RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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 1 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

0:00 Intro/Jacob Misiorowski reached 100 mph 14 times last night (miz-uh-ROW-skee)5:56 Roman AnthonyPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:8:34 Christian Moore $15Abraham Toro $6Brandon Walter $3Quinn Priester $3Ryan Pressly $3Adrian Houser $3Michael Conforto $2Davis Martin $1Spencer Horwitz $1Alek Thomas $1Max Scherzer $123:49 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 16, 2025)Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 1)JP Sears 1JT Ginn 0Grant Holmes 3Zach Eflin 2Dean Kremer 0Lucas Giolito 2Andrew Abbott 4Slade Cecconi 3Kyle Freeland 0Antonio Senzatela 0Sean Burke 1Casey Mize 3Lance McCullers 2 (Todd 3)Kris Bubic 4Jose Soriano 2 (Todd 1)Kyle Hendricks 0Justin Wrobleski 144:41 Sandy Alcantara 2 (Todd 3)Chad Patrick 2David Festa 1David Peterson 3 (Todd 4)Clarke Schmidt 2 (Todd 4)Will Warren 250:18 Mick Abel 3 (Todd 2)Jesus Luzardo 4Bailey Falter 1Dylan Cease 4Randy Vasquez 0Logan Gilbert 4 (Todd 3)Robbie Ray 5Matthew Liberatore 3Ryan Pepiot 3Zack Littell 3Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2)Chris Bassitt 2 (Todd 3)Jake Irvin 2 (Todd 1)Michael Soroka 2 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.

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.---00:00 Headlines12:45 New York Mets18:40 Detroit Tigers25:20 New York Yankees33:10 Chicago Cubs46:40 Los Angeles Dodgers53:00 San Francisco Giants58:25 Philadelphia Phillies1:07:50 Other Top Teams 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.

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 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.

0:00 News Review: Roman Anthony, Ryan Weather, Eury Perez, Nick Kurtz, Jo Adell, Justin Martinez, Pablo Lopez, Michael King, Shane McClanahan, Max Scherzer:30 Pitchers with a high xERA and low ERA: Trevor Megill, Noah Cameron, Slade Cecconi, Seth Lugo, Yusei Kikuchi:45 Pitchers with a low xERA and high ERA: Jordan Romero, Jeff Hoffman, Cole Ragans, Zebby Matthews, Mason Miller, Emmanuel Clase, Zac Gallen 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.

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Ryan Bloomfield of Baseball HQ, break down a huge week of rookies in FAAB, including heavy action on Jac Caglianone, Kyle Teel and Ronny Mauricio. In addition, they talk about pitchers in FAAB that can help you this week and also discuss the struggles so far in 2025 for Willy Adames and Michael Harris II.  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.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their waiver wire recommendations for the week.--00:00 Headlines13:20 Jac Caglianone15:55 Kyle Teel19:00 Ronny Mauricio22:25 Ceddanne Rafaela25:15 Thairo Estrada27:30 Willi Castro30:00 Ryne Nelson31:55 David Festa35:05 Mick Abel38:45 Luis L. Ortiz40:45 Deep-league pitchers51:40 Deep-league hitters-- 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.

Clay Link and Todd Zola0:00 Intro/Jac Caglianone has arrivedPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Ryan Yarbrough $8Jake Mangum $5Dillon Dingler $53:12 Ronny Mauricio $5Kyle Teel $5Ernie Clement $4Fernando Cruz $4Coby Mayo $2Mick Abel $113:46 Randy Rodriguez $017:35 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 9, 2025)Merrill Kelly 3 (Todd 4)Jeffrey Springs 3 (Todd 4)Chris Sale 5Cade Povich 2Brayan Bello 3 (Todd 2)Matthew Boyd 3 (Todd 4)Collin Rea 2Andrew Abbott 4Luis L. Ortiz 3Chase Dollander 1Sean Burke 2 (Todd 4)Sawyer Gipson-Long 1Ryan Gusto 2 (Todd 1)Kris Bubic 4 (Todd 5)Yusei Kikuchi 2Clayton Kershaw 342:42 Eury Perez 3 (Todd 1)Freddy Peralta 5Quinn Priester 245:03 Zebby Matthews 3 (Todd 2)Griffin Canning 4Clarke Schmidt 2Mike Burrows 1Mitch Keller 2 (Todd 3)Nick Pivetta 4Logan Gilbert 3Robbie Ray 5Andre Pallante 0 (Todd 1)Miles Mikolas 2Shane Baz 3Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2)Jose Berrios 3MacKenzie Gore 5 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.

Erik Halterman is joined by Brian Entrekin (a.k.a. KC Bubba) to discuss this season's early power-speed standouts. Who will join the 30/30 club this year?---00:00 Headlines13:10 40-40 Pace18:45 30-30 Pace28:40 25-25 Pace40:50 20-20 Pace58:00 Notable Misses 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.

James Anderson and Aram Leighton of Just Baseball discuss the toughest (and easiest) prospects to rank on their recent prospect rankings updates, including Bubba Chandler, Kevin McGonigle, Luis Pena and Jhostynxon Garcia!00:00 Intro 00:55 Walker Jenkins/Chase DeLauter/Emmanuel Rodriguez 04:00 Quinn Mathews 05:30 Max Clark 07:15 Josue De Paula 08:25 Luke Keaschall 10:40 Bubba Chandler 15:15 Andrew Painter vs. Chase Burns 19:10 Kevin McGonigle 26:20 Comparing hit-over-power prospects 39:25 Jhostynxon Garcia 44:00 Harry Ford 49:40 Jaxon Wiggins 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.

0:00 Intro and Fred's LABR team12:00 News: Jac Caglianone, Parker Meadows, JJ Bleday, Jerar Encarnacion, Luke Weaver/Devin WIlliams35:00: Will They Rebound? Adley Rutschman, Juan Soto, Mike Trout, Andrew Vaughn, Marcus Semien 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.

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Paul Sporer, talk the Jac Caglianone call-up, answer a number of burning questions about Ryan Walker, Kristian Campbell and others and dive into all FAAB activity from the weekend. They discuss the bidding on Cole Young, Jake Mangum, Lance McCullers and many more and also chat about Luis Robert Jr's struggles, Chandler Simpson's demotion and Cal Raleigh's amazing first two months.  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.

News review15 team Mixed Leagues12 Team Mixed LeaguesAL/NL only Leagues 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.

0:00 Intro/Chandler Simpson sent downPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Robert Garcia $11Edward Cabrera $6Carlos Narvaez $5Wenceel Perez $5Ryne Nelson $4Richard Fitts $2Adrian Houser $211:20 Dane Myers $2Zach Agnos $116:01 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 2, 2025)Luis Severino 2Jacob Lopez 0Chris Sale 5Tomoyuki Sugano 3Richard Fitts 2 (Todd 1)22:59 Cade Horton 3 (Todd 2)Brady Singer 2Logan Allen 1German Marquez 0Jonathan Cannon 1Shane Smith 2 (Todd 3)Jack Flaherty 3Jackson Jobe 2Lance McCullers 2 (Todd 3)Michael Lorenzen 2Tyler Anderson 1Dustin May 3 (Todd 2)Freddy Peralta 5Joe Ryan 5Pablo Lopez 5Tylor Megill 2Carlos Rodon 5Zack Wheeler 5Mike Burrows 0Stephen Kolek 1 (Todd 2)41:54 George Kirby 4Logan Webb 5Justin Verlander 2Drew Rasmussen 4Nathan Eovaldi 5Bowden Francis 2Trevor 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.

James Anderson's top 400 prospect rankings are fully updated and he answers dozens of listener questions about the top talents like Sebastian Walcott, Leo De Vries and Jesus Made!00:00 Intro 00:50 Sebastian Walcott, Leo De Vries, Jesus Made 05:05 TIERS 07:05 Samuel Basallo 10:50 Ceiling vs. Proximity 14:55 Luis Pena vs. Jesus Made 18:10 Luis Pena vs. Josue De Paula 19:50 Braden Montgomery's ETA 22:05 Eduardo Quintero's upside 23:00 Mike Sirota to the moon 28:55 Jack Perkins' ceiling 31:10 Gage Jump's upside 32:30 A mulligan on Austin Overn 34:10 Chase Burns vs. Bubba Chandler 36:45 Chase Burns, Bryce Eldridge ETAs 38:50 When to move on from a prospect 41:30 The quality of this prospect crop 42:35 Cam Collier and Sal Stewart 43:35 George Lombard 46:05 Arjun Nimmala vs. Cooper Pratt 47:15 Brailer Guerrero the runner? 48:25 Travis Sykora 49:50 Grant Taylor 51:10 Drop Colt Emerson? 52:55 Felnin Celesten  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.

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson review five overachieving pitching staffs, five underachieving pitching staffs, and discuss injuries to Bryce Harper and Nick Kurtz.---00:00 Fred Pod 5-2700:30 Welcome01:00 Bryce Harper03:30 Nick Kurtz to the IL06:00 Overachieving Pitching Staffs06:30 1. Mets13:50 2. Royals18:40 3. Tigers24:50 4. Giants29:35 5. Rangers33:55 BlueWire34:00 Underachieving Pitching Staffs34:20 1. Orioles40:20 2. Marlins44:45 3. D-backs47:45 4. Dodgers51:00 5. Brewers 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.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball, talking Phillies A's and Rays, and then jump into a busy week in FAAB, highlighted by aggressive bidding for Red Sox rookie, Marcelo Mayer. Follow us on Twitter / X: Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @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.

Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Halusker to discuss their favorite FAAB pickups of the week.---00:00 Headlines15:00 Chase Meidroth17:15 Matt Shaw20:00 Matt Wallner21:25 Miguel Vargas25:00 Parker Meadows26:15 Nick Kurtz28:40 Daniel Palencia32:10 Hayden Birdsong35:20 Michael Lorenzen36:50 Will Warren41:10 Deep-league pitchers52:30 Deep-league hitters 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.

0:00 Intro/Happy Ronald Acuna DayPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:5:59 Hayden Birdsong $31Daniel Palencia $10Miguel Vargas $9Slade Cecconi $7Noah Cameron $415:49 Robert Hassell $4Denzel Clarke $3Kody Clemens $3Abner Uribe $122:36 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 26, 2025)J.P. Sears 0Spencer Strider 4 (Todd 3)Tomoyuki Sugano 3Jameson Taillon 2 (Todd 3)Nick Martinez 2Gavin Williams 3Carson Palmquist 0Adrian Houser 1Keider Montero 0Hunter Brown 5Michael Lorenzen 3Jack Kochanowicz 1Yoshinobu Yamamoto 537:37 Ryan Weathers 4 (Todd 3)Joe Ryan 4 (Todd 5)Clay Holmes 4Ryan Yarbrough 1 (Todd 0)Ranger Suarez 3 (Todd 4)Andrew Heaney 2Randy Vasquez 1Hayden Birdsong 4 (Todd 3)Erick Fedde 3Zack Littell 3Taj Bradley 3 (Todd 2)Jacob deGrom 5Kevin Gausman 4Bowden Francis 1 (Todd 2)Mitchell Parker 1 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.

Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Rufe to discuss every bullpen around the league, trying to figure out where the next saves will come from on the waiver wire.---00:00 Headlines14:30 Tier 1: clear closer, no worries27:20 Tier 2: clear closer, some questions42:00 Tier 3: close enough to a closer47:50 Tier 4: committee, clear #153:05 Tier 5: committee/co-closer57:20 Tier 6: Don't know, don't care 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.

James Anderson and Alex Jensen go through the Arizona and Florida Complex Leagues to find breakout hitters, such as Rainiel Rodriguez and Tyson Lewis, before looking at which Dominican Summer League prospects have star potential, such as Yorger Bautista!00:00 Intro 01:20 Tyson Lewis 07:50 Jose Anderson 11:35 Paulino Santana, Yolfran Castillo 14:30 Kale Fountain 17:10 Alex's Arizona Complex League Guys 33:30 Rainiel Rodriguez 38:20 Yairo Padilla 40:50 Stiven Martinez, Jose Dickson 42:40 Eduardo Beltre, Eduardo Florentino 46:00 Alex's Florida Complex League Guys 54:20 Dominican Summer League Watch List 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.

Sparked by the emergence of Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Cubs lead the list of overachieving offenses a quarter of the way through the season. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson evaluate the sustainability of these overachievers, and review the recent Yahoo Friends & Family draft.---00:00 Fred Pod 5-2000:30 Welcome01:00 Y! Friends & Family Draft03:00 Fred's Team14:00 Geraldo Perdomo, Nate Eovaldi15:45 Royce Lewis18:30 Jeff's Recency Bias Team21:30 Timing the Closer Market24:30 BlueWire25:00 Overachieving Offenses25:10 1. Cubs; 277 R, 117 wRC+27:45 2. Tigers 257 R, 116 wRC+33:30 3. Cardinals 235 R, 110 wRC+40:20 4. Giants 223 R, 96 wRC+45:30 5. Athletics 202 R, 106 wRC+50:45 6. Mariners 221 R, 115 wRC+57:00 Sandy Alcantara1:00:00 Underachieving Offenses1:00:10 1. Orioles1:07:45 2. Rockies 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.

Scott Jenstad review the weekly FAAB run in a tricky prospect week. How much did your league bid on Hayden Birdsong, Jordan Lawlar, Dalton Rushing and Moises Ballesteros? Who did you pivot to if you didn't add those prospects?---00:00 MLB Pod 5-18-2500:30 Week 5 Preview01:15 Twins finally lost a game after 13 in a row – Went from 13-20 to 26-20!03:00 Six teams in the AL over .540 winning % - 4 of them in the Central04:30 AL East has one team over .500 – Where the heck does Balt go from here? Lost 6 in a row.Reds sweep Guardians10:50 Schedule Notes11:00 7 Gamers: AL - Boston, Balt, Cleve, Det, A's, Angels, Hou11:10 NL: Phillies, Pirates, Brewers, Rockies11:20 Balt, Bos and Hou facing 7 RHP.Nice schedules:11:30 Phillies monster, 4 @ Col, 3 @ A's12:00 Nick Kurtz13:00 A's: 7 home, 4 LAA, 3 Philly (Also get 7 home in 2 weeks)15:00 Red Sox 7 home: 3 NYM, 4 Balt15:45 Brewers: 3 Balt, 4 @ Pitt16:00 Angels: 4 @ A's, 3 Miami17:50 Rockies – Home 7: 4 Philly, 3 NYY18:13 BlueWire18:20 News and notes18:25 Jose Alvarado – 80 Game PED Suspension19:30 Cole Ragans – 15 Day IL with left groin tightness; Seth Lugo – 15Day IL with middle finger inflammation.19:45 Xavier Edwards - 10 Day Il with a mid-back strain.20:15 Evan Carter – 10 Day Il with right quad strain; Tyler O'Neill – 10 Day IL with left shoulder impingement20:50 Spencer Strider – Liked to return to rotation Tuesday22:30 Hayden Wesneski – Having TJS22:45 Chandler Simpson – Missed Sunday with sore hand23:05 Brandon Woodruff – New rehab assignment starting Wednesday23:15 George Kirby – Went 64 pitchers in rehab assignment Saturday.23:30 Justin Martinez – On rehab and nearing return.24:15 Chris Martin – Removed Sunday with right shoulder discomfort25:00 Pitcher FAAB25:10 Starters25:15 Ryan Weathers (37% ME, 57% 12)28:25 Hayden Birdsong (84% ME, 47% 12)32:00 Zebby Matthews (97% ME, but 13% 12 – pitched badly Sunday)34:45 Clayton Kershaw36:50 Logan Henderson (93% ME, 18% 12)39:15 Mick Abel (Not available in NFBC – great game Sunday)40:50 Noah Cameron; Slade Cecconi; Hunter Dobbins (77% ME); JT Ginn (30% - LAA, Phil)42:40 Yu Darvish stash44:30 Relievers44:40 Jordan Romano (91% ME, 29% 12)45:30 Luis Mey46:40 Cubs48:15 Hitter FAAB49:00 Dalton Rushing (Playing Time Issues)53:30 Jordan Lawlar (Playing Time Issues)59:30 Moises Ballesteros (Big prospect, but PT issues)1:00:30 Will Benson1:05:40 Matthew Lugo1:08:00 Otto Lopez1:10:00 Player Talk1:10:20 My god, Pete Crow-Armstrong! (.290, 12/14, 2 more extra base hits Sunday, 27 on the year) 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.

Erik Halterman goes over his top waiver wire recommendations of the week.---00:00 Headlines10:45 Ryan Weathers13:20 Zebby Matthews16:00 Clayton Kershaw18:20 Jordan Romano20:15 Spencer Horwitz22:05 Jordan Lawlar24:35 Dalton Rushing26:30 Trevor Larnach29:00 Gavin Sheets31:25 Deep-League Pitchers45:20 Deep-League Hitters 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.

0:00 Intro/Dalton Rushing has his first big-league hitsPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Dalton Rushing $125:25 Brett Baty $11Stephen Kolek $11Dennis Santana $9Drake Baldwin $6Addison Barger $5Daysbel Hernandez $5Lenyn Sosa $3Yimi Garcia $3Pierce Johnson $120:27 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 19, 2025)Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 3)J.T. Ginn 0Oswaldo Bido 1Strider Strider 4Dean Kremer 0Tomoyuki Sugano 228:27 Hunter Dobbins 3 (Todd 2)Walker Buehler 2Ben Brown 1 (Todd 2)Nick Lodolo 3Logan Allen 1Gavin Williams 3 (Todd 2)Kyle Freeland 0Antonio Senzatela 0Davis Martin 0Tarik Skubal 5Framber Valdez 5Kris Bubic 4Jose Soriano 2 (Todd 1)Kyle Hendricks 0Edward Cabrera 0Quinn Priester 0Bailey Ober 5Kodai Senga 5 (Todd 4)Will Warren 3 (Todd 2)Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 5)49:00 Aaron Nola 1 (Todd 2)Mitch Keller 2 (Todd 3)Bailey Falter 1Dylan Cease 4Luis Castillo 5Robbie Ray 4 (Todd 5)Erik Fedde 2Ryan Pepiot 4 (Todd 3)Patrick Corbin 0Chris Bassitt 3Mitchell Parker 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.

Erik Halterman is joined by Justin Mason to discuss a group of players who aren't playing the same way they were in the first week or two of the year.---00:00 Intro/Headlines17:00 Kyren Paris23:30 Tyler Soderstrom28:30 Other hitters31:00 Spencer Schwellenbach33:20 Jack Flaherty36:25 Max Meyer38:25 Drew Rasmussen41:20 Shane Baz43:30 Willson Contreras46:30 Mark Vientos50:15 Alec Bohm52:10 Jackson Holliday54:35 Dylan Cease56:45 Bailey Ober59:05 Chris Sale1:01:00 Reese Olson 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.

James Anderson and Dylan White discuss the top hitter and pitcher breakouts at Triple-A, Double-A, High-A and Single-A, including discussions about Sebastian Walcott and Leo De Vries plus they react live to Dalton Rushing's call-up!00:00 Intro 01:00 Triple-A Hitters Who Will Be Up Soon 13:15 BREAKING Dalton Rushing News 15:50 Who is Nathan Wiles? 18:50 Joe Boyle vs. Ian Seymour 21:40 95 Percenters 25:30 Buy or Sell Jac Caglianone? 30:00 Chase Burns vs. Recent Elite SP Prospects 37:00 Jonah Tong's Outlier Fastball 42:25 Sebastian Walcott vs. Leo De Vries 46:45 Best non-De Vries hitters at High-A 51:55 Carlos Lagrange vs. Brandon Clarke 01:00:00 Love For Andrew Salas 01:05:00 Fun Single-A Shortstops 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.

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie look at seven struggling starting pitchers and whether it's time send them away. ---00:00 Fred Pod 5-1300:30 Welcome01:00 Jeff Hoffman03:20 Sayonara Pitchers. Who would be cut from this list?04:30 Roki Sasaki08:20 Jose Berrios12:00 Aaron Nola16:23 BlueWire16:45 Mitch Keller19:40 Jose Soriano25:15 Nick Martinez27:50 Jordan Hicks31:30 Justin Verlander33:15 Yusei Kikuchi35:50 Tanner Houck38:30 Bryce Miller43:00 Ryan Pressly46:45 Ben Brown49:00 Kenley Jansen51:30 Ronel Blanco53:00 News & Notes:53:15 Moises Ballesteros is coming up while Ian Happ goes to the IL…..57:50 Shelby Miller got a save, but Justin Martinez should be back soon……1:00:00 Tyler Mahle with another great start, this time against the paste-eaters1:02:20 Corbin Carroll and Trent Grisham each homered twice. They are both top-5 in baseball in HR. 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.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad recap another busy week in FAAB, headlined by Cubs rookie pitcher, Cade Horton. They also talk AL Central, the surging Cardinals and some struggling players in Sandy Alcantara, Adley Rutschman and Dylan Crews. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @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.

Ryan Boyer and guest Jason Collette go over their waiver wire recommendations for the week.---00:00 Headlines15:32 Cade Horton18:10 Zack Littell20:32 Jameson Taillon22:49 Tomoyuki Sugano24:14 Ryan Weathers25:49 Brooks Lee26:49 Evan Carter28:38 Jo Adell30:08 Alec Burleson31:30 Hunter Goodman32:57 Deep-League Pitchers41:47 Deep-League Hitters 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.

0:00 Intro/Cade Horton is on his way to the big leaguesPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:0:43 Hyeseong Kim $16Cade Horton $14Daniel Schneemann $13Dane Myers $8Zach Agnos $7Zach Dezenzo $6Clayton Kershaw $3Luis Urias $312:11 Michael Soroka $318:56 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 12, 2025)Merrill Kelly 3Jeffrey Springs 1 (Todd 2)Grant Holmes 2Spencer Schwellenbach 4Cade Povich 1Tanner Houck 2Colin Rea 3Ben Lively 1Chase Dollander 2 (Todd 1)Jonathan Cannon 034:06 Jackson Jobe 2 (Todd 1)Hayden Wesneski 3Michael Wacha 3Yusei Kikuchi 1 (Todd 2)Cal Quantrill 0Simeon Woods Richardson 1David Peterson 3Max Fried 5Cristopher Sanchez 4 (Todd 5)Paul Skenes 5Michael King 5Emerson Hancock 2Justin Verlander 2Matthew Liberatore 3Shane Baz 342:27 Tyler Mahle 4 (Todd 3)Jack Leiter 2 (Todd 1)Jose Berrios 3Jake Irvin 2Michael Soroka 2 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.

Erik Halterman and guest Chris Towers of CBS Sports go over some draft-day debates and discuss which ones they'd answer differently six weeks into the season.---00:00 Headlines18:00 Ohtani vs. Witt vs. Judge25:50 Which aces are safe?36:45 Which closers are safe?45:00 Langford vs. Wood vs. Butler52:45 Ozuna vs. Rooker vs. Schwarber56:50 Dominguez vs. Crews vs. PCA1:00:55 Pitchers returning from elbow surgery 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.

James Anderson and Ross Jensen discuss the top 10 dynasty prospects who have yet to reach the majors, including Roman Anthony, Sebastian Walcott and Leo De Vries!Roman AnthonySebastian WalcottLeo De VriesJesus MadeWalker JenkinsJac CaglianoneSamuel BasalloBubba ChandlerLuis PenaBryce EldridgeBraylon PayneArjun NimmalaHonorable Mentions 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.

It's time to cut slumping hitters. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson look at 10 hitters with negative values and discuss whether to cut them. ---00:00 Fred Pod 5-600:30 Welcome01:00 News:01:15 Teoscar Hernandez to IL05:20 Yordan Alvarez10:15 Shota Imanaga to miss at least two weeks12:15 AJ Smith-Shawver with his best start after being a trendy waiver wire add on Sunday15:00 Evan Carter recalled to help a depressing TEX offense18:25 BlueWire18:30 Sayonara Sluggers19:30 Marcus Semien23:00 Jake Burger26:00 Anthony Santander28:50 Alec Bohm31:10 Christian Walker32:50 Ryan McMahon36:00 Taylor Ward39:30 Nolan Schanuel, Kyren Paris43:00 Carlos Correa45:55 Andrew Vaughn50:00 Brandon Lowe51:45 Jonathan India53:30 Joey Ortiz55:10 Jordan Walker56:00 Alec Burleson58:15 Jordan Westburg 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.

Scott Jenstad and Jeff Erickson break down the weekend news and the FAAB results of the week. ---00:00 MLB Pod 4-27-2500:30 Player Talk / Week 5 Preview01:00 Aaron Judge is just ridiculous (.432 / .520 / .792 – 270 wRC+)05:00 Taylor Ward (Worst OBP in baseball at .215)09:30 Marcus Semien (.179 with 2 HR / 1 SB – Keep playing him?)12:20 How good is Hunter Brown?14:40 Best winning % in the AL? Seattle Mariners – 6 wins in a row.17:20 NL West is wild, Dodgers 7 Wins in a row, Padres 5 wins in a row.19:10 7 Gamers: AL: Royals, White Sox; NL: Dodgers, DBacks, Braves, Reds19:40 Rockies: Home all week: 3 Det, 3 SD20:20 Padres: 3 @ NYY, 3 @ Col; Braves: 4 v Cin, 3 @ Pitt; Dodgers: 3 @ Mia, 4 @ AZ20:50 News and notes21:00 Triston Casas – Likely out for the year with a ruptured patellar tendon21:55 Shota Imanaga – Left early Sunday, left hamstring strain while covering first.23:50 Corbin Burnes – Missing start Monday with right shoulder inflammation – Dbacks hope no IL.24:25 Tommy Edman – 10 Day IL with an ankle injury.25:20 Yordan Alvarez – Missed the weekend with inflammation in right hand, no imaging needed25:40 Anthony Volpe – Sat Sunday after feeling pop in shoulder, but x-rays / MRI clean26:15 - Isiah Kiner-Falefa – IL with a right hammy strain; Otto Lopez – 10 Day IL with right ankle sprain26:30 Clarke Schmidt – Scratched Saturday with left side soreness, scheduled to now start Tuesday27:10 Jackson Merrill – Trending towards return on Monday; Jake Cronenworth – Could return next weekend31:50 Pitcher FAAB32:00 Starters32:15 Tony Gonsolin35:20 Gunnar Hoglund37:00 A.J. Smith-Shawver39:30 Ben Casparius (70% ME)41:50 Lance McCullers, Jr (Not available in most leagues)43:00 Ryan Weathers45:00 Michael Soroka46:00 Hunter Dobbins47:00 Logan Evans47:30 Relievers48:15 Evan Phillips49:30 Shelby Miller / Kevin Ginkel52:00 Hitter FAAB52:15 Coby Mayo & Hyeseong Kim53:35 Javier Baez (46% ME); Jeff McNeil (65% ME); Miguel Vargas (90% ME, 11% 12)57:30 Brandon Marsh (44% ME)1:00:00 Others - Daniel Schneeman; JP Crawford (58% ME); Chase Meidroth (51% ME); Zach Dezenzo (54% ME); Colt Ketih (42% ME); Javier Sanoja; Alexander Canario; Jorbit Vivas; Eli White; Addison Barger; Jhonkeny Noel; Zack Gelof; Jordan Lawlar Stash? (39% ME); Matt Shaw? (81% ME, 21% 12); Connor Wong (75% ME, 26% 12) 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.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver pickups of the week.---00:00 Headlines12:00 Shelby Miller16:50 Lucas Giolito19:40 Zach Agnos22:00 Lance McCullers24:30 Griffin Canning27:00 Luisangel Acuna29:00 Daulton Varsho30:30 Coby Mayo33:30 Sal Frelick36:55 Kyle Stowers40:00 Deep-league pitchers51:30 Deep-league hitters---Vivid SeatsSwing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. 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.

0:00 Intro/Rockies have won back-to-back games, don't let them get hotPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Andy Pages $20Shelby Miller $18Jordan Beck $15Steven Matz $59:38 Gunnar Hogland $4Javier Baez $3Lance McCullers $3Marcelo Mayer $114:05 Chris Martin $1Kevin Ginkel $0Zach Agnos (not added)19:03 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 5, 2025)Corbin Burnes 4 (Todd 3)Zac Gallen 4Luis Severino 3 (Todd 2)AJ Smith-Shawver 2Chris Sale 5Cade Povich 1Lucas Giolito 3Matthew Boyd 3Brady Singer 3Andrew Abbott 3Luis L. Ortiz 3Chase Dollander 1 (Todd 0)Shane Smith 3Sean Burke 2 (Todd 3)Jackson Jobe 2Ronel Blanco 2 (Todd 1)Cole Ragans 5Seth Lugo 4Tyler Anderson 138:57 Sandy Alcantara 1Tobias Myers 0Pablo Lopez 542:13 Griffin Canning 3Carlos Rodon 4Zack Wheeler 5Carmen Mlodzinski 0Michael King 4Bryce Miller 4Landen Roupp 1Drew Rasmussen 3Nathan Eovaldi 4Jose Berrios 3 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.

Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Bloomfield of BaseballHQ to discuss a group of hitters who have improved in multiple different underlying metrics at once.---00:00 Intro02:00 Starting pitcher news08:20 Injury news16:05 Skillset 1, early hitters35:00 Skillset 1, late hitters53:10 Skillset 2, early hitters58:35 Skillset 2, late hitters---Vivid SeatsSwing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. 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.