RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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Priority Pick-Ups (sub-50% rostership in Yahoo leagues)

TZ: Brendan Donovan

Jason: Zack Gelof

TZ: Garrett Mitchell

Jason: Shane Baz

TZ: Tyler Tolbert

Jason: Shane Bieber

TZ: Noah Cameron

Jason: Luke Keashall

TZ: Cade Cavalli

Jason: Nasim Nunez

Deep-League Pitchers (sub-50% rostership in TGFBI)

TZ: Kade Anderson

Jason: Chris Bassitt

TZ: Brayan Bello

Jason: Patrick Sandoval

TZ: Andrew Alvarez

Deep-League Hitters (sub-50% rostership in TGFBI)

TZ: Rafael Flores Jr.,

Jason: Christian Franklin

TZ: Denzel Clarke

Jason: Alan Roden

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Intro/Kade Anderson finally arrives Saturday!

Steak League FAAB:

Trevor Story $5

Rafael Flores $4

Cal Quantrill $3

Michael Massey $3

Jose Fermin $2

Brayan Bello $1

Ezequiel Tovar $1

Eduardo Valencia $1

Jordan Romano $1

Andres Chaparro $1

Randal Grichuk

Jose Urquidy

Drew Anderson

Jack Leiter

Other names to consider: Seaver King, Tyler Stephenson, Agustin Ramirez



Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 24, 2026)

Merrill Kelly 1

Jeffrey Springs 0

Chris Bassitt 0

Ranger Suarez 4 (Todd 3)

Kevin Gausman 4

Chase Burns 5

Parker Messick 5

Ryan Feltner 0

Kyle Freeland 0

Jose Urquidy 2

Keider Montero 2

Seth Lugo 2

George Klassen 3 (Todd 2)

Tyler Phillips 1(Todd 0)

Zac Thornton 3

Zack Wheeler 5

Braxton Ashcraft 4 (Todd 5)

Robbie Ray 3

Adrian Houser 1

Matthew Liberatore 2 (Todd 3)

Max Scherzer 1 (Todd 2)

Cade Cavalli 5

Andrew Alvarez 1 (Todd 2)



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Todd asks Nick about the founding of the Tout Wars Champions League

Larry Schechter, Bret Sayre and Fred Zinkie stop by to discuss their experiences in the format. 

Best and worst moves

Approach to pitching

Approach to daily FAAB

Setting daily lineups

Points versus roto

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James Anderson and Bob Osgood recap the Too Early Meatball Draft — the first high-stakes fantasy baseball draft of 2027!

 

03:00 First Round

09:35 Second Round

14:05 Catchers

20:25 James’ Team

25:25 Second Base Is Shallow

30:10 Bob’s Team

41:45 Closers

46:00 Steve’s Team

48:20 Rookies

55:00 Final Thoughts

 

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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the NL MVP race, closer pockets from 2026 drafts and one month outliers after the All-Star Break.

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00:00 MLB Pod 8-18-26

00:15 News:

00:30 PCA is the first (and possibly only) 30-30 player this season, as he homered twice (and so did NL MVP challenger Shohei Ohtani)…..

08:00 Cutting Kyle Tucker

16:15 Jacob Wilson was scratched due to a sore shoulder

19:00 Max Fried is back on the IL, which makes him a drop

20:00 Monday was a big day for player returns: Oneil Cruz, Maikel Garcia, Shane McClanahan, Jordan Lawlar, Vinnie Pasquantino, Justin Martinez, Carlos Rodon, AJ Smith-Shawver

21:45 Ketel Marte is away from the team due to a personal matter, then flew back to AZ for knee

25:00 Bobby Witt Jr. had a big game in an otherwise unremarkable (for him) season

28:45 Circa

29:50 Bridge topic: Closer review from 2026 drafts.

31:00 Edwin Diaz to the IL

33:30 Spend Up on Closers Nevertheless

36:00 Second Tier Disasters

39:45 Next Tier Questionable

49:50 BlueWire

49:55 Main Topic: One month since ASB. Article coming for reference.

50:00 Brandon Pfaadt

54:00 Ty France

55:45 Alec Bohm

57:00 Abimelec Ortiz

58:35 Walbert Ureña

1:02:00 Mason Montgomery

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