RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss six September schedule quirks, and why you should be loading up on Mariners like Dominic Canzone and Cole Young.

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00:00 RotoWire MLB Pod 8-25-26

00:15 ToutWars Champions League

08:30 News

08:40 Julio Rodriguez and Cal Raleigh finally had good games.

14:00 Bryan Woo is expected to make his start this Wednesday

17:20 Pete Fairbanks is dealing with nerve irritation

22:45 Willy Adames to the IL (elbow sprain)

24:30 Ketel Marte is expected to return from the IL next Monday

26:40 Rafael Devers homered and has looked like himself since May

28:45 Kaelen Culpepper had four hits and is batting .340; Yoendrys Gomez blew up

34:00 Circa

35:32 BlueWire

35:37 Main Topic: September schedule quirks.

36:35 Mariners!

39:30 Padres

41:20 Angels

43:20 Cardinals

45:00 Reds

50:25 Braves

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad break down a busy weekend in fantasy baseball, talking the red-hot Phillies, Carson Benge, Cade Cavalli, Gabriel Moreno and much more before jumping into all the action in FAAB, highlighted by large bids for Seattle Mariners rookie Kade Anderson. They also preview the week ahead, looking for some strong offensive schedules to attack and also run though all the injuries and noteworthy news items from over the weekend.

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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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