RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Did you draft Fernando Tatis or Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the first round? Or did you wait and draft Sal Stewart instead? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson break down the biggest surprises and disappointments at each position.

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00:00 Fred Pod 06-23-26

00:15 News

00:30 Happy Fun Ball? MLB teams produced a total of 63 runs in 12 games…

05:30 Bobby Witt Jr. is trying to avoid the IL…… (Maikel García on IL)

12:30 Jeremy Pena hamstring injury

13:10 Elly De La Cruz will return today, while Eury Perez and Francisco Lindor could return tomorrow…..

14:00 Mickey Moniak, Brandon Woodruff and Kyle Teel were activated yesterday…..

16:30 Garrett Crochet still isn’t throwing….

18:10 Kyle Tucker left the game with back spasms…..

26:45 Jack Leiter

27:00 Dominic Canzone

30:00 SeatGeek

30:52 BlueWire

30:55 Main topic: Surprises, Disappointments, One-Word Descriptions.

31:25 Catcher - Exciting!

32:45 -Liam Hicks - Surprising

33:00 -Cal Raleigh - Disappointing

34:20 -Salvador Perez - Over-rostered

34:50 -Dillon Dingler - Under-rostered

36:10 First Base - Endless

37:00 -Miguel Vargas - Surprising

37:55 -Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - Disappointing

38:35 -Rafael Devers - Over-rostered

39:20 -Ryan O’Hearn - Under-rostered

41:10 Second Base - Uninspiring

41:40 -Otto Lopez - Surprising

43:15 -Fernando Tatis Jr. - Disappointing

44:00 -Nico Hoerner - Over-rostered

45:40 -Zack Gelof - Under-rostered

46:30 Third Base - Respectable

48:00 -Casey Schmitt - Surprising

48:30 -Manny Machado - Disappointed

51:45 -Alex Bregman - Over-Rostered

53:30 -Curtis Mead - Under-Rostered

55:00 Shortstop - Disappointing

56:00 -Colson Montgomery - Surprising

57:00 -Mookie Betts - Disappointing

58:00 -Corey Seager - Over-Rostered (Yahoo Leagues)

59:30 -Nasim Nunez - Under-Rostered

1:01:00 Outfield - Concerning

1:04:10 -Jordan Walker - Surprising

1:05:45 -Ronald Acuna - Disappointing

1:06:55 -Maikel García - Over-Rostered

1:08:00 -Brandon Marsh - Under-Rostered

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Jeff Erickson and Jason Collette recap the week in FAAB, including the Cooper Pratt, Shane Bieber and Eury Perez bids.

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00:00 RotoWire 6-21-26 MLB Podcast

00:15 Welcome to Jason Collette

00:30 Royals Woes

02:30 -Bobby Witt Jr. Grade 1 MCL Sprain

05:15 -Jac Caglianone bright spot

06:30 -Starting Pitching Injuries, Poor Performance

08:00 -Possible Trades?

09:00 -Bad Time for Kaufman Stadium heating up?

11:30 Many Happy Returns?

11:40 -Elly De La Cruz on Tuesday

12:40 -Brandon Woodruff coming off IL Monday

13:15 -Shane Bieber also returning

15:15 -Konnor Griffin beginning rehab assignment

16:50 Chase Burns Improves to 9-1

17:00 -ERA down to 2.00, 102 K’s in 85.2 IP

18:20 -Won despite allowing six stolen bases

20:00 Injury News & Notes

20:10 Daniel Palencia out - is there a Cubs RP you trust?

22:50 Jared Jones hit by line drive, images negative

23:45 Liam Hicks (lower-back strain) to the IL

25:15 Diamondbacks’ Injuries - Soroka, Nelson, Lawlar

28:50 Do we need to vet Kyle Tucker again?

31:00 SeatGeek

32:40 Schedule Notes

33:00 -14 Teams with 7 games

34:30 -Todd Zola’s Hitter Rankings Article

40:25 FAAB Hitters

40:30 Cooper Pratt

42:20 Joe Mack / Nick Fortes / Austin Wells

45:15 Blaze Alexander

46:20 Lane Thomas, Tommy Edman, Denzer Guzman, Esteury Ruiz, Jonny DeLuca

47:15 Andrew Benintendi

47:50 Matt Shaw

49:55 BlueWire

50:00 FAAB SP

50:30 Anthony Kay

51:35 Brady Singer, Andre Pallante

52:15 Robert Gasser

52:55 Gage Jump

54:10 Eury Perez

56:00 Sean Manaea

56:25 FAAB RP

56:30 Tony Santillan

57:20 Elvis Alvarado

57:40 Kevin Kelly

59:10 Jaden Hill

1:02:45 Bonus Topic - Carolina Hurricanes Parade!!!

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

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0:34 Intro

2:29 Paul Goldschmidt

4:24 Cooper Pratt

7:06 Jasson Dominguez

9:23 Tommy Edman

12:15 Carter Jensen

17:04 Blaze Jordan

19:53 Peter Lambert

22:26 Mick Abel

25:02 Yoendrys Gomez

28:56 Griffin Jax

32:03 SeatGeek

33:18 Ian Seymour

36:19 Javier Assad

38:32 Jacob Webb

41:25 JR Ritchie

45:19 Kyle Leahy

48:13 Samad Taylor

50:43 Heriberto Hernandez

53:11 Jonny DeLuca

55:20 Endy Rodriguez

59:13 Victor Robles

1:01:00 SmartMoney

1:02:07 Outro

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0:00 Intro/Joshua Baez turned in a four-homer game, up to 24 homers and 12 steals in 64 games with Triple-A Memphis this season

Steak League FAAB:

Blaze Jordan $8

Javier Assad $4

Cooper Pratt $4

Joshua Baez $4

Samad Taylor $4

Elvis Alvarado $3

Josh Bell $3

Jonny DeLuca $2

9:50 Ian Seymour $2

Robert Gasser $2

12:55 Other names to consider: Jacob Webb, Tony Santillan, Edwin Diaz, Gabriel Rincones, Leo De Vries



20:20 Two-start pitchers (week of June 22, 2026):

Merrill Kelly 1 (Todd 2)

Eduardo Rodriguez 3

Aaron Civale 1 (Todd 0)

Grant Holmes 3

25:30 Kyle Bradish 4

Jake Bennett 1 (Todd 0)

Sonny Gray 4

Edward Cabrera 2

Brady Singer 1 (Todd 2)

Gavin Williams 4

Ryan Feltner 0

Anthony Kay 3 (Todd 2)

Framber Valdez 4 (Todd 3)

Casey Mize 3

Hunter Brown 5

Michael Wacha 3 (Todd 2)

Luinder Avila 0

Sam Aldegheri 1 (Todd 0)

Tyler Phillips 0

43:20 Brandon Woodruff 4 (Todd 3)

Zebby Matthews 2

Kodai Senga 0

Nolan McLean 4

Carlos Rodon 4

Ryan Weathers 2 (Todd 3)

Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 5)

Alan Rangel 0

Mitch Keller 2

51:40 Michael King 3

George Kirby 4

Adrian Houser 0

Andre Pallante 2

Kyle Leahy 1

Drew Rasmussen 5

Shane McClanahan 5 (Todd 4)

Kumar Rocker 1 (Todd 0)

Jack Leiter 2

Shane Bieber 1

Trey Yesavage 3

Foster Griffin 2 (Todd 3)

Zack Littell 0

1:01:00 Recap

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jenny Butler to discuss a handful of risky early-round picks, some of which have paid off and some of which have been busts.

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00:00 Headlines

12:35 Young, unproven hitters

26:35 Injury risks

44:05 First-round starting pitchers

48:55 Early closers

53:35 Age risk

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