RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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

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2:49 Max Clark

6:58 Matt McLain

9:37 Tommy Edman

12:00 Heriberto Hernandez

16:00 Dominic Canzone

19:07 Quinn Mathews

25:02 Kyle Leahy

27:45 Mason Montgomery

30:54 Clayton Beeter

34:00 Steven Cruz

41:00 Circa

42:13 Hayden Wesneski

45:15 AJ Smith-Shawver

50:11 Carson Whisenhunt

53:56 Tomoyuki Sugano

57:00 Brandyn Garcia

1:00:35 Tyler Tolbert

1:03:25 Dane Myers

1:05:21 Pedro Ramirez

1:08:22 Hao-Yu Lee

1:10:40 Andruw Monasterio

 

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Intro/Casey Mize, Freddy Peralta scratched tonight, calm before the trade storm

Steak League FAAB:

Quinn Mathews $6

Mason Montgomery $4

Steven Cruz $4

Hayden Wesneski $3

Javier Baez $3

Brandyn Garcia $2

Luis Rengifo $2

Tyler Tolbert $2

Dane Myers $2

Pedro Ramirez $1

Rhett Lowder $1

JT Realmuto $1

Carson Whisenhunt $1

Other names to consider: Erik Miller, Max Clark, George Lombard



Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 3, 2026)

Brandon Pfaadt 3

Eduardo Rodriguez 3

J.T. Ginn 3 (Todd 2)

Chris Sale 5

Dean Kremer 1 (Todd 2)

Patrick Sandoval 2 (Todd 3)

Matthew Boyd 4

Javier Assad 1

Brady Singer 2

Slade Cecconi 2

Michael Lorenzen 0

Davis Martin 2

Casey Mize* 3

Peter Lambert 3

Randy Dobnak 1

Reid Detmers* 4

Ryan Gusto 1

Brandon Sproat 2

Logan Henderson 4

Joe Ryan 5

Christian Scott 3 (Todd 2)

Cam Schlittler 5

Aaron Nola 1

Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 5)

Bubba Chandler 1 (Todd 2)

Jared Jones 4

Griffin Canning 0 (Todd 1)

J.P. Sears 1

Logan Webb 5

Matthew Liberatore 2 (Todd 1)

Ian Seymour 3

Shane Bieber 0

Trey Yesavage 3

Zack Littell 0

Jake Irvin 0



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Erik Halterman is joined by Britton Allan to discuss some hitters who have gotten much better in the last two months and some hitters who have gotten much worse.

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00:00 Headlines

13:10 Rising Hitters, Good to Great

32:15 Rising Hitters, Bad to Good

48:55 Falling Hitters, Great to Good

1:00:30 Falling Hitters, Good to Bad

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James Anderson, Taylor Corso and Kyle Sonntag predict who the top 10 prospects for dynasty baseball leagues will be heading into the 2028 season!

 

02:40 Eli Willits

06:05 Grady Emerson

08:15 Seth Hernandez

11:15 Eduardo Quintero

14:15 Juneiker Caceres

19:50 Dax Kilby

21:15 Eric Hartman

20:20 Angeibel Gomez

26:50 Luis Hernandez

29:35 Kendry Chourio

31:00 Luis Pena

33:00 Kevin Alvarez

35:00 Edward Florentino

38:15 JoJo Parker

39:20 Josuar Gonzalez

42:20 Alexander Frias

46:00 Honorable Mentions

 

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Who is the only 20-20 player in baseball right now? Which undrafted pitcher is in the top-10 in wins, ERA and WHIP? Plus, is Cody Bellinger a drop now that he's out 4-to-6 weeks with a hamstring injury. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss all that and more!

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00:00 Diamond Detective Podcast

00:15 News:

00:30 Cody Bellinger to miss 4-6 weeks. Drop?……

07:55 Max Meyer

10:30 NL vs AL Wild Card Race

12:00 Kerry Carpenter and Spencer Steer are both on the IL and look like drops

12:30 Ronald Acuna Jr. returned

13:30 Addison Barger avoided TJ surgery and will be ready for spring training

14:15 Joc Pederson homered twice and has 17 homers since May 1

15:50 Casey Schmitt is likely going on the IL with a knee injury

18:00 Esmerlyn Valdez left after being hit by a pitch

19:00 Curtis Mead left his Boston debut with a bruised wrist, Ceddanne Rafaela hit a grand slam and the Red Sox continued to roll

20:40 Francisco Lindor had his best game of 2026

22:30 Zac Thornton with another quality start

24:00 Zack Wheeler and Max Fried had their worst games of 2026

26:00 Tatsyui Imai and Keider Montero faltered at the start of two-start weeks

28:15 Alex Bregman had a big game in an otherwise disappointing season

31:00 Circa

32:30 BlueWire

32:35 Diamond Detective

33:30 Player 1 - Pete Crow-Armstrong

36:40 Player 2 - Alec Burleson

39:05 Player 3 - Kyle Schwarber

41:50 Player 4 - Gabriel Moreno

46:00 Player 5 - Taylor Ward

50:00 Player 6 - Henry Bolte

53:30 Player 7 - George Kirby

57:50 Player 8 - Justin Wrobleski

1:00:40 Player 9 - Kevin Gausman

1:03:00 Player 10 - Cade Smith

1:05:00 Player 11 - David Bednar

1:05:30 Player 12 - Jacob Lopez;

1:07:40 Player 13 - Tomoyuki Sugano

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