RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Who is the only 20-20 player in baseball right now? Which undrafted pitcher is in the top-10 in wins, ERA and WHIP? Plus, is Cody Bellinger a drop now that he's out 4-to-6 weeks with a hamstring injury. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss all that and more!

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00:00 Diamond Detective Podcast

00:15 News:

00:30 Cody Bellinger to miss 4-6 weeks. Drop?……

07:55 Max Meyer

10:30 NL vs AL Wild Card Race

12:00 Kerry Carpenter and Spencer Steer are both on the IL and look like drops

12:30 Ronald Acuna Jr. returned

13:30 Addison Barger avoided TJ surgery and will be ready for spring training

14:15 Joc Pederson homered twice and has 17 homers since May 1

15:50 Casey Schmitt is likely going on the IL with a knee injury

18:00 Esmerlyn Valdez left after being hit by a pitch

19:00 Curtis Mead left his Boston debut with a bruised wrist, Ceddanne Rafaela hit a grand slam and the Red Sox continued to roll

20:40 Francisco Lindor had his best game of 2026

22:30 Zac Thornton with another quality start

24:00 Zack Wheeler and Max Fried had their worst games of 2026

26:00 Tatsyui Imai and Keider Montero faltered at the start of two-start weeks

28:15 Alex Bregman had a big game in an otherwise disappointing season

31:00 Circa

32:30 BlueWire

32:35 Diamond Detective

33:30 Player 1 - Pete Crow-Armstrong

36:40 Player 2 - Alec Burleson

39:05 Player 3 - Kyle Schwarber

41:50 Player 4 - Gabriel Moreno

46:00 Player 5 - Taylor Ward

50:00 Player 6 - Henry Bolte

53:30 Player 7 - George Kirby

57:50 Player 8 - Justin Wrobleski

1:00:40 Player 9 - Kevin Gausman

1:03:00 Player 10 - Cade Smith

1:05:00 Player 11 - David Bednar

1:05:30 Player 12 - Jacob Lopez;

1:07:40 Player 13 - Tomoyuki Sugano

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss the exceptional Nationals offense led by 2 MVP candidates, possible trade deadline moves that might affect fantasy teams and the week in FAAB, highlighted by active bidding on Ronel Blanco and Christian Encarnacion-Strand, and much, much more! They also preview the upcoming week with could feature a lot of offense and talk about a ton of players, including Wyatt Langford, McKenzie Gore and Cade Smith.

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Intro/the Red Sox won 15 straight!

Steak League FAAB:

Victor Mesa $4

Hunter Dobbins $2

Derek Hill $2

Michael Petersen $1

Tim Tawa $1

Tyler Mahle $1

Connor Prielipp $1

Kohl Drake $0

Dylan Beavers $0

CES $0

Other names to consider: Quinn Mathews, Jordan Montgomery, 



Two-start pitchers (week of July 27, 2026)

Merrill Kelly 1 (Todd 2)

Brandon Pfaadt 3

Jack Perkins 0 (Todd 1)

Gage Jump 2 (Todd 1)

Martin Perez 1

Chris Sale 5

Kyle Bradish 5 (Todd 4)

Payton Tolle 3

Jake Bennett 3

David Peterson 1 (Todd 2)

Colin Rea 0

Chase Burns 5

Brady Singer 1 (Todd 2)

Slade Cecconi 1 (Todd 2)

Noah Schultz 0

Anthony Kay 1 (Todd 0)

Keider Montero 2

Tatusya Imai 3

Seth Lugo 2

Walbert Urena 2

Justin Wrobleski 4

Tyler Phillips 1 (Todd 0)

Sandy Alcantara 4

Brandon Sproat 3

Bailey Ober 1

Christian Scott 3 (Todd 2)

Gerrit Cole 4 (Todd 5)

Max Fried 4 (Todd 5)

Zack Wheeler 5

Bubba Chandler 2

Mitch Keller 1 (Todd 2)

Michael King 5

George Kirby 4 (Todd 5)

Tyler Mahle 0

Landen Roupp 2 (Todd 3)

Matthew Liberatore 1

Griffin Jax 4

Jordan Montgomery 0

Kumar Rocker 1

Max Scherzer 0

Andrew Alvarez 0

Cade Cavalli 4



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Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Rufe to discuss which closers could see their save chances dry up after the trade deadline.

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00:00 Headlines

10:50 Buyers whose closer is safe

23:45 Buyers who could upgrade at closer

43:15 Buyers with no clear closer

50:10 Sellers with closers to sell

1:04:55 Sellers without true closers

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James Anderson answers dozens of listener questions about the updated RotoWire Top 400 Prospect Rankings!

 

01:40 Tiers

02:30 Who could make ’27 Opening Day rosters?

04:20 Dodgers OF prospects

07:05 Mike Sirota

10:30 Josue De Paula

12:20 Kade Anderson’s ETA

13:05 Colt Emerson

14:30 Franklin Arias

16:25 Tate Southisene

20:05 Alfredo Duno

21:10 Ralphy Velazquez

22:30 Edward Florentino

24:10 Henry Bolte

24:40 Cam Cannarella

26:35 Juneiker Caceres

26:55 Angeibel Gomez

27:40 Jefferson Rojas

29:05 Andrew Fischer

31:25 Angel Genao

32:15 Luis Pena

34:30 Prospects most likely to hit 30 HR

36:15 Hayden Alvarez

36:35 Jackson Flora

37:35 Best draft fits

39:00 Braylon Doughty

40:40 Brady Ebel

41:40 Demetrio Crisantes

43:00 Enddy Azocar/Sebastian Dos Santos

44:25 Anthony Eyanson

45:10 Devin Fitz-Gerald

46:20 Ramon Marquez

48:15 Aiva Arquette

49:30 Dax Kilby/Steele Hall

51:00 Rafe Perich

54:15 Austin Overn

55:20 Brody Hopkins

56:35 Josiah Ragsdale/Ricki Moneys

58:15 DSL Standouts

01:00:40 Injured prospects

01:03:40 Wyatt Sanford

01:04:20 Justin Lebron

01:05:30 19-year-olds at the complex

01:06:30 Bishop Letson

01:08:15 Manuel Pena

01:09:30 Easton Shelton

 

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