RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Jeff Erickson and Jason Collette recap the week in FAAB, including the Cooper Pratt, Shane Bieber and Eury Perez bids.

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00:00 RotoWire 6-21-26 MLB Podcast

00:15 Welcome to Jason Collette

00:30 Royals Woes

02:30 -Bobby Witt Jr. Grade 1 MCL Sprain

05:15 -Jac Caglianone bright spot

06:30 -Starting Pitching Injuries, Poor Performance

08:00 -Possible Trades?

09:00 -Bad Time for Kaufman Stadium heating up?

11:30 Many Happy Returns?

11:40 -Elly De La Cruz on Tuesday

12:40 -Brandon Woodruff coming off IL Monday

13:15 -Shane Bieber also returning

15:15 -Konnor Griffin beginning rehab assignment

16:50 Chase Burns Improves to 9-1

17:00 -ERA down to 2.00, 102 K’s in 85.2 IP

18:20 -Won despite allowing six stolen bases

20:00 Injury News & Notes

20:10 Daniel Palencia out - is there a Cubs RP you trust?

22:50 Jared Jones hit by line drive, images negative

23:45 Liam Hicks (lower-back strain) to the IL

25:15 Diamondbacks’ Injuries - Soroka, Nelson, Lawlar

28:50 Do we need to vet Kyle Tucker again?

31:00 SeatGeek

32:40 Schedule Notes

33:00 -14 Teams with 7 games

34:30 -Todd Zola’s Hitter Rankings Article

40:25 FAAB Hitters

40:30 Cooper Pratt

42:20 Joe Mack / Nick Fortes / Austin Wells

45:15 Blaze Alexander

46:20 Lane Thomas, Tommy Edman, Denzer Guzman, Esteury Ruiz, Jonny DeLuca

47:15 Andrew Benintendi

47:50 Matt Shaw

49:55 BlueWire

50:00 FAAB SP

50:30 Anthony Kay

51:35 Brady Singer, Andre Pallante

52:15 Robert Gasser

52:55 Gage Jump

54:10 Eury Perez

56:00 Sean Manaea

56:25 FAAB RP

56:30 Tony Santillan

57:20 Elvis Alvarado

57:40 Kevin Kelly

59:10 Jaden Hill

1:02:45 Bonus Topic - Carolina Hurricanes Parade!!!

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

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0:34 Intro

2:29 Paul Goldschmidt

4:24 Cooper Pratt

7:06 Jasson Dominguez

9:23 Tommy Edman

12:15 Carter Jensen

17:04 Blaze Jordan

19:53 Peter Lambert

22:26 Mick Abel

25:02 Yoendrys Gomez

28:56 Griffin Jax

32:03 SeatGeek

33:18 Ian Seymour

36:19 Javier Assad

38:32 Jacob Webb

41:25 JR Ritchie

45:19 Kyle Leahy

48:13 Samad Taylor

50:43 Heriberto Hernandez

53:11 Jonny DeLuca

55:20 Endy Rodriguez

59:13 Victor Robles

1:01:00 SmartMoney

1:02:07 Outro

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0:00 Intro/Joshua Baez turned in a four-homer game, up to 24 homers and 12 steals in 64 games with Triple-A Memphis this season

Steak League FAAB:

Blaze Jordan $8

Javier Assad $4

Cooper Pratt $4

Joshua Baez $4

Samad Taylor $4

Elvis Alvarado $3

Josh Bell $3

Jonny DeLuca $2

9:50 Ian Seymour $2

Robert Gasser $2

12:55 Other names to consider: Jacob Webb, Tony Santillan, Edwin Diaz, Gabriel Rincones, Leo De Vries



20:20 Two-start pitchers (week of June 22, 2026):

Merrill Kelly 1 (Todd 2)

Eduardo Rodriguez 3

Aaron Civale 1 (Todd 0)

Grant Holmes 3

25:30 Kyle Bradish 4

Jake Bennett 1 (Todd 0)

Sonny Gray 4

Edward Cabrera 2

Brady Singer 1 (Todd 2)

Gavin Williams 4

Ryan Feltner 0

Anthony Kay 3 (Todd 2)

Framber Valdez 4 (Todd 3)

Casey Mize 3

Hunter Brown 5

Michael Wacha 3 (Todd 2)

Luinder Avila 0

Sam Aldegheri 1 (Todd 0)

Tyler Phillips 0

43:20 Brandon Woodruff 4 (Todd 3)

Zebby Matthews 2

Kodai Senga 0

Nolan McLean 4

Carlos Rodon 4

Ryan Weathers 2 (Todd 3)

Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 5)

Alan Rangel 0

Mitch Keller 2

51:40 Michael King 3

George Kirby 4

Adrian Houser 0

Andre Pallante 2

Kyle Leahy 1

Drew Rasmussen 5

Shane McClanahan 5 (Todd 4)

Kumar Rocker 1 (Todd 0)

Jack Leiter 2

Shane Bieber 1

Trey Yesavage 3

Foster Griffin 2 (Todd 3)

Zack Littell 0

1:01:00 Recap

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jenny Butler to discuss a handful of risky early-round picks, some of which have paid off and some of which have been busts.

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00:00 Headlines

12:35 Young, unproven hitters

26:35 Injury risks

44:05 First-round starting pitchers

48:55 Early closers

53:35 Age risk

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James Anderson and Alex Jensen discuss the top breakouts from the Arizona Complex League, Florida Complex League and Dominican Summer League to help you target the NEXT top prospects in your dynasty leagues!

 

01:20 Sebastian Dos Santos

03:55 Luis Arana

05:25 Kaleb Wing/Dean Livingston

07:00 Luis Hernandez/Josuar Gonzalez/Steele Hall

12:05 Alexander Frias

14:10 Cristian Arguelles

15:30 Juan Martinez

17:00 Josh Owens

19:40 Aidan West

21:00 Johnny Slawinski

22:05 Corey Cousin

23:45 Jhomnardo Reyes

26:00 Johan De Los Santos

27:55 Franklin Primera

30:50 Sadbiel Delzine

33:20 Miguel Caraballo

35:45 Wilberson De Pena

37:35 Emanuel Luna

39:55 Angeibel Gomez

42:30 Diego Frontado

44:15 Enrique Oropeza

45:45 Gregory Pio

47:00 Juan Rijo

47:50 Angel Nunez

49:15 Francisco Renteria

51:40 Leanders Matos

53:40 Sebastian Romero

54:55 Carlos Vielma

56:40 Freyerso Vasquez

59:00 Ronald Cardozo

01:01:05 Joscar Hernandez

01:02:45 Joniel Hernandez

01:04:00 Joskairo Ramirez

01:05:45 Johenssy Colome

01:06:15 Wandy Asigen

01:06:45 Victor Valdez

 

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