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Early Drafting + Positional Thoughts w/ Mike Mager Oct 22, 2025

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James Anderson is joined by excellent high-stakes fantasy baseball player Mike Mager to discuss their first draft of 2026 plus which positions look the deepest and which seem the shallowest this draft season.

05:30 The Big 3 Starting Pitchers

10:45 Ben Rice vs. Hunter Goodman

15:05 James’ Best Picks

17:15 Draft Regrets

30:55 Emmet Sheehan

34:20 Catcher Is Deeper Than Ever

41:05 Is Vlad a First Rounder?

46:30 Second Base Is A Wasteland

49:50 Third Base Falls Off Quickly

53:05 Shortstop Is Loaded Up Top

54:10 Shortstop Prospects

58:05 Don’t Fall Behind At Outfield

01:01:25 Buy Low on Jasson Dominguez?

01:08:05 Young SPs w/ Upside

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How To Find Breakout Prospects Oct 15, 2025

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On the first Prospect Podcast of the offseason, James Anderson is joined by deep dynasty league maven JT of the Os and 1s to talk about the art of finding breakout prospects, some 2026 sleepers and why Cardinals right fielder Joshua Baez is the most underrated prospect in the game!

05:35 Projecting Drake Baldwin

09:00 Agustin Ramirez’s Fantasy Upside

11:45 Will Wilyer Abreu Play Every Day?

15:40 Don’t Sleep On Braxton Ashcraft

19:20 Don’t Forget Christian Scott

22:00 The Most Underrated Prospect

29:00 AFL Pitchers To Watch

34:15 Biggest Risers of 2025

38:45 Zach Cole vs. Junior Perez

41:50 Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz

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Reviewing RotoWire's Sleepers and Busts with Jeremy Schneider Sep 25, 2025

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jeremy Schneider to review RotoWire's preseason staff sleepers and busts.

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00:00 Headlines

08:50 Jeremy's Top Prospects to Watch

23:30 Hitter Sleepers

35:50 Pitcher Sleepers

54:20 Hitter Busts

1:05:20 Pitcher Busts

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Draft, Hold, Win w/ Jim Tomony Sep 24, 2025

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James Anderson is joined by Jim Tomony to discuss Jim's NFBC Overall leading Draft Champions team! Jim is likely to win his third NFBC overall championship and he discusses his strategy, his top players and all the quality young catchers entering the player pool.

02:20 Songs as Team Names

09:25 How To Draft And Hold

19:00 Jim’s DC MVP(s)

23:15 Young Catchers

37:30 Stay In on George Springer

42:05 Valuing Byron Buxton in 2026

48:00 Sal Frelick Perfect Fit w/ Brewers

54:00 Chandler Simpson As Advertised

58:50 Can Lenyn Sosa Repeat?

01:03:30 Ryne Nelson

01:09:20 Final DC Thoughts

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10 Vital Second Half Stats Sep 23, 2025

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Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss the final week's playoff races and 10 Second Half Stats you might not know.

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00:00 Week 27 Fred Pod

00:15 Welcome

00:30 Playoff Update

03:45 Second half stats that warrant discussion…….

04:30 The Cubs are 27th in second half runs. Is this what this offense will look like without Kyle Tucker?

11:30 The Cardinals are last in second half runs. Is it time for more of a deep rebuild?

26:15 The Astros are 26th in second half runs. Does Yordan Alvarez mean this much to this offense?

20:30 The Athletics and D-backs are tied for 8th in second half record. Are the Athletics postseason contenders for 2026? And how did the D-backs survive their fire sale?

27:00 Chalkboard

28:00 The Mets are 25th in second half record.

32:50 Tied with the Giants. How much work do these teams need to do in order to contend next year?

36:30 The Tigers are 21st in second half record. Were we premature in declaring that they’ve arrived?

41:00 Could they be like the Orioles, who had brief success but couldn’t sustain?

47:00 The MLB leaders in second half OPS is George Springer. How early will he be drafted next year, at age 36?

48:30 Bryan Woo is tied for the second half lead in SO. His career WHIP is under 1.00. Top-10 SP for 2026?

52:30 Hunter Brown leads the Majors in second half ERA. I never hear him mentioned as the SP4 for 2026.

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The Final Week is Here! Sep 22, 2025

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up and exciting week of baseball and preview the final week, full of pennant races, Wild Card chases, rotation and FAAB pickup to make that final run in the standings. They discuss Mike Trout's down season, Matt Olson's recent hot streak and what the heck to do with Trevor Rogers next year before getting into all the FAAB adds and drops from the final weekend of roster moves.

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FAAB Targets (Week of September 22) Sep 20, 2025

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top FAAB recommendations for the final week of the regular season and review the top FAAB pickups of the year.

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00:00 Headlines
13:23 Parker Meadows
15:09 Kody Clemens
17:01 Dominic Canzone
18:42 Nathaniel Lowe
20:11 Carter Jensen
22:45 Moises Ballesteros
25:27 Justin Verlander
28:59 Trey Yesavage
32:06 Riley O'Brien
34:43 Chalkboard Picks
39:18 Deep-League Pitchers
45:01 Deep-League Hitters
52:14 Top FAAB Pickups of the Year

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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Sept. 22, 2025) Sep 19, 2025

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Intro/Clayton Kershaw announced yesterday that he will be retiring at the end of 2025

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

Xander Bogaerts $3
Trey Yesavage $2
Heriberto Hernandez $0
Moises Ballesteros $0
Cole Ragans $0
Andrew Kittredge $0
Chad Patrick $0
Bryce Eldridge $0
Francisco Alvarez $0
Miguel Rojas $0
Thomas Saggese $0
Javier Sanoja $0

Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 22, 2025)

Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 1)
Mason Barnett 0
Chris Sale 5
Lucas Giolito 3
Cade Horton 5 (Todd 4)
Brady Singer 4
Gavin Williams 4
McCade Brown 0
Shane Smith 3
Jack Flaherty 3
Cristian Javier 3
Cole Ragans 3
Caden Dana 0
Ryan Weathers 3
Freddy Peralta 5
David Peterson 3
Luis Gil 3
Nick Pivetta 5
Bryce Miller 3
Justin Verlander 3
Michael McGreevy 3
Ian Seymour 2 (Todd 3)
Merrill Kelly 2 (Todd 3)

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Changes Behind the Plate with Mike Couillard Sep 19, 2025

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Erik Halterman is joined by Mike Couillard to discuss the changing of the guard at the catcher position.

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00:00 Intro

01:45 Clayton Kershaw retires

06:45 Other Headlines

20:20 Cal Raleigh

31:40 Hunter Goodman

34:35 Shea Langeliers

37:40 Agustin Ramirez

42:10 Ivan Herrera

44:40 Ben Rice

48:10 Drake Baldwin

50:50 Other rising catchers

58:30 Falling catchers

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Top AFL Hitters + Prospect ADP w/ Chris Welsh Sep 17, 2025

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James Anderson and Chris Welsh discuss candidates to be the MVP of the Arizona Fall League before diving into some recent prospect ADP!

01:45 Arizona Fall League MVP Candidates

02:45 Kevin McGonigle is going to rake

07:40 Sebastian Walcott could steal the show

12:10 Aidan Miller moving up rankings

17:00 Josue De Paula vs. Charlie Condon

23:20 Sleeper AFL hitters

35:30 Prospect ADP

38:05 Industry consensus up top

41:40 First-Year Player Draft talk

48:05 Colt Emerson’s narrow range

52:25 Edward Florentino’s ADP

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