RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Was Brice Turang the biggest All-Star snub? Using the RotoWire Earned Auction Value too, Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the biggest snubs.

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00:00 Fred Pod 7-7-26

00:15 News:

00:30 Konnor Griffin Out 8-to-10 Weeks (finger)

03:40 Ryan Helsley seeking a second opinion

08:20 Bryron Buxton (hip) on IL

09:45 Jacob Wilson (thumb) returning

12:45 Christopher Sanchez got rocked. He goes into the ASB with 3 stinkers in his past 5 starts

16:10 Cole Carrigg had another good game and has a .978 OPS after 25 games…..

18:30 Since June 1, Kevin Gausman is 0-5 with a 6.51 ERA and 1.47 WHIP….

22:00 Vladdy went hitless again last night. He’s the 35th 1B in the Rotowire EAV calculator.

24:40 The Walker Buehler bubble continued to burst…..

30:00 It was a bad night for closers, as Tanner Scott, Raisel Iglesias and Devin Williams all blew saves

32:00 The Nats offense continues to cook and leads MLB in runs. The big improvement is power, as they are top five in doubles, triples and homers.

34:45 Gridiron Trivia

35:40 SeatGeek

36:41 BlueWire

36:45 Main topic: All-Star Snubs

37:00 Based on 2026 fantasy value, via the Rotowire Earned Auction Value calculator, here are the 15 players who have returned at least $18 in value and were NOT selected for the MLB All-Star Game.

38:00 Brice Turang

40:30 Oneil Cruz

41:30 Bryan Reynolds

45:50 Logan Gilbert

50:55 Luis Garcia

52:00 Willson Contreras

53:00 Alec Burleson

54:15 Brandon Lowe

55:15 Michael Harris II

56:30 Dansby Swanson

59:00 Jake McCarthy

1:01:40 Jake Bauers

1:06:00 Zach Neto

1:07:30 Sonny Gray

1:09:30 Elly De La Cruz

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a big weekend in fantasy baseball, breaking down the first halves of Jake McCarthy, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Alec Burleson (and many others), all the injury news and notes, a big upcoming week of games and another active week in FAAB, highlighted by the huge bids on Hunter Greene.

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Jeremy Schneider and Todd Zola share their top fantasy baseball pickups of the week.

0:01 Intro

0:59 Chase DeLauter

2:17 Heliot Ramos

5:11 Matt McLain

8:50 Caleb Durbin

12:00 Masyn Winn

14:43 Henry Bolte

18:50 Sean Manaea

21:23 Jake Bennett

24:12 Jack Flaherty

27:28 Brandon Young

30:57 SeatGeek

32:15 Patrick Sandoval

36:12 Hurston Waldrep

40:04 Nick Pivetta

43:28 Dean Kremer

46:03 Robert Gasser

51:27 Gridiron Trivia

52:27 Joshua Kuroda-Grauer  

56:29 Anthony Seigler

57:57 Jonah Heim

58:59 Randal Grichuk

1:01:49 Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

1:04:04 Outro

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0:00 Intro/Esmerlyn Valdez is on a heater!

Steak League FAAB:

Yohendrick Pinango $4

Javier Sanoja $4

Mason Barnett $4

Jimmy Herget $2

Jacob Gonzalez $1

Randal Grichuk $1 (dropping Kaelen Culpepper)

11:15 Mason Montgomery $1

Kyle Teel $1

David Peterson $1

Alejandro Osuna $0

Dylan Beavers $0

Garrett Whitlock $0



14:30 Two-start pitchers (week of July 6, 2026):

Brandon Pfaadt 2

Zac Gallen 1 (Todd 2)

Jeffrey Springs 1

Reynaldo Lopez 3

Bryce Elder 1 (Todd 0)

Shane Baz 4 (Todd 3)

Peyton Tolle 4

Matthew Boyd 4 (Todd 3)

Andrew Abbott 3

Joey Cantillo 3

Kyle Freeland 0

Michael Lorenzen 0

27:40 Noah Schultz 2

Tarik Skubal 5

Michael Burrows 1

Noah Cameron 1

Seth Lugo 2 (Todd 1)

Jose Soriano 4

Max Meyer 4 (Todd 5)

Jacob Misiorowski 5

Taj Bradley 3 (Todd 4)

Freddy Peralta 4 (Todd 3)

Kodai Senga 0

Will Warren 3

Elmer Rodriguez 1

Cristopher Sanchez 5

Zack Wheeler 5

Paul Skenes 5

Walker Buehler 1

Randy Vasquez 2

Landen Roupp 1 (Todd 2)

Trevor McDonald 2 (Todd 1)

Michael McGreevy 2

Dustin May 1 (Todd 2)

Shane McClanahan 4

Ian Seymour 3 (Todd 4)

Jacob deGrom 5

1:00:45 Kevin Gausman 5

Cade Cavalli 4

Recap: 1:02:35

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Erik Halterman is joined by Sara Sanchez to discuss how to win with a team that waited on starting pitching — something Sara is having plenty of success with this season.

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00:00 Intro and headlines

13:30 When and why to wait on pitching

28:15 Potential aces if you wait on pitching

51:15 How many mid-round aces are there?

55:15 In-season management

1:00:10 Would you recommend this build?

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