RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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

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1:34 Joshua Baez

5:06 Zack Gelof

7:38 Zac Veen

10:19 Chase Meidroth

12:48 Abimelec Ortiz

15:30 Alejandro Kirk

18:39 Edward Cabrera

22:49 Brandon Pfaadt

26:18 Andrew Painter

30:17 Tyler Mahle

34:11 Kodai Senga

38:20 Circa

39:28 Cal Quantrill

42:11 Blade Tidwell

44:08 Chris Bassitt

46:48 Drew Anderson

49:26 George Klassen

53:06 Jackson Kent

54:26 Osleivis Basabe

56:34 Javier Baez

59:30 Charles McAdoo/Brett Bateman

1:02:30 Tyler O’Neill

1:05:59 Nick Sogard/Masataka Yoshida

1:08:44 Outro

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Intro/Tigers suddenly in the final wild-card spot in AL

Steak League FAAB:

Zac Veen $7

Abimelic Ortiz $5

Tyler Mahle $4

Ben Joyce $4

Kodai Senga $3

Andrew Alvarez $3

Jonny DeLuca $3

Hunter Dobbins $1

Justin Martinez $1

Joe Musgrove

George Klassen

Blade Tidwell



Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 17, 2026)

Mitch Bratt 1

Mason Barnett 0

Jack Perkins 0

Martin Perez 3 (Todd 2)

Tyler Mahle 3 (Todd 4)

Brandon Young 2

Shane Baz 3

Ranger Suarez 3

Shota Imanaga 4

Rhett Lowder 0 (Todd 1)

Andrew Abbott 3

Foster Griffin 3

Tomoyuki Sugano 0

Luis Castillo 3

Erik Fedde 0

Framber Valdez 3

Cristian Javier 1

Michael Wacha 2

Daniel Lynch 0

George Klassen 2

Jason Junk 1

Nolan McLean 3

Will Warren 3

Cristopher Sanchez 5

Carmen Mlodzinski 1

Walker Buehler 2

Bryce Miller 2

Carson Whisenhunt 0

Andre Pallante 2

Kyle Leahy 2

Nick Martinez 4

Drew Rasmussen 5

Cal Quantrill 1

Jose Soriano 3

Jackson Kent 0 (Todd 1)



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Erik Halterman is joined by Dave McDonald to discuss which of this year's biggest busts came into the season with clear red flags and which ones fell flat out of nowhere.

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00:00 Headlines

12:30 Busts Overview

15:30 Aaron Judge

20:40 Ronald Acuna

22:30 Paul Skenes

29:10 Garrett Crochet

34:00 Gunnar Henderson

38:35 Kyle Tucker

40:55 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

44:50 Cal Raleigh

49:05 Edwin Diaz

50:35 Francisco Lindor

54:25 Bryan Woo

57:10 Wyatt Langford

1:01:10 Hunter Brown

1:03:55 Devin Williams

1:06:35 Cole Ragans

1:08:45 Brent Rooker

1:11:05 Freddy Peralta

1:14:00 Daniel Palencia

1:15:50 Manny Machado

1:18:35 Maikel Garcia

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James Anderson and Dominic Rello preview the 5th annual Too Early Meatball Draft (the first high-stakes draft of 2027), which will take place next week!

 

02:45 2026 check in

10:20 Predicting the first round

18:40 1B is DEEP

25:25 3B is shallow again

30:15 Where does Cal Raleigh rank at C?

34:00 Buy low on Kyle Tucker?

38:55 Big names who might not get drafted

48:45 Players who lost eligibility

53:00 Multi-eligible players

01:07:20 Rookies for 2027

 

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Where did we find our best and worst pitching values in 2026? Was the Garrett Crochet disaster enough to dissuade us from taking an early ace? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss. 

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00:00 Fred Pod 8-11

00:20 Jays 4-Outs Play

04:00 Fred’s Blue Jays Fan Reaction to the Deadline

07:45 News

08:00 Cam Smith Improving

11:40 Zac Veen Getting the Call

15:00 Trey Yesavage Meniscus Surgery

17:40 Devin Williams to the IL. Drop him? Kodai Senga closer?

22:00 Nathan Eovaldi to the IL. Drop him?

23:00 Jacob Lopez is becoming a thing again

26:30 Monday Starts - Andrew Painter

29:30 Adley Rutschman will make his Red Sox debut today.

32:00 Kyle Stowers to the IL

33:00 Circa

33:59 BlueWire

34:05 Pitching Pockets

35:45 Defined Tiers - Main Event ADP

37:00 Were the Aces Worth It?

39:30 Next 10

44:30 SP 21-30 - Second Most Profitable Tier

48:30 SP 31-40 - So Many Nice Values

50:50 SP 41-50 - By Far the Worst Value

55:00 General SP Strategy

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