RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

00:00 Updated dynasty rankings! 00:45 Young Nationals hitters 08:45 Valuing Ronald Acuna in dynasty 12:05 DL Hall 13:20 Zyhir Hope 15:35 Where are the prospect tiers? 21:30 Junior Caminero vs. Jackson Holliday 25:10 Risky young hitters 28:15 Tink Hence 30:30 Austin Riley 31:10 Roki Sasaki 35:00 Biggest risers/fallers from Too Early Top 300 40:15 Jesus Made 41:25 Prospects who could be big risers 44:10 First Pitch Arizona Recap Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

00:00 Intro 04:20 Setting the ADP 13:15 Heavy exposure players 25:00 First Base 31:10 Shortstop 33:15 Third base & second base 38:30 Ronald Acuna 41:00 Jazz Chisholm 43:45 Logan Gilbert 45:55 Willy Adames/Zach Neto 50:15 Kyle Schwarber 53:00 Wyatt Langford 59:20 Zac Gallen 01:01:30 Most Outrageous ADP 01:10:15 Favorite injured pitchers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

00:00 Intro 04:30 Matt Shaw 06:20 Connor Phillips 09:05 More Matt Shaw 14:00 Andrew Painter 19:15 Kumar Rocker 26:30 Zyhir Hope 37:10 Charlie Condon 43:50 Jesus Made 55:00 Thomas Harrington 01:01:00 Michael McGreevy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

00:00 Intro 03:00 Catcher 06:45 First Base 10:00 Second Base 13:45 Shortstop 16:00 Third Base 20:05 Outfield 25:45 Starting Pitchers 27:00 Relievers 32:25 MacKenzie Gore 36:15 Chase Dollander 41:00 George Springer 42:10 Nolan Arenado 44:30 Paul Goldschmidt 45:55 Rhys Hoskins 49:50 Jorge Polanco 51:35 Starling Marte/Jacob Young 58:45 Josh Bell 1:01:00 Prospect vs. Injured Ace vs. Asian Free Agent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. 0:00 Intro/Major League Baseball in Oakland is no more Pickups Michael McGreevy (@ SF) Hayden Birdsong (vs. STL) Mitch Spence (@ SEA) Jonathan Aranda Hunter Goodman Earned Auction Values Among the top 10 earners, who are you least likely to invest in in 2025? Offseason Prep Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:15 Spencer Schwellenbach 6:40 Bowden Francis 10:00 David Festa 14:30 Ben Brown 18:30 Zebby Matthews 22:10 Hayden Birdsong 27:00 Landon Knack 29:40 Ben Casparius 31:20 Sean Burke 36:45 Cade Povich 37:10 Joey Cantillo 42:40 Spencer Arrighetti 45:40 Cody Bradford 46:40 Kumar Rocker 50:30 RP to SP Candidates Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss players on NL playoff or playoff-adjacent teams that can still alter their 2025 fantasy value. --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Thanks for listening all season!! Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire. Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erik Halterman and guest Paul Sporer discuss the themes and players which defined the 2024 fantasy baseball season. --- 00:00 Headlines 21:10 Chaos in the first round 30:15 Tons of starting pitcher injuries...but tons of risky pitchers worked out 40:00 Rookies don't always hit the ground running 46:30 Paul Skenes 49:40 Shohei Ohtani 54:30 Honorable mentions: Elly De La Cruz, Brent Rooker, Jarren Duran, Jackson Merrill, Chris Sale, Shota Imanaga, Jack Flaherty --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer recap the waiver wire season and offer up their FAAB recommendations for the final week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Todd Zola and Clay Link discuss Shohei Ohtani's historic season before moving on to the final crop of two-start pitchers in 2024. Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. 0:00 Intro/Shohei Ohtani becomes the first player ever to 50-50 Pickups Jared Triolo - $9 Carlos Correa - $3 Evan Phillips - $1 Pavin Smith - $1 Luisangel Acuna - $1 Reese Olson Jakob Junis Hunter Goodman Justin Wrobleski Landen Roupp Others to consider if available in your league: Tommy Edman, Jasson Dominguez, Jose Quintana, Nick Martinez, Luke Weaver Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Sept. 23, 2024) Eduardo Rodriguez 3 Spencer Schwellenbach 3 Dean Kremer 1 Tanner Houck 3 Ryan Feltner 0 Jonathan Cannon 1 Tarik Skubal 5 Hunter Brown 4 (Todd 5) Cole Ragans 5 Jack Kochanowicz 2 (Todd 1) Landon Knack 1 Freddy Peralta 5 Bailey Ober 4 (Todd 5) Luis Severino 3 Nestor Cortes 4 (Todd 5) Brady Basso 1 (Todd 0) Aaron Nola 5 Bailey Falter 1 Michael King 3 (Todd 4) Bryce Miller 5 Hayden Birdsong 1 Ryan Pepiot 4 Bowden Francis 4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Ferrin joins Jeff Erickson to discuss the NL Wild Card race, with an emphasis on the Diamondbacks. --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:50 Andrew Painter 5:20 Bubba Chandler 8:30 Andrew Walters 11:35 Zach Maxwell 16:00 Dalton Rushing 21:00 Edgar Quero 23:30 Jordan Lawlar 26:35 Adael Amador 29:00 Nick Kurtz 34:45 Coby Mayo 39:05 Roman Anthony 41:00 Colby Thomas 44:05 Jacob Melton Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. --- 00:00 - Needle-Moving AL Players for 2025 00:30 - Concept 02:30 - Yankees:  02:45 - Gerrit Cole,  06:15 - Jasson Dominguez,  08:15 - Anthony Volpe,  10:15 - Clay Holmes 12:20 - Orioles:  13:15 - Seranthony Dominguez,  14:45 - O’s Prospects - Heston Kjerstad, Jackson Holliday, Coby Mayo 19:00 - Adley Rutschman,  20:45 - Corbin Burnes 24:30 - Guardians:  24:45 - Andres Gimenez,  26:25 - Kyle Manzardo,  29:15 - Gavin Williams 31:55 - Astros:  32:05 - Ronel Blanco, Spencer Arrighetti, Hunter Brown 37:15 - Royals:  37:30 - Lucas Erceg,  39:15 - Seth Lugo,  42:00 - Twins:  42:30 - Royce Lewis 45:00 - Matt Wallner, Edouard Julien,  46:15 - Tigers: 46:30 - Parker Meadows, Kerry Carpenter 50:00 - Mariners: 50:20 - Julio Rodriguez --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Follow us on Twitter: @ScottJenstad I @RotoGut I @ RotoWire Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. --- Hits Spencer Strider is not a top-20 pitcher Zac Gallen finishes outside the top-100 final rankings Seiya Suzuki finishes ahead of Mike Trout Michael King is a top-40 overall pitcher Brenton Doyle is a top-75 outfielder Jo Adell is a top-80 outfielder Sean Manaea is a top-100 pitcher Misses Juan Soto outhomers Aaron Judge Cole Ragans is not a top-50 starting pitcher Andrew Vaughn finishes outside the top 300 Lucas Erceg leads the (Oakland) roster in saves Tyler Black is a top-300 player MJ Melendez is a top-40 outfielder Coming Down to the Wire Mark Vientos hits 25 homers Michael Kopech is a top-150 pitcher --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer break down the latest baseball headlines and share their top pickups of the week.  --- 00:00 Headlines 18:15 Kumar Rocker 22:20 Jacob deGrom 25:20 Dean Kremer 27:10 Griffin Canning 30:15 Jasson Dominguez 32:45 Brendan Rodgers/Rockies Hitters 35:05 Zack Gelof 36:15 Ty France 38:10 Mike Yastrzemski 38:55 Travis d'Arnaud 42:00 Pick6 Picks 48:30 Budget Pitchers 57:05 Budget Hitters --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. 0:00 Intro/Jackson Chourio is the youngest player ever to go 20-20 Pickups Max Scherzer - $4 Trevor Story - $4 Travis d’Arnaud - $2 Jordan Beck - $1 A slew of $0 adds: Ezequiel Duran Alec Marsh Jesus Tinoco Trey Sweeney Hunter Renfroe Ian Anderson Taylor Walls Yoan Moncada Kody Clemens Cade Smith Ryan Weathers Tyler Glasnow Trevor Williams Others to consider if available in your league: Kumar Rocker, Reid Detmers, Spencer Horwitz, Rhett Lowder, Seth Brown, Jasson Dominguez  Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Sept. 16, 2024) Merrill Kelly 2 (Todd 1) Ryne Nelson 2 Max Fried 5 Ian Anderson 0 (Todd 1) Albert Suarez 4 Nick Pivetta 3 Shota Imanaga 5 Jordan Wicks 2 Matthew Boyd 4 Gavin Williams 2 Antonio Senzatela 0 Sean Burke 0 Casey Mize 2 (Todd 1) Spencer Arrighetti 3 Seth Lugo 5 Reid Detmers 2 Yoshinobu Yamamoto 4 Darren McCoughan 0 Aaron Civale 3 Colin Rea 3 Pablo Lopez 5 Zebby Matthews 0 (Todd 1) Sean Manaea 4 Tylor Megill 2 Joey Estes 1 Ranger Suarez 5 Zack Wheeler 5 Paul Skenes 5 Yu Darvish 4 (Todd 3) Bryan Woo 4 (Todd 5) Robbie Ray 2 Andre Pallante 2 (Todd 3) Shane Baz 3 Nathan Eovaldi 4 Chris Bassitt 3 Jake Irvin 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2:10 Christian Moore 12:45 Carson Williams 21:15 Chandler Simpson 31:25 Sebastian Walcott 40:10 Robby Snelling 47:00 Moises Ballesteros 54:15 Jonah Tong 59:10 Chase Petty 1:04:00 First Pitch Arizona Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices