RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Jeff Erickson, Clay Link, James Anderson, Scott Jenstad, Todd Zola, Fred Zinkie, Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer cover fantasy baseball year round, including draft prep, strategy and much more!

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1
A Look Back on 2024
Todd Zola and Clay Link discuss the end of the Oakland A's and look back on the season that was on the final Friday podcast of 2024.
55 min
2
AL Wild Card & RotoWire Staff Keeper League Talk
Erik Siegrist has a 30-point lead in the final week of the season in the RotoWire Staff Keeper League, fueled in part by Tarik Skubal, who is also carrying the Tigers' run to an AL Wild Card spot. He joins Jeff Erickson to discuss both races.
40 min
3
Breakout Rookie Pitchers w/ Eno Sarris
Eno Sarris joins James Anderson to discuss the most interesting rookie pitchers to make noise in the second half and which ones to target in 2025!
58 min
4
NL Players That Can Move the 2025 Needle
Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss players on NL playoff or playoff-adjacent teams that can still alter their 2025 fantasy value.
54 min
5
Strategy for the Final Week / 2025 First Round
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad preview the final week of the MLB season, discuss the last weekend of FAAB and look ahead at what the 2025 first round will look like.
63 min
6
What Will We Remember 2024 for With Paul Sporer
Erik Halterman and guest Paul Sporer discuss the themes and players which defined the 2024 fantasy baseball season.
78 min
7
FAAB Targets (Week of September 23, 2024)
Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer recap the waiver wire season and offer up their FAAB recommendations for the final week.
63 min
8
Shohei Ohtani Makes History, Reaches 50-50
Todd Zola and Clay Link discuss Shohei Ohtani's historic season before moving on to the final crop of two-start pitchers in 2024.
41 min
9
NL Wild Card Talk with Mike Ferrin
Mike Ferrin joins Jeff Erickson to discuss the NL Wild Card race, with an emphasis on the Diamondbacks.
46 min
10
Prospect Buys For 2025 w/ Chris Clegg
James Anderson and Chris Clegg discuss 12 prospects to buy for redraft and dynasty in 2025!
54 min
11
Players That Can Still Move the 2025 Needle
Because of his late start to the season and uneven results after returning from injury, it's difficult to put a 2025 value on Gerrit Cole, so his remaining starts in the regular season and playoffs will hopefully reveal more to us. Who else can we learn more from in the AL? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson tackle that topic.
53 min
12
Talking FAAB and 2025 SP Top 5 with Vlad Sedler
Scott Jenstad is joined by Vlad Sedler from FTN Fantasy to discuss the top tier of starting pitchers in 2025 drafts, the best FAAB pickups of 2024 and all the adds and drops from this week in fantasy leagues.
64 min
13
Reviewing Bold Predictions With Jason Collette
Erik Halterman and Jason Collette discuss Jason's preseason Bold Predictions series and attempt to find lessons for next season from both the hits and the misses.
68 min
14
FAAB Targets (Week of September 16, 2024)
Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer break down the latest baseball headlines and share their top pickups of the week.
66 min
15
Jackson Chourio Becomes Youngest Ever to 20-20
Todd Zola and Clay Link are back for the penultimate two-start pitcher podcast of the season! They also discuss Jackson Chourio, potential FAAB pickups for the stretch run and more.
47 min
16
Prospect Standouts w/ Chris Blessing
Chris Blessing joins James Anderson to discuss his live looks at Sebastian Walcott, Christian Moore, Carson Williams and more!
70 min
17
Is He an Ace?
Todd and Fred review the news, then hand out ace cards.
76 min
18
End Game Strategy / FAAB Recap / 2025 Closers
Scott Jenstad and special guest, Toby (aka BatFlipCrazy), talk strategy for the final 3 weeks of the season, discuss the top end of the 2025 Closer Pool and break down all the adds and drop in FAAB, plus much more.
78 min
19
What Were We Thinking?
Erik Halterman and Todd Zola review the biggest rankings debates of draft season and try to avoid making the same mistakes next year.
76 min
20
FAAB Targets (Week of September 9, 2024)
Erik Halterman and guest Mike Couillard go over the latest headlines from around baseball and offer up their recommended FAAB adds.
70 min
21
Yankees Getting 'Creative' With Closer Role
Todd Zola and Clay Link are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including the Yankees' closer situation, injuries, two-start pitchers and more.
48 min
22
Astros Chat
Jen Piacenti from Sports Illustrated drops by to talk Astros with Jeff Erickson. Who will be in their playoff rotation? What do we expect with Kyle Tucker when he returns? Who plays first base?
30 min
23
Prospect Mailbag!
James Anderson answers dozens of listener questions about this week's update to the top 400 prospect rankings!
57 min
24
Better in Real Life, Better in Fantasy
Inspired by Daulton Varsho, Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie review which players are better in real life than fantasy, and which players are better in fantasy in real life, and try to find some underlying trends.
57 min
25
Crews Callup / FAAB Review / Royals Reeling
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss all the adds and drops in FAAB this weekend, a rough Royals weekend, a fun Dodgers / Diamondbacks series, Jose Ramirez and much, much more.
73 min