RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Erik Halterman is joined by Justin Mason to discuss a group of players who aren't playing the same way they were in the first week or two of the year.---00:00 Intro/Headlines17:00 Kyren Paris23:30 Tyler Soderstrom28:30 Other hitters31:00 Spencer Schwellenbach33:20 Jack Flaherty36:25 Max Meyer38:25 Drew Rasmussen41:20 Shane Baz43:30 Willson Contreras46:30 Mark Vientos50:15 Alec Bohm52:10 Jackson Holliday54:35 Dylan Cease56:45 Bailey Ober59:05 Chris Sale1:01:00 Reese Olson 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 Dylan White discuss the top hitter and pitcher breakouts at Triple-A, Double-A, High-A and Single-A, including discussions about Sebastian Walcott and Leo De Vries plus they react live to Dalton Rushing's call-up!00:00 Intro 01:00 Triple-A Hitters Who Will Be Up Soon 13:15 BREAKING Dalton Rushing News 15:50 Who is Nathan Wiles? 18:50 Joe Boyle vs. Ian Seymour 21:40 95 Percenters 25:30 Buy or Sell Jac Caglianone? 30:00 Chase Burns vs. Recent Elite SP Prospects 37:00 Jonah Tong's Outlier Fastball 42:25 Sebastian Walcott vs. Leo De Vries 46:45 Best non-De Vries hitters at High-A 51:55 Carlos Lagrange vs. Brandon Clarke 01:00:00 Love For Andrew Salas 01:05:00 Fun Single-A Shortstops 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 Fred Zinkie look at seven struggling starting pitchers and whether it's time send them away. ---00:00 Fred Pod 5-1300:30 Welcome01:00 Jeff Hoffman03:20 Sayonara Pitchers. Who would be cut from this list?04:30 Roki Sasaki08:20 Jose Berrios12:00 Aaron Nola16:23 BlueWire16:45 Mitch Keller19:40 Jose Soriano25:15 Nick Martinez27:50 Jordan Hicks31:30 Justin Verlander33:15 Yusei Kikuchi35:50 Tanner Houck38:30 Bryce Miller43:00 Ryan Pressly46:45 Ben Brown49:00 Kenley Jansen51:30 Ronel Blanco53:00 News & Notes:53:15 Moises Ballesteros is coming up while Ian Happ goes to the IL…..57:50 Shelby Miller got a save, but Justin Martinez should be back soon……1:00:00 Tyler Mahle with another great start, this time against the paste-eaters1:02:20 Corbin Carroll and Trent Grisham each homered twice. They are both top-5 in baseball in HR. 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 recap another busy week in FAAB, headlined by Cubs rookie pitcher, Cade Horton. They also talk AL Central, the surging Cardinals and some struggling players in Sandy Alcantara, Adley Rutschman and Dylan Crews. 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. 

Ryan Boyer and guest Jason Collette go over their waiver wire recommendations for the week.---00:00 Headlines15:32 Cade Horton18:10 Zack Littell20:32 Jameson Taillon22:49 Tomoyuki Sugano24:14 Ryan Weathers25:49 Brooks Lee26:49 Evan Carter28:38 Jo Adell30:08 Alec Burleson31:30 Hunter Goodman32:57 Deep-League Pitchers41:47 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. 

0:00 Intro/Cade Horton is on his way to the big leaguesPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:0:43 Hyeseong Kim $16Cade Horton $14Daniel Schneemann $13Dane Myers $8Zach Agnos $7Zach Dezenzo $6Clayton Kershaw $3Luis Urias $312:11 Michael Soroka $318:56 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 12, 2025)Merrill Kelly 3Jeffrey Springs 1 (Todd 2)Grant Holmes 2Spencer Schwellenbach 4Cade Povich 1Tanner Houck 2Colin Rea 3Ben Lively 1Chase Dollander 2 (Todd 1)Jonathan Cannon 034:06 Jackson Jobe 2 (Todd 1)Hayden Wesneski 3Michael Wacha 3Yusei Kikuchi 1 (Todd 2)Cal Quantrill 0Simeon Woods Richardson 1David Peterson 3Max Fried 5Cristopher Sanchez 4 (Todd 5)Paul Skenes 5Michael King 5Emerson Hancock 2Justin Verlander 2Matthew Liberatore 3Shane Baz 342:27 Tyler Mahle 4 (Todd 3)Jack Leiter 2 (Todd 1)Jose Berrios 3Jake Irvin 2Michael Soroka 2 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 guest Chris Towers of CBS Sports go over some draft-day debates and discuss which ones they'd answer differently six weeks into the season.---00:00 Headlines18:00 Ohtani vs. Witt vs. Judge25:50 Which aces are safe?36:45 Which closers are safe?45:00 Langford vs. Wood vs. Butler52:45 Ozuna vs. Rooker vs. Schwarber56:50 Dominguez vs. Crews vs. PCA1:00:55 Pitchers returning from elbow surgery 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 Ross Jensen discuss the top 10 dynasty prospects who have yet to reach the majors, including Roman Anthony, Sebastian Walcott and Leo De Vries!Roman AnthonySebastian WalcottLeo De VriesJesus MadeWalker JenkinsJac CaglianoneSamuel BasalloBubba ChandlerLuis PenaBryce EldridgeBraylon PayneArjun NimmalaHonorable Mentions 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. 

It's time to cut slumping hitters. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson look at 10 hitters with negative values and discuss whether to cut them. ---00:00 Fred Pod 5-600:30 Welcome01:00 News:01:15 Teoscar Hernandez to IL05:20 Yordan Alvarez10:15 Shota Imanaga to miss at least two weeks12:15 AJ Smith-Shawver with his best start after being a trendy waiver wire add on Sunday15:00 Evan Carter recalled to help a depressing TEX offense18:25 BlueWire18:30 Sayonara Sluggers19:30 Marcus Semien23:00 Jake Burger26:00 Anthony Santander28:50 Alec Bohm31:10 Christian Walker32:50 Ryan McMahon36:00 Taylor Ward39:30 Nolan Schanuel, Kyren Paris43:00 Carlos Correa45:55 Andrew Vaughn50:00 Brandon Lowe51:45 Jonathan India53:30 Joey Ortiz55:10 Jordan Walker56:00 Alec Burleson58:15 Jordan Westburg 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 Jeff Erickson break down the weekend news and the FAAB results of the week. ---00:00 MLB Pod 4-27-2500:30 Player Talk / Week 5 Preview01:00 Aaron Judge is just ridiculous (.432 / .520 / .792 – 270 wRC+)05:00 Taylor Ward (Worst OBP in baseball at .215)09:30 Marcus Semien (.179 with 2 HR / 1 SB – Keep playing him?)12:20 How good is Hunter Brown?14:40 Best winning % in the AL? Seattle Mariners – 6 wins in a row.17:20 NL West is wild, Dodgers 7 Wins in a row, Padres 5 wins in a row.19:10 7 Gamers: AL: Royals, White Sox; NL: Dodgers, DBacks, Braves, Reds19:40 Rockies: Home all week: 3 Det, 3 SD20:20 Padres: 3 @ NYY, 3 @ Col; Braves: 4 v Cin, 3 @ Pitt; Dodgers: 3 @ Mia, 4 @ AZ20:50 News and notes21:00 Triston Casas – Likely out for the year with a ruptured patellar tendon21:55 Shota Imanaga – Left early Sunday, left hamstring strain while covering first.23:50 Corbin Burnes – Missing start Monday with right shoulder inflammation – Dbacks hope no IL.24:25 Tommy Edman – 10 Day IL with an ankle injury.25:20 Yordan Alvarez – Missed the weekend with inflammation in right hand, no imaging needed25:40 Anthony Volpe – Sat Sunday after feeling pop in shoulder, but x-rays / MRI clean26:15 - Isiah Kiner-Falefa – IL with a right hammy strain; Otto Lopez – 10 Day IL with right ankle sprain26:30 Clarke Schmidt – Scratched Saturday with left side soreness, scheduled to now start Tuesday27:10 Jackson Merrill – Trending towards return on Monday; Jake Cronenworth – Could return next weekend31:50 Pitcher FAAB32:00 Starters32:15 Tony Gonsolin35:20 Gunnar Hoglund37:00 A.J. Smith-Shawver39:30 Ben Casparius (70% ME)41:50 Lance McCullers, Jr (Not available in most leagues)43:00 Ryan Weathers45:00 Michael Soroka46:00 Hunter Dobbins47:00 Logan Evans47:30 Relievers48:15 Evan Phillips49:30 Shelby Miller / Kevin Ginkel52:00 Hitter FAAB52:15 Coby Mayo & Hyeseong Kim53:35 Javier Baez (46% ME); Jeff McNeil (65% ME); Miguel Vargas (90% ME, 11% 12)57:30 Brandon Marsh (44% ME)1:00:00 Others - Daniel Schneeman; JP Crawford (58% ME); Chase Meidroth (51% ME); Zach Dezenzo (54% ME); Colt Ketih (42% ME); Javier Sanoja; Alexander Canario; Jorbit Vivas; Eli White; Addison Barger; Jhonkeny Noel; Zack Gelof; Jordan Lawlar Stash? (39% ME); Matt Shaw? (81% ME, 21% 12); Connor Wong (75% ME, 26% 12) 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.