RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Every MLB season brings surprises. This year you want to avoid having your starters going up against the Nats, & yet you do want them up against the Mets and Red Sox! Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss teams we want our pitchers to target. --- 00:00 MLB Podcast 5-26-26 00:15 News 01:30 Tanner Bibee has a 1000.00 ERA when in my lineup and a 0.0001 ERA when on my bench LOL. He gave up 5 homers last night to a Nats offense that isn’t slowing down….. 03:00 Jesse Scholtens disaster 05:45 Dylan Cease to IL…… 07:00 Addison Barger still isn’t throwing because no one returns to the IL when they are supposed to…… 11:00 Hunter Brown is close to returning….. 12:45 Tatsuyi Imai could be on track, or the Rangers are just terrible at home, but a no-hitter is a no-hitter…….. 14:30 Vlad Guerrero Theory 26:30 Logan Webb will return this weekend but Trevor McDonald will get another start….. 32:00 Cole Ragans shut down 2-3 days….. 33:30 Jacob Misiorowski is awesome…… 43:00 Gage Jump Getting the Call; Noah Schultz to the IL; Logan Henderson to the IL 46:45 RotoWire Smart Money - Zack Gelof 47:55 BlueWire 48:00 Main topic: The worst offenses so far (best ones to stream against). 48:45 Mets 50:40 Giants 52:15 Red Sox 55:10 Padres 57:00 Royals 59:05 Angels 1:00:15 Rockies 1:02:15 Mariners 1:03:30 Significant Omissions - Tigers, Reds on the Road, Rangers Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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 guest host Derek VanRiper from The Athletic's Rates & Barrels podcast get you set for Memorial Day Week's slate, and reviews the top free agents of the week, including Colt Emerson. --- 00:00 MLB Podcast 5-24-26 00:20 Welcome to Derek VanRiper - Rates & Barrels, The Athletic! 01:50 NEWS 02:00 Toronto Blue Jays - Vlad Guerrero - elbow; Dylan Cease - hamstring. 06:20 Tigers Collapsing - Kenley Jansen blown save in first game of the DH. Tigers are 21-33 and before the 2nd game of the DH, lost 8 in a row, and 9/10. 12:30 Aaron Judge walk-off homer against Rays - snaps 3 game losing streak. 14:00 Parker Messick with sixth win of the year, CLE takes 2/3 from PHI. 16:15 Marlins walk-off GS against Devin Williams to sweep the Mets. 22:00 Corey Seager (back) - Live BP cancelled, won’t be evaluated again for another week. 22:45 Reid Detmers K’s 14 Rangers 23:15 Cubs get swept by the Astros, have lost eight in a row. 26:50 Tatis Legal Verdict (if time) 31:58 BlueWire 32:05 Schedule Notes 32:15 Memorial Day Monday - first games begin at 1:35p ET (TB-BAL, CHC-PIT) 34:00 AL 7 Games: BAL (vs. TB, vs. TOR); CWS (vs. MIN, vs. DET); HOU (@TEX, vs. MIL); MIN (@CWS, @PIT); TEX (vs. HOU, vs. KC); TOR (vs. MIA, @BAL) 36:00 NL 7 Games: CHC (@PIT, @STL); PIT (vs. CHC, vs. MIN); 39:15 FAAB - Hitters 40:00 OF Callups - Wade Meckler, Bryan Torres, Kevin Alcantara, Nick Morabito, Esmerlyn Valdez, Jhostynxon Garcia, Dylan Crews 45:00 Yohendrick Pinango 46:00 IF Callups - Colt Emerson, Pedro Ramirez, Justin Foscue 51:20 Catcher - Hunter Feduccia, Mickey Gasper 53:45 Other OF - Owen Caissie, Jake Meyers, Blake Dunn, Austin Martin, Jake McCarthy 54:45 Other IF - Oswald Peraza, David Hamilton, Curtis Mead, Richie Palacios, Jackson Holliday 56:30 FAAB - Starting Pitchers 56:45 Jonah Tong 59:40 Noah Cameron 1:00:30 Lucas Giolito 1:01:45 Blake Snell 1:02:45 Spencer Miles 1:04:45 FAAB - Closers 1:05:15 Antonio Senzatela 1:08:00 Caleb Killian - still available in one of my 12’s 1:08:45 Kirby Yates 1:10:00 Bryan King 1:12:00 Chad Patrick 1:14:15 Grant Taylor Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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 Jeremy Schneider share their top waiver wire pickups of the week. --- Intro: 0:00 Miguel Andujar: 2:53 Colt Emerson: 4:46 Gavin Sheets: 7:55 Esmerlyn Valdez: 10:00 Andrew Vaughn: 12:55 Anthony Volpe: 15:23 Zebby Matthews: 18:30 Connor Prielipp: 21:24 Grant Taylor: 23:32 Cade Cavalli: 26:24 Kumar Rocker: 29:30 Spencer Miles: 31:45 Juan Mejia: 35:19 Zach Thornton: 38:06 Jesse Scholtens: 45:49 Tony Santillan: 48:17 Bryan Abreu: 49:24 Dylan Crews: 50:41 Michael Conforto: 53:58 Richie Palacios: 56:17 Hunter Feduccia: 58:40 Daniel Susac: 1:00:50 Smart Money: 1:03:02 Outro: 1:04:44 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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/the Detroit Tigers have lost 14 of 16… 16:10 Two-start pitchers: 59:25 Recap Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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 Paul Sporer to discuss just how far we should move some of the most (and least) impressive pitchers so far on our rest-of-season rankings. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:40 Young aces: Schlittler, Misiorowski, Burns, McLean 25:50 Out of nowhere: Martin, Elder, Wrobleski, Arrighetti, McGreevy 34:00 Breakouts: Soriano, Harrison, Messick 39:35 Random great vets: Martinez, Wacha 41:30 Injury bouncebacks: McClanahan, Wheeler, Bradish 52:35 Disappointments: Rogers, Perez Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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 Chris Blessing discuss some of the top breakout prospects in the minors while also discussing some prospects who are losing value in dynasty leagues! 02:40 Eric Hartman 11:55 John Gil 20:10 Isaiah Drake 23:25 Conor Essenburg 26:15 Gage Wood 34:35 Anthony Eyanson 41:40 Henry Godbout 46:55 Xavier Isaac 54:40 Mitch Voit 56:25 Cam Collier 58:30 Hunter Parks Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.

One quarter of the way into the season, James Wood and the Washington Nationals lead the majors in runs scored. Should we be benching all of our starters against them? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss which offenses to avoid. --- 00:00 MLB Pod 5-19-26 00:20 News: 00:30 The IL was a popular spot yesterday. Corey Seager, 07:00 Jose Altuve 09:30 Ewing vs. Waldschmidt vs. Emerson 12:12 Kris Bubic all went on it. 13:00 Ronald Acuna Jr., Jeremy Pena and Jackson Holliday came off it….. 15:00 Drake Baldwin (oblique) to the IL 18:30 Ryan Jeffers (Hamate Bone) out 6-8 weeks 20:15 Gerrit Cole returns Friday 22:30 Royce Lewis Demoted 22:45 The other notable transaction was Dylan Crews being recalled…. 23:30 MacKenzie Gore left with a sore lat, which likely means an IL stint….. 24:30 Kyle Teel is going to miss 3-6 more weeks….. 27:00 Logan Webb needs a rehab start and won’t return this week….. 28:50 Tyler Glasnow isn’t close and Blake Snell is having a nano scope, as they compete to see who can miss more time…. 30:50 J.T. Ginn was awesome and Walbert Urena was excellent….. 34:15 Framber Valdez is killing Fred 36:15 BlueWire 36:20 Main topic: The best offenses so far. 36:30 Methodology 37:00 Nats (1, 6, 5) 41:45 Braves (2, 4, 3) 44:00 Dodgers (3, 1, 1) 49:00 Cubs (4, 3, 4) 52:00 White Sox second highest wRC+ over last two weeks 55:15 Yankees (5, 2, 2) 57:00 Coors Field / Sacramento ballparks 59:30 Pirates Sneaky Home Production 1:02:00 The Astros are 11th in runs but 6th in OPS and wRC+. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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 discuss everything going on in fantasy baseball this weekend, including the struggles of Vlad Guerrero and Fernando Tatis, all the injuries and another very active Sunday of bidding in FAAB. They also break down the slumping Steven Kwan and Jarren Duran, preview the week ahead and detail just how much people were spending on rookies AJ Ewing and Henry Bolte, and much, much more. 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 Headlines 12:45 A.J. Ewing 15:55 Henry Bolte 20:05 Carson Benge 22:25 Spencer Steer 25:15 Mike Burrows 26:50 Grayson Rodriguez 29:25 J.T. Ginn 31:00 Jack Leiter 33:40 Caleb Kilian 36:10 Jack Wenninger 39:00 Troy Melton 40:25 Braxton Garrett 44:05 Zebby Matthews 46:00 Trevor McDonald 48:35 Garrett Cleavinger 52:10 Smart Money 53:45 Ha-Seong Kim 56:30 Austin Martin 58:30 Gage Workman 1:00:40 Vaughn Grissom 1:02:35 Andruw Monasterio 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/the No. 1 fantasy baseball player to date in 2026? Oneil Cruz 22:35 Two-start pitchers: 1:02:20 Recap 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 Marty Tallman to discuss some of this year's most disappointing teams. Are they filled with buy-low targets, or are they filled with players who just aren't as good as we thought they were? --- 00:00 Headlines 12:25 Tigers 26:30 Mets 36:45 Phillies 45:00 Mariners 50:15 Blue Jays 57:20 Red Sox 1:01:25 Astros 1:05:50 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. 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 Jordan Rosenblum discuss tactics for making trades in dynasty leagues and also talk about top players to sell high on and top injured players to stash in dynasty baseball leagues! 09:00 Dynasty strategy 15:05 Proposing a dynasty trade 20:15 Evaluating past trades 33:45 Munetaka Murakami, Mickey Moniak 38:50 Jacob Misiorowski 42:35 Cam Schlittler 44:30 Chase Burns 47:40 Mike Trout, Yordan Alvarez 52:15 Dynasty prospect stashes 57:00 Injury stashes 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.

Luis Robert has been both terrible and injured to begin the season for the Mets, and now they are calling up a top prospect in A.J. Ewing to fill in for him. Should be dropping Robert in all of our leagues? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss a list of problem hitters and what to do about them. --- 00:00 Hitters to Cut Podcast 00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie 00:30 News 02:40 Mookie Betts is back….. 03:50 Christian Yelich activated 05:45 Jacob Wilson out long-term? 09:00 Addison Barger returned to the IL after just one game…. 10:30 Jose Caballero will undergo an MRI on his finger while Anthony Volpe waits in Triple-A…. 12:00 Nathan Eovaldi was scratched….. 14:00 Bryce Eldridge not playing. 16:00 Rafael Devers is turning things around and Willy Adames finally had a decent game. Harrison Bader returned and may have been forgotten in some leagues….. 19:30 Ryan Helsley is aiming to return in late May….. 21:10 Mets call up speedy center fielder A.J. Ewing…. 23:30 Sean Murphy out again 25:30 RotoWire Smart Money: Colorado ML 27:30 Main topic: Hitters to consider dropping 27:45 Reminder of the rating system. 28:00 1. “I wouldn’t cut the player in XX size of league.” 28:15 2. “I would cut the player if there was someone I liked on waivers and this player was the necessary cut.” 28:30 3. “I would actively look to get them off my roster, for basically anyone.” 29:00 The Players 29:30 Michael Busch 32:45 Jose Altuve 35:45 Trevor Story 38:15 Luis Robert 39:40 Jac Caglianone 41:00 Ezequiel Tovar 44:00 Agustin Ramirez 47:50 Matt McLain 50:45 Luis Garcia 54:00 Adolis Garcia, Alec Bohm 56:30 Royce Lewis 58:00 Matt Chapman 1:01:30 Jordan Westburg, Caleb Durbin 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 cover the weekend in baseball, discussing, among other things, CJ Abrams, Davis Martin, the Rays, injuries and a big weekend of FAAB highlighted by Spencer Jones, Ryan Waldschmidt and Bryce Eldridge. 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 share their top waiver wire pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:45 Robby Snelling 18:03 Ben Brown 22:18 Bryce Miller 26:54 Gregory Soto 30:02 Tony Santillan 33:33 Bryce Eldridge 36:52 Ryan Waldschmidt 38:49 Spencer Jones 42:38 Carlos Cortes 47:29 Joe Mack 49:45 Griffin Canning 51:11 Walbert Urena 53:51 Brock Stewart 55:30 Ryan Zeferjahn 57:42 Cole Sulser 1:00:30 Zack Gelof 1:02:49 Ezequiel Duran 1:04:19 JJ Bleday 1:07:13 Masataka Yoshida 1:10:31 Jesus Rodriguez 1:13:42 Smart Money 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/the Cincinnati Reds have now lost seven straight games… 25:15 Two-start pitchers: 57:40 Recap 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 Chris Towers of CBS Sports to check in on how this year's top sleepers and most-hyped players are doing after six weeks of play. --- 00:00 Pitcher injury news 7:20 Robby Snelling set for call-up 12:55 More headlines 18:30 Nolan McLean, Cam Schlittler, Jacob Misiorowski 22:10 Emmett Sheehan 26:25 Chase Burns 28:40 Bubba Chandler 33:25 Samuel Basallo 35:40 Carter Jensen 39:00 Konnor Griffin 43:00 Sal Stewart 47:25 Jac Caglianone 50:35 Kazuma Okamoto 54:45 JJ Wetherholt and Kevin McGonigle 58:40 Ryan Weathers 1:01:45 Braxton Ashcraft 1:02:55 Mike Burrows 1:05:10 Kyle Harrison and Brandon Sproat 1:08:30 Justin Crawford 1:11:30 Chase DeLauter 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.

With over a dozen high-profile prospect graduations, James Anderson and Aram Leighton discuss what the new top 10 prospects will look like when prospect rankings get updated later this month! 01:30 Jesus Made vs. Leo De Vries 15:10 Colt Emerson, Walker Jenkins 19:20 Rainiel Rodriguez, Edward Florentino, Josue De Paula 27:50 Mike Sirota, Eduardo Quintero 31:40 Luis Pena vs. Eli Willits 37:10 Caleb Bonemer 43:10 Seth Hernandez, Kade Anderson 47:15 Up-Arrow Prospects 53:45 Bryce Rainer Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up 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.

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss tough hold-vs-cut-vs-trade decisions with early struggling pitchers. --- 00:00 RW Pod 5-5-26 00:15 News: 00:30 Tarik Skubal is out for a few months. That’s two of the Big-3 starters on the IL….. 10:00 Joe Ryan doesn’t need to go on the IL. 11:00 Roman Anthony left with a wrist injury….. 14:20 Jhoan Duran and Raisel Iglesias return today. Closer normalcy!…… 15:40 Emilio Pagan blows the save 17:40 Caleb Killian save 25:30 Jackson Chourio is back and got four hits….. 29:17 BlueWire 29:22 Main topic: Pitchers to consider dropping 29:45 For every pick up there’s a drop 32:00 Three different tiers for each of them. 32:15 “I wouldn’t cut the player in XX size of league.” 32:30 2. “I would cut the player if there was someone I liked on waivers and this player was the necessary cut.” 32:45 3. “I would actively look to get them off my roster, for basically anyone.” 35:00 Pitchers 35:10 Jack Flaherty 39:30 Luis Castillo 44:30 Trevor Megill 46:30 Aaron Nola 48:00 Ryan Walker 49:00 Zac Gallen 51:10 Andrew Abbott 52:45 Ryne Nelson, Merrill Kelly, Eduardo Rodriguez, Mike Soroka 56:00 Jack Leiter 57:20 Roki Sasaki 58:15 Andrew Painter 1:01:45 Chad Patrick 1:02:10 Noah Cameron 1:02:30 Rhett Lowder 1:03:20 Brady Singer 1:06:30 Brandon Sproat 1:07:10 Dustin May 1:08:30 Chris Bassitt 1:09:00 RotoWire Smart Money 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 talk some strong first months from Matt Olson, Mike Trout and a whole bunch of catchers, break down a slew of weekend injuries and discuss all the adds and drops in FAAB, including active bidding for Christian Scott and Travis Bazzana. 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.