RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss tough weekends for the Yankees and Dodgers and discuss all the FAAB action, including spirited bidding on Samuel Basallo, Shane Bieber and Carson Williams. In addition, they discuss what should be a very interesting 2026 int eh starting pitcher market after the Big 3 and also talk about Jackson Merrill, Vinnie Pasquatino and much, much more.Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! 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 share their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week.---00:00 Headlines11:41 Samuel Basallo15:05 Dylan Beavers17:23 Brett Baty19:40 Pavin Smith21:37 Carson Williams24:56 Shane Bieber28:32 Cam Schlittler30:13 Bubba Chandler36:49 Victor Vodnik38:31 Parker Messick42:10 Chalkboard Picks46:39 Deep-League Pitchers59:23 Deep-League Hitters---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowGet 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.

Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required!Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowIntro/Samuel Basallo agrees to eight-year extension with O’sPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Dylan Beavers $6Kyle Teel $2Parker Messick $2Davis Martin $1Taijuan Walker $1Colby Thomas $0Gabriel Moreno $0Jhostynxon Garcia $0Carson Williams $0Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 25, 2025)Eduardo Rodriguez 1Brandon Pfaadt 1JT Ginn 0Spencer Strider 3 (Todd 1)Tomoyuki Sugano 2 (Todd 3)Kyle Bradish 2Walker Buehler 0Lucas Giolito 3Matthew Boyd 4Hunter Greene 4 (Todd 5)Tanner Bibee 2Tanner Gordon 0Shane Smith 2Martin Perez 1Tarik Skubal 5Noah Cameron 4 (Todd 3)Kyle Hendricks 0Edward Cabrera 3 (Todd 4)Sandy Alcantara 3Jacob Misiorowski 3Quinn Priester 4 (Todd 3)Joe Ryan 5Kodai Senga 3 (Todd 2)Sean Manaea 2 (Todd 3)Cam Schlittler 3 (Todd 2)Luis Gil 4Cristopher Sanchez 5Jesus Luzardo 4Mitch Keller 2Johan Oviedo 0Bryce Miller 3Justin Verlander 1 (Todd 2)Michael McGreevy 2 (Todd 3)Andre Pallante 0 (Todd 1)Shane Baz 2Jacob deGrom 5Max Scherzer 4Brad Lord 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.

Erik Halterman is joined by Lucas Biery to discuss how to finish the fantasy season strong.---00:00 Injury news (Tucker, deGrom)07:45 Recent call-ups (Messick, Chandler, Williams)18:30 Getting into a winning position20:30 Early-round aces22:20 Building an offensive core24:30 Overcoming early mistakes27:15 Mid-late round hits34:45 Getting the most out of FAAB41:00 How different is the final month from the first five?43:30 Chasing saves49:20 Two-start starters52:45 Playing time vs. chasing categories1:00:00 Endgame strategy for overall contests---ChalkboardDownload Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required!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 Dominic Rello (@BullpenGuru) preview Wednesday night's first high-stakes draft of 2026! Dom is picking fourth and James is picking 15th. They preview their potential picks and talk about the challenging hunt for saves, shallow positions, big risers, prospects to consider and much more!02:15 Players at the top of the draft03:50 Take Acuna in the top five?06:30 Late first-round targets12:10 Players losing/gaining positional eligibility18:45 Which closers would we draft?25:45 Which catchers would we draft?28:45 Nick Kurtz vs. Pete Alonso30:30 Depressed pitching assets34:30 Second base sucks36:50 Middle-infield prospects40:15 Buy low on Mookie Betts?42:45 Top 7 Shortstops43:25 Young OFs to buy45:30 Never Oneil Cruz47:10 Fade Byron Buxton?48:55 Buy low on Jackson Merrill? Chalkboard (primary sponsor) Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required!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.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a busy weekend across baseball, highlighted by the Dodgers sweeping the Padres, and break down all the adds and drops across FAAB, including heavy bidding for Bryan Abreu and Nolan McLean. They also discuss the upcoming huge Cubs Brewers five-game series, the struggles of Max Fried and Anthony Volpe in New York and where Shea Langeliers is likely to land among catchers in 2026 drafts.Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! 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 share their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week.---00:00 Headlines13:30 Bryan Abreu16:10 Zebby Matthews18:45 Nolan McLean21:00 Hurston Waldrep24:30 Dustin May27:05 Miguel Andujar30:00 Josh Bell31:45 Tyler Freeman34:50 Joey Ortiz36:30 Kyle Manzardo39:00 Chalkboard picks45:20 Deep-league pitchers56:00 Deep-league hitters---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.

Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required!Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowIntro/Owen Caissie has arrived to the major leagues…Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Keegan Akin $9Owen Caissie $7Hurston Waldrep $7Kyle Karros $4Blaze Alexander $4Heriberto Hernandez $1Bobby Seymour $1Kristian Campbell $1Kevin McGonigle $0Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 18, 2025)Zac Gallen 4Jacob Lopez 3Spencer Strider 4Trevor Rogers 3Dustin May 2Cade Horton 4Jameson Taillon 3Gavin Williams 3 (Todd 4)Austin Gomber 0Bradley Blalock 0Yoendrys Gomez 0Jack Flaherty 3Spencer Arrighetti 1Hunter Brown 5Michael Wacha 3Seth Lugo 3Victor Mederos 0Yoshinobu Yamamoto 4Eury Perez 3 (Todd 4)Freddy Peralta 5Brandon Woodruff 5Joe Ryan 5David Peterson 3 (Todd 4)Carlos Rodon 4Paul Skenes 5Nestor Cortes 0Nick Pivetta 5Logan Gilbert 5Robbie Ray 4Kai-Wei Teng 0Matthew Liberatore 2Jack Leiter 2 (Todd 1)Merrill Kelly 3Jake Irvin 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.

Erik Halterman is joined by Matt Morris to review this year's top rookies, looking at both those who have exceeded expectations and those who have fallen short.---00:00 Intro02:00 Owen Caissie05:40 Nolan McLean07:50 other prospects who could still get the call this year15:30 Nick Kurtz20:00 Isaac Collins24:40 Drake Baldwin27:25 Jacob Wilson30:15 Roman Anthony33:15 Agustin Ramirez36:05 Jacob Misiorowski38:40 Noah Cameron40:15 Cade Horton43:00 Chandler Simpson45:00 Cam Smith47:40 Caleb Durbin50:10 Jack Leiter52:10 Jasson Dominguez54:40 Matt Shaw56:25 Jac Caglianone58:50 Marcelo Mayer1:00:30 Coby Mayo1:02:15 Chase Dollander1:04:10 Kumar Rocker1:06:10 Chase Burns---ChalkboardDownload Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required!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 Ryan Topp rank the Brewers top 10 prospects for fantasy (and real life) and then touch on the Brewers' World Series odds, the projected 2026 lineup, rotation and more!2:35 Jesus Made7:30 Luis Pena12:00 Cooper Pratt21:10 Logan Henderson24:45 Andrew Fischer28:25 Jeferson Quero30:50 Braylon Payne33:35 Robert Gasser36:40 Brock Wilken40:30 Marco Dinges42:50 Luke Adams46:05 Bishop Letson49:30 Brady Ebel52:15 Honorable Mentions57:55 World Series Odds1:04:35 Projected 2026 rotation/lineup ChalkboardDownload Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required!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.