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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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FAAB Pickups (week of June 2, 2025) May 31, 2025

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News review

15 team Mixed Leagues

12 Team Mixed Leagues

AL/NL only Leagues

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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 2, 2025) May 30, 2025

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0:00 Intro/Chandler Simpson sent down

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

Robert Garcia $11
Edward Cabrera $6
Carlos Narvaez $5
Wenceel Perez $5
Ryne Nelson $4
Richard Fitts $2
Adrian Houser $2
11:20 Dane Myers $2
Zach Agnos $1

16:01 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 2, 2025)

Luis Severino 2
Jacob Lopez 0
Chris Sale 5
Tomoyuki Sugano 3
Richard Fitts 2 (Todd 1)
22:59 Cade Horton 3 (Todd 2)
Brady Singer 2
Logan Allen 1
German Marquez 0
Jonathan Cannon 1
Shane Smith 2 (Todd 3)
Jack Flaherty 3
Jackson Jobe 2
Lance McCullers 2 (Todd 3)
Michael Lorenzen 2
Tyler Anderson 1
Dustin May 3 (Todd 2)
Freddy Peralta 5
Joe Ryan 5
Pablo Lopez 5
Tylor Megill 2
Carlos Rodon 5
Zack Wheeler 5
Mike Burrows 0
Stephen Kolek 1 (Todd 2)
41:54 George Kirby 4
Logan Webb 5
Justin Verlander 2
Drew Rasmussen 4
Nathan Eovaldi 5
Bowden Francis 2
Trevor Williams 0

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Top 400 Prospect Rankings Mailbag! May 28, 2025

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James Anderson's top 400 prospect rankings are fully updated and he answers dozens of listener questions about the top talents like Sebastian Walcott, Leo De Vries and Jesus Made!

00:00 Intro

00:50 Sebastian Walcott, Leo De Vries, Jesus Made

05:05 TIERS

07:05 Samuel Basallo

10:50 Ceiling vs. Proximity

14:55 Luis Pena vs. Jesus Made

18:10 Luis Pena vs. Josue De Paula

19:50 Braden Montgomery's ETA

22:05 Eduardo Quintero's upside

23:00 Mike Sirota to the moon

28:55 Jack Perkins' ceiling

31:10 Gage Jump's upside

32:30 A mulligan on Austin Overn

34:10 Chase Burns vs. Bubba Chandler

36:45 Chase Burns, Bryce Eldridge ETAs

38:50 When to move on from a prospect

41:30 The quality of this prospect crop

42:35 Cam Collier and Sal Stewart

43:35 George Lombard

46:05 Arjun Nimmala vs. Cooper Pratt

47:15 Brailer Guerrero the runner?

48:25 Travis Sykora

49:50 Grant Taylor

51:10 Drop Colt Emerson?

52:55 Felnin Celesten

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Fade These Pitching Staffs! May 28, 2025

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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson review five overachieving pitching staffs, five underachieving pitching staffs, and discuss injuries to Bryce Harper and Nick Kurtz.

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00:00 Fred Pod 5-27

00:30 Welcome

01:00 Bryce Harper

03:30 Nick Kurtz to the IL

06:00 Overachieving Pitching Staffs

06:30 1. Mets

13:50 2. Royals

18:40 3. Tigers

24:50 4. Giants

29:35 5. Rangers

33:55 BlueWire

34:00 Underachieving Pitching Staffs

34:20 1. Orioles

40:20 2. Marlins

44:45 3. D-backs

47:45 4. Dodgers

51:00 5. Brewers

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Marcelo Mayer Gets The Call May 26, 2025

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball, talking Phillies A's and Rays, and then jump into a busy week in FAAB, highlighted by aggressive bidding for Red Sox rookie, Marcelo Mayer. Follow us on Twitter / X: Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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FAAB Targets (Week of May 26, 2025) May 24, 2025

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Halusker to discuss their favorite FAAB pickups of the week.

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00:00 Headlines

15:00 Chase Meidroth

17:15 Matt Shaw

20:00 Matt Wallner

21:25 Miguel Vargas

25:00 Parker Meadows

26:15 Nick Kurtz

28:40 Daniel Palencia

32:10 Hayden Birdsong

35:20 Michael Lorenzen

36:50 Will Warren

41:10 Deep-league pitchers

52:30 Deep-league hitters

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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 26, 2025) May 23, 2025

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0:00 Intro/Happy Ronald Acuna Day

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

5:59 Hayden Birdsong $31
Daniel Palencia $10
Miguel Vargas $9
Slade Cecconi $7
Noah Cameron $4
15:49 Robert Hassell $4
Denzel Clarke $3
Kody Clemens $3
Abner Uribe $1

22:36 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 26, 2025)

J.P. Sears 0
Spencer Strider 4 (Todd 3)
Tomoyuki Sugano 3
Jameson Taillon 2 (Todd 3)
Nick Martinez 2
Gavin Williams 3
Carson Palmquist 0
Adrian Houser 1
Keider Montero 0
Hunter Brown 5
Michael Lorenzen 3
Jack Kochanowicz 1
Yoshinobu Yamamoto 5
37:37 Ryan Weathers 4 (Todd 3)
Joe Ryan 4 (Todd 5)
Clay Holmes 4
Ryan Yarbrough 1 (Todd 0)
Ranger Suarez 3 (Todd 4)
Andrew Heaney 2
Randy Vasquez 1
Hayden Birdsong 4 (Todd 3)
Erick Fedde 3
Zack Littell 3
Taj Bradley 3 (Todd 2)
Jacob deGrom 5
Kevin Gausman 4
Bowden Francis 1 (Todd 2)
Mitchell Parker 1

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Bullpen Breakdown with Ryan Rufe May 22, 2025

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Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Rufe to discuss every bullpen around the league, trying to figure out where the next saves will come from on the waiver wire.

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00:00 Headlines

14:30 Tier 1: clear closer, no worries

27:20 Tier 2: clear closer, some questions

42:00 Tier 3: close enough to a closer

47:50 Tier 4: committee, clear #1

53:05 Tier 5: committee/co-closer

57:20 Tier 6: Don't know, don't care

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Breakout Teenage Hitters w/ Alex Jensen May 21, 2025

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James Anderson and Alex Jensen go through the Arizona and Florida Complex Leagues to find breakout hitters, such as Rainiel Rodriguez and Tyson Lewis, before looking at which Dominican Summer League prospects have star potential, such as Yorger Bautista!

00:00 Intro

01:20 Tyson Lewis

07:50 Jose Anderson

11:35 Paulino Santana, Yolfran Castillo

14:30 Kale Fountain

17:10 Alex's Arizona Complex League Guys

33:30 Rainiel Rodriguez

38:20 Yairo Padilla

40:50 Stiven Martinez, Jose Dickson

42:40 Eduardo Beltre, Eduardo Florentino

46:00 Alex's Florida Complex League Guys

54:20 Dominican Summer League Watch List

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Five Overachieving Offenses May 20, 2025

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Sparked by the emergence of Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Cubs lead the list of overachieving offenses a quarter of the way through the season. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson evaluate the sustainability of these overachievers, and review the recent Yahoo Friends & Family draft.

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00:00 Fred Pod 5-20

00:30 Welcome

01:00 Y! Friends & Family Draft

03:00 Fred’s Team

14:00 Geraldo Perdomo, Nate Eovaldi

15:45 Royce Lewis

18:30 Jeff’s Recency Bias Team

21:30 Timing the Closer Market

24:30 BlueWire

25:00 Overachieving Offenses

25:10 1. Cubs; 277 R, 117 wRC+

27:45 2. Tigers 257 R, 116 wRC+

33:30 3. Cardinals 235 R, 110 wRC+

40:20 4. Giants 223 R, 96 wRC+

45:30 5. Athletics 202 R, 106 wRC+

50:45 6. Mariners 221 R, 115 wRC+

57:00 Sandy Alcantara

1:00:00 Underachieving Offenses

1:00:10 1. Orioles

1:07:45 2. Rockies

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