RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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2026 Bold Predictions Review with Jason Collette Oct 08, 2026

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jason Collette to review some of Jason's preseason bold predictions. Which went right, which went wrong, and how should we value those players next season?

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00:00 Playoff check-in

8:00 Injury news

15:00 League-wide statistical trends

20:30 Correct predictions: hitters

34:30 Correct predictions: pitchers

47:25 Missed predictions: hitters

1:00:45 Missed predictions: pitchers

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How to Win NL Tout Wars with Brian Walton Oct 02, 2026

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Erik Halterman is joined by Brian Walton, the winner of NL-only Tout Wars, to learn how Brian put together his successful team.

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00:00 Headlines

5:45 Pre-Draft

16:00 Auction Draft

25:45 Waivers

35:15 Trades

42:30 Late-season strategy

46:30 Final takeaways

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Reviewing RotoWire's Staff Sleeper and Bust Predictions Sep 25, 2026

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Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider rewind back to March to take a look at the RotoWire staff's sleepers and busts picks.

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4:00 Sleeper Hitters
29:51 Sleeper Pitchers
46:31 Hitter Busts
1:02:09 Pitcher Busts

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2026 MLB Season in Review! Sep 25, 2026

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Intro/Final weekend craziness

FAAB:
- River Ryan
- Jeff Hoffman
- Ryan Zeferjahn
- Ben Malgeri
- Mickey Gasper
- Lucas Spence
Five misses:
- Pete Crow-Armstrong
- Wyatt Langford
- Vladimir Guerrero
- Paul Skenes
- Jake Bauers
Five hits:
- Cam Schlittler
- Cade Cavalli
- Drew Rasmussen
- Wilyer Abreu
- Logan Webb

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How Good Fantasy Teams are Made with Sara Sanchez and Mark Gannon Sep 25, 2026

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Erik Halterman is joined by the top two players in GLARF, Sara Sanchez and Mark Gannon, to discuss how their successful teams were put together.

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00:00 Headlines

12:15 Overall Draft Strategy

18:35 Early Rounds

30:45 Mid-late Rounds

42:15 Waiver Wire

58:50 Late-season Strategy

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10 League Winners Who Won't Be in 2027 Sep 22, 2026

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Tout Wars Champions League winner Fred Zinkie lists 10 players who helped win you leagues this year that won't be league-winners in 2027. Plus, he and Jeff Erickson discuss an early peak at next year's top-25!

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00:00 Fred Pod 9-22-26

00:15 ToutWars Champions League winner!

07:30 News:

07:35 Aaron Judge

11:30 Bryce Eldridge

13:40 Jazz Chisholm

15:45 Emmet Sheehan (again!)

20:00 Working Top 25 Conclusions

20:20 Junior Caminero should be picked 2nd overall

23:30 Why not Elly over Bobby Witt Jr.?

28:30 Could Mason Miller be a first round pick in the main event?

35:00 Do we overrate Cristopher Sanchez a bit?

38:00 Why not put Pete Alonso in the top 25?

43:11 BlueWire

43:16 10 League winners who won’t be league winners in 2027

44:15 CJ Abrams

48:00 Ben Rice

49:45 Alec Burleson

53:40 Bryan Baker

54:45 Otto Lopez

57:00 Dylan Cease

1:01:40 Hunter Goodman

1:03:45 Eduardo Rodriguez

1:06:45 Liam Hicks

1:08:15 Riley O’Brien

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Previewing The Final Week Sep 21, 2026

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad delve into strategies for the final week of the season, discuss a number of players including Mookie Betts, Jackson Chourio and Carter Jensen (and many others) and break down all the final week adds that can help you lock down your league.

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FAAB Targets (Week of Sept. 21, 2026) Sep 19, 2026

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Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top free agent pickups of the week and look back on the top pickups of the year.

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2:31 Dominic Canzone
5:23 Brett Bateman
8:56 Josh Jung
11:25 Sean Manaea
13:16 Andrew Alvarez
15:43 Jake Bennett
19:23 Erick Fedde
21:42 JR Ritchie
25:03 Ethan Pecko
28:27 Rico Garcia
30:39 Emmanuel Rodriguez
33:04 Dustin Harris
34:53 Pavin Smith
36:50 Donovan Walton
38:43 Reviewing Top Pickups of the Year

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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Sept. 21, 2026) Sep 18, 2026

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Intro/The final week is upon us!

- Steak League FAAB:

Shea Langeliers $4
Jack Perkins $3
Rico Garcia $3
Jeffrey Springs $2
David Sandlin $1
Anthony Volpe $1
Dustin Harris $1
Emmanuel Rodriguez
Justin Wrobleski
Bryce Miller
Dansby Swanson
Garrett Whitlock
Justin Foscue
Andrew Abbott
Cade Povich
Blade Tidwell
Agustin Ramirez
Gordon Graceffo
Brady Basso
Luis Medina
JR Ritchie

- Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 21, 2026)

Michael Soroka 1
Brady Basso 1
JR Ritchie 2
Shane Baz 3
Jake Bennett 3
Kevin Gausman 3 (Todd 4)
Andrew Abbott 2
Foster Griffin 3 (Todd 2)
Anthony Kay 1
Cristian Javier 2 (Todd 1)
Daniel Lynch 2
Yusei Kikuchi 2
Janson Junk 1
Logan Henderson 4
Sean Manaea 2 (Todd 3)
Max Fried 5
Zack Wheeler 5
Jared Jones 4 (Todd 5)
Logan Gilbert 5
Blade Tidwell 2
Andre Pallante 1
MacKenzie Gore 2 (Todd 1)
Max Scherzer 3

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Most Improved Pitchers with Derek VanRiper Sep 17, 2026

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Erik Halterman is joined by Derek VanRiper of The Athletic to discuss this year's most improved pitchers on three different statistical levels: ERA, K-BB% and Pitching+.

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00:00 Headlines

12:50 Most Improved by ERA

36:00 Most Improved by K-BB%

54:40: Most Improved by Pitching+

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