RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Last week, Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson tried to learn from their mistakes in 2026. This week they reflect in what they got right, including Jacob Misiorowski, Dillon Dingler and Payton Tolle.
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00:00 What Went Right 9-15-26
00:20 ToutWars Update
05:00 LABR Update
10:00 News:
10:05 Emmet Sheehan was added Sunday night in fantasy leagues and optioned Monday.
10:30 Roki Sasaki won't return this week. Josue De Paula is batting leadoff tonight.
14:30 PCA with another huge game
18:50 Troy Melton is falling apart
20:30 The Blue Jays continued to find ways to lose as Louis Varland blew a save
24:20 Quinn Mathews, Thomas Saggese and Leo Bernal all had good nights
29:01 BlueWire
29:25 Five things Fred got right this year.
30:00 Getting some SP studs (Misiorowski, Burns, Gray) in the Round 8-9 range.
35:35 Predicting that Louis Varland would become the Blue Jays closer.
38:55 Investing heavily in rookies, JJ Weatherholt, Kevin McGonigle and Carson Benge.
41:30 Continuing to invest in Luis Garcia Jr., who finally had a breakout season.
44:45 Signing up for another season of Michael Wacha
46:30 Jeff’s Right Things
46:35 Identifying Targets and Where to Get Them
49:00 Buying into underlying stats and acting accordingly
52:45 Forgetting Balance (LABR & Amici)
56:20 Payton Tolle & Parker Messick
59:00 Aggressive FAAB

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Scott Jenstad and special guest, Dustin McComas, wrap up another busy weekend in fantasy baseball, discussing Cam Schlittler, George Kirby and Jose Altuve among others, previewing next week and breaking down a busy week of FAAB especially on the hitter side, including active bidding on Shea Langeliers and Josue De Paula.

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Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top free agent pickups of the week.
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00:00 Intro
1:30 Josue De Paula
5:25 Anthony Volpe
8:45 TJ Rumfield
11:50 Javier Sanoja
13:45 Ty France
17:40 Jared Jones
19:15 Griffin Jax
22:00 Connor Prielipp
24:10 Grant Holmes
26:55 Quinn Mathews
29:20 Anthony Molina
32:00 Jack Perkins
35:05 Jonah Tong
39:35 Drew Anderson
41:55 Ryan Johnson
46:40 Hagen Smith
50:20 Victor Mesa Jr.
53:15 Adael Amador
56:05 Jorge Mateo
58:20 Christian Koss
1:00:55 Leo Bernal

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Intro/Josue De Paula gets the call
Steak League FAAB:Josue De Paula $5
Christian Koss $4
Leo Bernal
Jonah Tong
Reynaldo Lopez
Zac Gallen
John Peck
Connelly Early
Sean Manaea


Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 14, 2026)Jack Perkins 0
Brandon Young 2
Patrick Sandoval 2
David Peterson 1
Nick Lodolo 1 (Todd 0)
Rhett Lowder 0
Tanner Bibee 3
Tomoyuki Sugano 0
Ryan Feltner 0
Davis Martin 1
Erick Fedde 1
Troy Melton 2
Drew Anderson 1
Hunter Brown 4 (Todd 5)
Michael Wacha 4
Reid Detmers 4 (Todd 5)
Ryan Johnson 2
Roki Sasaki 1
Sandy Alcantara 5
Jacob Misiorowski 5
Connor Prielipp 2 (Todd 1)
Jonah Tong 2
Will Warren 3
Cristopher Sanchez 5
Jared Jones 4
Casey Mize 2
Walker Buehler 1
Kade Anderson 4
Landen Roupp 1
Quinn Mathews 1
Griffin Jax 3
Cody Bradford 0

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Erik Halterman is joined by Lauren Auerbach to discuss the high amount of turnover at the top of the player pool. Who should be picked earlier next season, this year's top picks or this year's top performers?
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00:00 Headlines
06:30 Pete Crow-Armstrong vs. Shohei Ohtani
13:40 Jacob Misiorowski vs. Aaron Judge
18:15 Ben Rice vs. Bobby Witt Jr.
23:40 Yordan Alvarez vs. Juan Soto
27:35 Cam Schlittler vs. Ronald Acuna Jr.
31:25 Jordan Walker vs. Jose Ramirez
36:20 CJ Abrams vs. Tarik Skubal
41:40 Hunter Goodman vs. Elly De La Cruz
45:15 Junior Caminero vs. Julio Rodriguez
49:35 Sal Stewart vs. Paul Skenes
53:50 Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Garrett Crochet
58:30 Elly De La Cruz vs. Gunnar Henderson
1:01:20 Chris Sale vs. Corbin Carroll
1:04:25 Fernando Tatis Jr. vs. Kyle Tucker
1:07:20 James Wood vs. Fernando Tatis Jr.
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