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Intro/Jakob Marsee leads the pack in terms of bidding this week

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Jakob Marsee $9
• Hunter Gaddis $8
• Jalen Beeks $6
• Cade Cavalli $6
• Logan Henderson $5
• Casey Schmitt $2
• Daniel Schneemann $1
• Brad Lord $1
• Victor Robles $1
• Eli White $1
• Miles Mikolas $0
• Jordan Lawlar $0
• Anthony Santander $0

Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 11, 2025)

• Ryne Nelson 2 (Todd 3)
• Anthony DeSclafani 0
• Jeffrey Springs 2 (Todd 3)
• Spencer Strider 4
• Dean Kremer 2
• Garrett Crochet 5
• Cade Horton 3
• Andrew Abbott 3
• Logan Allen 3
• Anthony Molina 0
• Kyle Freeland 0
• Jonathan Cannon 0 (Todd 1)
• Chris Paddack 2
• Jack Flaherty 4
• Cristian Javier 1 (Todd 0)
• Bailey Falter 3 (Todd 1)
• Jose Soriano 2
• Janson Junk 3
• Freddy Peralta 5
• Zebby Matthews 2 (Todd 1)
• Clay Holmes 3
• Will Warren 2
• Aaron Nola 1
• Ranger Suarez 4 (Todd 5)
• Andrew Heaney 2
• Yu Darvish 1 (Todd 3)
• George Kirby 5
• Logan Webb 5
• Miles Mikolas 1
• Ryan Pepiot 3
• Nathan Eovaldi 5
• Jose Berrios 3
• Cade Cavalli 2
• Mitchell Parker 0

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Erik Halterman is joined by Dave McDonald to talk about the picks and fades they regret this season in an attempt to figure out how to avoid the same mistakes next year.

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00:00 Headlines

16:45 Fading Bo Bichette

26:30 Fading Zach Neto

32:15 Fading Junior Caminero

37:20 Fading Max Fried/Bryan Woo

43:50 Fading Jacob deGrom

46:05 Fading Tyler Soderstrom

49:00 Picking Skenes over Skubal

54:05 Picking Wyatt Langford/Lawrence Butler/Brenton Doyle

1:02:25 Picking Michael Harris

1:07:15 Picking Yordan Alvarez

1:10:10 Picking Luis Garcia Jr.

1:11:30 Picking Jack Flaherty

1:15:40 Picking Hunter Greene

1:18:30 Picking Sean Manaea

1:22:40 Picking Bubba Chandler

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James Anderson and Mike Mager look back on the best picks from their 2025 Too Early Draft and look at which high-upside pitchers may be worth the risk going into 2026!

00:00 Intro

02:00 Best Pick of Round 1

02:55 Best Pick of Round 2

03:30 Best Pick of Round 3

04:55 Best Pick of Round 4

06:00 Best Pick of Round 5

08:45 Best Pick of Round 6

10:00 Best Pick of Round 7

10:45 Best Pick of Round 8

11:20 Best Pick of Round 9

12:00 Best Pick of Round 10

13:30 Best Pick of Round 11

15:45 Avoid Recency Bias

17:40 Landmines In The First 5 Rounds

23:50 Hitters Who Will Lose Position Eligibility

28:10 Back To Basics

33:20 Where To Find Upside

41:45 Buying Brandon Woodruff

45:00 Chris Sale vs. Jacob deGrom

48:40 Buying Eury Perez

52:10 Is Hunter Greene Too Risky?

56:20 Jacob Misiorowski vs. Chase Burns

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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson share more trade deadline reactions, break down the latest news and discuss the top and bottom 10 starting pitchers since June 1.

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00:00 Post-Deadline Moves

00:20 Welcome

01:00 Fred’s Trade Deadline Reactions

03:00 Closer Headliners following the deadline

07:15 News & Notes

07:20 Aaron Judge is back….. Nothing is going right for the Yankees, including Max Fried, who now has a 5.81 ERA and a 1.52 WHIP since July 1…..And Devin Williams blew another save….

12:30 Nick Lodolo, to IL……

15:00 Austin Riley and Tommy Edman

19:00 Nathan Lukes survived the trade deadline as the Jays leadoff hitter and reached base five times yesterday.

20:40 Michael Soroka is already on the IL…..Ben Brown relieved Soroka and pitched well, so it’s likely time to add him and then get burned by him…..

23:00 Roman Anthony is day-to-day. He’s playing great but isn’t doing much in fantasy…..

26:00 NFFC

26:45 Let’s look at some of the best and worst pitchers in recent weeks. Because some of the best ones aren’t getting much credit and some of the worst ones are still in lineups.

27:45 Here are the ERA leaders since June 1.

28:15 Matthew Boyd 1.69

31:10 Christopher Sanchez 1.71

35:00 Paul Skenes 1.87; Tarik Skubal 2.08; Zack Wheeler 2.26

38:30 Quinn Priester 2.40

41:20 Garrett Crochet 2.44

42:30 Framber Valdez 2.47

43:00 Eric Lauer 2.54

47:00 Gavin Williams 2.54

49:30 BlueWire

49:40 And here are the worst qualified ERA pitchers since June 1.

51:00 Luis Severino 5.98

52:20 Nick Martinez 5.85; Chris Paddack 5.58

53:20 Zac Gallen 5.43

54:20 Tanner Bibee 5.17; JP Sears 5.06

55:50 Brandon Pfaadt 4.98; Andre Pallante 4.92

57:45 Sonny Gray 4.85

59:30 Sandy Alcantara 4.85

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball and discuss all the adds and drops after a busy trade deadline in MLB. They talk the red-hot Marlins and Red Sox, how to handle Mason Miller and Ryan Helsley moving out of their closer roles and the potential new closers to add in FAAB, including Randy Rodriguez, Dennis Santana and Cade Smith.

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

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00:00 Headlines

07:30 Randy Rodriguez

09:20 Corbin Martin

11:05 Dennis Santana

12:45 Cole Sands

14:40 JoJo Romero

16:20 Michael Soroka

18:20 Coby Mayo

20:00 Ramon Laureano

22:00 Carlos Correa

23:20 Warming Bernabel

26:00 Deep-league pitchers

34:45 Deep-league hitters

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Intro/The dust has settled after a wild trade deadline

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Jose Ferrer $20
• Corbin Martin $14
• JoJo Romero $12
• Cole Sands $10
• Tyler Locklear $7
• Warming Bernabel $7
• Riley O’Brien $6
• Taj Bradley $5
• Samuel Basallo $2
• Mick Abel $1

Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 4, 2025)

• Brandon Pfaadt 3
• Jeffrey Springs 3
• Erick Fedde 1
• Joey Wentz 0
• Brandon Young 1
• Lucas Giolito 3
• Mike Soroka 3 (Todd 4)
• Nick Lodolo 4
• Slade Cecconi 3
• Tanner Gordon 0
• Davis Martin 1
• Casey Mize 3 (Todd 4)
• Jason Alexander 1
• Yusei Kikuchi 3
• Sandy Alcantara 3
• Cal Quantrill 1
• Quinn Priester 4
• Zebby Matthews 2 (Todd 1)
• Sean Manaea 2 (Todd 3)
• Max Fried 5
• Jesus Luzardo 4
• Carmen Mlodzinski 0
• Mike Burrows 0
• JP Sears 2
• Bryan Woo 5
• Justin Verlander 1 (Todd 2)
• Sonny Gray 3
• Adrian Houser 2
• Merrill Kelly 2 (Todd 4)
• Eric Lauer 1
• MacKenzie Gore 4 (Todd 5)

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Erik Halterman is joined by four fellow RotoWire hosts — Jeff Erickson, James Anderson, Todd Zola and Ryan Boyer — to discuss the fantasy fallout from the MLB trade deadline.

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00:00 Intro

01:00 Mason Miller to the Padres

06:20 Carlos Correa to the Astros

14:00 Jhoan Duran to the Phillies

17:15 Ryan Helsley to the Mets

21:30 David Bednar, Camilo Doval to the Yankees

24:45 Merrill Kelly to the Rangers

29:10 Eugenio Suarez to the Mariners

33:00 Ryan McMahon to the Yankees

35:45 James' prospect corner

39:45 New closers draft

47:15 Smaller moves that matter

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James Anderson is joined by Bob Osgood and Jake Devereaux to talk about the direction of the Red Sox, what they should do at the trade deadline and how their stacked rotation job battle will unfold next spring!

01:15 The direction of the Red Sox

03:55 Good move to trade Rafael Devers?

06:15 Trade Deadline Preview

10:10 Garrett Crochet, the ace

12:45 How Brayan Bello got on track

16:25 Will Lucas Giolito be back?

21:10 Hunter Dobbins

22:25 Don’t forget about Patrick Sandoval

25:15 Crossroads for Tanner Houck

27:00 Kyle Harrison’s potential

29:00 Kutter Crawford

30:00 Payton Tolle to the moon!

37:20 Connelly Early’s upside

40:00 David Sandlin up in 2025?

46:15 Kyson Witherspoon/Luis Perales

48:35 Who will be Boston’s closer?

52:20 Worried ab0out Kristian Campbell?

55:20 Triston Casas’ injuries mounting

59:30 Marcelo Mayer’s 2026 stat line

01:00:45 Roman Anthony’s 2026 stat line

01:03:30 Ceddanne Rafaela’s upside

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The Diamondbacks have started the trade deadline by dealing Josh Naylor to the Mariners. Who else will be sellers? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson preview Thursday's trade deadline from a seller's perspective.

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00:00 Fred Pod 7-29

00:20 Welcome

01:15 Seranthony Dominguez to the Jays … Felix Bautista is expected to be out for a while. I think he can be cut.

09:00 Emmanuel Clase suspension. Is he a drop? Probably depends on your saves standings.

13:45 Cade Smith boost is obvious but should be mentioned. And there are rumors that more CLE suspensions are on the way……

15:00 Tigers - Reese Olson out for season, Parker Meadows to the IL, Chris Paddack traded to Tigers.

20:00 Eugenio Suarez…..

23:15 NFFC

24:45 Sellers at the deadline

25:45 Orioles: Ryan O’Hearn and Cedric Mullins are likely gone. Coby Mayo will get to play more. Zach Eflin, Charlie Morton, Gregory Soto gone as well.

28:30 Guardians: Except Shane Bieber. Cade Smith, Hunter Gaddis? Steven Kwan?

31:35 White Sox: They’ll try to move Aaron Civale and Luis Robert Jr.

34:30 Royals: With Lugo signed, are they out of the selling market.

36:30 Twins: Harrison Bader and Willi Castro should be traded. Maybe Joe Ryan?!

42:30 Angels: I feel like they won’t sell. Agree?

46:40 A’s: I don’t see much here, unless they can get someone to take Luis Severino. Jeffrey Springs is likely available for the right price.

49:20 BlueWire

49:30 Marlins: Will they trade Edward Cabrera and Sandy Alcantara? They’ve played well this summer. Maybe they should stand pat, try to get Weathers, Meyer and Garrett back, and compete next year?

54:00 Braves: Raisel Iglesias and Marcell Ozuna are gone. Dylan Lee and Pierce Johnson to share saves?

58:00 Nationals: Quietly one of baseball’s most disappointing teams. Kyle Finnegan should be gone. Josh Bell too, if anyone wants him. I think that’s it.

59:45 Cardinals: Ryan Helsley is a pending FA who would do wonders for PHI or LAD. Would they trade Sonny Gray with one year remaining? I think they’re stuck with Nolan Arenado at this point.

1:03:50 Pirates: Mitch Keller, David Bednar, Dennis Santana.

1:05:15 D-backs: The sell-off has started. Merrill Kelly, Zac Gallen and Eugenio Suarez are all likely gone. Keep an eye on Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who will likely decline his player option.

1:06:20 Rockies: I have no idea. This team stinks.

1:09:40 Giants - Lost 4 in a row, but not selling.

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss a busy weekend in baseball, including the Aaron Judge injury and the Nick Kurtz explosion, and they speculate how the trade deadline could open up some valuable roles in fantasy leagues. They discuss how high Cristopher Sanchez and Riley Greene could rise in 2026 drafts, go through all the injuries over the weekend and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. Follow us on Twitter / X: Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer are back with their waiver-wire recommendations for the week.

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00:00 Headlines

12:34 Matt Shaw

15:10 Jose Caballero

18:17 Adrian Del Castillo

21:03 Drake Baldwin

23:18 Spencer Horwitz

24:57 Luke Keaschall

27:32 Seranthony Dominguez

29:54 Joe Boyle

32:08 Blake Treinen

34:49 Reid Detmers, Lucas Erceg, Cade Smith

43:16 Deep-League Pitchers

56:03 Deep-League Hitters

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Intro/Deadline activity is heating up/Yankees acquire Ryan McMahon

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Michael McGreevy $8
• Chris Paddack $7
• David Robertson $6
• Kirby Yates $4
• Jake Fraley $4
• Patrick Corbin $4
• Davis Martin $3
• Josh Jung $3
• Chas McCormick $3
• Brice Matthews $3
• Jeremiah Estrada $0

Two-start pitchers (week of July 28, 2025)

• Eduardo Rodriguez 2
• JP Sears 1
• Dane Dunning 0
• Zach Eflin 1
• Richard Fitts 1
• Matthew Boyd 4 (Todd 5)
• Chase Burns 1 (Todd 2)
• Slade Cecconi 3
• Bradley Blalock 0
• Davis Martin 1
• Casey Mize 2 (Todd 3)
• Framber Valdez 5
• Jack Kochanowicz 1 (Todd 0)
• Edward Cabrera 3 (Todd 5)
• Simeon Woods Richardson 1
• Frankie Montas 2
• Max Fried 5
• Luis Gil 1
• Cristopher Sanchez 5
• Mitch Keller 2 (Todd 3)
• Dylan Cease 4 (Todd 5)
• Luis Castillo 5
• Logan Evans 1
• Justin Verlander 2
• Andre Pallante 1
• Drew Rasmussen 4
• Joe Boyle 3 (Todd 2)
• Jacob deGrom 5
• Patrick Corbin 1
• Chris Bassitt 3
• Brad Lord 0

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Erik Halterman is joined by Mike Carter to discuss which team's bullpens are set to look very different after next week's trade deadline.

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00:00 Intro

02:00 Bubble teams, likely buyers: Red Sox, Giants, Rays, Rangers

10:00 Bubble teams, likely sellers: Twins, Cardinals, Guardians, Diamondbacks, Royals, Reds

27:30 Obvious buyers, safe closer: Astros, Brewers, Blue Jays, Mets, Yankees, Mariners, Padres

30:10 Obvious buyers, no safe closer: Dodgers, Tigers, Cubs, Phillies

39:45 Obvious sellers with something to sell: Angels, Braves, Orioles, Athletics, Pirates, Nationals

48:30 Obvious sellers with nothing to sell: Marlins, White Sox, Rockies

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James Anderson answers dozens of questions from listeners about the updated RotoWire Top 400 Prospect Rankings!

00:00 Intro

01:45 Fantasy ranks vs. Real-life ranks

02:20 Where are the tiers?

04:05 So many shortstops

05:40 Should JJ Wetherholt be higher?

09:10 Is Leo De Vries overrated?

11:25 Lazaro Montes’ upside

13:35 Sal Stewart’s future stat line

16:00 Eduardo Quintero stuck at Single-A

17:05 Edward Florentino SZN

20:15 Andrew Painter/Bubba Chandler

22:25 Josue De Paula/Zyhir Hope

25:20 Prospects most likely to hit 40 HR

27:00 Jonah Tong’s upside

27:25 Buy Jack Perkins & Tanner McDougal

29:40 Ryan Waldschmidt

30:45 Catchers with the most upside

34:35 Has Alejandro Rosario had TJS?

37:10 Hector Rodriguez vs. Sal Stewart

39:00 Marconi German hype

40:35 Handelfry Encarncion’s upside

42:05 Why is Tyson Lewis still in complex ball?

44:15 Who to drop for prospect pickups

46:10 Controversial omissions

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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?

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00:00 Trade Deadline Buyers

00:20 Welcome

00:30 Break up the Brewers

01:00 News

02:45 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 Herrera

12:00 Sell low on Freddie Freeman?

13:45 Mookie Betts vs CJ Abrams

15:30 Josh Jung returned and homered.

18:00 NFFC

18:45 Trade Deadline Buyers Preview

19:00 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 3B

34:45 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 Forecast

39:45 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 DH

57:25 BlueWire

57:30 Giants: SP, 1B.

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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

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer discuss their top FAAB recommendations for the week.

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00:00 Headlines
14:30 Sean Murphy
17:45 Trade Paul Skenes?
20:25 Ezequiel Tovar
23:25 Ramon Laureano
25:20 Jordan Walker
30:30 Zebby Matthews
32:50 Brandon Walter
36:55 Shane Bieber
39:35 Quinn Priester
43:00 Spencer Arrighetti
45:00 Trevor Rogers
48:50 Deep-League Pitchers
1:00:10 Adrian Del Castillo

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Intro/Second half is officially underway!

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Colson Montgomery $3
• Dominic Canzone $2
• Nick Loftin $2
• Lane Thomas $1
• Colin Rea $0
• Dillon Dingler $0
• Logan T. Allen $0
• Blake Treinen $0
• Spencer Horwitz $0

Two-start pitchers (week of July 21, 2025)

• Zac Gallen 4
• Jacob Lopez 2 (Todd 3)
• Jack Perkins 1
• Davis Daniel 0
• Tomoyuki Sugano 2
• Zach Eflin 1
• Richard Fitts 1 (Todd 0)
• Cade Horton 2
• Brady Singer 2 (Todd 3)
• Tanner Bibee 4 (Todd 3)
• Joey Cantillo 2
• Austin Gomber 0
• Casey Mize 4
• Hunter Brown 5
• Colton Gordon 0 (Todd 1)
• Tyler Anderson 1
• Kyle Hendricks 0
• Eury Perez 4 (Todd 3)
• Kodai Senga 5
• Carlos Rodon 4
• Zach Wheeler 5
• Mitch Keller 3
• Randy Vazquez 1
• Stephen Kolek 1
• Bryan Woo 5
• George Kirby 5
• Landen Roupp 2 (Todd 1)
• Matthew Liberatore 1 (Todd 2)
• Erick Fedde 2 (Todd 1)
• Shane Baz 4 (Todd 3)
• Jacob DeGrom 5
• Kevin Gausman 4
• Max Scherzer 3
• Jake Irvin 1

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Erik Halterman is joined by Torres (@TorresTakes) of the Fantasy Baseball Beat to give some midseason grades on this year's riskiest fantasy picks.

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00:00 Headlines

13:55 Jacob deGrom

22:20 Risky hitters who are working out

47:00 Risky pitchers who are working out

55:05 Risks who have not worked out

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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 overall

04:25 How good is Ethan Holliday?

09:15 JoJo Parker top 3?

14:00 Perfect landing spot for Kade Anderson

16:35 Aiva Arquette’s high floor

18:20 Seth Hernandez has the highest ceiling

22:40 Chasing Steele Hall’s upside

23:50 Gavin Fien Love

25:35 Jamie Arnold best value in the draft

28:25 A loaded college pitching class

30:40 Ethan Conrad’s upside

33:10 Liam Doyle’s slide ends

35:00 Kayson Cunningham’s hit tool

37:40 Ike Irish, best college hitter in the class?

40:20 Kyson Witherspoon’s upside

42:00 Buy low on Brendan Summerhill?

44:00 Gage Wood’s crazy upside

46:35 Andrew Fischer

48:00 Marek Houston

50:40 Buy low on Chase LaViolette?

55:30 Big power for Xavier Neyens

57:40 Chasing upside with Quentin Young

01:00:10 Charles Davalan better in fantasy

01:01:20 Mason Neville

01:04:00 Final thoughts on the class

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Johnny Venezia joins Jeff Erickson on the RotoWire MLB Podcast and shares his immediate reactions to the MLB draft.

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00:20 Welcome to Johnny Venezia

01:00 Early Surprises

04:15 Jace Laviolette

05:45 Eli Willits

08:00 Tyler Bremmer

09:45 Kade Anderson

12:15 Ethan Holliday

13:30 NFFC

14:15 Liam Doyle

16:00 Seth Hernandez

16:50 Aiva Arquette

17:35 JoJo Parker

18:30 Steele Hall

19:40 Billy Carlson

20:30 Jamie Arnold

22:40 Gavin Fien

23:45 Gavin Kilen

24:30 Daniel Pierce

25:25 Kyson Witherspoon

26:15 Home Run Forecast

27:30 Marek Houston

29:30 Ethan Conrad

30:15 Kayson Cunningham

32:30 Ike Irish

34:00 Andrew Fischer

35:00 Xavier Neyens / Kruz Schoolcraft

36:10 BlueWire

36:20 Tate Southisene

37:25 Sean Gamble

38:30 Jordan Yost

39:20 Gage Wood

40:20 Jace LaViolette

42:45 Noteworthy Fallers

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

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17:11 Brandon Woodruff
21:14 Cam Schlittler
24:15 Charlie Morton
26:45 Joe Boyle
30:38 Kevin Ginkel
37:02 Brice Matthews
40:06 Colt Keith
44:24 Willi Castro
46:18 Romy Gonzalez
48:35 Austin Hays
49:56 Deep-League Pitchers
1:02:05 Deep-League Hitters

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Intro/Heading into the final weekend before the break

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Trent Grisham $6
• Cameron Schlittler $6
• Kevin Ginkel $5
• Shane McClanahan $4
• Joey Cantillo $3
• Brayan Rocchio $3
• Miguel Andujar $2
• Masataka Yoshida $1
• Jordan Hicks $1
• Michael Lorenzen $0
• Kirby Yates $0

Brice Matthews, HOU top prospect, called up to Houston

Top 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 Alonso

Down 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

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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.

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15:10 Bold Predictions Overview

17:30 Andres Munoz

21:00 Emmanuel Clase

26:50 Andy Pages

29:55 Ivan Herrera

34:00 Matthew Boyd

38:20 Clay Holmes

40:15 Michael King

42:15 Noah Cameron

44:15 Pete Crow-Armstrong

53:00 Bogaerts/Campbell/Lux

58:30 Pfaadt/Festa

1:02:00 Drew Rasmussen

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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 upside

05:20 Odds to go No. 1 overall

10:35 Odds to go No. 2 overall

15:10 Ranking the top college starters

21:25 Who’s the best college hitter?

22:20 Aiva Arquette’s floor

24:50 Prep shortstops to target in fantasy

34:10 Fade Jace LaViolette?

38:05 Sleeper college hitters

45:35 Sleeper prep hitters

52:20 How special is Seth Hernandez?

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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.

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00:30 Welcome

01:30 30 Players That Will Be Better in the Second Half

02:00 ARI: Kevin GInkel

03:45 ATH: Shea Langeliers

04:45 ATL: Austin Riley

05:30 BAL: Tyler O’Neill

08:00 BOS: Roman Anthony

09:00 Home Run Forecast

09:50 CHC: Ian Happ

11:15 CIN: Hunter Greene

15:00 CLE: Slade Cecconi

18:25 COL: Brenton Doyle

19:45 CWS: Grant Taylor

23:00 DET: Reese Olson

24:30 HOU: Brandon Walter

26:45 KC: Jonathan India

29:45 NFFC

30:30 LAA: Reid Detmers

31:30 LAD: Tyler Glasnow/Blake Snell

33:00 MIA: Agustin Ramirez

36:20 MIL: Nestor Cortes

40:00 MIN: Royce Lewis

41:25 NYM: Sean Manaea

42:10 NYY: Devin Williams

44:00 PHI: Max Kepler

45:00 PIT: Bryan Reynolds

46:05 BlueWire

46:20 SD: Yu Darvish

48:30 SEA: George Kirby

49:30 SF: Randy Rodriguez

51:30 STL: Ivan Herrera

53:00 TB: Chandler Simpson

54:40 TEX: Corey Seager

56:30 TOR: Anthony Santander

57:45 WSH: Luis Garcia Jr.

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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.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer cover their waiver wire recommendations for the week.

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10:00 Ben Rice
14:00 Zack Gelof
17:15 Otto Lopez
19:25 Ha-Seong Kim
21:50 Noelvi Marte
24:20 Eury Perez
27:00 Sean Manaea
29:00 Emmet Sheehan
32:05 Ronny Henriquez
34:50 Cam Schlittler
38:45 Deep-League Pitchers
53:55 Deep-League Hitters

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0:00 Intro/Happy 4th of July!

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Ronny Henriquez $12
• Nestor Cortes $3
• Dietrich Enns $3
• Ryan Mountcastle $2
• Garrett Whitlock $2
• Cole Young $1
• Max Muncy (ATH) $1
• Derek Hill $0
• Matt Brash $0

Two-Start Pitchers (Week of July 7, 2025)

• Merrill Kelly 3 (Todd 4)
• Brandon Pfaadt 2
• Jeffrey Springs 2
• Didier Fuentes 0
• Brandon Young 1
• Brayan Bello 2 (Todd 3)
• Shota Imanaga 4 (Todd 3)
• Brady Singer 3
• Nick Martinez 3
• Tanner Bibee 4
• Joey Cantillo 1 (Todd 0)
• Sean Burke 2
• Aaron Civale 1 (Todd 0)
• Jack Flaherty 3 (Todd 4)
• Hunter Brown 5
• Noah Cameron 3
• Yusei Kikuchi 3
• Jose Soriano 2 (Todd 3)
• Janson Junk 3
• Eury Perez 4 (Todd 3)
• Simeon Woods Richardson 1
• Will Warren 2 (Todd 1)
• Cristopher Sanchez 5
• Andrew Heaney 2 (Todd 3)
• Nick Pivetta 4
• Dylan Cease 4
• Logan Gilbert 4
• Landen Roupp 1
• Andre Pallante 1 (Todd 2)
• Shane Baz 3
• Ryan Pepiot 3
• Jacob deGrom 5
• Nathan Eovaldi 3
• Jose Berrios 3
• MacKenzie Gore 4 (Todd 5)

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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.

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11:00 How to improve in a deep league

19:35 St. Louis Cardinals

31:30 New York Mets

36:30 Milwaukee Brewers

42:20 San Diego Padres

47:30 San Francisco Giants

52:05 Cincinnati Reds

57:05 Arizona Diamondbacks

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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

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00:00 Fred Pod 7-1

00:30 Welcome

01:00 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 NFFC

23:15 Ryne Nelson had another good start…..

27:00 Kerry Carpenter to the IL

29:15 Zack Wheeler is so damn reliable…..

32:30 Junior Caminero homered again and has lived up to all the hype….

36:30 BLUEWIRE

36:40 “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, 13

43:45 Gunnar Henderson, 12

46:30 William Contreras, 14

50:00 HOME RUN FORECAST

50:35 Jarren Duran, 14

53:00 Wyatt Langford, 9

55:45 Austin Riley, 13 and Michael Harris II, 2

1:00:00 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.

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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

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

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12:19 Chase Burns
16:58 Edward Cabrera
19:39 Frankie Montas
22:10 Jacob Lopez
24:30 Lance McCullers
29:48 Chandler Simpson
33:53 Mickey Moniak
36:44 Tyler Freeman
40:45 Cam Smith
42:30 Casey Schmitt
45:40 Deep-League Pitchers
57:53 Deep-League Hitters

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0:00 Intro/J.D. Martinez has an offer from the Rangers

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Jacob Lopez $6
• Jonah Heim $4
• Casey Schmitt $4
• 12:07 Isaac Collins $4
• Trevor Rogers $4
• Ryan Pressly $3
• Christopher Morel $3
• Jake McCarthy $2
• Grant Taylor $1
• 17:37 Phil Maton $0

21:57 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 27, 2025)

• Ryne Nelson 2
• Zac Gallen 3
• Jacob Lopez 3
• Grant Holmes 3
• Trevor Rogers 2
• Matthew Boyd 4
• 33:29 Chase Burns 2
• Gavin Williams 2
• Chase Dollander 0
• Jack Flaherty 3
• Colton Gordon 1 (Todd 0)
• Michael Wacha 3
• Michael Lorenzen 1 (Todd 2)
• Tyler Anderson 1
• Edward Cabrera 2
• Joe Ryan 5
• Clay Holmes 3
• Marcus Stroman 0
• Max Fried 5
• Zack Wheeler 5
• Andrew Heaney 2
• George Kirby 5
• Emerson Hancock 1 (Todd 2)
• Logan Webb 5
• 54:09 Hayden Birdsong 3
• Erick Fedde 2
• Drew Rasmussen 4
• Patrick Corbin 0 (Todd 1)
• Max Scherzer 3
• Kevin Gausman 4
• Trevor Williams 0

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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.

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13:40 Toronto Blue Jays

29:30 Tampa Bay Rays

40:00 Seattle Mariners

46:05 Cleveland Guardians

50:00 Los Angeles Angels

57:20 Texas Rangers

1:00:55 Boston Red Sox

1:05:30 Twins/Royals/Orioles

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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 Intro

03:10 League-winning Catcher buys

10:15 Figuring out First Base

15:30 Massive drop off after Ketel Marte at 2B

20:05 The position with the biggest hits

25:20 Shortstop is LOADED

33:35 Don’t pay for the top OFs

41:00 Kyle Schwarber a bargain again

44:30 So many landmines at SP

52:45 Don’t pay for saves?

59:30 IL guys to HOLD/DROP

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00:00 Fred Pod 6-24

00:30 Welcome

01:00 Could Acuna be the 1.1 in fantasy already?

09:00 Chandler Simpson is back

12:30 Trevor Rogers was amazing

15:30 Bailey Ober, time to cut?

17:30 I give up on Ben Brown

19:30 BlueWire

19:40 Kenley Jansen left the game

23:15 Dylan Lee picked up a save

24:45 Eduardo Rodriguez was dominant last night and may have turned a corner…..

27:00 NFFC

27:50  Post-Memorial Day Slumps

28:00 Background

28:45 Josh Jung

31:00 Corey Seager

33:30 Victor Scott II

35:30 Brenton Doyle

37:30 Kyle Stowers

38:15 Jorge Polanco

40:00 Michael Harris II

45:00 Marcell Ozuna

46:20 Geraldo Perdomo

49:20 Teoscar Hernandez

50:50 Oneil Cruz

55:00 Spencer Torkelson

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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

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Ryan Boyer covers his waiver wire recommendations for the week.

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17:22 Jurickson Profar

20:15 Michael Toglia

21:45 Max Scherzer

23:14 Eduardo Rodriguez

24:25 Orion Kerkering

27:25 Deep-League Pitchers

35:01 Deep-League Hitters

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0:00 Intro/Luke Weaver expected back tonight

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Michael Toglia $8
• Hunter Dobbins $7
• Kumar Rocker $6
• Ryan Gusto $6
• Michael Burrows $3
• Mickey Moniak $3
• Nolan Gorman $1
• Ramon Laureano $1
• 6:50 Chase DeLauter $1
• Emerson Hancock $0
• Masataka Yoshida $0

22:10 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 23, 2025)

• Eduardo Rodriguez 3
• Luis Severino 1 (Todd 2)
• Spencer Schwellenbach 5
• Chris Sale 5
• Trevor Rogers 0
• Walker Buehler 1
• Jameson Taillon 3
• 29:27 Nick Lodolo 2
• Logan Allen 1 (Todd 0)
• German Marquez 0
• Shane Smith 2
• Tarik Skubal 5
• Framber Valdez 5
• Kris Bubic 4
• Jack Kochanowicz 0
• Cal Quantrill 0
• 38:03 Chad Patrick 3
• Bailey Ober 1 (Todd 2)
• Chris Paddack 2 (Todd 1)
• Paul Blackburn 0
• Frankie Montas 1 (Todd 0)
• Ryan Yarbrough 2 (Todd 1)
• Ranger Suarez 3 (Todd 4)
• Stephen Kolek 1
• Bryan Woo 5
• Luis Castillo 5
• Justin Verlander 1 (Todd 2)
• Matthew Liberatore 3
• Taj Bradley 3
• Patrick Corbin 1
• Max Scherzer 3 (Todd 2)
• Mitchell Parker 1

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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.

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09:00 What is OOPSY?

18:00 OOPSY's hitter hits

37:30 OOPSY's correct hitter fades

40:30 OOPSY's hitter misses

52:30 OOPSY's pitcher hits

1:00:10 OOPSY's pitcher misses

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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

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0:00 Intro/Dust settles on Rafael Devers trade

Other 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)

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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.

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

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00:00 Headlines
16:22 Jacob Misiorowski
19:23 Shelby Miller
22:12 Ben Casparius
25:03 Ryan Pressly
29:07 Michael Soroka
33:27 Christian Moore
36:52 Evan Carter
38:59 Christian Encarnacion-Strand
40:35 Jeff McNeil
42:20 Alejandro Kirk
46:03 Deep-League Pitchers
57:13 Deep-League Hitters

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0:00 Intro/Jacob Misiorowski reached 100 mph 14 times last night (miz-uh-ROW-skee)

5:56 Roman Anthony

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• 8:34 Christian Moore $15
• Abraham Toro $6
• Brandon Walter $3
• Quinn Priester $3
• Ryan Pressly $3
• Adrian Houser $3
• Michael Conforto $2
• Davis Martin $1
• Spencer Horwitz $1
• Alek Thomas $1
• Max Scherzer $1

23:49 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 16, 2025)

• Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 1)
• JP Sears 1
• JT Ginn 0
• Grant Holmes 3
• Zach Eflin 2
• Dean Kremer 0
• Lucas Giolito 2
• Andrew Abbott 4
• Slade Cecconi 3
• Kyle Freeland 0
• Antonio Senzatela 0
• Sean Burke 1
• Casey Mize 3
• Lance McCullers 2 (Todd 3)
• Kris Bubic 4
• Jose Soriano 2 (Todd 1)
• Kyle Hendricks 0
• Justin Wrobleski 1
• 44:41 Sandy Alcantara 2 (Todd 3)
• Chad Patrick 2
• David Festa 1
• David Peterson 3 (Todd 4)
• Clarke Schmidt 2 (Todd 4)
• Will Warren 2
• 50:18 Mick Abel 3 (Todd 2)
• Jesus Luzardo 4
• Bailey Falter 1
• Dylan Cease 4
• Randy Vasquez 0
• Logan Gilbert 4 (Todd 3)
• Robbie Ray 5
• Matthew Liberatore 3
• Ryan Pepiot 3
• Zack Littell 3
• Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2)
• Chris Bassitt 2 (Todd 3)
• Jake Irvin 2 (Todd 1)
• Michael Soroka 2

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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.

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00:00 Headlines

12:45 New York Mets

18:40 Detroit Tigers

25:20 New York Yankees

33:10 Chicago Cubs

46:40 Los Angeles Dodgers

53:00 San Francisco Giants

58:25 Philadelphia Phillies

1:07:50 Other Top Teams

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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

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