RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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.