Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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. 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 cover their waiver wire recommendations for the week.--00:00 Headlines10:00 Ben Rice14:00 Zack Gelof17:15 Otto Lopez19:25 Ha-Seong Kim21:50 Noelvi Marte24:20 Eury Perez27:00 Sean Manaea29:00 Emmet Sheehan32:05 Ronny Henriquez34:50 Cam Schlittler38:45 Deep-League Pitchers53:55 Deep-League Hitters--Play 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.

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!0:00 Intro/Happy 4th of July!Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Ronny Henriquez $12Nestor Cortes $3Dietrich Enns $3Ryan Mountcastle $2Garrett Whitlock $2Cole Young $1Max Muncy (ATH) $1Derek Hill $0Matt Brash $0Two-Start Pitchers (Week of July 7, 2025)Merrill Kelly 3 (Todd 4)Brandon Pfaadt 2Jeffrey Springs 2Didier Fuentes 0Brandon Young 1Brayan Bello 2 (Todd 3)Shota Imanaga 4 (Todd 3)Brady Singer 3Nick Martinez 3Tanner Bibee 4Joey Cantillo 1 (Todd 0)Sean Burke 2Aaron Civale 1 (Todd 0)Jack Flaherty 3 (Todd 4)Hunter Brown 5Noah Cameron 3Yusei Kikuchi 3Jose Soriano 2 (Todd 3)Janson Junk 3Eury Perez 4 (Todd 3)Simeon Woods Richardson 1Will Warren 2 (Todd 1)Cristopher Sanchez 5Andrew Heaney 2 (Todd 3)Nick Pivetta 4Dylan Cease 4Logan Gilbert 4Landen Roupp 1Andre Pallante 1 (Todd 2)Shane Baz 3Ryan Pepiot 3Jacob deGrom 5Nathan Eova

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.---00:00 Headlines11:00 How to improve in a deep league19:35 St. Louis Cardinals31:30 New York Mets36:30 Milwaukee Brewers42:20 San Diego Padres47:30 San Francisco Giants52:05 Cincinnati Reds57:05 Arizona Diamondbacks---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.

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 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.

00:00 Fred Pod 7-100:30 Welcome01:00 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 NFFC23:15 Ryne Nelson had another good start…..27:00 Kerry Carpenter to the IL29:15 Zack Wheeler is so damn reliable…..32:30 Junior Caminero homered again and has lived up to all the hype….36:30 BLUEWIRE36:40 “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, 1343:45 Gunnar Henderson, 1246:30 William Contreras, 1450:00 HOME RUN FORECAST50:35 Jarren Duran, 1453:00 Wyatt Langford, 955:45 Austin Riley, 1

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 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.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week. ---00:00 Headlines12:19 Chase Burns16:58 Edward Cabrera19:39 Frankie Montas22:10 Jacob Lopez24:30 Lance McCullers29:48 Chandler Simpson33:53 Mickey Moniak36:44 Tyler Freeman40:45 Cam Smith42:30 Casey Schmitt45:40 Deep-League Pitchers57:53 Deep-League Hitters---Play 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.

0:00 Intro/J.D. Martinez has an offer from the RangersPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Jacob Lopez $6Jonah Heim $4Casey Schmitt $412:07 Isaac Collins $4Trevor Rogers $4Ryan Pressly $3Christopher Morel $3Jake McCarthy $2Grant Taylor $117:37 Phil Maton $021:57 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 27, 2025)Ryne Nelson 2Zac Gallen 3Jacob Lopez 3Grant Holmes 3Trevor Rogers 2Matthew Boyd 433:29 Chase Burns 2Gavin Williams 2Chase Dollander 0Jack Flaherty 3Colton Gordon 1 (Todd 0)Michael Wacha 3Michael Lorenzen 1 (Todd 2)Tyler Anderson 1Edward Cabrera 2Joe Ryan 5Clay Holmes 3Marcus Stroman 0Max Fried 5Zack Wheeler 5Andrew Heaney 2George Kirby 5Emerson Hancock 1 (Todd 2)Logan Webb 554:09 Hayden Birdsong 3Erick Fedde 2Drew Rasmussen 4Patrick Corbin 0 (Todd 1)Max Scherzer 3Kevin Gausman 4Trevor Williams 0 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

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.---00:00 Headlines13:40 Toronto Blue Jays29:30 Tampa Bay Rays40:00 Seattle Mariners46:05 Cleveland Guardians50:00 Los Angeles Angels57:20 Texas Rangers1:00:55 Boston Red Sox1:05:30 Twins/Royals/Orioles---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.  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 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 Intro03:10 League-winning Catcher buys10:15 Figuring out First Base15:30 Massive drop off after Ketel Marte at 2B20:05 The position with the biggest hits25:20 Shortstop is LOADED33:35 Don’t pay for the top OFs41:00 Kyle Schwarber a bargain again44:30 So many landmines at SP52:45 Don’t pay for saves?59:30 IL guys to HOLD/DROP 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.

00:00 Fred Pod 6-2400:30 Welcome01:00 Could Acuna be the 1.1 in fantasy already?09:00 Chandler Simpson is back12:30 Trevor Rogers was amazing15:30 Bailey Ober, time to cut?17:30 I give up on Ben Brown19:30 BlueWire19:40 Kenley Jansen left the game23:15 Dylan Lee picked up a save24:45 Eduardo Rodriguez was dominant last night and may have turned a corner…..27:00 NFFC27:50  Post-Memorial Day Slumps28:00 Background28:45 Josh Jung31:00 Corey Seager33:30 Victor Scott II35:30 Brenton Doyle37:30 Kyle Stowers38:15 Jorge Polanco40:00 Michael Harris II45:00 Marcell Ozuna46:20 Geraldo Perdomo49:20 Teoscar Hernandez50:50 Oneil Cruz55:00 Spencer Torkelson 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 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 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.

Ryan Boyer covers his waiver wire recommendations for the week.--00:00 Headlines17:22 Jurickson Profar20:15 Michael Toglia21:45 Max Scherzer23:14 Eduardo Rodriguez24:25 Orion Kerkering27:25 Deep-League Pitchers35:01 Deep-League Hitters--Play 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.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250KEnter now0:00 Intro/Luke Weaver expected back tonightPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Michael Toglia $8Hunter Dobbins $7Kumar Rocker $6Ryan Gusto $6Michael Burrows $3Mickey Moniak $3Nolan Gorman $1Ramon Laureano $16:50 Chase DeLauter $1Emerson Hancock $0Masataka Yoshida $022:10 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 23, 2025)Eduardo Rodriguez 3Luis Severino 1 (Todd 2)Spencer Schwellenbach 5Chris Sale 5Trevor Rogers 0Walker Buehler 1Jameson Taillon 329:27 Nick Lodolo 2Logan Allen 1 (Todd 0)German Marquez 0Shane Smith 2Tarik Skubal 5Framber Valdez 5Kris Bubic 4Jack Kochanowicz 0Cal Quantrill 038:03 Chad Patrick 3Bailey Ober 1 (Todd 2)Chris Paddack 2 (Todd 1)Paul Blackburn 0Frankie Montas 1 (Todd 0)Ryan Yarbrough 2 (Todd 1)Ranger Suarez 3 (Todd 4)Stephen Kolek 1Bryan Woo 5Luis Castillo 5Justin Verlander 1 (Todd 2)Matthew Liberatore 3Taj Bradley 3Patrick Corbin 1Max Scherzer 3 (Todd 2)Mitchell Parker

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.---00:00 Headlines09:00 What is OOPSY?18:00 OOPSY's hitter hits37:30 OOPSY's correct hitter fades40:30 OOPSY's hitter misses52:30 OOPSY's pitcher hits1:00:10 OOPSY's pitcher misses---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 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 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.

0:00 Intro/Dust settles on Rafael Devers tradeOther 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) 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 advertis

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. 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 go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week. ---00:00 Headlines16:22 Jacob Misiorowski19:23 Shelby Miller22:12 Ben Casparius25:03 Ryan Pressly29:07 Michael Soroka33:27 Christian Moore36:52 Evan Carter38:59 Christian Encarnacion-Strand40:35 Jeff McNeil42:20 Alejandro Kirk46:03 Deep-League Pitchers57:13 Deep-League Hitters---Play 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.