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**RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast**

Jeff Erickson, Clay Link, James Anderson, Scott Jenstad, Todd Zola, Fred Zinkie, Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider cover fantasy baseball year round, including draft prep, strategy and much more!

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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 11, 2026) May 08, 2026

Show notes

0:00 Intro/the Cincinnati Reds have now lost seven straight games…

Steak League FAAB:
- 9:40 Rico Garcia $16
- Griffin Canning $12
- 12:30 Spencer Jones $12
- Griffin Jax $5
- Gus Varland $5
- Roki Sasaki $4
- Ryan Zeferjahn $3
- Jake McCarthy $3
- Leody Taveras $2
- 17:40 Kade Anderson $1
- Other names to consider: Joe Mack, Graham Ashcraft, Ben Brown

25:15 Two-start pitchers:

Michael Soroka 2 (Todd 3)
Jeffrey Springs 3
JR Ritchie 2
Trevor Rogers 2
Sonny Gray 3
Colin Rea 2
Brady Singer 1 (Todd 2)
Joey Cantillo 3
Michael Lorenzen 0
Erick Fedde 0
35:00 Jack Flaherty 3
Tatsuya Imai 1 (Todd 2)
Cole Ragans 4
Caden Dana 0
Yoshinobu Yamamoto 5
40:30 Eury Perez 3
Brandon Sproat 1 (Todd 2)
Bailey Ober 1
Freddy Peralta 5
Ryan Weathers 3 (Todd 4)
Zack Wheeler 5
Paul Skenes 5
Michael King 4 (Todd 5)
George Kirby 4
53:00 Logan Webb 3
Adrian Houser 0
Andre Pallante 0
Shane McClanahan 4
Nathan Eovaldi 5
Kevin Gausman 5
Miles Mikolas 0

57:40 Recap

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Checking In on This Year's Top Sleepers with Chris Towers May 07, 2026

Show notes

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.

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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

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New Top 10 Prospects w/ Aram Leighton May 06, 2026

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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

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Should You Cut These Eight Pitchers May 06, 2026

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Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss tough hold-vs-cut-vs-trade decisions with early struggling pitchers.

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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

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FAAB Recap & Injury Roundup May 04, 2026

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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.

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FAAB Targets (Week of May 3) May 02, 2026

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Halusker to discuss their top waiver wire adds of the week.

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00:00 Headlines

13:00 Jared Jones

16:40 Janson Junk

19:00 Jack Perkins

23:00 Logan Henderson

25:15 Jacob Latz

28:45 Luis Severino

31:15 Travis Bazzana

35:15 Daniel Schneemann

38:00 Cole Young

40:00 Nathan Church

42:50 Jake Bennett

46:35 Christian Scott

49:40 Rico Garcia

53:20 Tyler Phillips

55:10 Kyle Finnegan

58:50 Other Relievers

1:02:45 Kody Clemens

1:04:20 Nathaniel Lowe

1:08:15 Austin Hays

1:10:10 Tyler Black

1:13:30 Ezequiel Duran

1:16:30 Smart Money

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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 4, 2026) May 01, 2026

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0:00 Intro/the Atlanta Braves might have an Austin Riley problem

Steak League FAAB:
- 6:55 Travis Bazzana $25
- Jacob Latz $21
- Matthew Liberatore $13
- 11:10 Jack Perkins $11
- Tyler Phillips $9
- Elmer Rodriguez $8
- Victor Vodnik $8
- 14:40 Jared Jones $6
- Christian Scott $4
- Kyle Finnegan $3
- 19:00 Other names to consider: Carlos Cortes, Lucas Giolito, Kade Anderson, Ben Joyce

21:40 Two-start pitchers:

Eduardo Rodriguez 3
Luis Severino 1 (Todd 2)
JR Ritchie 2
Shane Baz 3
Chris Bassitt 1 (Todd 2)
Brayan Bello 0
Edward Cabrera 3 (Todd 4)
Jameson Taillon 2
Andrew Abbott 2
Tanner Bibee 3
Gavin Williams 4 (Todd 5)
Tomoyuki Sugano 1
Davis Martin 3
Tarik Skubal 5
Michael Wacha 3
Noah Cameron 2
Jose Soriano 4 (Todd 5)
48:00 Janson Junk 2
Sandy Alcantara 4
Brandon Sproat 1 (Todd 0)
Taj Bradley 4
David Peterson 0
Cam Schlittler 5
Elmer Rodriguez 1
54:30 Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 5)
Cristopher Sanchez 5
Bubba Chandler 3 (Todd 2)
Walker Buehler 0
Logan Gilbert 5
Kyle Leahy 0
Andre Pallante 0
Nick Martinez 2 (Todd 3)
Drew Rasmussen 4
Jacob deGrom 5
Cade Cavalli 3

1:02:00 Recap

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Searching for Saves with Mike Carter May 01, 2026

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Erik Halterman is joined by Mike Carter to review every closer situation in baseball in search of potential pickups.

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00:00 Headlines

9:45 Padres

11:05 Dodgers

14:00 Guardians

14:55 Mariners

16:00 Phillies

17:35 Mets

19:25 Yankees

21:05 Red Sox, Orioles

21:50 Cubs

24:10 Braves

26:50 Blue Jays

29:50 Reds

31:40 Marlins

33:40 Royals

36:00 Astros

39:25 Tigers

42:10 Brewers

44:10 Giants

47:05 Pirates

49:00 Rays

51:10 White Sox

53:10 Rangers

56:25 Cardinals

57:55 Angels

1:01:25 Nationals

1:02:55 Diamondbacks

1:04:35 Twins

1:06:30 Rockies

1:08:15 Athletics

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New Fantasy Baseball Valuations w/ Frank Stampfl Apr 29, 2026

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James Anderson and Frank Stampfl discuss some fantasy baseball players who they are much higher on and lower on than before the season!

01:25 Sal Stewart vs. Nick Kurtz

06:30 Who’s The No. 1 Catcher?

13:40 Who’s The No. 1 2B?

22:40 Munetaka Murakami

27:55 Kazuma Okamoto

31:05 Miguel Vargas

34:15 Jose Caballero

37:00 Trevor Story/Ezequiel Tovar

40:15 Mike Trout

45:20 Brayan Rocchio

46:35 Ryan O’Hearn/Josh Jung

49:00 Cam Schlittler/Parker Messick

52:20 Jose Soriano/Michael Soroka

54:20 Regrettable SP picks

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Eight Signs Your Struggling Fantasy Team Will Be Fine Apr 28, 2026

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Fred Zinkie is here to tell Jeff Erickson that it's not all bad yet, even though Fernando Tatis Jr. is his first-round pick. We'll also talk about the Top K-BB starting pitchers in baseball so far.

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00:00 RotoWire 4-28-26 MLB Pod

00:30 News:

00:40 Phillies fire Rob Thomson

08:30 Are we bananas for Bazzana?

14:30 Elmer Rodriguez debuts Wednesday.

16:00 Max Muncy (ATH) is out with a broken hand.

16:45 Pete Fairbanks leaves with thumb/nerve injury

20:00 Juan Soto limited to DH duty.

24:00 RotoWire Smart Money - James Wood

25:15 PCA stole a base, which made me notice how awful he has been…..

27:00 Moises Ballasteros had another good game…..

30:45 Manny Machado left with a leg injury.

33:00 George Springer won’t have a rehab assignment and will return any day…..

34:10 Spencer Strider returns against the Rockies

35:00 Max Scherzer to the IL, Trey Yesavage returns today…..

37:00 Jose Soriano vs. Davis Martin

40:00 Sling

41:00 Eight signs that your struggling fantasy team is going to be fine.

42:00 1. Your most disappointing players have been your best players.

43:35 2. You have closers.

47:20 3. You have enough starting pitchers.

51:30 4. Your team’s batting average in unsustainably low.

54:00 5. Most of your top players are healthy.

56:00 6. You’re competing in each category.

58:00 7. You have some players you like on your bench.

1:01:00 8. You have enough FAAB.

1:02:00 Jeff Asks Fred about Jeff Hoffman

1:07:10 Top 12 K-BB% leaders, since it’s a great stat to correlate to fantasy success.

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