Episodes
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0:00 Intro/Happy Ronald Acuna Day
Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:
5:59 Hayden Birdsong $31Daniel Palencia $10Miguel Vargas $9Slade Cecconi $7Noah Cameron $415:49 Robert Hassell $4Denzel Clarke $3Kody Clemens $3Abner Uribe $122:36 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 26, 2025)
J.P. Sears 0Spencer Strider 4 (Todd 3)Tomoyuki Sugano 3Jameson Taillon 2 (Todd 3)Nick Martinez 2Gavin Williams 3Carson Palmquist 0Adrian Houser 1Keider Montero 0Hunter Brown 5Michael Lorenzen 3Jack Kochanowicz 1Yoshinobu Yamamoto 537:37 Ryan Weathers 4 (Todd 3)Joe Ryan 4 (Todd 5)Clay Holmes 4Ryan Yarbrough 1 (Todd 0)Ranger Suarez 3 (Todd 4)Andrew Heaney 2Randy Vasquez 1Hayden Birdsong 4 (Todd 3)Erick Fedde 3Zack Littell 3Taj Bradley 3 (Todd 2)Jacob deGrom 5Kevin Gausman 4Bowden Francis 1 (Todd 2)Mitchell Parker 1Get 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.
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Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Rufe to discuss every bullpen around the league, trying to figure out where the next saves will come from on the waiver wire.
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00:00 Headlines
14:30 Tier 1: clear closer, no worries
27:20 Tier 2: clear closer, some questions
42:00 Tier 3: close enough to a closer
47:50 Tier 4: committee, clear #1
53:05 Tier 5: committee/co-closer
57:20 Tier 6: Don't know, don't care
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James Anderson and Alex Jensen go through the Arizona and Florida Complex Leagues to find breakout hitters, such as Rainiel Rodriguez and Tyson Lewis, before looking at which Dominican Summer League prospects have star potential, such as Yorger Bautista!
00:00 Intro
01:20 Tyson Lewis
07:50 Jose Anderson
11:35 Paulino Santana, Yolfran Castillo
14:30 Kale Fountain
17:10 Alex's Arizona Complex League Guys
33:30 Rainiel Rodriguez
38:20 Yairo Padilla
40:50 Stiven Martinez, Jose Dickson
42:40 Eduardo Beltre, Eduardo Florentino
46:00 Alex's Florida Complex League Guys
54:20 Dominican Summer League Watch List
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Sparked by the emergence of Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Cubs lead the list of overachieving offenses a quarter of the way through the season. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson evaluate the sustainability of these overachievers, and review the recent Yahoo Friends & Family draft.
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00:00 Fred Pod 5-20
00:30 Welcome
01:00 Y! Friends & Family Draft
03:00 Fred’s Team
14:00 Geraldo Perdomo, Nate Eovaldi
15:45 Royce Lewis
18:30 Jeff’s Recency Bias Team
21:30 Timing the Closer Market
24:30 BlueWire
25:00 Overachieving Offenses
25:10 1. Cubs; 277 R, 117 wRC+
27:45 2. Tigers 257 R, 116 wRC+
33:30 3. Cardinals 235 R, 110 wRC+
40:20 4. Giants 223 R, 96 wRC+
45:30 5. Athletics 202 R, 106 wRC+
50:45 6. Mariners 221 R, 115 wRC+
57:00 Sandy Alcantara
1:00:00 Underachieving Offenses
1:00:10 1. Orioles
1:07:45 2. Rockies
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Scott Jenstad review the weekly FAAB run in a tricky prospect week. How much did your league bid on Hayden Birdsong, Jordan Lawlar, Dalton Rushing and Moises Ballesteros? Who did you pivot to if you didn't add those prospects?
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00:00 MLB Pod 5-18-25
00:30 Week 5 Preview
01:15 Twins finally lost a game after 13 in a row – Went from 13-20 to 26-20!
03:00 Six teams in the AL over .540 winning % - 4 of them in the Central
04:30 AL East has one team over .500 – Where the heck does Balt go from here? Lost 6 in a row.
Reds sweep Guardians
10:50 Schedule Notes
11:00 7 Gamers: AL - Boston, Balt, Cleve, Det, A’s, Angels, Hou
11:10 NL: Phillies, Pirates, Brewers, Rockies
11:20 Balt, Bos and Hou facing 7 RHP.
Nice schedules:
11:30 Phillies monster, 4 @ Col, 3 @ A’s
12:00 Nick Kurtz
13:00 A’s: 7 home, 4 LAA, 3 Philly (Also get 7 home in 2 weeks)
15:00 Red Sox 7 home: 3 NYM, 4 Balt
15:45 Brewers: 3 Balt, 4 @ Pitt
16:00 Angels: 4 @ A’s, 3 Miami
17:50 Rockies – Home 7: 4 Philly, 3 NYY
18:13 BlueWire
18:20 News and notes
18:25 Jose Alvarado – 80 Game PED Suspension
19:30 Cole Ragans – 15 Day IL with left groin tightness; Seth Lugo – 15Day IL with middle finger inflammation.
19:45 Xavier Edwards - 10 Day Il with a mid-back strain.
20:15 Evan Carter – 10 Day Il with right quad strain; Tyler O’Neill – 10 Day IL with left shoulder impingement
20:50 Spencer Strider – Liked to return to rotation Tuesday
22:30 Hayden Wesneski – Having TJS
22:45 Chandler Simpson – Missed Sunday with sore hand
23:05 Brandon Woodruff – New rehab assignment starting Wednesday
23:15 George Kirby – Went 64 pitchers in rehab assignment Saturday.
23:30 Justin Martinez – On rehab and nearing return.
24:15 Chris Martin – Removed Sunday with right shoulder discomfort
25:00 Pitcher FAAB
25:10 Starters
25:15 Ryan Weathers (37% ME, 57% 12)
28:25 Hayden Birdsong (84% ME, 47% 12)
32:00 Zebby Matthews (97% ME, but 13% 12 – pitched badly Sunday)
34:45 Clayton Kershaw
36:50 Logan Henderson (93% ME, 18% 12)
39:15 Mick Abel (Not available in NFBC – great game Sunday)
40:50 Noah Cameron; Slade Cecconi; Hunter Dobbins (77% ME); JT Ginn (30% - LAA, Phil)
42:40 Yu Darvish stash
44:30 Relievers
44:40 Jordan Romano (91% ME, 29% 12)
45:30 Luis Mey
46:40 Cubs
48:15 Hitter FAAB
49:00 Dalton Rushing (Playing Time Issues)
53:30 Jordan Lawlar (Playing Time Issues)
59:30 Moises Ballesteros (Big prospect, but PT issues)
1:00:30 Will Benson
1:05:40 Matthew Lugo
1:08:00 Otto Lopez
1:10:00 Player Talk
1:10:20 My god, Pete Crow-Armstrong! (.290, 12/14, 2 more extra base hits Sunday, 27 on the year)
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Erik Halterman goes over his top waiver wire recommendations of the week.
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00:00 Headlines
10:45 Ryan Weathers
13:20 Zebby Matthews
16:00 Clayton Kershaw
18:20 Jordan Romano
20:15 Spencer Horwitz
22:05 Jordan Lawlar
24:35 Dalton Rushing
26:30 Trevor Larnach
29:00 Gavin Sheets
31:25 Deep-League Pitchers
45:20 Deep-League Hitters
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0:00 Intro/Dalton Rushing has his first big-league hits
Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:
Dalton Rushing $125:25 Brett Baty $11Stephen Kolek $11Dennis Santana $9Drake Baldwin $6Addison Barger $5Daysbel Hernandez $5Lenyn Sosa $3Yimi Garcia $3Pierce Johnson $120:27 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 19, 2025)
Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 3)J.T. Ginn 0Oswaldo Bido 1Strider Strider 4Dean Kremer 0Tomoyuki Sugano 228:27 Hunter Dobbins 3 (Todd 2)Walker Buehler 2Ben Brown 1 (Todd 2)Nick Lodolo 3Logan Allen 1Gavin Williams 3 (Todd 2)Kyle Freeland 0Antonio Senzatela 0Davis Martin 0Tarik Skubal 5Framber Valdez 5Kris Bubic 4Jose Soriano 2 (Todd 1)Kyle Hendricks 0Edward Cabrera 0Quinn Priester 0Bailey Ober 5Kodai Senga 5 (Todd 4)Will Warren 3 (Todd 2)Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 5)49:00 Aaron Nola 1 (Todd 2)Mitch Keller 2 (Todd 3)Bailey Falter 1Dylan Cease 4Luis Castillo 5Robbie Ray 4 (Todd 5)Erik Fedde 2Ryan Pepiot 4 (Todd 3)Patrick Corbin 0Chris Bassitt 3Mitchell Parker 0Get 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.
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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.
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00:00 Intro/Headlines
17:00 Kyren Paris
23:30 Tyler Soderstrom
28:30 Other hitters
31:00 Spencer Schwellenbach
33:20 Jack Flaherty
36:25 Max Meyer
38:25 Drew Rasmussen
41:20 Shane Baz
43:30 Willson Contreras
46:30 Mark Vientos
50:15 Alec Bohm
52:10 Jackson Holliday
54:35 Dylan Cease
56:45 Bailey Ober
59:05 Chris Sale
1:01:00 Reese Olson
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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
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Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie look at seven struggling starting pitchers and whether it's time send them away.
---00:00 Fred Pod 5-13
00:30 Welcome
01:00 Jeff Hoffman
03:20 Sayonara Pitchers. Who would be cut from this list?
04:30 Roki Sasaki
08:20 Jose Berrios
12:00 Aaron Nola
16:23 BlueWire
16:45 Mitch Keller
19:40 Jose Soriano
25:15 Nick Martinez
27:50 Jordan Hicks
31:30 Justin Verlander
33:15 Yusei Kikuchi
35:50 Tanner Houck
38:30 Bryce Miller
43:00 Ryan Pressly
46:45 Ben Brown
49:00 Kenley Jansen
51:30 Ronel Blanco
53:00 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-eaters
1:02:20 Corbin Carroll and Trent Grisham each homered twice. They are both top-5 in baseball in HR.
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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
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Ryan Boyer and guest Jason Collette go over their waiver wire recommendations for the week.
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00:00 Headlines
15:32 Cade Horton
18:10 Zack Littell
20:32 Jameson Taillon
22:49 Tomoyuki Sugano
24:14 Ryan Weathers
25:49 Brooks Lee
26:49 Evan Carter
28:38 Jo Adell
30:08 Alec Burleson
31:30 Hunter Goodman
32:57 Deep-League Pitchers
41:47 Deep-League Hitters
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0:00 Intro/Cade Horton is on his way to the big leagues
Pickups 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 2Get 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.
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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.
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00:00 Headlines
18:00 Ohtani vs. Witt vs. Judge
25:50 Which aces are safe?
36:45 Which closers are safe?
45:00 Langford vs. Wood vs. Butler
52:45 Ozuna vs. Rooker vs. Schwarber
56:50 Dominguez vs. Crews vs. PCA
1:00:55 Pitchers returning from elbow surgery
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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 MentionsGet 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.
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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.
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00:00 Fred Pod 5-6
00:30 Welcome
01:00 News:
01:15 Teoscar Hernandez to IL
05:20 Yordan Alvarez
10:15 Shota Imanaga to miss at least two weeks
12:15 AJ Smith-Shawver with his best start after being a trendy waiver wire add on Sunday
15:00 Evan Carter recalled to help a depressing TEX offense
18:25 BlueWire
18:30 Sayonara Sluggers
19:30 Marcus Semien
23:00 Jake Burger
26:00 Anthony Santander
28:50 Alec Bohm
31:10 Christian Walker
32:50 Ryan McMahon
36:00 Taylor Ward
39:30 Nolan Schanuel, Kyren Paris
43:00 Carlos Correa
45:55 Andrew Vaughn
50:00 Brandon Lowe
51:45 Jonathan India
53:30 Joey Ortiz
55:10 Jordan Walker
56:00 Alec Burleson
58:15 Jordan Westburg
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Scott Jenstad and Jeff Erickson break down the weekend news and the FAAB results of the week.
---00:00 MLB Pod 4-27-25
00:30 Player Talk / Week 5 Preview
01:00 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, Reds
19:40 Rockies: Home all week: 3 Det, 3 SD
20:20 Padres: 3 @ NYY, 3 @ Col; Braves: 4 v Cin, 3 @ Pitt; Dodgers: 3 @ Mia, 4 @ AZ
20:50 News and notes
21:00 Triston Casas – Likely out for the year with a ruptured patellar tendon
21:55 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 needed
25:40 Anthony Volpe – Sat Sunday after feeling pop in shoulder, but x-rays / MRI clean
26:15 - Isiah Kiner-Falefa – IL with a right hammy strain; Otto Lopez – 10 Day IL with right ankle sprain
26:30 Clarke Schmidt – Scratched Saturday with left side soreness, scheduled to now start Tuesday
27:10 Jackson Merrill – Trending towards return on Monday; Jake Cronenworth – Could return next weekend
31:50 Pitcher FAAB
32:00 Starters
32:15 Tony Gonsolin
35:20 Gunnar Hoglund
37:00 A.J. Smith-Shawver
39:30 Ben Casparius (70% ME)
41:50 Lance McCullers, Jr (Not available in most leagues)
43:00 Ryan Weathers
45:00 Michael Soroka
46:00 Hunter Dobbins
47:00 Logan Evans
47:30 Relievers
48:15 Evan Phillips
49:30 Shelby Miller / Kevin Ginkel
52:00 Hitter FAAB
52:15 Coby Mayo & Hyeseong Kim
53:35 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)
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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver pickups of the week.
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00:00 Headlines
12:00 Shelby Miller
16:50 Lucas Giolito
19:40 Zach Agnos
22:00 Lance McCullers
24:30 Griffin Canning
27:00 Luisangel Acuna
29:00 Daulton Varsho
30:30 Coby Mayo
33:30 Sal Frelick
36:55 Kyle Stowers
40:00 Deep-league pitchers
51:30 Deep-league hitters---
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0:00 Intro/Rockies have won back-to-back games, don’t let them get hot
Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:
Andy Pages $20Shelby Miller $18Jordan Beck $15Steven Matz $59:38 Gunnar Hogland $4Javier Baez $3Lance McCullers $3Marcelo Mayer $114:05 Chris Martin $1Kevin Ginkel $0Zach Agnos (not added)19:03 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 5, 2025)
Corbin Burnes 4 (Todd 3)Zac Gallen 4Luis Severino 3 (Todd 2)AJ Smith-Shawver 2Chris Sale 5Cade Povich 1Lucas Giolito 3Matthew Boyd 3Brady Singer 3Andrew Abbott 3Luis L. Ortiz 3Chase Dollander 1 (Todd 0)Shane Smith 3Sean Burke 2 (Todd 3)Jackson Jobe 2Ronel Blanco 2 (Todd 1)Cole Ragans 5Seth Lugo 4Tyler Anderson 138:57 Sandy Alcantara 1Tobias Myers 0Pablo Lopez 542:13 Griffin Canning 3Carlos Rodon 4Zack Wheeler 5Carmen Mlodzinski 0Michael King 4Bryce Miller 4Landen Roupp 1Drew Rasmussen 3Nathan Eovaldi 4Jose Berrios 3Get 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.
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Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Bloomfield of BaseballHQ to discuss a group of hitters who have improved in multiple different underlying metrics at once.
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00:00 Intro
02:00 Starting pitcher news
08:20 Injury news
16:05 Skillset 1, early hitters
35:00 Skillset 1, late hitters
53:10 Skillset 2, early hitters
58:35 Skillset 2, late hitters
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