Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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.---00:00 Intro01:00 Mason Miller to the Padres06:20 Carlos Correa to the Astros14:00 Jhoan Duran to the Phillies17:15 Ryan Helsley to the Mets21:30 David Bednar, Camilo Doval to the Yankees24:45 Merrill Kelly to the Rangers29:10 Eugenio Suarez to the Mariners33:00 Ryan McMahon to the Yankees35:45 James' prospect corner39:45 New closers draft47:15 Smaller moves that matter---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson 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 Sox03:55 Good move to trade Rafael Devers?06:15 Trade Deadline Preview10:10 Garrett Crochet, the ace12:45 How Brayan Bello got on track16:25 Will Lucas Giolito be back?21:10 Hunter Dobbins22:25 Don’t forget about Patrick Sandoval25:15 Crossroads for Tanner Houck27:00 Kyle Harrison’s potential29:00 Kutter Crawford30:00 Payton Tolle to the moon!37:20 Connelly Early’s upside40:00 David Sandlin up in 2025?46:15 Kyson Witherspoon/Luis Perales48:35 Who will be Boston’s closer?52:20 Worried ab0out Kristian Campbell?55:20 Triston Casas’ injuries mounting59:30 Marcelo Mayer’s 2026 stat line01:00:45 Roman Anthony’s 2026 stat line01:03:30 Ceddanne Rafaela’s upside Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at che

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.---00:00 Fred Pod 7-2900:20 Welcome01:15 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 NFFC24:45 Sellers at the deadline25:45 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.

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.NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now  Home Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!  Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer are back with their waiver-wire recommendations for the week.--00:00 Headlines12:34 Matt Shaw15:10 Jose Caballero18:17 Adrian Del Castillo21:03 Drake Baldwin23:18 Spencer Horwitz24:57 Luke Keaschall27:32 Seranthony Dominguez29:54 Joe Boyle32:08 Blake Treinen34:49 Reid Detmers, Lucas Erceg, Cade Smith43:16 Deep-League Pitchers56:03 Deep-League Hitters--NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowHome Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!Intro/Deadline activity is heating up/Yankees acquire Ryan McMahonPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Michael McGreevy $8Chris Paddack $7David Robertson $6Kirby Yates $4Jake Fraley $4Patrick Corbin $4Davis Martin $3Josh Jung $3Chas McCormick $3Brice Matthews $3Jeremiah Estrada $0Two-start pitchers (week of July 28, 2025)Eduardo Rodriguez 2JP Sears 1Dane Dunning 0Zach Eflin 1Richard Fitts 1Matthew Boyd 4 (Todd 5)Chase Burns 1 (Todd 2)Slade Cecconi 3Bradley Blalock 0Davis Martin 1Casey Mize 2 (Todd 3)Framber Valdez 5Jack Kochanowicz 1 (Todd 0)Edward Cabrera 3 (Todd 5)Simeon Woods Richardson 1Frankie Montas 2Max Fried 5Luis Gil 1Cristopher Sanchez 5Mitch Keller 2 (Todd 3)Dylan Cease 4 (Todd 5)Luis Castillo 5Logan Evans 1Justin Verlander 2Andre Pallante 1Drew Rasmussen 4Joe Boyle 3 (Todd 2)Jacob deGrom 5Patrick Corbin 1Chris B

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.---00:00 Intro02:00 Bubble teams, likely buyers: Red Sox, Giants, Rays, Rangers10:00 Bubble teams, likely sellers: Twins, Cardinals, Guardians, Diamondbacks, Royals, Reds27:30 Obvious buyers, safe closer: Astros, Brewers, Blue Jays, Mets, Yankees, Mariners, Padres30:10 Obvious buyers, no safe closer: Dodgers, Tigers, Cubs, Phillies39:45 Obvious sellers with something to sell: Angels, Braves, Orioles, Athletics, Pirates, Nationals48:30 Obvious sellers with nothing to sell: Marlins, White Sox, Rockies---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, a

James Anderson answers dozens of questions from listeners about the updated RotoWire Top 400 Prospect Rankings!00:00 Intro01:45 Fantasy ranks vs. Real-life ranks02:20 Where are the tiers?04:05 So many shortstops05:40 Should JJ Wetherholt be higher?09:10 Is Leo De Vries overrated?11:25 Lazaro Montes’ upside13:35 Sal Stewart’s future stat line16:00 Eduardo Quintero stuck at Single-A17:05 Edward Florentino SZN20:15 Andrew Painter/Bubba Chandler22:25 Josue De Paula/Zyhir Hope25:20 Prospects most likely to hit 40 HR27:00 Jonah Tong’s upside27:25 Buy Jack Perkins & Tanner McDougal29:40 Ryan Waldschmidt30:45 Catchers with the most upside34:35 Has Alejandro Rosario had TJS?37:10 Hector Rodriguez vs. Sal Stewart39:00 Marconi German hype40:35 Handelfry Encarncion’s upside42:05 Why is Tyson Lewis still in complex ball?44:15 Who to drop for prospect pickups46:10 Controversial omissionsNFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowHome Run ForecastGain a

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson share their Trade Deadline Buyers Preview - which 10+ teams should be buying and what are they shopping for? Who's going to end up with Luis Robert or Eugenio Suarez?---00:00 Trade Deadline Buyers00:20 Welcome00:30 Break up the Brewers01:00 News02:45 Tanner Scott felt something in his forearm.05:15 Yordan Alvarez is making slow progress.06:15 Shane McClanahan is facing a delay in his rehab assignment.07:00 Same with Grayson Rodriguez, who is undergoing imaging on his elbow.09:00 Shelby Miller is throwing to hitters today. He could be traded or could be the team’s closer in a couple weeks.10:00 Adley Rutschman vs. Ivan Herrera12:00 Sell low on Freddie Freeman?13:45 Mookie Betts vs CJ Abrams15:30 Josh Jung returned and homered.18:00 NFFC18:45 Trade Deadline Buyers Preview19:00 What are these teams likely to acquire, and who could be bumped from their current roles?19:30 Blue Jays: Where to add to a team that is getting average production at almost every position.26:40 Tigers: Add C

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball and discuss a quiet weekend of FAAB coming out of the All Star Break. They also discuss the surprising seasons in Miami from Kyle Stowers and Otto Lopez, the Ceddanne Rafaela improvements and what's going on with Mookie Betts. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!  Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer discuss their top FAAB recommendations for the week.---00:00 Headlines14:30 Sean Murphy17:45 Trade Paul Skenes?20:25 Ezequiel Tovar23:25 Ramon Laureano25:20 Jordan Walker30:30 Zebby Matthews32:50 Brandon Walter36:55 Shane Bieber39:35 Quinn Priester43:00 Spencer Arrighetti45:00 Trevor Rogers48:50 Deep-League Pitchers1:00:10 Adrian Del Castillo---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowHome Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!Intro/Second half is officially underway!Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Colson Montgomery $3Dominic Canzone $2Nick Loftin $2Lane Thomas $1Colin Rea $0Dillon Dingler $0Logan T. Allen $0Blake Treinen $0Spencer Horwitz $0Two-start pitchers (week of July 21, 2025)Zac Gallen 4Jacob Lopez 2 (Todd 3)Jack Perkins 1Davis Daniel 0Tomoyuki Sugano 2Zach Eflin 1Richard Fitts 1 (Todd 0)Cade Horton 2Brady Singer 2 (Todd 3)Tanner Bibee 4 (Todd 3)Joey Cantillo 2Austin Gomber 0Casey Mize 4Hunter Brown 5Colton Gordon 0 (Todd 1)Tyler Anderson 1Kyle Hendricks 0Eury Perez 4 (Todd 3)Kodai Senga 5Carlos Rodon 4Zach Wheeler 5Mitch Keller 3Randy Vazquez 1Stephen Kolek 1Bryan Woo 5George Kirby 5Landen Roupp 2 (Todd 1)Matthew Liberatore 1 (Todd 2)Erick Fedde 2 (Todd 1)Shane Baz 4 (Todd 3)Jacob DeGrom 5Kevin Gausman 4Max Scherzer 3Jake Irvin 1 Ge

Erik Halterman is joined by Torres (@TorresTakes) of the Fantasy Baseball Beat to give some midseason grades on this year's riskiest fantasy picks.---00:00 Headlines13:55 Jacob deGrom22:20 Risky hitters who are working out47:00 Risky pitchers who are working out55:05 Risks who have not worked out---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowHome Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson, Chris Clegg, Eric Cross and Chris Welsh conduct a 24-pick mock dynasty first-year player draft featuring just 2025 MLB draftees!00:50 Who to take No. 1 overall04:25 How good is Ethan Holliday?09:15 JoJo Parker top 3?14:00 Perfect landing spot for Kade Anderson16:35 Aiva Arquette’s high floor18:20 Seth Hernandez has the highest ceiling22:40 Chasing Steele Hall’s upside23:50 Gavin Fien Love25:35 Jamie Arnold best value in the draft28:25 A loaded college pitching class30:40 Ethan Conrad’s upside33:10 Liam Doyle’s slide ends35:00 Kayson Cunningham’s hit tool37:40 Ike Irish, best college hitter in the class?40:20 Kyson Witherspoon’s upside42:00 Buy low on Brendan Summerhill?44:00 Gage Wood’s crazy upside46:35 Andrew Fischer48:00 Marek Houston50:40 Buy low on Chase LaViolette?55:30 Big power for Xavier Neyens57:40 Chasing upside with Quentin Young01:00:10 Charles Davalan better in fantasy01:01:20 Mason Neville01:04:00 Final thoughts on the class NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the R

Johnny Venezia joins Jeff Erickson on the RotoWire MLB Podcast and shares his immediate reactions to the MLB draft.---00:00 MLB Instant Draft Reactions00:20 Welcome to Johnny Venezia01:00 Early Surprises04:15 Jace Laviolette05:45 Eli Willits08:00 Tyler Bremmer09:45 Kade Anderson12:15 Ethan Holliday13:30 NFFC14:15 Liam Doyle16:00 Seth Hernandez16:50 Aiva Arquette17:35 JoJo Parker18:30 Steele Hall19:40 Billy Carlson20:30 Jamie Arnold22:40 Gavin Fien23:45 Gavin Kilen24:30 Daniel Pierce25:25 Kyson Witherspoon26:15 Home Run Forecast27:30 Marek Houston29:30 Ethan Conrad30:15 Kayson Cunningham32:30 Ike Irish34:00 Andrew Fischer35:00 Xavier Neyens / Kruz Schoolcraft36:10 BlueWire36:20 Tate Southisene37:25 Sean Gamble38:30 Jordan Yost39:20 Gage Wood40:20 Jace LaViolette42:45 Noteworthy Fallers---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now (hyperlink: http://rotowire.com/highstakes)Home Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run F

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer discuss their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week.---00:00 Headlines17:11 Brandon Woodruff21:14 Cam Schlittler24:15 Charlie Morton26:45 Joe Boyle30:38 Kevin Ginkel37:02 Brice Matthews40:06 Colt Keith44:24 Willi Castro46:18 Romy Gonzalez48:35 Austin Hays49:56 Deep-League Pitchers1:02:05 Deep-League Hitters---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowHome Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!Intro/Heading into the final weekend before the breakPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Trent Grisham $6Cameron Schlittler $6Kevin Ginkel $5Shane McClanahan $4Joey Cantillo $3Brayan Rocchio $3Miguel Andujar $2Masataka Yoshida $1Jordan Hicks $1Michael Lorenzen $0Kirby Yates $0Brice Matthews, HOU top prospect, called up to HoustonTop fantasy earners so far in 2025:RotoWire Earned Auction Values page: https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/auction-values-earned.php$55.06 Aaron Judge$46.22 Pete Crow-Armstrong$42.98 Shohei Ohtani$42.39 Cal Raleigh$39.31 Elly De La Cruz$36.24 James Wood$35.10 Kyle Tucker$35.06 Kyle Schwarber$34.59 Tarik Skubal$32.43 Bobby Witt$31.65 Zack Wheeler$31.59 Jose Ramirez$30.19 Byron Buxton$29.67 Eugenio Suarez$29.37 Seiya Suzuki$28.64 Pete AlonsoDown the list$18.43 Maikel Garcia$18.17 Spencer Torkelson$15.

Erik Halterman is joined by Jason Collette to discuss some of the biggest hits and misses so far in Jason's annual Bold Predictions series.---00:00 Headlines15:10 Bold Predictions Overview17:30 Andres Munoz21:00 Emmanuel Clase26:50 Andy Pages29:55 Ivan Herrera34:00 Matthew Boyd38:20 Clay Holmes40:15 Michael King42:15 Noah Cameron44:15 Pete Crow-Armstrong53:00 Bogaerts/Campbell/Lux58:30 Pfaadt/Festa1:02:00 Drew Rasmussen---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowHome Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline joins James Anderson for their annual MLB Draft preview! Who will go No. 1 overall? What's the strength of this class? Which prospects have the highest upside? They tackle all that and more while getting you up to speed for Sunday night's MLB Draft.00:30 Is Ethan Holliday in his own tier?03:25 Kade Anderson’s upside05:20 Odds to go No. 1 overall10:35 Odds to go No. 2 overall15:10 Ranking the top college starters21:25 Who’s the best college hitter?22:20 Aiva Arquette’s floor24:50 Prep shortstops to target in fantasy34:10 Fade Jace LaViolette?38:05 Sleeper college hitters45:35 Sleeper prep hitters52:20 How special is Seth Hernandez?NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Ho

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss 30 players that should prove to be more valuable over the second half of the season than they were in the first half.---00:00 Fred Pod 7-800:30 Welcome01:30 30 Players That Will Be Better in the Second Half02:00 ARI: Kevin GInkel03:45 ATH: Shea Langeliers04:45 ATL: Austin Riley05:30 BAL: Tyler O’Neill08:00 BOS: Roman Anthony09:00 Home Run Forecast09:50 CHC: Ian Happ11:15 CIN: Hunter Greene15:00 CLE: Slade Cecconi18:25 COL: Brenton Doyle19:45 CWS: Grant Taylor23:00 DET: Reese Olson24:30 HOU: Brandon Walter26:45 KC: Jonathan India29:45 NFFC30:30 LAA: Reid Detmers31:30 LAD: Tyler Glasnow/Blake Snell33:00 MIA: Agustin Ramirez36:20 MIL: Nestor Cortes40:00 MIN: Royce Lewis41:25 NYM: Sean Manaea42:10 NYY: Devin Williams44:00 PHI: Max Kepler45:00 PIT: Bryan Reynolds46:05 BlueWire46:20 SD: Yu Darvish48:30 SEA: George Kirby49:30 SF: Randy Rodriguez51:30 STL: Ivan Herrera53:00 TB: Chandler Simpson54:40 TEX: Corey Seager56:30 TOR: Anthony Santander57:45 WSH: Luis Garcia Jr.---NFFC Pl