RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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.  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/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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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.  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 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.  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 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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.  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/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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.