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Streaking Mariners & Brewers / FAAB Recap Aug 11, 2025

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball showcasing the red-hot Mariners and Brewers and also break down all the action in FAAB. They talk active bidding for starting pitchers Luis Gil and Cade Cavalli as well as a potential difference-maker closer in David Bednar. They also hit much more across baseball, including Josh Naylor's SB binge, Lawrence Butler's struggles and whether Kyle Schwarber can steal the NL MVP from Shohei Ohtani.

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FAAB Targets (Week of August 11, 2025) Aug 09, 2025

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver-wire pickups for the week.

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00:00 Headlines
9:40 Noelvi Marte
12:10 Lenyn Sosa
15:21 Jakob Marsee
18:00 Ryan Mountcastle
20:17 Jordan Lawlar
22:06 Isaac Collins
25:53 Cade Horton
28:01 Joey Wentz
29:57 Phil Maton
33:46 Bubba Chandler/Samuel Basallo/Dylan Beavers/JJ Wetherholt/Andrew Painter
39:24 Deep-League Pitchers
51:17 Deep-League Hitters

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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Aug. 11, 2025) Aug 08, 2025

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Intro/Jakob Marsee leads the pack in terms of bidding this week

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

Jakob Marsee $9
Hunter Gaddis $8
Jalen Beeks $6
Cade Cavalli $6
Logan Henderson $5
Casey Schmitt $2
Daniel Schneemann $1
Brad Lord $1
Victor Robles $1
Eli White $1
Miles Mikolas $0
Jordan Lawlar $0
Anthony Santander $0

Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 11, 2025)

Ryne Nelson 2 (Todd 3)
Anthony DeSclafani 0
Jeffrey Springs 2 (Todd 3)
Spencer Strider 4
Dean Kremer 2
Garrett Crochet 5
Cade Horton 3
Andrew Abbott 3
Logan Allen 3
Anthony Molina 0
Kyle Freeland 0
Jonathan Cannon 0 (Todd 1)
Chris Paddack 2
Jack Flaherty 4
Cristian Javier 1 (Todd 0)
Bailey Falter 3 (Todd 1)
Jose Soriano 2
Janson Junk 3
Freddy Peralta 5
Zebby Matthews 2 (Todd 1)
Clay Holmes 3
Will Warren 2
Aaron Nola 1
Ranger Suarez 4 (Todd 5)
Andrew Heaney 2
Yu Darvish 1 (Todd 3)
George Kirby 5
Logan Webb 5
Miles Mikolas 1
Ryan Pepiot 3
Nathan Eovaldi 5
Jose Berrios 3
Cade Cavalli 2
Mitchell Parker 0

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Learning from Bad Picks with Dave McDonald Aug 08, 2025

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Erik Halterman is joined by Dave McDonald to talk about the picks and fades they regret this season in an attempt to figure out how to avoid the same mistakes next year.

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00:00 Headlines

16:45 Fading Bo Bichette

26:30 Fading Zach Neto

32:15 Fading Junior Caminero

37:20 Fading Max Fried/Bryan Woo

43:50 Fading Jacob deGrom

46:05 Fading Tyler Soderstrom

49:00 Picking Skenes over Skubal

54:05 Picking Wyatt Langford/Lawrence Butler/Brenton Doyle

1:02:25 Picking Michael Harris

1:07:15 Picking Yordan Alvarez

1:10:10 Picking Luis Garcia Jr.

1:11:30 Picking Jack Flaherty

1:15:40 Picking Hunter Greene

1:18:30 Picking Sean Manaea

1:22:40 Picking Bubba Chandler

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Drafting Risky Pitchers w/ Mike Mager Aug 06, 2025

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James Anderson and Mike Mager look back on the best picks from their 2025 Too Early Draft and look at which high-upside pitchers may be worth the risk going into 2026!

00:00 Intro

02:00 Best Pick of Round 1

02:55 Best Pick of Round 2

03:30 Best Pick of Round 3

04:55 Best Pick of Round 4

06:00 Best Pick of Round 5

08:45 Best Pick of Round 6

10:00 Best Pick of Round 7

10:45 Best Pick of Round 8

11:20 Best Pick of Round 9

12:00 Best Pick of Round 10

13:30 Best Pick of Round 11

15:45 Avoid Recency Bias

17:40 Landmines In The First 5 Rounds

23:50 Hitters Who Will Lose Position Eligibility

28:10 Back To Basics

33:20 Where To Find Upside

41:45 Buying Brandon Woodruff

45:00 Chris Sale vs. Jacob deGrom

48:40 Buying Eury Perez

52:10 Is Hunter Greene Too Risky?

56:20 Jacob Misiorowski vs. Chase Burns

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Post-Deadline Reactions, Pitchers Since June 1 Aug 06, 2025

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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson share more trade deadline reactions, break down the latest news and discuss the top and bottom 10 starting pitchers since June 1.

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00:00 Post-Deadline Moves

00:20 Welcome

01:00 Fred’s Trade Deadline Reactions

03:00 Closer Headliners following the deadline

07:15 News & Notes

07:20 Aaron Judge is back….. Nothing is going right for the Yankees, including Max Fried, who now has a 5.81 ERA and a 1.52 WHIP since July 1…..And Devin Williams blew another save….

12:30 Nick Lodolo, to IL……

15:00 Austin Riley and Tommy Edman

19:00 Nathan Lukes survived the trade deadline as the Jays leadoff hitter and reached base five times yesterday.

20:40 Michael Soroka is already on the IL…..Ben Brown relieved Soroka and pitched well, so it’s likely time to add him and then get burned by him…..

23:00 Roman Anthony is day-to-day. He’s playing great but isn’t doing much in fantasy…..

26:00 NFFC

26:45 Let’s look at some of the best and worst pitchers in recent weeks. Because some of the best ones aren’t getting much credit and some of the worst ones are still in lineups.

27:45 Here are the ERA leaders since June 1.

28:15 Matthew Boyd 1.69

31:10 Christopher Sanchez 1.71

35:00 Paul Skenes 1.87; Tarik Skubal 2.08; Zack Wheeler 2.26

38:30 Quinn Priester 2.40

41:20 Garrett Crochet 2.44

42:30 Framber Valdez 2.47

43:00 Eric Lauer 2.54

47:00 Gavin Williams 2.54

49:30 BlueWire

49:40 And here are the worst qualified ERA pitchers since June 1.

51:00 Luis Severino 5.98

52:20 Nick Martinez 5.85; Chris Paddack 5.58

53:20 Zac Gallen 5.43

54:20 Tanner Bibee 5.17; JP Sears 5.06

55:50 Brandon Pfaadt 4.98; Andre Pallante 4.92

57:45 Sonny Gray 4.85

59:30 Sandy Alcantara 4.85

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Trade Deadline FAAB Fallout Aug 04, 2025

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball and discuss all the adds and drops after a busy trade deadline in MLB. They talk the red-hot Marlins and Red Sox, how to handle Mason Miller and Ryan Helsley moving out of their closer roles and the potential new closers to add in FAAB, including Randy Rodriguez, Dennis Santana and Cade Smith.

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FAAB Targets (Week of August 4, 2025) Aug 02, 2025

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week.

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00:00 Headlines

07:30 Randy Rodriguez

09:20 Corbin Martin

11:05 Dennis Santana

12:45 Cole Sands

14:40 JoJo Romero

16:20 Michael Soroka

18:20 Coby Mayo

20:00 Ramon Laureano

22:00 Carlos Correa

23:20 Warming Bernabel

26:00 Deep-league pitchers

34:45 Deep-league hitters

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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Aug. 4, 2025) Aug 01, 2025

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Intro/The dust has settled after a wild trade deadline

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

Jose Ferrer $20
Corbin Martin $14
JoJo Romero $12
Cole Sands $10
Tyler Locklear $7
Warming Bernabel $7
Riley O’Brien $6
Taj Bradley $5
Samuel Basallo $2
Mick Abel $1

Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 4, 2025)

Brandon Pfaadt 3
Jeffrey Springs 3
Erick Fedde 1
Joey Wentz 0
Brandon Young 1
Lucas Giolito 3
Mike Soroka 3 (Todd 4)
Nick Lodolo 4
Slade Cecconi 3
Tanner Gordon 0
Davis Martin 1
Casey Mize 3 (Todd 4)
Jason Alexander 1
Yusei Kikuchi 3
Sandy Alcantara 3
Cal Quantrill 1
Quinn Priester 4
Zebby Matthews 2 (Todd 1)
Sean Manaea 2 (Todd 3)
Max Fried 5
Jesus Luzardo 4
Carmen Mlodzinski 0
Mike Burrows 0
JP Sears 2
Bryan Woo 5
Justin Verlander 1 (Todd 2)
Sonny Gray 3
Adrian Houser 2
Merrill Kelly 2 (Todd 4)
Eric Lauer 1
MacKenzie Gore 4 (Todd 5)

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Trade Deadline Roundtable Aug 01, 2025

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Erik Halterman is joined by four fellow RotoWire hosts — Jeff Erickson, James Anderson, Todd Zola and Ryan Boyer — to discuss the fantasy fallout from the MLB trade deadline.

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00:00 Intro

01:00 Mason Miller to the Padres

06:20 Carlos Correa to the Astros

14:00 Jhoan Duran to the Phillies

17:15 Ryan Helsley to the Mets

21:30 David Bednar, Camilo Doval to the Yankees

24:45 Merrill Kelly to the Rangers

29:10 Eugenio Suarez to the Mariners

33:00 Ryan McMahon to the Yankees

35:45 James' prospect corner

39:45 New closers draft

47:15 Smaller moves that matter

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