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Underrated MiLB Prospects w/ JT Jun 24, 2026

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James Anderson and JT (@Dukeswasmyguy) talk about some of the most underrated fantasy prospects in the minor leagues and also touch on a few overrated prospects!

01:55 Ralphy Velazquez

07:15 Enddy Azocar

11:45 Sell or hold Franklin Arias?

13:05 Dylan Jordan

17:15 Bryan Rincon

20:55 Yeremy Cabrera

25:35 Colton Shaw

28:25 Manuel Genao

31:25 Brad Pacheco

34:30 Jurrangelo Cijntje

38:40 Bryce Rainer

43:15 Blake Mitchell

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The Biggest Surprises and Disappointments Jun 23, 2026

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Did you draft Fernando Tatis or Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the first round? Or did you wait and draft Sal Stewart instead? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson break down the biggest surprises and disappointments at each position.

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00:00 Fred Pod 06-23-26

00:15 News

00:30 Happy Fun Ball? MLB teams produced a total of 63 runs in 12 games…

05:30 Bobby Witt Jr. is trying to avoid the IL…… (Maikel García on IL)

12:30 Jeremy Pena hamstring injury

13:10 Elly De La Cruz will return today, while Eury Perez and Francisco Lindor could return tomorrow…..

14:00 Mickey Moniak, Brandon Woodruff and Kyle Teel were activated yesterday…..

16:30 Garrett Crochet still isn’t throwing….

18:10 Kyle Tucker left the game with back spasms…..

26:45 Jack Leiter

27:00 Dominic Canzone

30:00 SeatGeek

30:52 BlueWire

30:55 Main topic: Surprises, Disappointments, One-Word Descriptions.

31:25 Catcher - Exciting!

32:45 -Liam Hicks - Surprising

33:00 -Cal Raleigh - Disappointing

34:20 -Salvador Perez - Over-rostered

34:50 -Dillon Dingler - Under-rostered

36:10 First Base - Endless

37:00 -Miguel Vargas - Surprising

37:55 -Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - Disappointing

38:35 -Rafael Devers - Over-rostered

39:20 -Ryan O’Hearn - Under-rostered

41:10 Second Base - Uninspiring

41:40 -Otto Lopez - Surprising

43:15 -Fernando Tatis Jr. - Disappointing

44:00 -Nico Hoerner - Over-rostered

45:40 -Zack Gelof - Under-rostered

46:30 Third Base - Respectable

48:00 -Casey Schmitt - Surprising

48:30 -Manny Machado - Disappointed

51:45 -Alex Bregman - Over-Rostered

53:30 -Curtis Mead - Under-Rostered

55:00 Shortstop - Disappointing

56:00 -Colson Montgomery - Surprising

57:00 -Mookie Betts - Disappointing

58:00 -Corey Seager - Over-Rostered (Yahoo Leagues)

59:30 -Nasim Nunez - Under-Rostered

1:01:00 Outfield - Concerning

1:04:10 -Jordan Walker - Surprising

1:05:45 -Ronald Acuna - Disappointing

1:06:55 -Maikel García - Over-Rostered

1:08:00 -Brandon Marsh - Under-Rostered

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10 Players experts are adding on the fantasy baseball waiver wire Jun 22, 2026

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Jeff Erickson and Jason Collette recap the week in FAAB, including the Cooper Pratt, Shane Bieber and Eury Perez bids.

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00:00 RotoWire 6-21-26 MLB Podcast

00:15 Welcome to Jason Collette

00:30 Royals Woes

02:30 -Bobby Witt Jr. Grade 1 MCL Sprain

05:15 -Jac Caglianone bright spot

06:30 -Starting Pitching Injuries, Poor Performance

08:00 -Possible Trades?

09:00 -Bad Time for Kaufman Stadium heating up?

11:30 Many Happy Returns?

11:40 -Elly De La Cruz on Tuesday

12:40 -Brandon Woodruff coming off IL Monday

13:15 -Shane Bieber also returning

15:15 -Konnor Griffin beginning rehab assignment

16:50 Chase Burns Improves to 9-1

17:00 -ERA down to 2.00, 102 K’s in 85.2 IP

18:20 -Won despite allowing six stolen bases

20:00 Injury News & Notes

20:10 Daniel Palencia out - is there a Cubs RP you trust?

22:50 Jared Jones hit by line drive, images negative

23:45 Liam Hicks (lower-back strain) to the IL

25:15 Diamondbacks’ Injuries - Soroka, Nelson, Lawlar

28:50 Do we need to vet Kyle Tucker again?

31:00 SeatGeek

32:40 Schedule Notes

33:00 -14 Teams with 7 games

34:30 -Todd Zola’s Hitter Rankings Article

40:25 FAAB Hitters

40:30 Cooper Pratt

42:20 Joe Mack / Nick Fortes / Austin Wells

45:15 Blaze Alexander

46:20 Lane Thomas, Tommy Edman, Denzer Guzman, Esteury Ruiz, Jonny DeLuca

47:15 Andrew Benintendi

47:50 Matt Shaw

49:55 BlueWire

50:00 FAAB SP

50:30 Anthony Kay

51:35 Brady Singer, Andre Pallante

52:15 Robert Gasser

52:55 Gage Jump

54:10 Eury Perez

56:00 Sean Manaea

56:25 FAAB RP

56:30 Tony Santillan

57:20 Elvis Alvarado

57:40 Kevin Kelly

59:10 Jaden Hill

1:02:45 Bonus Topic - Carolina Hurricanes Parade!!!

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FAAB Targets (Week of June 21) Jun 19, 2026

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Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top fantasy baseball pickups of the week.

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0:34 Intro
2:29 Paul Goldschmidt
4:24 Cooper Pratt
7:06 Jasson Dominguez
9:23 Tommy Edman
12:15 Carter Jensen
17:04 Blaze Jordan
19:53 Peter Lambert
22:26 Mick Abel
25:02 Yoendrys Gomez
28:56 Griffin Jax
32:03 SeatGeek
33:18 Ian Seymour
36:19 Javier Assad
38:32 Jacob Webb
41:25 JR Ritchie
45:19 Kyle Leahy
48:13 Samad Taylor
50:43 Heriberto Hernandez
53:11 Jonny DeLuca
55:20 Endy Rodriguez
59:13 Victor Robles
1:01:00 SmartMoney
1:02:07 Outro

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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 22, 2026) Jun 19, 2026

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0:00 Intro/Joshua Baez turned in a four-homer game, up to 24 homers and 12 steals in 64 games with Triple-A Memphis this season

Steak League FAAB:
- Blaze Jordan $8
- Javier Assad $4
- Cooper Pratt $4
- Joshua Baez $4
- Samad Taylor $4
- Elvis Alvarado $3
- Josh Bell $3
- Jonny DeLuca $2
- 9:50 Ian Seymour $2
- Robert Gasser $2
- 12:55 Other names to consider: Jacob Webb, Tony Santillan, Edwin Diaz, Gabriel Rincones, Leo De Vries

20:20 Two-start pitchers (week of June 22, 2026):

Merrill Kelly 1 (Todd 2)
Eduardo Rodriguez 3
Aaron Civale 1 (Todd 0)
Grant Holmes 3
25:30 Kyle Bradish 4
Jake Bennett 1 (Todd 0)
Sonny Gray 4
Edward Cabrera 2
Brady Singer 1 (Todd 2)
Gavin Williams 4
Ryan Feltner 0
Anthony Kay 3 (Todd 2)
Framber Valdez 4 (Todd 3)
Casey Mize 3
Hunter Brown 5
Michael Wacha 3 (Todd 2)
Luinder Avila 0
Sam Aldegheri 1 (Todd 0)
Tyler Phillips 0
43:20 Brandon Woodruff 4 (Todd 3)
Zebby Matthews 2
Kodai Senga 0
Nolan McLean 4
Carlos Rodon 4
Ryan Weathers 2 (Todd 3)
Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 5)
Alan Rangel 0
Mitch Keller 2
51:40 Michael King 3
George Kirby 4
Adrian Houser 0
Andre Pallante 2
Kyle Leahy 1
Drew Rasmussen 5
Shane McClanahan 5 (Todd 4)
Kumar Rocker 1 (Todd 0)
Jack Leiter 2
Shane Bieber 1
Trey Yesavage 3
Foster Griffin 2 (Todd 3)
Zack Littell 0

1:01:00 Recap

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Reviewing Risky Picks with Jenny Butler Jun 19, 2026

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jenny Butler to discuss a handful of risky early-round picks, some of which have paid off and some of which have been busts.

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00:00 Headlines

12:35 Young, unproven hitters

26:35 Injury risks

44:05 First-round starting pitchers

48:55 Early closers

53:35 Age risk

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DSL and Complex League Breakouts w/ Alex Jensen Jun 17, 2026

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James Anderson and Alex Jensen discuss the top breakouts from the Arizona Complex League, Florida Complex League and Dominican Summer League to help you target the NEXT top prospects in your dynasty leagues!

01:20 Sebastian Dos Santos

03:55 Luis Arana

05:25 Kaleb Wing/Dean Livingston

07:00 Luis Hernandez/Josuar Gonzalez/Steele Hall

12:05 Alexander Frias

14:10 Cristian Arguelles

15:30 Juan Martinez

17:00 Josh Owens

19:40 Aidan West

21:00 Johnny Slawinski

22:05 Corey Cousin

23:45 Jhomnardo Reyes

26:00 Johan De Los Santos

27:55 Franklin Primera

30:50 Sadbiel Delzine

33:20 Miguel Caraballo

35:45 Wilberson De Pena

37:35 Emanuel Luna

39:55 Angeibel Gomez

42:30 Diego Frontado

44:15 Enrique Oropeza

45:45 Gregory Pio

47:00 Juan Rijo

47:50 Angel Nunez

49:15 Francisco Renteria

51:40 Leanders Matos

53:40 Sebastian Romero

54:55 Carlos Vielma

56:40 Freyerso Vasquez

59:00 Ronald Cardozo

01:01:05 Joscar Hernandez

01:02:45 Joniel Hernandez

01:04:00 Joskairo Ramirez

01:05:45 Johenssy Colome

01:06:15 Wandy Asigen

01:06:45 Victor Valdez

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Five NL Rookies to Fade, Trade or Target Jun 16, 2026

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Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie continue to review this year's deep rookie class, this time focusing on the NL. Do we target Bryce Eldridge after his recent hot hitting, or target him expecting more of the same?

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00:00 Fred Pod 6-16-26

00:15 News:

00:30 Daniel Palencia goes on IL

06:00 Francisco Lindor may start a rehab assignment next week……

07:30 Trea Turner stinks and has a bruised wrist……

08:00 Corey Seager is on the concussion list and could be a drop in some leagues…..

11:00 Colt Keith entered last night with 1 homer and departed with 4……

15:30 Drake Baldwin is back….

16:50 Spencer Strider has been shut down for 4 weeks, making him a drop….

19:45 Shane Bieber stash?

21:00 Cal Raleigh is coming back….

22:00 Cooper Pratt is coming up….

25:00 Nick Kurtz is awesome and everyone who said he stinks during draft season should be fired….

27:45 Cole Carrigg already has 3 homers…..

30:45 Dustin May put an exclamation point on his resurgence.

32:30 SeatGeek

33:30 BlueWire

33:35 Main topic: NL Rookies.

34:00 Bryce Eldridge

40:00 JJ Wetherholt

42:20 Nolan McLean

47:00 Carson Benge; AJ Ewing

52:00 TJ Rumfield

57:55 Ryan Waldschmidt

58:15 Foster Griffin

59:30 Bubba Chandler; Konnor Griffin

1:03:50 Logan Henderson

1:04:30 Moises Ballesteros

1:05:45 Owen Caissie

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FAAB Recap / Year of the Hamate Bone Jun 15, 2026

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a busy weekend in baseball talking about the struggles of Trea Turner and Austin Riley, the recent hot streaks of Bryce Eldridge and Byron Buxton, the injuries over the weekend and all the adds and drops in FAAB. They also discuss how real the White Sox are and the recent bad run by Nolan McLean, before getting into the heavy bidding on rookies Braden Montgomery and Cole Carrigg, and much, much more!

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FAAB Targets (Week of June 14) Jun 12, 2026

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Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top fantasy baseball pickups of the week.

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0:35 Intro
2:01 Braden Montgomery
5:45 Cole Carrigg
9:56 Dalton Rushing
12:20 Esmerlyn Valdez
17:32 Nick Gonzales
20:04 Royce Lewis
23:22 Tatsuya Imai
27:06 Shane Drohan
30:57 Michael McGreevy
32:56 Grant Taylor
37:14 SeatGeek
39:34 Brandon Young
44:00 Andre Pallante
46:30 Jake Bennett
50:13 Eric Lauer
59:49 Jordan Lawlar
1:02:54 Ryan Ward
1:05:07 Denzer Guzman
1:09:10 Jared Young
1:13:38 LuJames Groover
1:16:01 Smart Money
1:17:22 Outro

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