RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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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Martin Sekulski from Four-Seam Fantasy and PitcherList joins Jeff Erickson to share his top dynasty league as we approach the offseason.
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00:00 9-16-26 Podcast
00:15 Welcome to Martin Sekulski
01:00 September Tips
02:00 Know Your League Settings/ Timelines
04:00 Still Adding To Your Roster
04:15 Emmanuel Rodriguez
07:00 Evaluate Your Roster
07:15 Aaron Judge
10:15 Realistic Assessment of Team
14:00 Who are your keepers?
16:10 What do they cost?
19:30 Planning for your next draft/auction based on competitive window
21:30 Who is clogging up your roster?
24:15 Extra Prospects At One Position
25:40 Steering Into Injury Issues
27:30 Hunter Greene
28:35 BlueWire
28:40 Dissect your Minor League System/Prospects
33:40 Martin’s Prospect Rankings Prospect
35:20 FYPD's
36:10 Roch Cholowsky vs. Grady Emerson
37:15 Trading for FYPD picks
38:45 Art of the Trade
39:00 Updating the Trade Block
44:30 Closing Thoughts

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Last week, Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson tried to learn from their mistakes in 2026. This week they reflect in what they got right, including Jacob Misiorowski, Dillon Dingler and Payton Tolle.
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00:00 What Went Right 9-15-26
00:20 ToutWars Update
05:00 LABR Update
10:00 News:
10:05 Emmet Sheehan was added Sunday night in fantasy leagues and optioned Monday.
10:30 Roki Sasaki won't return this week. Josue De Paula is batting leadoff tonight.
14:30 PCA with another huge game
18:50 Troy Melton is falling apart
20:30 The Blue Jays continued to find ways to lose as Louis Varland blew a save
24:20 Quinn Mathews, Thomas Saggese and Leo Bernal all had good nights
29:01 BlueWire
29:25 Five things Fred got right this year.
30:00 Getting some SP studs (Misiorowski, Burns, Gray) in the Round 8-9 range.
35:35 Predicting that Louis Varland would become the Blue Jays closer.
38:55 Investing heavily in rookies, JJ Weatherholt, Kevin McGonigle and Carson Benge.
41:30 Continuing to invest in Luis Garcia Jr., who finally had a breakout season.
44:45 Signing up for another season of Michael Wacha
46:30 Jeff’s Right Things
46:35 Identifying Targets and Where to Get Them
49:00 Buying into underlying stats and acting accordingly
52:45 Forgetting Balance (LABR & Amici)
56:20 Payton Tolle & Parker Messick
59:00 Aggressive FAAB

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