RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a big weekend in fantasy baseball, breaking down the first halves of Jake McCarthy, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Alec Burleson (and many others), all the injury news and notes, a big upcoming week of games and another active week in FAAB, highlighted by the huge bids on Hunter Greene.

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Jeremy Schneider and Todd Zola share their top fantasy baseball pickups of the week.

0:01 Intro

0:59 Chase DeLauter

2:17 Heliot Ramos

5:11 Matt McLain

8:50 Caleb Durbin

12:00 Masyn Winn

14:43 Henry Bolte

18:50 Sean Manaea

21:23 Jake Bennett

24:12 Jack Flaherty

27:28 Brandon Young

30:57 SeatGeek

32:15 Patrick Sandoval

36:12 Hurston Waldrep

40:04 Nick Pivetta

43:28 Dean Kremer

46:03 Robert Gasser

51:27 Gridiron Trivia

52:27 Joshua Kuroda-Grauer  

56:29 Anthony Seigler

57:57 Jonah Heim

58:59 Randal Grichuk

1:01:49 Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

1:04:04 Outro

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0:00 Intro/Esmerlyn Valdez is on a heater!

Steak League FAAB:

Yohendrick Pinango $4

Javier Sanoja $4

Mason Barnett $4

Jimmy Herget $2

Jacob Gonzalez $1

Randal Grichuk $1 (dropping Kaelen Culpepper)

11:15 Mason Montgomery $1

Kyle Teel $1

David Peterson $1

Alejandro Osuna $0

Dylan Beavers $0

Garrett Whitlock $0



14:30 Two-start pitchers (week of July 6, 2026):

Brandon Pfaadt 2

Zac Gallen 1 (Todd 2)

Jeffrey Springs 1

Reynaldo Lopez 3

Bryce Elder 1 (Todd 0)

Shane Baz 4 (Todd 3)

Peyton Tolle 4

Matthew Boyd 4 (Todd 3)

Andrew Abbott 3

Joey Cantillo 3

Kyle Freeland 0

Michael Lorenzen 0

27:40 Noah Schultz 2

Tarik Skubal 5

Michael Burrows 1

Noah Cameron 1

Seth Lugo 2 (Todd 1)

Jose Soriano 4

Max Meyer 4 (Todd 5)

Jacob Misiorowski 5

Taj Bradley 3 (Todd 4)

Freddy Peralta 4 (Todd 3)

Kodai Senga 0

Will Warren 3

Elmer Rodriguez 1

Cristopher Sanchez 5

Zack Wheeler 5

Paul Skenes 5

Walker Buehler 1

Randy Vasquez 2

Landen Roupp 1 (Todd 2)

Trevor McDonald 2 (Todd 1)

Michael McGreevy 2

Dustin May 1 (Todd 2)

Shane McClanahan 4

Ian Seymour 3 (Todd 4)

Jacob deGrom 5

1:00:45 Kevin Gausman 5

Cade Cavalli 4

Recap: 1:02:35

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Erik Halterman is joined by Sara Sanchez to discuss how to win with a team that waited on starting pitching — something Sara is having plenty of success with this season.

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00:00 Intro and headlines

13:30 When and why to wait on pitching

28:15 Potential aces if you wait on pitching

51:15 How many mid-round aces are there?

55:15 In-season management

1:00:10 Would you recommend this build?

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James Anderson and Matt Eddy of Baseball America draft the top 30 catchers to roster in dynasty leagues!

 

03:55 Catcher Trends

06:40 Drake Baldwin

08:15 Samuel Basallo

09:50 Shea Langeliers

10:35 William Contreras

11:50 Cal Raleigh

15:30 Rainiel Rodriguez

17:40 Dillon Dingler

19:05 Hunter Goodman

20:20 Carter Jensen

21:30 Ivan Herrera

22:55 Adley Rutschman

23:50 Joe Mack

25:15 Kyle Teel

26:30 Liam Hicks

27:30 Will Smith

28:30 Gabriel Moreno

29:40 Francisco Alvarez

30:55 Ethan Salas

32:30 Alejandro Kirk

33:15 Vahn Lackey

35:25 Dalton Rushing

36:35 Alfredo Duno

37:40 Franklin Primera

38:40 Nathan Flewelling

40:05 Austin Wells

40:55 Ryan Jeffers

41:50 Keibert Ruiz

42:55 Endy Rodriguez

43:55 Caden Bodine

44:35 Yainer Diaz

45:40 Final Thoughts

 

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