RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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Intro/Spring games have begun, new Roundtable update

News

Jordan Westburg out through April with UCL tear

Will Coby Mayo take over at third base?



Chandler Simpson is nursing a tight left hamstring and won’t play in the Rays’ first few Grapefruit League games.

Todd’s Twitter poll on Simpson

Big discrepancy between our ranks



Edwin Uceta received an MRI on his cranky shoulder

Increased interest in Griffin Jax?



Joe Musgrove is considered a full-go in Padres camp

Pablo Lopez will have Tommy John surgery

Roundtable update

https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/article/february-rotowire-roundtable-rankings-2026-fantasy-baseball-top-300-105668

Biggest gainers: 

Willson Contreras

JJ Wetherholt

Devin Williams

Ivan Herrera

Daniel Palencia

Kenley Jansen



Biggest drops: 

Corbin Carroll

Francisco Lindor

Jackson Holliday

Blake Snell

Josh Hader

Shane Bieber



Dropping Out: 

Troy Melton

Trevor Larnach

Matt Shaw

Connelly Early

Sean Manaea

Hurston Waldrep

Nick Castellanos

Spencer Schwellenbach

Pablo Lopez

Anthony Santander



Jumping in:

Evan Carter

Logan Henderson

Mitch Keller

Justin Steele

Cedric Mullins

Jack Leiter

Kevin McGonigle

Brady Singer

Carson Kelly

Dylan Beavers



Todd loves Cristopher Sanchez?

Austin Riley not a value right now?

I’m a little surprised to see Todd is the high man on Daylen Lile

Chase Burns

Todd: 81

Clay: 193



Concerns with Trey Yesavage or more so you just need to see it?

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Inspired by injuries to Spencer Schwellenbach and Hurston Waldrep, Jeff Erickson from RotoWire.com and Chris Towers from CBS break down the pitching options in the NL East.

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Nobody has won more NFBC Main Event leagues than Mark Srebro, and he joins James Anderson to give a couple hot takes before discussing how to build a winning pitching staff in a 15-team high-stakes league!
 
07:45 Mark’s 1st Bold Take
12:00 Mark’s 2nd Bold Take
18:35 How to win a Main Event league
22:30 Where’s the SP1 cutoff?
27:00 SP2 and SP3
31:10 Groups of SPs in the 100-250 range
33:00 Young and exciting SPs
37:40 Injury discount SPs
41:00 Coming off a down year SPs
44:35 Not enough track record SPs
50:05 Good and boring SPs
54:30 Constructing a staff
01:00:05 Jeremy Pena vs Jo Adell
 
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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss eight important park factors that you might not know about that could influence the players you draft.
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Jeff Erickson from RotoWire.com hosts Vlad Sedler from FTNFantasy.com and they discuss early observations from the draft pool, including which positions are the weakest.
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00:00 Early Player Pool Observations
00:15 Welcome to Vlad Sedler from FTN Fantasy
03:25 Recent News
03:40 Yordan Alvarez reports without ankle pain
06:20 Zac Gallen signs with Diamondbacks
10:45 Orioles sign Chris Bassitt
14:45 Fantrax
15:45 Hitter Tiers By Position
16:00 2B
16:30 Thin Top, Thick Middle
17:30 How have you attacked the position?
17:45 Punt, Punt, Punt!!!
21:30 Target(s): Players after 200-250; Matt McLain, Brendan Donovan
23:00 Fade(s): Jazz Chisholm
24:50 Breakout: Maybe Luisangel Acuña, Chase Meidroth
27:00 3B
27:20 Minefields all over
30:30 Are you among the legion that gets one early and calls it a day?
31:00 Target(s): Both Japanese players (Okamoto, Murakami), Royce Lewis
33:00 Fade(s): Noelvi Marte, Matt Chapman
35:00 Breakout: Jordan Lawlar
36:15 Catcher
36:30 Many are saying it’s a great era
37:30 Cal Raleigh or not?
39:00 Ben Rice
40:45 Where is Vlad shopping for catchers?
42:00 Target(s): Francisco Alvarez
43:00 Fade(s): Raleigh, Hunter Goodman at cost
43:25 Breakout: Harry Ford
44:09 BlueWire
44:20 1B
44:35 On average none in the first round
47:15 But very deep, with options at many tiers
48:30 Target(s): Pete Alonso
49:50 Fade(s): None for real, but haven’t drafted Josh Naylor
52:00 Breakout: Manifesting Willson Contreras, Andrew Vaughn
55:00 SS
55:15 Ranked a little stronger at the top
55:30 So hard to not to draft three of them!
57:45 Bo Bichette with the Mets
59:15 Target(s): Gunnar Henderson, Zach Neto, Masyn Winn
1:00:30 Fade(s): CJ Abrams
1:01:10 Breakout: Konnor Griffin
1:02:30 OF
1:02:45 4-5 on average go in first round
1:03:15 Deep, but remember you need at least five OF
1:07:45 Target(s): Roman Anthony, Byron Buxton, Luis Robert
1:09:00 Fade(s): Questionable BA guys early like PCA, James Wood
1:11:45 Breakout(s): Jordan Walker (Driveline), Chase DeLauter
1:16:00 UnderDog Strategy - Load Up on Early OF’s
1:17:30 Infield Glut
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