RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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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Chris Welsh (@isitthewelsh) joins Jeff Erickson to discuss September call-ups like Lazaro Montes, Ethan Salas and Leo Bernall, and they also discuss the state of the Diamondbacks.
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00:00 09-09-26 MLB Podcast
00:15 Welcome to Chris Welsh
00:35 What is Chris working on?
04:30 Thanks to James Anderson
05:30 Diamondbacks Talk - Carroll, Playoffs, Burnes, Bullpen
15:30 Brock Bowers Injury
16:20 Circa
17:30 September Call-Ups
17:40 Lazaro Montes
26:00 Ethan Salas
29:30 Leo Bernal
32:00 Cooper Hjerpe
33:45 Walker Jenkins
35:35 BlueWire
36:20 Jonah Tong
38:30 Michael Arroyo
39:10 John Peck
40:10 Adael Amador
41:10 Ty Johnson
41:40 Ricky Tiedemann
42:30 Denzel Clarke
43:25 Carlos Jorge and Hector Rodriguez
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Fred Zinkie is in the finals of the Tout Wars Champions League, but even he has made mistakes this year, including drafting early catchers like Cal Raleigh. He and Jeff Erickson discuss their biggest mistakes of the season.
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00:00 Fred Pod 9-8-26
00:45 Tout Wars Champions League
05:30 News:
05:35 Aaron Judge Returns
07:45 Corbin Burnes Returns
09:15 Corbin Carroll Scratched
10:20 Shohei Ohtani Out Tuesday
16:45 Chase Burns pitched so well that you may want to start him anyways
18:45 Emmet Sheehan struck out 10 Reds
19:30 Another monster game from PCA, who is at 41-35
19:55 Henry Bolte had a homer and three steals.
22:00 Coby Mayo homered twice and has a .905 OPS in the second half.
26:00 Dylan Cease dealt with diminished velo in a poor start
28:20 Eury Perez has allowed at least 5 ER in three straight starts
31:00 Jesus Luzardo with another dominant start. Is he a top 10 SP for 2027?
32:00 Kyle Harrison is no longer worth rostering
33:30 Riley O’Brien blew a save. He is 0-4 with 3 BS and a 5.30 ERA in the second half
36:20 Circa
37:19 BlueWire
37:25 Main Topic: Fred’s five biggest screwups of 2026
38:15 Drafting pitchers in Round 1
44:30 Investing heavily in catchers (Cal Raleigh, Shea Langeliers)
49:10 Ignoring the second-half collapse of Framber Valdez
52:30 Overly Relying on Park Factors - Luis Castillo and Ezequiel Tovar
54:45 Ryan Walker
58:25 Jeff’s Biggest Mistakes
58:40 Not Enough “What Could Go Right?” Players
1:01:35 Pushing Up Scarce Players
1:05:10 Too Many Old Hitters
1:07:30 Impatience With Roles
1:13:40 Overlooking Speed …. Again
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