Depth

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00:00 Intro

02:25 Cy Young Award winners

06:35 What does the first round look like?

18:30 Who is the SP4?

25:45 How has the catcher landscape changed?

35:05 How many closers are locked in right now?

43:15 What to do about second and third base?

49:05 What does it look like to wait on starting pitching (Frank's team)?

57:45 What does it look like to go pocket aces (Erik's team)?

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James Anderson gives some quick risers and fallers from his too early top 300 rankings before breaking down the top 25 rookies for 2026 fantasy baseball leagues!

02:25 Risers/Fallers From Early Top 300

08:30 Top 25 Prospects For 2026

09:35 Nolan McLean is No. 1

12:15 Buy Samuel Basallo

14:25 Trey Yesavage Will Get Strikeouts

16:25 Market’s Sharp On Bubba Chandler

18:25 Stay In On Sal Stewart

21:05 Carter Jensen vs. J.T. Realmuto

23:20 Market’s Sharp On Connelly Early

25:10 Dylan Beavers’ Breakout Potential

26:40 Konnor Griffin vs. Kevin McGonigle

29:50 JJ Wetherholt’s High Floor

31:40 Buy Jonah Tong

33:10 Buy Payton Tolle

35:00 Bryce Eldridge Underrated

37:45 Don’t Sleep On Aidan Miller

41:10 Moises Ballesteros Can Hit

42:50 Parker Messick Is Overrated

44:00 Robby Snelling Shoved At AAA

46:00 Projections Like Logan Henderson

47:40 Chase DeLauter’s Injury History

50:00 Blind Bet On Andrew Painter?

52:30 Colt Emerson Is A Massive Sleeper

54:50 Carson Benge To The Moon

57:20 Joshua Baez and Ryan Waldschmidt

01:00:20 Travis Bazzana Is Overrated

01:02:00 You Can’t Draft Travis Sykora

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James Anderson and Aram Leighton discuss the 2026 outlooks for Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle before talking tough prospects to rank and Arizona Fall League standouts!

01:15 Konnor Griffin

04:45 Kevin McGonigle

11:10 Konnor Griffin’s ETA

16:25 Kevin McGonigle’s ETA

18:45 Nolan McLean vs. Trey Yesavage

25:25 Bubba Chandler

27:00 Who is the No. 4 pitching prospect?

29:30 First-Year Player Drafts

34:20 Liam Doyle

38:40 Arjun Nimmala and Justin Crawford

45:20 AFL Standouts

55:30 Ryan Waldschmidt

58:10 Robby Snelling

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James Anderson and Owen Hurd discuss the industry prospect draft they're participating in, including which prospects went too high, and which prospects were the best values!

01:15 First Two Rounds

03:05 Nolan McLean Debate

07:35 Floor vs. Ceiling

10:40 Surprise Picks

11:45 Best Values

13:15 Bryce Eldridge Debate

16:45 Mining The Mock

24:35 Owen’s Team

28:15 Jordan Lawlar vs. Marcelo Mayer

29:55 Luke Dickerson

35:30 Jaxon Wiggins

38:15 Trey Gibson Unlucky at AAA

41:15 George Klassen’s Stuff

43:00 James’ Team

49:55 Connelly Early Debate

57:50 Tony Blanco Jr.

01:00:30 Favorite Teams Besides Ours

01:05:10 Moises Ballesteros

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James Anderson is joined by excellent high-stakes fantasy baseball player Mike Mager to discuss their first draft of 2026 plus which positions look the deepest and which seem the shallowest this draft season. 

05:30 The Big 3 Starting Pitchers

10:45 Ben Rice vs. Hunter Goodman

15:05 James’ Best Picks

17:15 Draft Regrets

30:55 Emmet Sheehan

34:20 Catcher Is Deeper Than Ever

41:05 Is Vlad a First Rounder?

46:30 Second Base Is A Wasteland

49:50 Third Base Falls Off Quickly

53:05 Shortstop Is Loaded Up Top

54:10 Shortstop Prospects

58:05 Don’t Fall Behind At Outfield

01:01:25 Buy Low on Jasson Dominguez?

01:08:05 Young SPs w/ Upside

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On the first Prospect Podcast of the offseason, James Anderson is joined by deep dynasty league maven JT of the Os and 1s to talk about the art of finding breakout prospects, some 2026 sleepers and why Cardinals right fielder Joshua Baez is the most underrated prospect in the game!

05:35 Projecting Drake Baldwin

09:00 Agustin Ramirez’s Fantasy Upside

11:45 Will Wilyer Abreu Play Every Day?

15:40 Don’t Sleep On Braxton Ashcraft

19:20 Don’t Forget Christian Scott

22:00 The Most Underrated Prospect

29:00 AFL Pitchers To Watch

34:15 Biggest Risers of 2025

38:45 Zach Cole vs. Junior Perez

41:50 Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jeremy Schneider to review RotoWire's preseason staff sleepers and busts.

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00:00 Headlines

08:50 Jeremy's Top Prospects to Watch

23:30 Hitter Sleepers

35:50 Pitcher Sleepers

54:20 Hitter Busts

1:05:20 Pitcher Busts

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James Anderson is joined by Jim Tomony to discuss Jim's NFBC Overall leading Draft Champions team! Jim is likely to win his third NFBC overall championship and he discusses his strategy, his top players and all the quality young catchers entering the player pool.

02:20 Songs as Team Names

09:25 How To Draft And Hold

19:00 Jim’s DC MVP(s)

23:15 Young Catchers

37:30 Stay In on George Springer

42:05 Valuing Byron Buxton in 2026

48:00 Sal Frelick Perfect Fit w/ Brewers

54:00 Chandler Simpson As Advertised

58:50 Can Lenyn Sosa Repeat?

01:03:30 Ryne Nelson

01:09:20 Final DC Thoughts

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Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss the final week's playoff races and 10 Second Half Stats you might not know.

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00:00 Week 27 Fred Pod

00:15 Welcome

00:30 Playoff Update

03:45 Second half stats that warrant discussion…….

04:30 The Cubs are 27th in second half runs. Is this what this offense will look like without Kyle Tucker?

11:30 The Cardinals are last in second half runs. Is it time for more of a deep rebuild?

26:15 The Astros are 26th in second half runs. Does Yordan Alvarez mean this much to this offense?

20:30 The Athletics and D-backs are tied for 8th in second half record. Are the Athletics postseason contenders for 2026? And how did the D-backs survive their fire sale?

27:00 Chalkboard

28:00 The Mets are 25th in second half record.

32:50 Tied with the Giants. How much work do these teams need to do in order to contend next year?

36:30 The Tigers are 21st in second half record. Were we premature in declaring that they’ve arrived?

41:00 Could they be like the Orioles, who had brief success but couldn’t sustain?

47:00 The MLB leaders in second half OPS is George Springer. How early will he be drafted next year, at age 36?

48:30 Bryan Woo is tied for the second half lead in SO. His career WHIP is under 1.00. Top-10 SP for 2026?

52:30 Hunter Brown leads the Majors in second half ERA. I never hear him mentioned as the SP4 for 2026.

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up and exciting week of baseball and preview the final week, full of pennant races, Wild Card chases, rotation and FAAB pickup to make that final run in the standings. They discuss Mike Trout's down season, Matt Olson's recent hot streak and what the heck to do with Trevor Rogers next year before getting into all the FAAB adds and drops from the final weekend of roster moves.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top FAAB recommendations for the final week of the regular season and review the top FAAB pickups of the year.

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00:00 Headlines
13:23 Parker Meadows
15:09 Kody Clemens
17:01 Dominic Canzone
18:42 Nathaniel Lowe
20:11 Carter Jensen
22:45 Moises Ballesteros
25:27 Justin Verlander
28:59 Trey Yesavage
32:06 Riley O'Brien
34:43 Chalkboard Picks
39:18 Deep-League Pitchers
45:01 Deep-League Hitters
52:14 Top FAAB Pickups of the Year

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Intro/Clayton Kershaw announced yesterday that he will be retiring at the end of 2025

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Xander Bogaerts $3
• Trey Yesavage $2
• Heriberto Hernandez $0
• Moises Ballesteros $0
• Cole Ragans $0
• Andrew Kittredge $0
• Chad Patrick $0
• Bryce Eldridge $0
• Francisco Alvarez $0
• Miguel Rojas $0
• Thomas Saggese $0
• Javier Sanoja $0

Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 22, 2025)

• Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 1)
• Mason Barnett 0
• Chris Sale 5
• Lucas Giolito 3
• Cade Horton 5 (Todd 4)
• Brady Singer 4
• Gavin Williams 4
• McCade Brown 0
• Shane Smith 3
• Jack Flaherty 3
• Cristian Javier 3
• Cole Ragans 3
• Caden Dana 0
• Ryan Weathers 3
• Freddy Peralta 5
• David Peterson 3
• Luis Gil 3
• Nick Pivetta 5
• Bryce Miller 3
• Justin Verlander 3
• Michael McGreevy 3
• Ian Seymour 2 (Todd 3)
• Merrill Kelly 2 (Todd 3)

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Erik Halterman is joined by Mike Couillard to discuss the changing of the guard at the catcher position.

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00:00 Intro

01:45 Clayton Kershaw retires

06:45 Other Headlines

20:20 Cal Raleigh

31:40 Hunter Goodman

34:35 Shea Langeliers

37:40 Agustin Ramirez

42:10 Ivan Herrera

44:40 Ben Rice

48:10 Drake Baldwin

50:50 Other rising catchers

58:30 Falling catchers

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James Anderson and Chris Welsh discuss candidates to be the MVP of the Arizona Fall League before diving into some recent prospect ADP!

01:45 Arizona Fall League MVP Candidates

02:45 Kevin McGonigle is going to rake

07:40 Sebastian Walcott could steal the show

12:10 Aidan Miller moving up rankings

17:00 Josue De Paula vs. Charlie Condon

23:20 Sleeper AFL hitters

35:30 Prospect ADP

38:05 Industry consensus up top

41:40 First-Year Player Draft talk

48:05 Colt Emerson’s narrow range

52:25 Edward Florentino’s ADP

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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the playoff races, Yordan Alvarez, and defensive stats that matter.

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00:00 Fred Pod 9-16

00:15 Welcome

00:30 News:

01:00 Yordan Alvarez sprains ankle…..

06:30 Yesavage, Eldridge debuted……

11:20 Bo Bichette getting second opinion on knee…..

13:20 Jordan Westburg returns….. Kyle Bradish already looks like an ace again…..

17:30 Cole Ragans returns tomorrow…..

20:00 Sal Stewart continues to mash…..

22:15 Daylen Lile is hitting cleanup and having a nice September…..

24:20 Zach Neto to the IL

29:15 Chalkboard

30:15 Defensive stats that matter

31:05 Ceddanne Rafaela is second among CF in FRV.

32:45 Augustin Ramirez is dead last in baseball in FRV.

34:30 Edgar Quero is tied with Ramirez for the bottom spot in FRV. This is a big reason that Kyle Teel will be their No. 1 catcher next year.

35:45 Nick Castellanos is the worst OF in baseball and hasn’t hit well.

37:15 Logan O’Hoppe has a -11 FRV and has hit poorly in for several months.

38:45 Heliot Ramos has a mediocre .729 OPS and a -11 FRV. He could lose playing time too.

40:30 Ronald Acuna Jr. used to be an average CF. He’s now one of the worst RF in baseball (-8). His sprint speed has declined, likely due to injury. I may project just 15 steals.

42:10 How do we feel about Jasson Dominguez for 2026? He’s so young but has a -9 FRV and a .720 OPS.

45:46 BlueWire

45:50 Positive Defensive Stats

46:10 Patrick Bailey is the best defender in baseball by a wide margin.

47:15 Dillon Dingler and Carlos Narvaez have both been top-5 defensive catchers.

48:40 Ke’Bryan Hayes is the best 3B. No matter how he hits, he’s going to play.

49:30 On a per-inning basis, Denzel Clarke is the best defensive OF this year.

52:50 Trea Turner is a top-5 defensive SS and leads the Majors in average sprint speed.

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad talk a busy weekend in baseball, break down a number of intriguing players looking ahead to 2026 and discuss all the adds and drops in the second-to-last FAAB period of the season. They give their thoughts on the 2025 seasons and 2026 draft prices on Junior Caminero, Mark Vientos and Jesus Luzardo, among many others, before getting into this week's FAAB action on Connelly Early, Brandon Sproat and Andrew Kittredge.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer offer up their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week.

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00:00 Headlines
12:45 Connelly Early
15:15 Emmett Sheehan
19:45 Tyler Wells
22:00 Andrew Kittredge
24:30 Brad Keller
27:10 Tommy Edman
29:25 Daylen Lile
31:20 Jose Caballero
34:10 Jake Burger
35:50 Tyler O'Neill
37:45 Chalkboard picks
43:30 Deep-league pitchers
50:50 Deep-league hitters

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Intro/Connelly Early is the latest rookie to make waves in Major League Baseball

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Connelly Early $6
• Michael Helman $2
• Parker Meadows $2
• Andre Pallante $1
• Brad Keller $1
• Otto Kemp $0
• Cade Povich $0
• Drew Gilbert $0
• Walker Buehler $0
• Cody Freeman $0
• Isaac Paredes $0

Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 15, 2025)

• Zac Gallen 4
• Jeffrey Springs 2
• Spencer Strider 3
• Kyle Bradish 3
• Connelly Early 3
• Cade Horton 4
• Jameson Taillon 2 (Todd 1)
• Zack Littell 3
• Andrew Abbott 3 (Todd 4)
• Kyle Freeland 0
• Sean Burke 1 (Todd 2)
• Casey Mize 3
• Jason Alexander 2
• Michael Wacha 2
• Kyle Hendricks 0
• Shohei Ohtani 4 (Todd 5)
• Eury Perez 3 (Todd 2)
• Jose Quintana 3 (Todd 4)
• Simeon Woods Richardson 0
• Carlos Rodon 5
• Cam Schlittler 3 (Todd 4)
• Paul Skenes 5
• Michael King 3
• Logan Gilbert 4 (Todd 5)
• Carson Whisenhunt 0
• Carson Seymour 0
• Matthew Liberatore 2
• Ryan Pepiot 2
• Ian Seymour 2 (Todd 3)
• Jack Leiter 3
• Jose Berrios 3
• Kevin Gausman 5
• Mitchell Parker 0 (Todd 1)

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Erik Halterman is joined by Derek VanRiper of The Athletic to discuss the most disappointing players at each position this year. Which ones are we out on for good, and which are we hoping everyone else is out on next year so we can draft them at a discount?

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00:00 Headlines: Soto, Schwarber, Volpe, Winn

17:50 C: Adley Rutschman

22:15 1B: Jake Burger

25:45 2B: Ozzie Albies

29:50 3B: Austin Riley

33:00 SS: Oneil Cruz

39:40 OF: Jackson Merrill, Michael Harris, Lawrence Butler

50:30 SP: Dylan Cease, Bailey Ober, Tanner Bibee, George Kirby, Spencer Strider

1:04:00 RP: Devin Williams

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James Anderson and Brian Slack discuss a variety of dynasty topics including, when to push in, different trade tactics, dispersal drafts, plus some players to buy and sell heading into the offseason!

02:25 Dispersal drafting

04:40 Franchise Value vs. Present Value

07:50 When to go for it

18:20 Trade tips

26:10 Picking up prospects

34:55 More trade tips

38:05 Trading for Gunnar Henderson

44:30 Dax Kilby to the moon

52:30 Buy Lars Nootbaar?

55:45 Sell Josh Lowe?

01:00:50 Valuing Cam Smith

01:06:10 Is George Lombard overrated?

01:10:05 Kyle Manzardo’s improvements

01:12:40 Trade for Ryan Pepiot

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Inspired by Ke'Bryan Hayes's trade to Cincinnati, Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss players that would benefit from a similar change of scenery.

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Scott Jenstad and special guest, Paul Sporer, recap a fun weekend of baseball, talk 2026 prices on some players and discuss all the popular pickups in FAAB this week. They discuss the 2026 prospects for 2025 breakouts Jo Adell, Gavin Williams and Ben Rice and also talk about who ends up in the top 5 of starting pitchers and closers in 2026 drafts. They wrap up by summarizing all the adds in FAAB, including the bidding on Luis Garcia, Brad Keller and Parker Meadows.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week.

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00:00 Headlines
13:58 Brandon Sproat
17:16 Braxton Ashcraft
20:28 Shawn Armstrong
22:51 Jose Ferrer
25:09 Josh Jung
26:32 Sal Stewart
31:04 Ha-Seong Kim
33:34 Jac Caglianone
37:41 Blaze Alexander
40:55 Harrison Bader
44:20 Chalkboard Picks
49:43 Deep-League Pitchers
58:46 Deep-League Hitters

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Intro/Kodai Senga has been optioned to Triple-A

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Sal Stewart $3
• Hye Seong Kim $2
• Joc Pederson $1
• Bryce Elder $0
• Ryan Weathers $0
• Brayan Rocchio $0
• Shawn Armstrong $0
• Javier Assad $0
• Eduardo Rodriguez $0
• Brandon Sproat $0

Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 8, 2025)

• Nabil Crismatt 1
• Luis Morales 3
• Joey Wentz 1
• Garrett Crochet 5
• Shota Imanaga 5
• Nick Lodolo 4 (Todd 3)
• Slade Cecconi 2
• Chase Dollander 0
• German Marquez 0
• Yoendrys Gomez 1
• Sawyer Gipson-Long 0
• Framber Valdez 5
• Ryan Bergert 3
• Noah Cameron 3
• Caden Dana 0 (Todd 1)
• Kyle Hendricks 0
• Janson Junk 2
• Eury Perez 3
• Jose Quintana 3
• Simeon Woods Richardson 0 (Todd 1)
• Sean Manaea 2 (Todd 3)
• Will Warren 2
• Aaron Nola 2
• Braxton Ashcraft 2 (Todd 1)
• Yu Darvish 3
• Nestor Cortes 0
• Bryan Woo 5
• George Kirby 4 (Todd 5)
• Logan Webb 5
• Miles Mikolas 2 (Todd 1)
• Adrian Houser 2 (Todd 3)
• Jacob Latz 1
• Jose Berrios 2
• Cade Cavalli 3
• Mitchell Parker 0 (Todd 1)

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Erik Halterman and Todd Zola discuss a handful of declining veterans in an attempt to figure out which ones could be bargains next year and which ones look done.

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19:00 40 years old and up

25:15 Age 37 to 39

30:30 Age 35

47:30 Age 34

1:00:40 Early 30s

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Chris Blessing joins James Anderson to discuss the best prospects and most overrated prospects Chris scouted this season, including No. 1 overall prospect Konnor Griffin plus many more!

00:00 Intro

01:35 The No. 1 Overall Prospect

12:15 Buy Caleb Bonemer

20:00 Hector Rodriguez’s ETA

30:25 Robby Snelling SZN

36:55 Thomas White’s Upside

42:00 JR Ritchie Trending Up

46:55 Buy Low on Cam Collier

55:00 Hagen Smith’s A Bust

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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson review some of the top September roster moves and the remaining playoff races.

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00:30 Welcome

00:45 Blue Jays - Reds

06:30 News:

06:45 Jackson Merrill is back from the IL…..

11:00 MacKenzie Gore is already cleared to throw, so he could be back soon….

12:30 Jeremiah Jackson

15:55 Trevor Rogers

22:45 Lourdes Gurriel’s season is over due to a torn ACL….

23:30 Roman Anthony left tonight’s game…..

23:55 Juan Soto is going to have a 40-30 season.

27:30 Elly De La Cruz

31:30 Chalkboard

32:30 Main Topic – September 1 roster moves.

32:45 Sal Stewart

38:00 Sawyer Gipson-Long

39:00 Andrew Alvarez

41:30 Kevin Alcantara

43:00 Boring Cardinals

45:00 NFFC

46:30 Jac Caglianone

51:30 Rangers in the Wild Card Race

55:45 Rays Still Alive

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend baseball and break down what ended up being a big week for pitching in FAAB. They discuss the AL East, Bruce Turang, Juan Soto and more before diving into the heavy bidding for Kyle Bradish, Jonah Tong and Payton Tolle.  Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week.

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09:00 Kyle Bradish
12:00 Jonah Tong
16:15 Abner Uribe
19:15 Payton Tolle
22:30 Ryan Walker
25:15 Jordan Lawlar
28:30 Jared Triolo
31:00 Gavin Sheets
33:00 Nolan Gorman
35:30 Dylan Moore
40:15 Chalkboard picks
46:00 Deep-league pitchers
56:30 Deep-league hitters

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Intro/Kyle Schwarber has the 21st four-homer game in MLB history

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Jonah Tong $7
• Ian Seymour $6
• Payton Tolle $5
• Jonny DeLuca $4
• Jared Triolo $2
• Luis Morales $2
• Jeremiah Jackson $1
• Luis Matos $0
• Connor Norby $0
• Aaron Ashby $0
• Robbie Snelling $0
• Riley O’Brien $0

Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 1, 2025)

• Ryne Nelson 2 (Todd 3)
• Luis Morales 3
• Brayan Bello 4
• Colin Rea 2
• Hunter Greene 5
• Parker Messick 3
• Slade Cecconi 2
• Chase Dollander 0
• Aaron Civale 0
• Davis Martin 1
• Charlie Morton 2
• Luis Garcia 1
• Michael Lorenzen 2
• Yusei Kikuchi 2 (Todd 3)
• Caden Dana 0
• Ryan Gusto 0
• Jacob Misiorowski 4 (Todd 3)
• Bailey Ober 3
• Max Fried 5
• Taijuan Walker 2 (Todd 1)
• Mike Burrows 0
• Dylan Cease 4
• Luis Castillo 3
• Carson Whisenhunt 0
• Sonny Gray 5
• Shane Baz 2 (Todd 3)
• Drew Rasmussen 5
• Patrick Corbin 0
• MacKenzie Gore 3

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jenny Butler to discuss some of the biggest decisions drafters will have to make next season, decisions Jenny already had to make in last week's Too Early Meatball draft.

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11:00 Too Early Meatball Draft overview

14:20 Who are the contenders for SP4?

20:10 What are we supposed to do with Spencer Strider?

24:30 How far will this year’s rookie SPs rise?

27:30 Who are the contenders for RP1?

35:00 How many of this year’s breakout young catchers break into the top-15?

39:00 Is Nick Kurtz a Tier 1 first baseman, and how big is that tier?

41:50 Will the lack of early second basemen be even worse next year?

46:30 How far up the board should we push Junior Caminero?

50:10 How far will Mookie Betts fall?

55:15 What do we do with Pete Crow-Armstrong?

1:00:30 Where should we take Ronald Acuna, who always used to go first overall when healthy?

1:04:00 : How far will Jackson Merrill fall next season?

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James Anderson answers all your questions about the updated Top 400 Prospect Rankings, including questions about Edward Florentino, Sebastian Walcott, Jett Williams and more!

01:35 Top Prospects for 2026

08:35 Prospect Tiers

12:10 Jesus Made’s speed

12:55 Buy low on Sebastian Walcott

14:45 Jett Williams’ position

15:40 Josue De Paula still at High-A

17:00 Mike Sirota’s injury

17:55 Ralphy Velazquez vs. Josue Briceno

19:10 Carter Jensen destroys baseballs

21:30 Giving Cam Collier a mulligan

22:45 Edward Florentino SZN

27:55 Trust the Pirates?

29:05 Tony Blanco’s 80-grade power

32:00 Elian Pena’s breakout

33:40 Dauri Fernandez’s ceiling

35:05 Kendry Chourio to the moon!

37:10 Top 5 a year from now

39:40 Potential risers into the top 10

40:35 Chales Davalan, FYPD target

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Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie review some of the interesting picks from the Way Too Early 2026 Meatball Draft.

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00:20 Welcome

00:30 Review the Too Early Meatball Draft

01:15 Interesting Picks

02:45 Kyle Schwarber 1.9

08:00 No Second Round Pitchers

10:00 Junior Caminero 1.12

14:45 Ronald Acuna at 2.11

17:15 Oneil Cruz at 2.15

20:30 Chalkboard

21:30 Chris Sale as the SP4 at 3.1

23:45 Jhoan Duran as the RP1 at 4.3

30:30 Yordan Alvarez 4.9

32:22 Corey Seager at 5.11

33:45 NFFC

34:20 Luis Robert Jr. at 6.15

37:15 Chandler Simpson at 7.9

43:20 BlueWire

43:30 Jackson Merrill at 8.3

45:20 Raisel Iglesias at 9.2; Cade Smith at 9.8; Tanner Scott at 10.9

49:00 Jakob Marsee at 10.13

51:00 Zebby Matthews at 11.7; Hurston Waldrep at 11.12; Gavin Williams at 11.14

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss tough weekends for the Yankees and Dodgers and discuss all the FAAB action, including spirited bidding on Samuel Basallo, Shane Bieber and Carson Williams. In addition, they discuss what should be a very interesting 2026 int eh starting pitcher market after the Big 3 and also talk about Jackson Merrill, Vinnie Pasquatino and much, much more.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week.

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11:41 Samuel Basallo
15:05 Dylan Beavers
17:23 Brett Baty
19:40 Pavin Smith
21:37 Carson Williams
24:56 Shane Bieber
28:32 Cam Schlittler
30:13 Bubba Chandler
36:49 Victor Vodnik
38:31 Parker Messick
42:10 Chalkboard Picks
46:39 Deep-League Pitchers
59:23 Deep-League Hitters

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Intro/Samuel Basallo agrees to eight-year extension with O’s

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Dylan Beavers $6
• Kyle Teel $2
• Parker Messick $2
• Davis Martin $1
• Taijuan Walker $1
• Colby Thomas $0
• Gabriel Moreno $0
• Jhostynxon Garcia $0
• Carson Williams $0

Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 25, 2025)

• Eduardo Rodriguez 1
• Brandon Pfaadt 1
• JT Ginn 0
• Spencer Strider 3 (Todd 1)
• Tomoyuki Sugano 2 (Todd 3)
• Kyle Bradish 2
• Walker Buehler 0
• Lucas Giolito 3
• Matthew Boyd 4
• Hunter Greene 4 (Todd 5)
• Tanner Bibee 2
• Tanner Gordon 0
• Shane Smith 2
• Martin Perez 1
• Tarik Skubal 5
• Noah Cameron 4 (Todd 3)
• Kyle Hendricks 0
• Edward Cabrera 3 (Todd 4)
• Sandy Alcantara 3
• Jacob Misiorowski 3
• Quinn Priester 4 (Todd 3)
• Joe Ryan 5
• Kodai Senga 3 (Todd 2)
• Sean Manaea 2 (Todd 3)
• Cam Schlittler 3 (Todd 2)
• Luis Gil 4
• Cristopher Sanchez 5
• Jesus Luzardo 4
• Mitch Keller 2
• Johan Oviedo 0
• Bryce Miller 3
• Justin Verlander 1 (Todd 2)
• Michael McGreevy 2 (Todd 3)
• Andre Pallante 0 (Todd 1)
• Shane Baz 2
• Jacob deGrom 5
• Max Scherzer 4
• Brad Lord 0

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Erik Halterman is joined by Lucas Biery to discuss how to finish the fantasy season strong.

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07:45 Recent call-ups (Messick, Chandler, Williams)

18:30 Getting into a winning position

20:30 Early-round aces

22:20 Building an offensive core

24:30 Overcoming early mistakes

27:15 Mid-late round hits

34:45 Getting the most out of FAAB

41:00 How different is the final month from the first five?

43:30 Chasing saves

49:20 Two-start starters

52:45 Playing time vs. chasing categories

1:00:00 Endgame strategy for overall contests

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James Anderson and Dominic Rello (@BullpenGuru) preview Wednesday night's first high-stakes draft of 2026! Dom is picking fourth and James is picking 15th. They preview their potential picks and talk about the challenging hunt for saves, shallow positions, big risers, prospects to consider and much more!

02:15 Players at the top of the draft

03:50 Take Acuna in the top five?

06:30 Late first-round targets

12:10 Players losing/gaining positional eligibility

18:45 Which closers would we draft?

25:45 Which catchers would we draft?

28:45 Nick Kurtz vs. Pete Alonso

30:30 Depressed pitching assets

34:30 Second base sucks

36:50 Middle-infield prospects

40:15 Buy low on Mookie Betts?

42:45 Top 7 Shortstops

43:25 Young OFs to buy

45:30 Never Oneil Cruz

47:10 Fade Byron Buxton?

48:55 Buy low on Jackson Merrill?

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a busy weekend across baseball, highlighted by the Dodgers sweeping the Padres, and break down all the adds and drops across FAAB, including heavy bidding for Bryan Abreu and Nolan McLean. They also discuss the upcoming huge Cubs Brewers five-game series, the struggles of Max Fried and Anthony Volpe in New York and where Shea Langeliers is likely to land among catchers in 2026 drafts.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week.

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13:30 Bryan Abreu
16:10 Zebby Matthews
18:45 Nolan McLean
21:00 Hurston Waldrep
24:30 Dustin May
27:05 Miguel Andujar
30:00 Josh Bell
31:45 Tyler Freeman
34:50 Joey Ortiz
36:30 Kyle Manzardo
39:00 Chalkboard picks
45:20 Deep-league pitchers
56:00 Deep-league hitters

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Intro/Owen Caissie has arrived to the major leagues…

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Keegan Akin $9
• Owen Caissie $7
• Hurston Waldrep $7
• Kyle Karros $4
• Blaze Alexander $4
• Heriberto Hernandez $1
• Bobby Seymour $1
• Kristian Campbell $1
• Kevin McGonigle $0

Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 18, 2025)

• Zac Gallen 4
• Jacob Lopez 3
• Spencer Strider 4
• Trevor Rogers 3
• Dustin May 2
• Cade Horton 4
• Jameson Taillon 3
• Gavin Williams 3 (Todd 4)
• Austin Gomber 0
• Bradley Blalock 0
• Yoendrys Gomez 0
• Jack Flaherty 3
• Spencer Arrighetti 1
• Hunter Brown 5
• Michael Wacha 3
• Seth Lugo 3
• Victor Mederos 0
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto 4
• Eury Perez 3 (Todd 4)
• Freddy Peralta 5
• Brandon Woodruff 5
• Joe Ryan 5
• David Peterson 3 (Todd 4)
• Carlos Rodon 4
• Paul Skenes 5
• Nestor Cortes 0
• Nick Pivetta 5
• Logan Gilbert 5
• Robbie Ray 4
• Kai-Wei Teng 0
• Matthew Liberatore 2
• Jack Leiter 2 (Todd 1)
• Merrill Kelly 3
• Jake Irvin 0

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Erik Halterman is joined by Matt Morris to review this year's top rookies, looking at both those who have exceeded expectations and those who have fallen short.

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02:00 Owen Caissie

05:40 Nolan McLean

07:50 other prospects who could still get the call this year

15:30 Nick Kurtz

20:00 Isaac Collins

24:40 Drake Baldwin

27:25 Jacob Wilson

30:15 Roman Anthony

33:15 Agustin Ramirez

36:05 Jacob Misiorowski

38:40 Noah Cameron

40:15 Cade Horton

43:00 Chandler Simpson

45:00 Cam Smith

47:40 Caleb Durbin

50:10 Jack Leiter

52:10 Jasson Dominguez

54:40 Matt Shaw

56:25 Jac Caglianone

58:50 Marcelo Mayer

1:00:30 Coby Mayo

1:02:15 Chase Dollander

1:04:10 Kumar Rocker

1:06:10 Chase Burns

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James Anderson and Ryan Topp rank the Brewers top 10 prospects for fantasy (and real life) and then touch on the Brewers' World Series odds, the projected 2026 lineup, rotation and more!

2:35 Jesus Made

7:30 Luis Pena

12:00 Cooper Pratt

21:10 Logan Henderson

24:45 Andrew Fischer

28:25 Jeferson Quero

30:50 Braylon Payne

33:35 Robert Gasser

36:40 Brock Wilken

40:30 Marco Dinges

42:50 Luke Adams

46:05 Bishop Letson

49:30 Brady Ebel

52:15 Honorable Mentions

57:55 World Series Odds

1:04:35 Projected 2026 rotation/lineup

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Fred Zinkie asks "What's Wrong with the Mets?" He and Jeff Erickson discuss five struggling offenses since the All-Star Break.

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00:00 Fred Pod 8-12-25

00:20 Welcome

01:00 Main Topic - What’s wrong with these teams?

01:47 These five teams have all ranked among the bottom-10 in OPS, runs scored and wRC+. Should we bench some of their hitters, because we don’t have time to wait for them to turn things around? And should we stream pitchers against them?

03:15 Mets

08:30 Rays

13:25 Cardinals

19:15 Nationals

23:30 Rangers

26:45 Chalkboard

27:45 News. Plenty of it today.

28:00 Jose Hader is getting tests done on his shoulder. Uh oh.

30:30 Cristian Javier earned a win in his return. Is he ready to join fantasy lineups?

32:10 Shane McClanahan is done for the season, proving once again that injury optimism is not your friend. Grayson Rodriguez also underwent elbow surgery.

33:10 Cole Ragans threw a bullpen session. He’s sitting on waivers in some leagues and could be back in early September. Worth a stash?

35:45 Chase Burns is facing an innings limit and the Reds are getting two starters back. Drop him?

38:50 Devin Williams pitched the sixth inning and is an easy drop. I’m interested to see if he gets a closer’s job in free agency.

41:00 Corbin Carroll set a career high in homers last night. He has really shifted his fantasy profile and may not steal 20 bases this year. He still has 98th percentile sprint speed.

43:20 The Tigers just won’t let us have a closer. Kyle Finnegan earned the win and Will Vest picked up the save.

44:30 Will Warren picked up a win. Take out a couple disasters, and he has been excellent this summer.

46:20 Kyle Schwarber homered. He’s second in HR and RBI. Sixth in runs. Has 10 steals. Will only be 32 next year. Why can’t he be a first round pick?

54:00 NFFC

54:31 BlueWire

55:0. FLEX Leagues Recap

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball showcasing the red-hot Mariners and Brewers and also break down all the action in FAAB. They talk active bidding for starting pitchers Luis Gil and Cade Cavalli as well as a potential difference-maker closer in David Bednar. They also hit much more across baseball, including Josh Naylor's SB binge, Lawrence Butler's struggles and whether Kyle Schwarber can steal the NL MVP from Shohei Ohtani.

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

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00:00 Headlines
9:40 Noelvi Marte
12:10 Lenyn Sosa
15:21 Jakob Marsee
18:00 Ryan Mountcastle
20:17 Jordan Lawlar
22:06 Isaac Collins
25:53 Cade Horton
28:01 Joey Wentz
29:57 Phil Maton
33:46 Bubba Chandler/Samuel Basallo/Dylan Beavers/JJ Wetherholt/Andrew Painter
39:24 Deep-League Pitchers
51:17 Deep-League Hitters

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