Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Scott Jenstad and Jeff Erickson discuss the top-heavy closer market and then dive into the players in the top 150 that they are fading in 2026 drafts.. They go position by position and identity players being drafted in the top 10 rounds that they are not drafting at their current ADP.   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top fantasy baseball pitcher sleepers for ERA and WHIP. --- 00:00 Headlines 15:20 What makes an ERA sleeper? 18:40 Braxton Ashcraft 20:55 Kris Bubic 24:15 Jameson Taillon 26:45 Jack Flaherty 29:15 Simeon Woods-Richardson 32:00 Logan Henderson 35:15 Justin Steele 37:45 Mike Burrows 40:10 Dustin May 44:20 Grant Taylor 47:35 What makes a WHIP sleeper? 50:30 Cody Ponce 53:35 Andrew Abbott 56:45 Sean Manaea 58:50 Matthew Boyd 1:01:10 Braxton Garrett 1:03:30 Noah Cameron 1:05:55 Slade Cecconi 1:07:10 Parker Messick 1:09:40 Zack Littell 1:11:25 Zach Eflin --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Intro/Injuries are piling up and the World Baseball Classic is in full swing Injury news Hunter Greene undergoing MRI on sore elbow. Rhett Lowder’s chances improve. Jeremy Pena diagnosed with fracture in the tip of his right ring finger. Carlos Correa back to shortstop? Josh Hader (biceps) is slated for mound work early next week. Jackson Chourio is out of Team Venezuela’s lineup Friday after being hit by a pitch on his left hand during Wednesday’s exhibition game. Rafael Devers (hamstring) is nearing a return to game action Cole Ragans endures brutal spring start Six runs on five hits – including two homers – plus a walk and a hit batsman in 1.2 innings. Connelly Early and Peyton Tolle both expected to be optioned if Johan Oviedo wins the No. 5 job, “as expected.” Jurickson Profar suspended 162 games for PED violation. Meanwhile, Spencer Strider’s velocity is

Erik Halterman is joined by Adam Howe of Pitcher List to discuss the different paths drafters can take through the first five rounds of a fantasy baseball draft. --- 00:00 Intro 02:10 Injury news 11:40 SP News 22:20 Hitter-heavy starts 35:15 Balanced starts 39:45 Pitcher-heavy starts 46:45 How many closers? 50:20 Category balance 1:07:15 Risk --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson is joined by Geoff Pontes of Baseball America to talk about Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle's chances of making the Opening Day roster, which pitching prospects to target in 2026 fantasy baseball leagues and much more!   00:25 Konnor Griffin 09:50 Kevin McGonigle 19:25 Jordan Lawlar 24:40 Caleb Bonemer 27:25 Braden Montgomery 30:00 Dylan Beavers 31:10 Noah Schultz 34:55 Ethan Conrad 36:05 David Hagaman 37:45 Dasan Hill 39:20 Justin Gonzales 43:00 Chase Burns 46:05 Cam Schlittler 48:25 Rhett Lowder 48:55 Logan Henderson 49:40 River Ryan 50:50 Brody Hopkins 54:40 Liam Doyle 01:00:20 College Starters 01:05:05 Roch Cholowsky   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of persona

Is the Pocket Aces strategy dead, or just out of favor? Jeff Erickson discuss that talking point amongst their other observations from the LABR 15-team Mixed League draft. --- 00:00 MLB 2-3-26 Podcast 00:30 Jurickson Profar suspension. 07:30 Josh Hader might finally throw off a mound next week. 09:30 Quinn Priester may not be ready for OD. 15:30 Edwin Uceta is unlikely to be ready for OD. 17:30 Royce Lewis should be back in a week. 20:00 Mike Clevinger had a good start. Bubba Chandler has 7 walks in 3 innings. 22:45 Fernando Tatis to bat 3rd or 4th. Xander Bogaerts could bat leadoff. 24:00 Fantrax 24:52 BlueWire 25:00 10 takeaways from LABR and other early drafts 25:30 Fred was the only drafter who selected two SPs in the initial four rounds. Is the Pocket Aces strategy dead? 30:30 Why does no one want the batting average specialists? I thought that Jacob Wilson was the biggest value pick in the draft. Luis Arraez in Rd. 18 is so late too. 35:30 Why does no one believe in prospects? Has Scott Pianowski’s “avo

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad break down the weekend in spring training and then take a deep dive into a number of starting pitchers being selected after pick 200 in drafts. Among many arms in the range, they discuss their feelings on Shane Baz, Shane McClanahan and Roki Sasaki.   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ryan Boyer and Jeremy Schneider give you some guys to target in the strikeouts and wins departments. --- 0:00 Headlines 13:32 Shane McClanahan 15:50 Shane Baz 17:56 Logan Henderson 19:33 Zac Gallen 21:40 Reid Detmers 23:30 Joey Cantillo 25:45 Jeremiah Estrada 27:59 Grayson Rodriguez 30:16 Cade Cavalli 32:46 Zebby Matthews 37:38 Matthew Boyd 39:40 Aaron Nola 41:20 Joe Musgrove 43:23 Quinn Priester 45:03 Michael Wacha 46:49 Mike Burrows 48:25 Chris Bassitt 50:10 Reynaldo Lopez 52:51 Nick Martinez 55:38 Mitch Keller --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! 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

How can you use moving averages and pulled barrel rates to help you win your fantasy league? Jeff Erickson and John Laghezza explain how. --- 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 --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy s

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   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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 --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad 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.   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today!     Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ryan Boyer and Todd Zola offer up their favorite steals and saves sleepers, including Luisangel Acuna and Griffin Jax. --- 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 --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Intro/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 D

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. --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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 Take12:00 Mark’s 2nd Bold Take18:35 How to win a Main Event league22:30 Where’s the SP1 cutoff?27:00 SP2 and SP331:10 Groups of SPs in the 100-250 range33:00 Young and exciting SPs37:40 Injury discount SPs41:00 Coming off a down year SPs44:35 Not enough track record SPs50:05 Good and boring SPs54:30 Constructing a staff01:00:05 Jeremy Pena vs Jo Adell FantraxFantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss eight important park factors that you might not know about that could influence the players you draft.---FantraxFantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today!(hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson from RotoWire.com hosts Vlad Sedler from FTNFantasy.com and they discuss early observations from the draft pool, including which positions are the weakest.---00:00 Early Player Pool Observations00:15 Welcome to Vlad Sedler from FTN Fantasy03:25 Recent News03:40 Yordan Alvarez reports without ankle pain06:20 Zac Gallen signs with Diamondbacks10:45 Orioles sign Chris Bassitt14:45 Fantrax15:45 Hitter Tiers By Position16:00 2B16:30 Thin Top, Thick Middle17:30 How have you attacked the position?17:45 Punt, Punt, Punt!!!21:30 Target(s): Players after 200-250; Matt McLain, Brendan Donovan23:00 Fade(s): Jazz Chisholm24:50 Breakout: Maybe Luisangel Acuña, Chase Meidroth27:00 3B27:20 Minefields all over30:30 Are you among the legion that gets one early and calls it a day?31:00 Target(s): Both Japanese players (Okamoto, Murakami), Royce Lewis33:00 Fade(s): Noelvi Marte, Matt Chapman35:00 Breakout: Jordan Lawlar36:15 Catcher36:30 Many are saying it’s a great era37:30 Cal Raleigh or not?39:00 Ben Rice40:45 W

Jeff Erickson and Ryan Boyer hit on some of their favorite sleepers in the batting average and home runs categories.---00:00 RotoWire Saturday Podcast02:00 Headlines02:30 Castellanos to Padres05:45 Gallen back to Diamondbacks11:00 Luis Rengifo to Brewers12:45 Fantrax13:45 Batting Average14:15 Q: What do you look for to find BA sleepers?15:00 One stat: Playing around with xBA-BA to find hidden value16:50 Ryan’s BA Sleepers17:00 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 Sleepers29:30 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 BlueWire38:00 Home Runs38:10 Q: What do you look for to find HR sleepers?39:30 Ryan’s HR Sleepers39:35 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