Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

1:50 Andrew Painter 5:20 Bubba Chandler 8:30 Andrew Walters 11:35 Zach Maxwell 16:00 Dalton Rushing 21:00 Edgar Quero 23:30 Jordan Lawlar 26:35 Adael Amador 29:00 Nick Kurtz 34:45 Coby Mayo 39:05 Roman Anthony 41:00 Colby Thomas 44:05 Jacob Melton Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Because of his late start to the season and uneven results after returning from injury, it's difficult to put a 2025 value on Gerrit Cole, so his remaining starts in the regular season and playoffs will hopefully reveal more to us. Who else can we learn more from in the AL? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson tackle that topic. --- 00:00 - Needle-Moving AL Players for 2025 00:30 - Concept 02:30 - Yankees:  02:45 - Gerrit Cole,  06:15 - Jasson Dominguez,  08:15 - Anthony Volpe,  10:15 - Clay Holmes 12:20 - Orioles:  13:15 - Seranthony Dominguez,  14:45 - O’s Prospects - Heston Kjerstad, Jackson Holliday, Coby Mayo 19:00 - Adley Rutschman,  20:45 - Corbin Burnes 24:30 - Guardians:  24:45 - Andres Gimenez,  26:25 - Kyle Manzardo,  29:15 - Gavin Williams 31:55 - Astros:  32:05 - Ronel Blanco, Spencer Arrighetti, Hunter Brown 37:15 - Royals:  37:30 - Lucas Erceg,  39:15 - Seth Lugo,  42:00 - Twins:  42:30 - Royce Lewis 45:00 - Matt Wallner, Edouard Julien,  46:15 - Tigers: 46:30 - Parker Meadows, Kerry Carpenter 50:00 -

Scott Jenstad is joined by Vlad Sedler from FTN Fantasy to discuss the top tier of starting pitchers in 2025 drafts, the best FAAB pickups of 2024 and all the adds and drops from this week in fantasy leagues. Follow us on Twitter: @ScottJenstad I @RotoGut I @ RotoWire Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erik Halterman and Jason Collette discuss Jason's preseason Bold Predictions series and attempt to find lessons for next season from both the hits and the misses. --- Hits Spencer Strider is not a top-20 pitcher Zac Gallen finishes outside the top-100 final rankings Seiya Suzuki finishes ahead of Mike Trout Michael King is a top-40 overall pitcher Brenton Doyle is a top-75 outfielder Jo Adell is a top-80 outfielder Sean Manaea is a top-100 pitcher Misses Juan Soto outhomers Aaron Judge Cole Ragans is not a top-50 starting pitcher Andrew Vaughn finishes outside the top 300 Lucas Erceg leads the (Oakland) roster in saves Tyler Black is a top-300 player MJ Melendez is a top-40 outfielder Coming Down to the Wire Mark Vientos hits 25 homers Michael Kopech is a top-150 pitcher --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer break down the latest baseball headlines and share their top pickups of the week.  --- 00:00 Headlines 18:15 Kumar Rocker 22:20 Jacob deGrom 25:20 Dean Kremer 27:10 Griffin Canning 30:15 Jasson Dominguez 32:45 Brendan Rodgers/Rockies Hitters 35:05 Zack Gelof 36:15 Ty France 38:10 Mike Yastrzemski 38:55 Travis d'Arnaud 42:00 Pick6 Picks 48:30 Budget Pitchers 57:05 Budget Hitters --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Todd Zola and Clay Link are back for the penultimate two-start pitcher podcast of the season! They also discuss Jackson Chourio, potential FAAB pickups for the stretch run and more. Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. 0:00 Intro/Jackson Chourio is the youngest player ever to go 20-20 Pickups Max Scherzer - $4 Trevor Story - $4 Travis d’Arnaud - $2 Jordan Beck - $1 A slew of $0 adds: Ezequiel Duran Alec Marsh Jesus Tinoco Trey Sweeney Hunter Renfroe Ian Anderson Taylor Walls Yoan Moncada Kody Clemens Cade Smith Ryan Weathers Tyler Glasnow Trevor Williams Others to consider if available in your league: Kumar Rocker, Reid Detmers, Spencer Horwitz, Rhett Lowder, Seth Brown, Jasson Dominguez  Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Sept. 16, 2024) Merrill Kelly 2 (Todd 1) Ryne Nelson 2 Max Fried 5 Ian Anderson 0 (Todd 1) Albert Suarez 4 Nick Pivetta 3 Shota Imanaga 5 Jordan Wicks 2 Matthew Boyd 4 Gavi

2:10 Christian Moore 12:45 Carson Williams 21:15 Chandler Simpson 31:25 Sebastian Walcott 40:10 Robby Snelling 47:00 Moises Ballesteros 54:15 Jonah Tong 59:10 Chase Petty 1:04:00 First Pitch Arizona Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Todd Zola and Fred Zinkie review some news, then debate the top 15 starting pitchers for 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Toby (aka BatFlipCrazy), talk strategy for the final 3 weeks of the season, discuss the top end of the 2025 Closer Pool and break down all the adds and drop in FAAB, plus much more. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erik Halterman and Todd Zola review the biggest rankings debates of draft season and try to avoid making the same mistakes next year. --- DH: Should we avoid Shohei Ohtani? C: JT Realmuto or William Contreras? 1B: Pete Alonso or Vladimir Guerrero Jr.? 2B: Bryson Stott or Ketel Marte 3B: Spencer Steer or Nolan Arenado? SS: Elly De La Cruz or Francisco Lindor? OF: Jazz Chisholm, Nolan Jones, Mike Trout, Cody Bellinger, or skip the whole group? OF: Jackson Chourio or Jordan Walker? SP: Tarik Skubal, Kevin Gausman, Zac Gallen, or Yoshinobu Yamamoto? SP: Blake Snell, Zach Eflin, or Cole Ragans? RP: Edwin Diaz, Josh Hader, or Emmanuel Clase? --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and guest Mike Couillard (@mcouill7) go over the latest headlines from around baseball and offer up their recommended FAAB adds. --- 00:00 Headlines 22:50 Brendan Rodgers 25:50 Kyle Manzardo 28:55 Anthony Rizzo 30:35 Trevor Story 33:30 Jacob Young 35:15 Aroldis Chapman 37:30 Ernie Clement 39:00 Reid Detmers 42:00 Rhett Lowder 43:30 Alex Cobb 46:10 Pick6 51:15 Budget Pitchers 1:00:55 Budget Hitters --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Todd Zola and Clay Link are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including the Yankees' closer situation, injuries, two-start pitchers and more. Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. 0:00 Intro/The Yankees are getting “creative” with the closer role Pickups Luke Weaver Rhett Lowder - $2 Anthony Rizzo - $1 Casey Mize - $1 Jordan Walker Kyle Manzardo Andrew McCutchen Jack Leiter Adam Oller Griffin Canning Tommy Pham Others to consider if available in your league: Pete Crow-Armstrong, Connor Norby, Porter Hodge, Aroldis Chapman, David Peterson, Caden Dana Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Sept. 9, 2024) Charlie Morton 3 (Todd 4) Cade Povich 1 Kutter Crawford 2 Tanner Houck 3 Kyle Hendricks 0 Nick Martinez 1 Rhett Lowder 2 (Todd 1) Tanner Bibee 5 Ben Lively 3 Antonio Senzatela 0 Nick Nastrini 0 Keider Montero 0 Brady Singer 2 (Todd 3) Vallente Bellozo 2 Adam Oller 1 Aaron Civale 3 Paul Black

Jen Piacenti from Sports Illustrated drops by to talk Astros with Jeff Erickson. Who will be in their playoff rotation? What do we expect with Kyle Tucker when he returns? Who plays first base? --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

0:50 Kumar Rocker/Jack Leiter 6:00 Arjun Nimmala 6:30 Starlyn Caba 8:35 Charlie Condon 11:50 Chase Dollander 17:15 Drew Gilbert 19:40 FYPD Strategy 21:30 Colt Emerson/Kevin McGonigle 25:20 Marco Luciano 25:50 Sebastian Walcott 29:00 Max Clark 29:35 Yoniel Curet + Rays Pitching Prospects 35:00 Pirates Rotation of Future 37:55 JR Ritchie 40:25 Jordan Lawlar 42:00 Candidates To Make OD Rosters 43:40 Jett Williams 45:15 Yilber Diaz 46:45 Xavier Isaac/Lazaro Montes 49:30 Luis Merejo 50:50 Jesus Made/Luis Pena 52:40 Candidates To Shoot Up Rankings 54:40 Matt Shaw 56:10 George Wolkow Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inspired by Daulton Varsho, Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie review which players are better in real life than fantasy, and which players are better in fantasy in real life, and try to find some underlying trends. --- 00:00 - Fred Pod 9-2 01:00 - Daulton Varsho comment from Sunday night.  02:15 - Varsho isn’t a good real-life hitter, but he’s been decent for fantasy this year ($8) and hit .281 with 18 runs and four homers in August. 04:50 - Players who were better in real life than fantasy this year. 05:00 - Bryce Harper. 11th in OPS but just a $22 player. He will hit 30 homers, but without many steals and his batting average is more good than great. 10:00 - Freddie Freeman. 14th in OPS but a $20 player. He may not reach 25 homers or 10 steals. Hitting .285, which is fine but not special. 17:00 - Riley Greene. 20th in OPS. But hitting .259 with 20 homers and 4 steals. Missed a bit of time, but his R/RBI aren’t great either. An $11 player. 22:15 - Popular opinion is that J.D. Martinez has been very good for the M

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss all the adds and drops in FAAB this weekend, a rough Royals weekend, a fun Dodgers / Diamondbacks series, Jose Ramirez and much, much more. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ryan Boyer goes over all the latest headlines and tells you were your FAAB dollars should go this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Todd Zola and Clay Link are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including call-ups, hitters to potentially add and two-start pitchers for next week. Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Would you like an extra $500? Go to bluewirepods.com/survey and complete the Blue Wire Audience survey about you and your podcast listening habits for a chance to win a $500 gift card. 0:00 Intro/Rhett Lowder is making his debut in the second game of today’s doubleheader. Pickups Light week for pickups Luken Baker - $1 Jorge Lopez - $1 Tylor Megill - $1 Kumar Rocker Manuel Rodriguez Jordan Wicks Others to consider if available in your league: Jhonkensy Noel, Osvaldo Bido, Dylan Crews, Connor Norby, Jacob Wilson, Zack Littell Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Sept. 2, 2024) Eduardo Rodriguez 2 Ryne Nelson 3 Chris Sale 5 Corbin Burnes 5 Brayan Bello 3 Tanner Bibee 5 Kyle Freeland 1 (Todd 0) Chris Flexen 0 Brant Hurt

Rob DiPietro (@DeadPullHitter) joins Jeff Erickson to discuss the results from his "Too Early Meatball Draft." Where should Julio Rodriguez, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Ronald Acuña slot for 2025? Who is your #1 overall pick? --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Blue Wire Survey Would you like an extra $500? Go to bluewirepods.com/survey and complete the Blue Wire Audience survey about you and your podcast listening habits for a chance to win a $500 gift card. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:30 NFBC Talk 6:00 Live Auctions 12:00 Where To Pick 17:30 Best/Worst Picks Of Too Early Draft 27:35 Jarren Duran 33:00 Red Sox Outfield 38:10 Red Sox Middle Infield 44:20 Yankees 47:00 Orioles 48:20 Rays 49:40 Jays Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Blue Wire Survey Would you like an extra $500? Go to bluewirepods.com/survey and complete the Blue Wire Audience survey about you and your podcast listening habits for a chance to win a $500 gift card. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices