RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Erik Halterman is joined by Nick Pollack, founder of Pitcher List, to figure out which pitchers off to hot starts are genuinely breaking out and which are merely in a groove. --- 00:00 Intro 02:45 Spencer Strider 07:25 Bobby Miller 12:00 How Nick analyzes pitchers Hot starts: 21:00 Cole Ragans 26:00 Hunter Greene 28:50 Joe Ryan 32:30 Logan Webb 36:20 Shane Baz 39:55 MacKenzie Gore 42:55 Chris Bassitt 45:30 Hayden Wesneski 48:30 Jesus Luzardo Cold starts: 52:40 Jacob deGrom 57:00 Roki Sasaki --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! 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 welcomes on Taylor Corso and Kyle Sonntag of Prospects Live to talk about the best prospects to add in your shallow, mid and deep-sized dynasty leagues! 00:00 Intro 01:45 Yophery Rodriguez 05:40 Tommy Troy 07:05 Dasan Hill 10:10 Nolan McLean 13:45 Gabriel Rincones 16:35 Ernesto Martinez Jr. 19:55 Jonathan Santucci 21:35 Brandon Young 22:50 Austin Overn 25:30 Henry Bolte 27:30 Miguel Ullola 29:10 Khal Stephen 32:05 Kyle Karros 33:40 Anderson Brito 35:15 Ben Hess 35:45 Brandon Clarke 39:10 Bishop Letson 40:05 Matt Allan 43:20 Carlos Lagrange 45:20 Manuel Rodriguez 47:45 Asbel Gonzalez 49:00 Paul Bonzagni 50:00 A.J. Ewing 52:45 Romeo Sanabria 53:45 Yerlin Confidan 54:25 Alfonsin Rosario Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! (hyperlink: https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948) 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.

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss 10 hitters that are off to interesting early hitter stat lines, including Jazz Chisholm and Jacob Wilson. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 4-15 00:30 Welcome 01:45 Jacob Wilson 10:00 Gabriel Arias 12:11 BlueWire 12:15 News and Injuries: 12:30 Marcell Ozuna will miss the Jays series (hip)….. 15:15 Jays notes - Easton Lucas, George Springer seems to have avoided a major injury….Max Scherzer has a setback 18:40 Reds Moves… McLain, Hays, Diaz active Alexis Diaz won’t be the closer right away 22:15 Rooker/Kurtz 25:15 VIVID Seats 26:15 Polarizing Hitters 28:00 Jose Altuve 31:15 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 33:30 Xavier Edwards 34:45 Triston Casas 36:50 Christian Yelich 39:30 Dylan Crews 43:00 Salvador Perez 45:45 Jo Adell 48:45 Christian Walker 52:45 Marcus Semien 54:15 Nolan Arenado 57:30 Michael Toglia 1:01:15 Alec Bohm --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! (hyperlink: https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948) 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 discuss a busy weekend across baseball and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They talk the scoreless Rockies, Jung Hoo Lee, Chris Sale and more before getting into all the popular names in FAAB this week, including Chase Dollander, Davis Festa, Zac Veen and Chase Meidroth. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! 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 Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 17:45 David Festa 20:30 Zebby Matthews 23:45 Landen Roupp 26:40 Justin Verlander 29:00 Nick Kurtz 30:25 Sean Murphy 33:35 Zac Veen 36:40 Matt Wallner 39:10 Dylan Moore 42:30 Geraldo Perdomo 45:25 Jesus Sanchez 48:30 Deep-league pitchers 1:00:15 Deep-league hitters --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! 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.

Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! 0:00 Intro/Zac Veen arrives, will command some lofty bids this weekend Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 14, 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.

Erik Halterman is joined by Lauren Auerbach of Fantrax to discuss a handful of teams which have started out unexpectedly hot or cold in an attempt to figure out if fantasy players misevaluated anyone during draft season. --- 00:00 Intro 02:20 Kyren Paris does it again 08:45 Pitcher Injuries 14:45 Angels 21:20 Rangers 28:30 Padres 34:45 Giants 40:00 Blue Jays 48:00 Cubs 53:20 Braves 1:01:45 Orioles 1:06:45 Twins --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! 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 welcomes on Andrew Geller (aka The Gildz) to talk about some early hits and misses and early-season roster management! 00:00 Intro 02:20 Evaluating potential drops 03:50 Potential drops 06:50 Pete Alonso 11:20 Kyren Paris 18:15 Zach Neto 24:00 Early Hits 35:35 Early Misses 44:15 Early FOMO Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! (hyperlink: https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Fred Zinkie shares his top trading tips and reviews the big Vlad Guerrero Jr. contract with Jeff Erickson. --- 00:00 Fred-Vision 4/8 00:30 Welcome - Vlad’s contract 12:00 Fred’s Annual trade tips 12:50 A) Make the offer 14:45 B) Concise explanation 16:45 C) Provide Options 20:00 D) Focus on Opponent 22:00 E) Unbalance 25:30 F) Streamline 28:15 G) Multiple Offers 30:40 H) You Don’t Know Everything 33:30 I) Don’t Fear 36:00 VIVID Seats 36:55 News & Notes 37:00 Victor Robles out 12 Weeks 39:20 Spencer Arrighetti 47:20 BlueWire 47:30 Spencer Strider 90 pitches; Reynaldo Lopez won’t throw for 12 weeks 57:00 FAAB moves --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! (hyperlink: https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Scott Jenstad is joined by special guest, Paul Sporer, and they discuss a busy weekend in baseball, run through all the injury news and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They talk about injuries to Victor Robles, Blake Snell and Ivan Herrera and then get into the FAAB bidding on Zac Veen, Kyren Paris, Dennis Santana and many more, all getting you ready for Week 3 in the MLB season. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver wire pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 15:39 Jordan Hicks 19:01 Max Meyer 21:37 Tommy Kahnle 23:49 Jose Soriano 27:08 Dennis Santana 30:01 Jordan Walker 34:05 Hunter Goodman 37:06 Ivan Herrera 39:38 Heston Kjerstad 41:53 Jacob Wilson 45:49 Deep League Pitchers 55:54 Deep League Hitters --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! 0:00 Intro/Day baseball! Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: 17:44 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 7, 2025) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Erik Halterman and guest Grey Albright of Razzball check in on some of the most-talked about players during draft season to see who already looks overhyped and who looks like they deserved the attention. --- 00:00 Torpedo Bats 06:05 Headlines 17:30 Roki Sasaki 24:50 Lawrence Butler 26:30 Willson Contreras 30:00 Dylan Crews 33:25 Michael Toglia 38:45 Ivan Herrera 41:15 Victor Scott 45:00 Jordan Westburg 47:50 Hunter Goodman 51:45 Cristopher Sanchez 54:25 Kris Bubic 55:50 Jack Leiter 59:15 Popular Fades --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

James Anderson and Sam Dykstra of MLB Pipeline go through the most notable 2025 minor-league assignments for baseball's top prospects! 00:00 Intro 00:55 Jesus Made/Luis Pena 06:30 Nick Kurtz 10:00 Ethan Salas 15:55 Hagen Smith/Chase Burns/Trey Yesavage 22:15 Arjun Nimmala 24:55 Lazaro Montes/Josue De Paula 28:40 Justin Crawford 33:50 Spencer Jones 37:20 Chase Dollander 40:35 Luke Keaschall 42:40 Luis Gastelum 45:10 Tre’ Morgan 49:05 Loaded Rosters 51:35 Caden Dana/Christian Moore 53:10 Braden Montgomery/Jeferson Quero 54:45 Carlos Lagrange Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! (hyperlink: https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948) Rebet March Madness is here, and if you’re looking for a way to get in the game, it’s time to check out Rebet—the ultimate social sportsbook and casino platform! All March long, ReBet is rolling out daily promos, making it the ultimate month of exciting offers for their fans! Right now, for a limited time, Rebet is matching your first purchase up to $100 in Rebet Cash when you use promo code ROTOWIRE. Download Rebet today on the App Store or Google Play, enter code ROTOWIRE, and start playing today! (Hyperlink: https://rebet.page.link/NtdzHvHE3JheVXkCA) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Which pitchers will be most in danger of getting hurt by this new bat? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 4-1-25 00:30 Torpedo Bats 08:00 Braves Woes - Jurickson Profar suspended. 0-5, 8 runs scored. Lopez on IR. Neris DFA’d. 17:30 David Bednar sent down 24:00 Vivid Seats 25:00 Sean Manaea setback 31:10 Rebet 32:10 Two-Start Streamer Disasters 32:45 Chris Paddack and Emerson Hancock are cautionary tales about adding two-start streamers from the waiver wire. 40:00 Problem with streaming generally 47:10 BlueWire 47:20 Thomas Harrington getting the call 53:30 Two Slumpers - Dylan Crews, Rafael Devers --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! (hyperlink: https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948) Rebet March Madness is here, and if you’re looking for a way to get in the game, it’s time to check out Rebet—the ultimate social sportsbook and casino platform! All March long, ReBet is rolling out daily promos, making it the ultimate month of exciting offers for their fans! Right now, for a limited time, Rebet is matching your first purchase up to $100 in Rebet Cash when you use promo code ROTOWIRE. Download Rebet today on the App Store or Google Play, enter code ROTOWIRE, and start playing today! (Hyperlink: https://rebet.page.link/NtdzHvHE3JheVXkCA) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a busy first weekend in Major League Baseball talking Yankees offense, Pirates stolen bases, Rafael Devers and all the adds and drops across leagues in FAAB. They discuss the big Luke Jackson bids, adding 2-start pitchers and which free agent bats might help you in Week 2. Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! Rebet March Madness is here, and if you’re looking for a way to get in the game, it’s time to check out Rebet—the ultimate social sportsbook and casino platform! All March long, ReBet is rolling out daily promos, making it the ultimate month of exciting offers for their fans! Right now, for a limited time, Rebet is matching your first purchase up to $100 in Rebet Cash when you use promo code ROTOWIRE. Download Rebet today on the App Store or Google Play, enter code ROTOWIRE, and start playing today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer offers up their waiver wire recommendations for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 10:25 Closer chaos 17:30 Spencer Strider's rehab 20:45 Tyler Soderstrom 24:55 Spencer Torkelson 27:45 Victor Scott 30:50 Brandon Marsh 33:15 Kyle Manzardo 36:10 Jack Leiter 38:35 Sean Burke 40:30 Kris Bubic 42:55 Tony Santillan 47:00 AJ Smith-Shawver 50:00 Deep-league pitchers 1:01:20 Deep-league hitters --- NFBC RotoWire Online Championship The NFBC RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Online Championship is Live! Play fantasy baseball against your favorite RotoWire experts on NFBC this baseball season. Jeff Erickson, James Anderson, Clay Link and more will compete in the RotoWire NFBC Online Championship for a shot at $150,000! Sign up today! Fantrax Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats! Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! March Madness is here, and if you’re looking for a way to get in the game, it’s time to check out Rebet—the ultimate social sportsbook and casino platform! All March long, ReBet is rolling out daily promos, making it the ultimate month of exciting offers for their fans! Right now, for a limited time, Rebet is matching your first purchase up to $100 in Rebet Cash when you use promo code ROTOWIRE. Download Rebet today on the App Store or Google Play, enter code ROTOWIRE, and start playing today! 0:00 Intro/The regular season is here! News/takeaways from Opening Day Pickups from the Steak League (beyond Luke Jackson types): Two-Start Pitchers (Week of March 31, 2025) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Erik Halterman is joined by Matt Morris of Scout the Statline to break down every rookie who earned an Opening Day roster spot. --- 00:00 Headlines 10:45 AL East Rookies 24:45 AL Central Rookies 34:35 AL West Rookies 48:45 NL East Rookies 58:30 NL Central Rookies 1:00:45 NL West Rookies 1:06:10 Minor-leaguers to stash --- NFBC RotoWire Online Championship The NFBC RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Online Championship is Live! Play fantasy baseball against your favorite RotoWire experts on NFBC this baseball season. Jeff Erickson, James Anderson, Clay Link and more will compete in the RotoWire NFBC Online Championship for a shot at $150,000! Sign up today! Fantrax Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

James Anderson answers dozens of listener questions about his updated Top 400 Prospect Rankings 00:00 Intro 01:20 Grant Taylor 03:15 Angel Genao 04:20 Alan Roden 06:15 Chase Petty 07:45 Emil Morales 10:20 Jett Williams 13:05 Spencer Nivens/Gavin Cross 16:20 Jacob Wilson/Max Muncy 17:20 Agustin Ramirez 19:15 Potential Risers 21:10 Sal Frelick 22:45 Zyhir Hope 23:55 Kristian Campbell 25:30 Zach Fruit 27:40 Roman Anthony/Junior Caminero 28:55 Brady House 29:55 2024 Draft Class 31:35 Cam Smith vs. Kristian Campbell 32:45 Cam Smith vs. Jasson Dominguez 33:40 Jan Caglianone vs. Nick Kurtz 35:35 AL FYPD Prospects 37:00 Coby Mayo 38:50 Matt Wilkinson 40:00 Chase DeLauter 41:20 Felnin Celesten 42:20 Tracking Categories 44:00 Robby Snelling 45:25 Sal Stewart 46:20 Rhett Lowder 46:50 Chandler Simpson 47:40 Sabin Ceballos 48:40 Wyatt Langford NFBC RotoWire Online Championship The NFBC RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Online Championship is Live! Play fantasy baseball against your favorite RotoWire experts on NFBC this baseball season. Jeff Erickson, James Anderson, Clay Link and more will compete in the RotoWire NFBC Online Championship for a shot at $150,000! Sign up today! (hyperlink: https://nfc.shgn.com/landing/1465) Fantrax Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. Hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod