RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss some struggling stars as we get past the halfway point of the season and also break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They talk about how to handle Marcell Ozuna, Michael Harris II and Mark Vientos moving forward and also dive into the prospects of adding Colson Montgomery, Ha-Seong Kim and Ronny Henriquez and many, many more. 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.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer cover their waiver wire recommendations for the week.--00:00 Headlines10:00 Ben Rice14:00 Zack Gelof17:15 Otto Lopez19:25 Ha-Seong Kim21:50 Noelvi Marte24:20 Eury Perez27:00 Sean Manaea29:00 Emmet Sheehan32:05 Ronny Henriquez34:50 Cam Schlittler38:45 Deep-League Pitchers53:55 Deep-League Hitters--Play 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.

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!0:00 Intro/Happy 4th of July!Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Ronny Henriquez $12Nestor Cortes $3Dietrich Enns $3Ryan Mountcastle $2Garrett Whitlock $2Cole Young $1Max Muncy (ATH) $1Derek Hill $0Matt Brash $0Two-Start Pitchers (Week of July 7, 2025)Merrill Kelly 3 (Todd 4)Brandon Pfaadt 2Jeffrey Springs 2Didier Fuentes 0Brandon Young 1Brayan Bello 2 (Todd 3)Shota Imanaga 4 (Todd 3)Brady Singer 3Nick Martinez 3Tanner Bibee 4Joey Cantillo 1 (Todd 0)Sean Burke 2Aaron Civale 1 (Todd 0)Jack Flaherty 3 (Todd 4)Hunter Brown 5Noah Cameron 3Yusei Kikuchi 3Jose Soriano 2 (Todd 3)Janson Junk 3Eury Perez 4 (Todd 3)Simeon Woods Richardson 1Will Warren 2 (Todd 1)Cristopher Sanchez 5Andrew Heaney 2 (Todd 3)Nick Pivetta 4Dylan Cease 4Logan Gilbert 4Landen Roupp 1Andre Pallante 1 (Todd 2)Shane Baz 3Ryan Pepiot 3Jacob deGrom 5Nathan Eovaldi 3Jose Berrios 3MacKenzie Gore 4 (Todd 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.  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 Brian Walton of Creative Sports and TheCardinalNation.com to discuss the NL Wild Card contenders, looking for surprising fantasy standouts and spots that need upgrading at the deadline.---00:00 Headlines11:00 How to improve in a deep league19:35 St. Louis Cardinals31:30 New York Mets36:30 Milwaukee Brewers42:20 San Diego Padres47:30 San Francisco Giants52:05 Cincinnati Reds57:05 Arizona Diamondbacks---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.

James Anderson, Taylor Corso and Kyle Sonntag talk about some prospects they've recently added in dynasty leagues like Jared Thomas, Carter Jensen, Max Anderson and Ethan Dorchies before discussing some recent prospect drops like Thomas Harrington and Ben Hess!00:00 Intro 01:25 Jared Thomas 04:25 Carter Jensen 08:30 Max Anderson 10:40 Braden Nett 14:25 Sam Antonacci 19:00 Ethan Dorchies 21:10 Yohendrick Pinango 25:40 Tanner McDougal 30:35 Jose Urbina 32:00 Honorable Mention Pickups 43:50 Thomas Harrington 46:50 James Triantos 49:20 Ben Hess 50:25 Yoeilin Cespedes 51:15 Levi Sterling 54:05 Juan Valera 55:25 Honorable Mention Drops 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.

00:00 Fred Pod 7-100:30 Welcome01:00 Blue Jays - Max Scherzer looked much better in a tough matchup….05:30 News: Chase Burns must be an all-time story of FAAB bids blowing up so quickly…..10:30 Wilyer Abreu had a memorable game…..12:50 Jeremy Pena and Zach Eflin to the IL…. Hunter Goodman to go on the IL….17:10 Trevor Rogers continues to put himself back on the radar….19:40 Marcus Semien had a great night, which wrapped up an excellent June where he had a .932 OPS and cut his strikeout rate….22:30 NFFC23:15 Ryne Nelson had another good start…..27:00 Kerry Carpenter to the IL29:15 Zack Wheeler is so damn reliable…..32:30 Junior Caminero homered again and has lived up to all the hype….36:30 BLUEWIRE36:40 “buy low or let him go”.37:00 We will look at top-50 hitters who have not earned $15 and discuss whether we would trade for them or trade them away.38:05 Mookie Betts, 1343:45 Gunnar Henderson, 1246:30 William Contreras, 1450:00 HOME RUN FORECAST50:35 Jarren Duran, 1453:00 Wyatt Langford, 955:45 Austin Riley, 13 and Michael Harris II, 21:00:00 Freddie Freeman barely made the cut, at exactly $15.1:00:15 And if I lowered the playing time bar to 200 AB, I would have included Jackson Merrill at $-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.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a busy weekend in fantasy baseball, highlighted by the massive FAAB bidding on Reds starter Chase Burns. In addition they discuss Bailey Ober's brutal season, Bryon Buxton's incredible first half and the slew of disappointments from the second round of fantasy drafts. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire 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 go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week. ---00:00 Headlines12:19 Chase Burns16:58 Edward Cabrera19:39 Frankie Montas22:10 Jacob Lopez24:30 Lance McCullers29:48 Chandler Simpson33:53 Mickey Moniak36:44 Tyler Freeman40:45 Cam Smith42:30 Casey Schmitt45:40 Deep-League Pitchers57:53 Deep-League Hitters---Play 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.

0:00 Intro/J.D. Martinez has an offer from the RangersPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Jacob Lopez $6Jonah Heim $4Casey Schmitt $412:07 Isaac Collins $4Trevor Rogers $4Ryan Pressly $3Christopher Morel $3Jake McCarthy $2Grant Taylor $117:37 Phil Maton $021:57 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 27, 2025)Ryne Nelson 2Zac Gallen 3Jacob Lopez 3Grant Holmes 3Trevor Rogers 2Matthew Boyd 433:29 Chase Burns 2Gavin Williams 2Chase Dollander 0Jack Flaherty 3Colton Gordon 1 (Todd 0)Michael Wacha 3Michael Lorenzen 1 (Todd 2)Tyler Anderson 1Edward Cabrera 2Joe Ryan 5Clay Holmes 3Marcus Stroman 0Max Fried 5Zack Wheeler 5Andrew Heaney 2George Kirby 5Emerson Hancock 1 (Todd 2)Logan Webb 554:09 Hayden Birdsong 3Erick Fedde 2Drew Rasmussen 4Patrick Corbin 0 (Todd 1)Max Scherzer 3Kevin Gausman 4Trevor 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.  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 Garion Thorne to discuss the AL Wild Card contenders, looking for surprising fantasy standouts and spots that need upgrading at the deadline.---00:00 Headlines13:40 Toronto Blue Jays29:30 Tampa Bay Rays40:00 Seattle Mariners46:05 Cleveland Guardians50:00 Los Angeles Angels57:20 Texas Rangers1:00:55 Boston Red Sox1:05:30 Twins/Royals/Orioles---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.  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.