RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Toby (aka BatFlipCrazy), talk strategy for the final 3 weeks of the season, discuss the top end of the 2025 Closer Pool and break down all the adds and drop in FAAB, plus much more. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWirePick6Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 Todd Zola review the biggest rankings debates of draft season and try to avoid making the same mistakes next year.---DH: Should we avoid Shohei Ohtani?C: JT Realmuto or William Contreras?1B: Pete Alonso or Vladimir Guerrero Jr.?2B: Bryson Stott or Ketel Marte3B: Spencer Steer or Nolan Arenado?SS: Elly De La Cruz or Francisco Lindor?OF: Jazz Chisholm, Nolan Jones, Mike Trout, Cody Bellinger, or skip the whole group?OF: Jackson Chourio or Jordan Walker?SP: Tarik Skubal, Kevin Gausman, Zac Gallen, or Yoshinobu Yamamoto?SP: Blake Snell, Zach Eflin, or Cole Ragans?RP: Edwin Diaz, Josh Hader, or Emmanuel Clase?---Pick6Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 (@erik_halterman) and guest Mike Couillard (@mcouill7) go over the latest headlines from around baseball and offer up their recommended FAAB adds.---00:00 Headlines22:50 Brendan Rodgers25:50 Kyle Manzardo28:55 Anthony Rizzo30:35 Trevor Story33:30 Jacob Young35:15 Aroldis Chapman37:30 Ernie Clement39:00 Reid Detmers42:00 Rhett Lowder43:30 Alex Cobb46:10 Pick651:15 Budget Pitchers1:00:55 Budget Hitters---Pick6Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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. 

Todd Zola and Clay Link are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including the Yankees' closer situation, injuries, two-start pitchers and more.Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits.0:00 Intro/The Yankees are getting “creative” with the closer rolePickups Luke Weaver Rhett Lowder - $2 Anthony Rizzo - $1 Casey Mize - $1 Jordan Walker Kyle Manzardo Andrew McCutchen Jack Leiter Adam Oller Griffin Canning Tommy Pham Others to consider if available in your league: Pete Crow-Armstrong, Connor Norby, Porter Hodge, Aroldis Chapman, David Peterson, Caden Dana Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Sept. 9, 2024) Charlie Morton 3 (Todd 4) Cade Povich 1 Kutter Crawford 2 Tanner Houck 3 Kyle Hendricks 0 Nick Martinez 1 Rhett Lowder 2 (Todd 1) Tanner Bibee 5 Ben Lively 3 Antonio Senzatela 0 Nick Nastrini 0 Keider Montero 0 Brady Singer 2 (Todd 3) Vallente Bellozo 2 Adam Oller 1 Aaron Civale 3 Paul Blackburn 1 Carlos Rodon 4 (Todd 3) JP Sears 2 Cristopher Sanchez 4 Paul Skenes 5 George Kirby 5 Robbie Ray 2 Jeffrey Springs 3 Taj Bradley 2 Nathan Eovaldi 4 (Todd 5) Chris Bassitt 2 MacKenzie Gore 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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. 

Jen Piacenti from Sports Illustrated drops by to talk Astros with Jeff Erickson. Who will be in their playoff rotation? What do we expect with Kyle Tucker when he returns? Who plays first base?---Pick6Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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. 

0:50 Kumar Rocker/Jack Leiter6:00 Arjun Nimmala6:30 Starlyn Caba8:35 Charlie Condon11:50 Chase Dollander17:15 Drew Gilbert19:40 FYPD Strategy21:30 Colt Emerson/Kevin McGonigle25:20 Marco Luciano25:50 Sebastian Walcott29:00 Max Clark29:35 Yoniel Curet + Rays Pitching Prospects35:00 Pirates Rotation of Future37:55 JR Ritchie40:25 Jordan Lawlar42:00 Candidates To Make OD Rosters43:40 Jett Williams45:15 Yilber Diaz46:45 Xavier Isaac/Lazaro Montes49:30 Luis Merejo50:50 Jesus Made/Luis Pena52:40 Candidates To Shoot Up Rankings54:40 Matt Shaw56:10 George WolkowPick6Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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. 

Inspired by Daulton Varsho, Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie review which players are better in real life than fantasy, and which players are better in fantasy in real life, and try to find some underlying trends.---00:00 - Fred Pod 9-201:00 - Daulton Varsho comment from Sunday night. 02:15 - Varsho isn’t a good real-life hitter, but he’s been decent for fantasy this year ($8) and hit .281 with 18 runs and four homers in August.04:50 - Players who were better in real life than fantasy this year.05:00 - Bryce Harper. 11th in OPS but just a $22 player. He will hit 30 homers, but without many steals and his batting average is more good than great.10:00 - Freddie Freeman. 14th in OPS but a $20 player. He may not reach 25 homers or 10 steals. Hitting .285, which is fine but not special.17:00 - Riley Greene. 20th in OPS. But hitting .259 with 20 homers and 4 steals. Missed a bit of time, but his R/RBI aren’t great either. An $11 player.22:15 - Popular opinion is that J.D. Martinez has been very good for the Mets. It’s true. He has a .777 OPS. But he has generated just $4 in fantasy. Just 16 HR, 0 SB, 108 R+RBI.29:00 - Orioles talk - Jackson Holliday, Coby Mayo32:00 - Better in fantasy than real life.32:20 - Maikel Garcia is second last in OPS. Has generated $17 in fantasy. The 33 steals and 83 runs scored are pretty awesome. 35:15 - Jacob Young is a poor man’s version of Garcia. Eighth worst OPS but a $9 player thanks to hitting .258 with 31 steals and 69 runs. He’s one of baseball’s worst hitters but is helping fantasy teams in 3/5 categories.38:35 - Zack Gelof has the 4th worst OBP of any qualified player. He also has 16 HR and 20 SB. A $4 player so far.42:30 - Christopher Morel is batting .196 while somehow generating $3 in fantasy value. That’s what 21 homers and 8 steals will do for you.44:25 - Brice Turang has sunk to 13th worst in OPS but has generated $18 in fantasy production thanks to seven homers and 40 steals. Almost as valuable as Freeman.46:15: - Firing up Julio Rodriguez, who’s next?47:00: - Alexis Diaz52:25 - Good News for the Padres: Yu Darvish may return Wednesday; Joe Musgrove had a great start against the Tigers; Tatis is back.---Pick6Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 discuss all the adds and drops in FAAB this weekend, a rough Royals weekend, a fun Dodgers / Diamondbacks series, Jose Ramirez and much, much more. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWirePick6Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 goes over all the latest headlines and tells you were your FAAB dollars should go this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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. 

Todd Zola and Clay Link are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including call-ups, hitters to potentially add and two-start pitchers for next week.Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits.Would you like an extra $500? Go to bluewirepods.com/survey and complete the Blue Wire Audience survey about you and your podcast listening habits for a chance to win a $500 gift card.0:00 Intro/Rhett Lowder is making his debut in the second game of today’s doubleheader.Pickups Light week for pickups Luken Baker - $1 Jorge Lopez - $1 Tylor Megill - $1 Kumar Rocker Manuel Rodriguez Jordan Wicks Others to consider if available in your league: Jhonkensy Noel, Osvaldo Bido, Dylan Crews, Connor Norby, Jacob Wilson, Zack Littell Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Sept. 2, 2024) Eduardo Rodriguez 2 Ryne Nelson 3 Chris Sale 5 Corbin Burnes 5 Brayan Bello 3 Tanner Bibee 5 Kyle Freeland 1 (Todd 0) Chris Flexen 0 Brant Hurter 1 Michael Wacha 3 (Todd 2) Jack Flaherty 4 (Todd 5) Max Meyer 3 (Todd 2) Freddy Peralta 5 Simeon Woods Richardson 3 David Festa 2 (Todd 1) Luis Severino 3 Gerrit Cole 4 (Todd 5) Carlos Rodon 3 Osvaldo Bido 3 J.T. Ginn 0 Tyler Phillips 0 Jared Jones 3 Joe Musgrove 4 (Todd 5) Logan Gilbert 5 Luis Castillo 5 Kyle Harrison 2 Jeffrey Springs 3 Zack Littell 2 Andrew Heaney 2 Patrick Corbin 1 (Todd 2) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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.