RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Tout Wars Champions League winner Fred Zinkie lists 10 players who helped win you leagues this year that won't be league-winners in 2027. Plus, he and Jeff Erickson discuss an early peak at next year's top-25!
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00:00 Fred Pod 9-22-26
00:15 ToutWars Champions League winner!
07:30 News:
07:35 Aaron Judge
11:30 Bryce Eldridge
13:40 Jazz Chisholm
15:45 Emmet Sheehan (again!)
20:00 Working Top 25 Conclusions
20:20 Junior Caminero should be picked 2nd overall
23:30 Why not Elly over Bobby Witt Jr.?
28:30 Could Mason Miller be a first round pick in the main event?
35:00 Do we overrate Cristopher Sanchez a bit?
38:00 Why not put Pete Alonso in the top 25?
43:11 BlueWire
43:16 10 League winners who won’t be league winners in 2027
44:15 CJ Abrams
48:00 Ben Rice
49:45 Alec Burleson
53:40 Bryan Baker
54:45 Otto Lopez
57:00 Dylan Cease
1:01:40 Hunter Goodman
1:03:45 Eduardo Rodriguez
1:06:45 Liam Hicks
1:08:15 Riley O’Brien

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad delve into strategies for the final week of the season, discuss a number of players including Mookie Betts, Jackson Chourio and Carter Jensen (and many others) and break down all the final week adds that can help you lock down your league.

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Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top free agent pickups of the week and look back on the top pickups of the year.
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2:31 Dominic Canzone
5:23 Brett Bateman
8:56 Josh Jung
11:25 Sean Manaea
13:16 Andrew Alvarez
15:43 Jake Bennett

19:23 Erick Fedde
21:42 JR Ritchie
25:03 Ethan Pecko
28:27 Rico Garcia

30:39 Emmanuel Rodriguez
33:04 Dustin Harris
34:53 Pavin Smith
36:50 Donovan Walton

38:43 Reviewing Top Pickups of the Year

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Intro/The final week is upon us!
- Steak League FAAB:
Shea Langeliers $4
Jack Perkins $3
Rico Garcia $3
Jeffrey Springs $2
David Sandlin $1
Anthony Volpe $1
Dustin Harris $1
Emmanuel Rodriguez
Justin Wrobleski
Bryce Miller
Dansby Swanson
Garrett Whitlock
Justin Foscue
Andrew Abbott
Cade Povich
Blade Tidwell
Agustin Ramirez
Gordon Graceffo
Brady Basso
Luis Medina
JR Ritchie
- Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 21, 2026)
Michael Soroka 1
Brady Basso 1
JR Ritchie 2
Shane Baz 3
Jake Bennett 3
Kevin Gausman 3 (Todd 4)
Andrew Abbott 2
Foster Griffin 3 (Todd 2)
Anthony Kay 1
Cristian Javier 2 (Todd 1)
Daniel Lynch 2
Yusei Kikuchi 2
Janson Junk 1
Logan Henderson 4
Sean Manaea 2 (Todd 3)
Max Fried 5
Zack Wheeler 5
Jared Jones 4 (Todd 5)
Logan Gilbert 5
Blade Tidwell 2
Andre Pallante 1
MacKenzie Gore 2 (Todd 1)
Max Scherzer 3

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Erik Halterman is joined by Derek VanRiper of The Athletic to discuss this year's most improved pitchers on three different statistical levels: ERA, K-BB% and Pitching+.
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00:00 Headlines
12:50 Most Improved by ERA
36:00 Most Improved by K-BB%
54:40: Most Improved by Pitching+

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