RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer discuss their top FAAB recommendations for the week.---00:00 Headlines14:30 Sean Murphy17:45 Trade Paul Skenes?20:25 Ezequiel Tovar23:25 Ramon Laureano25:20 Jordan Walker30:30 Zebby Matthews32:50 Brandon Walter36:55 Shane Bieber39:35 Quinn Priester43:00 Spencer Arrighetti45:00 Trevor Rogers48:50 Deep-League Pitchers1:00:10 Adrian Del Castillo---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowHome Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!Intro/Second half is officially underway!Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Colson Montgomery $3Dominic Canzone $2Nick Loftin $2Lane Thomas $1Colin Rea $0Dillon Dingler $0Logan T. Allen $0Blake Treinen $0Spencer Horwitz $0Two-start pitchers (week of July 21, 2025)Zac Gallen 4Jacob Lopez 2 (Todd 3)Jack Perkins 1Davis Daniel 0Tomoyuki Sugano 2Zach Eflin 1Richard Fitts 1 (Todd 0)Cade Horton 2Brady Singer 2 (Todd 3)Tanner Bibee 4 (Todd 3)Joey Cantillo 2Austin Gomber 0Casey Mize 4Hunter Brown 5Colton Gordon 0 (Todd 1)Tyler Anderson 1Kyle Hendricks 0Eury Perez 4 (Todd 3)Kodai Senga 5Carlos Rodon 4Zach Wheeler 5Mitch Keller 3Randy Vazquez 1Stephen Kolek 1Bryan Woo 5George Kirby 5Landen Roupp 2 (Todd 1)Matthew Liberatore 1 (Todd 2)Erick Fedde 2 (Todd 1)Shane Baz 4 (Todd 3)Jacob DeGrom 5Kevin Gausman 4Max Scherzer 3Jake Irvin 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 Torres (@TorresTakes) of the Fantasy Baseball Beat to give some midseason grades on this year's riskiest fantasy picks.---00:00 Headlines13:55 Jacob deGrom22:20 Risky hitters who are working out47:00 Risky pitchers who are working out55:05 Risks who have not worked out---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowHome Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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, Chris Clegg, Eric Cross and Chris Welsh conduct a 24-pick mock dynasty first-year player draft featuring just 2025 MLB draftees!00:50 Who to take No. 1 overall04:25 How good is Ethan Holliday?09:15 JoJo Parker top 3?14:00 Perfect landing spot for Kade Anderson16:35 Aiva Arquette’s high floor18:20 Seth Hernandez has the highest ceiling22:40 Chasing Steele Hall’s upside23:50 Gavin Fien Love25:35 Jamie Arnold best value in the draft28:25 A loaded college pitching class30:40 Ethan Conrad’s upside33:10 Liam Doyle’s slide ends35:00 Kayson Cunningham’s hit tool37:40 Ike Irish, best college hitter in the class?40:20 Kyson Witherspoon’s upside42:00 Buy low on Brendan Summerhill?44:00 Gage Wood’s crazy upside46:35 Andrew Fischer48:00 Marek Houston50:40 Buy low on Chase LaViolette?55:30 Big power for Xavier Neyens57:40 Chasing upside with Quentin Young01:00:10 Charles Davalan better in fantasy01:01:20 Mason Neville01:04:00 Final thoughts on the class NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowHome Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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.

Johnny Venezia joins Jeff Erickson on the RotoWire MLB Podcast and shares his immediate reactions to the MLB draft.---00:00 MLB Instant Draft Reactions00:20 Welcome to Johnny Venezia01:00 Early Surprises04:15 Jace Laviolette05:45 Eli Willits08:00 Tyler Bremmer09:45 Kade Anderson12:15 Ethan Holliday13:30 NFFC14:15 Liam Doyle16:00 Seth Hernandez16:50 Aiva Arquette17:35 JoJo Parker18:30 Steele Hall19:40 Billy Carlson20:30 Jamie Arnold22:40 Gavin Fien23:45 Gavin Kilen24:30 Daniel Pierce25:25 Kyson Witherspoon26:15 Home Run Forecast27:30 Marek Houston29:30 Ethan Conrad30:15 Kayson Cunningham32:30 Ike Irish34:00 Andrew Fischer35:00 Xavier Neyens / Kruz Schoolcraft36:10 BlueWire36:20 Tate Southisene37:25 Sean Gamble38:30 Jordan Yost39:20 Gage Wood40:20 Jace LaViolette42:45 Noteworthy Fallers---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now (hyperlink: http://rotowire.com/highstakes)Home Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!(hyperlink: https://www.homerunforecast.com/)  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 discuss their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week.---00:00 Headlines17:11 Brandon Woodruff21:14 Cam Schlittler24:15 Charlie Morton26:45 Joe Boyle30:38 Kevin Ginkel37:02 Brice Matthews40:06 Colt Keith44:24 Willi Castro46:18 Romy Gonzalez48:35 Austin Hays49:56 Deep-League Pitchers1:02:05 Deep-League Hitters---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowHome Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!Intro/Heading into the final weekend before the breakPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Trent Grisham $6Cameron Schlittler $6Kevin Ginkel $5Shane McClanahan $4Joey Cantillo $3Brayan Rocchio $3Miguel Andujar $2Masataka Yoshida $1Jordan Hicks $1Michael Lorenzen $0Kirby Yates $0Brice Matthews, HOU top prospect, called up to HoustonTop fantasy earners so far in 2025:RotoWire Earned Auction Values page: https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/auction-values-earned.php$55.06 Aaron Judge$46.22 Pete Crow-Armstrong$42.98 Shohei Ohtani$42.39 Cal Raleigh$39.31 Elly De La Cruz$36.24 James Wood$35.10 Kyle Tucker$35.06 Kyle Schwarber$34.59 Tarik Skubal$32.43 Bobby Witt$31.65 Zack Wheeler$31.59 Jose Ramirez$30.19 Byron Buxton$29.67 Eugenio Suarez$29.37 Seiya Suzuki$28.64 Pete AlonsoDown the list$18.43 Maikel Garcia$18.17 Spencer Torkelson$15.42 Vladimir Guerrero$12.45 Freddie Freeman$11.88 Mookie Betts$10.91 Wyatt Langford$8.35 Jose Caballero$2.85 Bryan Reynolds 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 Jason Collette to discuss some of the biggest hits and misses so far in Jason's annual Bold Predictions series.---00:00 Headlines15:10 Bold Predictions Overview17:30 Andres Munoz21:00 Emmanuel Clase26:50 Andy Pages29:55 Ivan Herrera34:00 Matthew Boyd38:20 Clay Holmes40:15 Michael King42:15 Noah Cameron44:15 Pete Crow-Armstrong53:00 Bogaerts/Campbell/Lux58:30 Pfaadt/Festa1:02:00 Drew Rasmussen---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter nowHome Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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.

Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline joins James Anderson for their annual MLB Draft preview! Who will go No. 1 overall? What's the strength of this class? Which prospects have the highest upside? They tackle all that and more while getting you up to speed for Sunday night's MLB Draft.00:30 Is Ethan Holliday in his own tier?03:25 Kade Anderson’s upside05:20 Odds to go No. 1 overall10:35 Odds to go No. 2 overall15:10 Ranking the top college starters21:25 Who’s the best college hitter?22:20 Aiva Arquette’s floor24:50 Prep shortstops to target in fantasy34:10 Fade Jace LaViolette?38:05 Sleeper college hitters45:35 Sleeper prep hitters52:20 How special is Seth Hernandez?NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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 discuss 30 players that should prove to be more valuable over the second half of the season than they were in the first half.---00:00 Fred Pod 7-800:30 Welcome01:30 30 Players That Will Be Better in the Second Half02:00 ARI: Kevin GInkel03:45 ATH: Shea Langeliers04:45 ATL: Austin Riley05:30 BAL: Tyler O’Neill08:00 BOS: Roman Anthony09:00 Home Run Forecast09:50 CHC: Ian Happ11:15 CIN: Hunter Greene15:00 CLE: Slade Cecconi18:25 COL: Brenton Doyle19:45 CWS: Grant Taylor23:00 DET: Reese Olson24:30 HOU: Brandon Walter26:45 KC: Jonathan India29:45 NFFC30:30 LAA: Reid Detmers31:30 LAD: Tyler Glasnow/Blake Snell33:00 MIA: Agustin Ramirez36:20 MIL: Nestor Cortes40:00 MIN: Royce Lewis41:25 NYM: Sean Manaea42:10 NYY: Devin Williams44:00 PHI: Max Kepler45:00 PIT: Bryan Reynolds46:05 BlueWire46:20 SD: Yu Darvish48:30 SEA: George Kirby49:30 SF: Randy Rodriguez51:30 STL: Ivan Herrera53:00 TB: Chandler Simpson54:40 TEX: Corey Seager56:30 TOR: Anthony Santander57:45 WSH: Luis Garcia Jr.---NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now (hyperlink: http://rotowire.com/highstakes) Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! (hyperlink: https://www.homerunforecast.com/) 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.