RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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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0:00 Intro/Taking stock of the first half

Steak League FAAB:

Tyler Wells $12

Bailey Ober $5

Jorge Polanco $4

Patrick Sandoval $4

Brandon Pfaadt $3

Joshua Kuroda-Grauer $3

Heriberto Hernandez $1

JP Sears $1

Seth Lugo $0

Robert Gasser $0

Jacob Webb $0

Edwin Diaz $0

Other names to consider: Tyler Tolbert, Jackson Jobe



Taking stock of the first half:

Top earners:

Jacob Misiorowski $46.67

James Wood $39.66

Jordan Walker $36.84

Pete Crow-Armstrong $36.65

Yordan Alvarez $35.20

Cam Schlittler $33.33

CJ Abrams $32.81

Ben Rice $31.01

Otto Lopez $29.80

Mason Miller $29.05

Bobby Witt $28.47

Nick Kurtz $28.01



Top players drafted with NEGATIVE value earned:

Garrett Crochet

Cal Raleigh

Edwin Diaz

Francisco Lindor

Hunter Brown

Cole Ragans

Daniel Palencia



Big names returning tonight: Munetaka Murakami, Ryan Jeffers, Vinnie Pasquantino



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Erik Halterman is joined by Taylor Tarter to discuss which National League bubble teams will buy at the deadline and which will sell.

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00:00 Headlines

12:25 Nationals

27:25 Cubs

31:45 Phillies

38:55 Marlins

47:50 Cardinals

53:20 Pirates

58:00 Other teams

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