RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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Bad Early Picks & Good Late Picks w/ Rob DiPietro Dec 18, 2025

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James Anderson and Rob DiPietro identify six players who are being drafted too early, including Rafael Devers and Oneil Cruz, before highlighting more than 10 players who are great late-round values in 50-round draft-and-hold leagues!

04:00 Trevor Megill

09:45 Rafael Devers

12:50 Oneil Cruz

17:25 Noelvi Marte

21:40 Jackson Holliday

25:15 Jonathan Aranda

29:45 Finding late DC gems

31:45 Andruw Monasterio

35:50 Hunter Harvey

39:30 Carmen Mlodzinski

43:25 Michael Conforto

46:10 Graham Pauley

50:30 Sean Newcomb

53:05 Nathan Church

56:10 Zach Dezenzo

58:50 Hagen Smith

01:01:55 Everson Pereira

01:04:15 Oswald Peraza

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Evaluating Injury Risk w/ Dave McDonald Dec 11, 2025

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James Anderson and Dave McDonald discuss the riskiest players who are getting drafted highly in 2026 fantasy baseball drafts, including Yordan Alvarez, Cole Ragans, Brandon Woodruff, Zack Wheeler and more!

03:25 Evaluating injury risk

11:35 Yordan Alvarez

19:15 Bryan Woo vs. Jacob deGrom

26:00 Cole Ragans

31:00 Josh Hader

33:50 Tyler Glasnow

36:20 Brandon Woodruff

38:10 Pablo Lopez

40:40 Shane Bieber

43:55 Michael King

47:05 Nathan Eovaldi

49:25 Zack Wheeler

52:05 Carlos Rodon

53:45 Kris Bubic

55:25 This Year’s Byron Buxton

59:50 Chase Burns

01:01:25 2024 velocity gainers -> 2025 results

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2026 Strategy Talk w/ Rob Silver Dec 03, 2025

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James Anderson and Rob Silver discuss the rookie shortstop class, sleeper candidates to hit 30-plus homers, reliever land mines, Rob's prospect for 2026 plus much more!

01:40 Konnor Griffin

09:20 Rookie Shortstops

13:20 Finding Cheap Power

15:45 Jorge Polanco

17:35 Dominic Canzone

19:45 Royce Lewis

23:05 Max Muncy (LAD)

26:20 Jordan Walker

31:25 Power Sleepers

34:00 Reliever Land Mines

41:50 Chandler Simpson

47:30 Cheap Speed

50:00 Rob’s Prospect For 2026

55:35 Nasim Nunez

58:40 Jeff Hoffman

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Sleepers Coming Over From Asia w/ Tim McLeod Nov 26, 2025

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James Anderson and Tim McLeod discuss Tatsuya Imai, Munetaka Murakami, Kazuma Okamoto and the rest of the players making the leap from Asia to MLB in 2026!

01:10 Tatsuya Imai

06:25 Munetaka Murakami

10:45 Kazuma Okamoto

15:30 Cody Ponce

18:50 Foster Griffin vs. Anthony Kay

22:35 Jon Duplantier

25:00 Lewin Diaz isn’t coming over

26:50 Jo Hsi Hsu

28:45 Sung-Mun Song

31:35 Open Universe Targets

37:40 Roki Sasaki

42:50 Tim’s Rookie Targets

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2026 RotoWire Roundtable Rankings Nov 21, 2025

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The 2026 RotoWire Roundtable Rankings have arrived, and Erik Halterman is joined by fellow roundtable ranker Todd Zola to discuss the first round as well as some of the most difficult players to rank.

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00:00 Intro

02:30 Headlines

10:15 The First Round

21:50 Rankings Disagreements, First Three Rounds

42:30 Rankings Disagreements, Later Rounds

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Link to the rankings: https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/article/rotowire-roundtable-2026-fantasy-baseball-top-300-rankings-99133

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Trendy Starting Pitchers w/ Eno Sarris Nov 18, 2025

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James Anderson and Eno Sarris discuss the 2026 fantasy baseball prices for the top young starting pitchers in the game, including Chase Burns, Jacob Misiorowski, Cam Schlittler, Emmet Sheehan and more!

01:20 High Upside SPs

03:20 Chase Burns

04:55 Cam Schlittler

09:30 Jacob Misiorowski

13:30 Emmet Sheehan

18:30 Nolan McLean

23:45 Trey Yesavage

27:55 Bubba Chandler

29:50 Cade Horton

33:25 Connelly Early, Payton Tolle

38:15 Troy Melton, Jonah Tong

43:35 Tatsuya Imai

47:45 Braxton Ashcraft

50:25 Giants SP Depth

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Early Draft Season Questions with Frank Stampfl Nov 14, 2025

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00:00 Intro

02:25 Cy Young Award winners

06:35 What does the first round look like?

18:30 Who is the SP4?

25:45 How has the catcher landscape changed?

35:05 How many closers are locked in right now?

43:15 What to do about second and third base?

49:05 What does it look like to wait on starting pitching (Frank's team)?

57:45 What does it look like to go pocket aces (Erik's team)?

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Top 25 Rookies For 2026 Nov 12, 2025

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James Anderson gives some quick risers and fallers from his too early top 300 rankings before breaking down the top 25 rookies for 2026 fantasy baseball leagues!

02:25 Risers/Fallers From Early Top 300

08:30 Top 25 Prospects For 2026

09:35 Nolan McLean is No. 1

12:15 Buy Samuel Basallo

14:25 Trey Yesavage Will Get Strikeouts

16:25 Market’s Sharp On Bubba Chandler

18:25 Stay In On Sal Stewart

21:05 Carter Jensen vs. J.T. Realmuto

23:20 Market’s Sharp On Connelly Early

25:10 Dylan Beavers’ Breakout Potential

26:40 Konnor Griffin vs. Kevin McGonigle

29:50 JJ Wetherholt’s High Floor

31:40 Buy Jonah Tong

33:10 Buy Payton Tolle

35:00 Bryce Eldridge Underrated

37:45 Don’t Sleep On Aidan Miller

41:10 Moises Ballesteros Can Hit

42:50 Parker Messick Is Overrated

44:00 Robby Snelling Shoved At AAA

46:00 Projections Like Logan Henderson

47:40 Chase DeLauter’s Injury History

50:00 Blind Bet On Andrew Painter?

52:30 Colt Emerson Is A Massive Sleeper

54:50 Carson Benge To The Moon

57:20 Joshua Baez and Ryan Waldschmidt

01:00:20 Travis Bazzana Is Overrated

01:02:00 You Can’t Draft Travis Sykora

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Tough Ranks + AFL Standouts w/ Aram Leighton Nov 05, 2025

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James Anderson and Aram Leighton discuss the 2026 outlooks for Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle before talking tough prospects to rank and Arizona Fall League standouts!

01:15 Konnor Griffin

04:45 Kevin McGonigle

11:10 Konnor Griffin’s ETA

16:25 Kevin McGonigle’s ETA

18:45 Nolan McLean vs. Trey Yesavage

25:25 Bubba Chandler

27:00 Who is the No. 4 pitching prospect?

29:30 First-Year Player Drafts

34:20 Liam Doyle

38:40 Arjun Nimmala and Justin Crawford

45:20 AFL Standouts

55:30 Ryan Waldschmidt

58:10 Robby Snelling

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Prospects On The Rise w/ Owen Hurd Oct 30, 2025

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James Anderson and Owen Hurd discuss the industry prospect draft they're participating in, including which prospects went too high, and which prospects were the best values!

01:15 First Two Rounds

03:05 Nolan McLean Debate

07:35 Floor vs. Ceiling

10:40 Surprise Picks

11:45 Best Values

13:15 Bryce Eldridge Debate

16:45 Mining The Mock

24:35 Owen’s Team

28:15 Jordan Lawlar vs. Marcelo Mayer

29:55 Luke Dickerson

35:30 Jaxon Wiggins

38:15 Trey Gibson Unlucky at AAA

41:15 George Klassen’s Stuff

43:00 James’ Team

49:55 Connelly Early Debate

57:50 Tony Blanco Jr.

01:00:30 Favorite Teams Besides Ours

01:05:10 Moises Ballesteros

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