RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week. ---00:00 Headlines16:22 Jacob Misiorowski19:23 Shelby Miller22:12 Ben Casparius25:03 Ryan Pressly29:07 Michael Soroka33:27 Christian Moore36:52 Evan Carter38:59 Christian Encarnacion-Strand40:35 Jeff McNeil42:20 Alejandro Kirk46:03 Deep-League Pitchers57:13 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/Jacob Misiorowski reached 100 mph 14 times last night (miz-uh-ROW-skee)5:56 Roman AnthonyPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:8:34 Christian Moore $15Abraham Toro $6Brandon Walter $3Quinn Priester $3Ryan Pressly $3Adrian Houser $3Michael Conforto $2Davis Martin $1Spencer Horwitz $1Alek Thomas $1Max Scherzer $123:49 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 16, 2025)Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 1)JP Sears 1JT Ginn 0Grant Holmes 3Zach Eflin 2Dean Kremer 0Lucas Giolito 2Andrew Abbott 4Slade Cecconi 3Kyle Freeland 0Antonio Senzatela 0Sean Burke 1Casey Mize 3Lance McCullers 2 (Todd 3)Kris Bubic 4Jose Soriano 2 (Todd 1)Kyle Hendricks 0Justin Wrobleski 144:41 Sandy Alcantara 2 (Todd 3)Chad Patrick 2David Festa 1David Peterson 3 (Todd 4)Clarke Schmidt 2 (Todd 4)Will Warren 250:18 Mick Abel 3 (Todd 2)Jesus Luzardo 4Bailey Falter 1Dylan Cease 4Randy Vasquez 0Logan Gilbert 4 (Todd 3)Robbie Ray 5Matthew Liberatore 3Ryan Pepiot 3Zack Littell 3Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2)Chris Bassitt 2 (Todd 3)Jake Irvin 2 (Todd 1)Michael 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.  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 Sara Sanchez to discuss the best teams in baseball, both their best players to date and some less heralded players who deserve more attention.---00:00 Headlines12:45 New York Mets18:40 Detroit Tigers25:20 New York Yankees33:10 Chicago Cubs46:40 Los Angeles Dodgers53:00 San Francisco Giants58:25 Philadelphia Phillies1:07:50 Other Top Teams 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 Melissa Lockard of The Athletic discuss the breakout hitters on the Athletics including Jacob Wilson, Lawrence Butler, Nick Kurtz and Tyler Soderstrom before revisiting the Nationals' ridiculous haul in the Juan Soto trade and the top MiLB breakout of 2025!00:00 Intro 02:25 Jacob Wilson 06:45 Nick Kurtz/Brent Rooker/Tyler Soderstrom 18:00 Denzel Clarke/Colby Thomas/Henry Bolte 24:15 Lawrence Butler 28:00 Max Muncy/Zack Gelof 31:20 Tommy White 32:10 2026 Opening Day Lineup 36:00 Trade Tyler Soderstrom? 39:05 Best SP in 2026? 39:50 Pitching Prospects 46:50 Top MLB Breakouts of 2025 49:15 Top MiLB Breakout of 2025 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 News Review: Roman Anthony, Ryan Weather, Eury Perez, Nick Kurtz, Jo Adell, Justin Martinez, Pablo Lopez, Michael King, Shane McClanahan, Max Scherzer:30 Pitchers with a high xERA and low ERA: Trevor Megill, Noah Cameron, Slade Cecconi, Seth Lugo, Yusei Kikuchi:45 Pitchers with a low xERA and high ERA: Jordan Romero, Jeff Hoffman, Cole Ragans, Zebby Matthews, Mason Miller, Emmanuel Clase, Zac Gallen 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.

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.  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 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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.  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 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.  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 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.