RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Erik is joined by Michael Govier to preview the American League trade deadline. Which bubble teams will buy at the deadline and which will become sellers?

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00:00 Headlines

4:00 Detroit Tigers

15:55 Toronto Blue Jays

20:45 Baltimore Orioles

26:10 Houston Astros

32:55 Boston Red Sox

37:40 Minnesota Twins

41:40 Seattle Mariners

47:40 Texas Rangers

54:40 Cleveland Guardians

59:10 Chicago White Sox

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Intro/Back at it to begin the second half!

Steak League FAAB:

Tommy White $11

Lance McCullers $4

Zach Thornton $3

Jackson Jobe $2

Tyler Locklear $1

Merrill Kelly $1

Ronel Blanco $1

Other names to consider: Edwin Diaz, Mason Montgomery, Carmen Mlodzinski



Two-start pitchers (week of July 20, 2026)

Mitch Bratt 0

Jeffrey Springs 0

Bryce Elder 1 (Todd 0)

Reynaldo Lopez 2

Shane Baz 3

Payton Tolle 4

Jameson Taillon 0

Andrew Abbott 3

Parker Messick 4 (Todd 5)

Slade Cecconi 3

Kyle Freeland 0

Erick Fedde 1 (Todd 2)

Jack Flaherty 3 (Todd 4)

Framber Valdez 4 (Todd 3)

Michael Wacha 3

Luinder Avila 0

Jose Soriano 3

Janson Junk 2 (Todd 3)

Jacob Misiorowski 5

Joe Ryan 5

Freddy Peralta 4 (Todd 3)

Will Warren 2 (Todd 3)

Cristopher Sanchez 5

Mitch Keller 1

Randy Vasquez 1

Walker Buehler 1

Tyler Mahle 2

Matthew Liberatore 3

Kyle Leahy 2 (Todd 3)

Drew Rasmussen 5

Nick Martinez 3

Nathan Eovaldi 5

Dylan Cease 5

Kevin Gausman 4

Andrew Alvarez 0



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Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top waiver wire targets to start the second half of the season.

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1:26 Chase Burns extension

4:52 Lance McCullers trade

7:44 Mickey Moniak

10:55 Zack Gelof

14:14 Sam Antonacci

17:56 Jake Mangum

21:09 Tommy White

24:30 Griffin Conine

26:22 Circa

27:57 Cade Cavalli

33:00 Christian Scott

33:49 Brandon Sproat

36:15 Peter Lambert

39:05 Dustin May

41:41 Zach Thornton

44:00 Tyler Mahle

48:54 Cam Smith

53:22 Edward Cabrera

56:47 Charlie Condon

1:01:14 Joshua Baez

1:03:29 Kade Anderson

1:07:55 Quinn Mathews

1:10:31 Garrett Whitlock

1:13:29 Luke Weaver

1:16:20 Smart Money

1:17:29 Outro

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James Anderson is joined by Chris Welsh (@isitthewelsh), Eric Cross (@EricCrossMLB) and Lucas Morel (@theprospectprof) for a First-Year Player Mock Draft featuring just players selected in the 2026 MLB Draft!

 

01:50 Roch Cholowsky

04:10 Grady Emerson

08:15 Vahn Lackey

11:00 Drew Burress

13:30 Tyler Bell

14:50 Jacob Lombard

16:50 Jackson Flora

19:30 Eric Booth Jr.

20:20 Trevor Condon

21:55 Sawyer Strosnider

20:20 Derek Curiel

26:45 AJ Gracia

28:50 Zion Rose

30:10 Liam Peterson

31:50 Ace Reese

34:15 Cameron Flukey

35:30 Justin Lebron

38:20 Caden Sorrell

40:40 Chris Hacopian

42:00 Jared Grindlinger

43:20 Gio Rojas

44:40 Cole Prosek

46:50 Bo Lowrance

49:00 Landon Thome

50:20 Final Thoughts

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Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top fantasy baseball pickups of the week.

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2:35 Kyle Karros

5:36 Luis Lara

10:41 Gabriel Moreno

13:00 Ryan Jeffers

18:28 Kody Clemens

21:36 A.J. Ewing

23:46 Bailey Ober

27:01 Tyler Wells

31:52 Christian Scott

34:40 Jared Jones

37:19 SeatGeek

38:09 Gridiron Trivia

39:30 Luinder Avila

43:08 Patrick Sandoval

45:21 Jordan Romano

48:11 Janson Junk

51:11 AJ Smith-Shawver

54:40 Romy Gonzalez

57:00 Tyler Tolbert

59:44 Victor Bericoto

1:01:42 Tristan Peters

1:05:08 Ryan Waldschmidt

1:07:54 Smart Money

1:09:46 Outro

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