RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Jeff Erickson and Paul Sporer from Fangraphs and the Sleeper and Bust Podcast discuss Konnor Griffin vs. Kevin McGonigle, the AL Playoff Races, and the FAAB Results of the week.
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00:00 9-6-26 MLB Podcast
00:15 Welcome to Paul Sporer
00:45 Fantasy Trade Deadline Deals
02:00 The DH Discount
04:00 Kyle Tucker
06:30 Paul Skenes
10:15 Konnor Griffin vs. Kevin McGonigle (or others)?
15:20 Catch Up on the Races
15:30 Baltimore Loses Six In A Row
16:30 Tigers/Cleveland
21:00 Seattle Mariners - Shovel Dirt Time?
22:00 Zombie Astros
23:00 Rangers - Not In Nor Out
25:20 Braves-Phillies
33:15 Shohei Ohtani
35:15 Circa Read
36:30 Labor Day Schedule
38:00 Light Schedule
38:50 Jacob Lopez Two-Step
40:30 Chase Burns
42:00 Elly De La Cruz
45:30 Kyle Harrison
48:30 BlueWire
48:40 Free Agent Hitters
48:45 Lazaro Montes
50:15 Leo Bernal
51:45 Thomas Saggese
53:30 Konnor Griffin
53:50 Jonah Cox
56:20 Mickey Gasper
58:20 Hector Rodriguez
59:20 Heriberto Hernandez
1:00:35 Adael Amador
1:01:45 Free Agent Starters
1:01:55 Emmet Sheehan
1:04:10 Jonah Tong
1:05:05 Yusei Kikuchi
1:05:30 Grayson Rodriguez
1:08:25 Davis Martin
1:10:10 Reynaldo Lopez
1:11:20 Cal Quantrill
1:12:38 Free Agent Relievers
1:13:00 Juan Morillo
1:14:00 Ryan Zeferjahn
1:15:00 Andrew Kittredge
1:16:00 Tyler Wells
1:18:00 Nick Pivetta Returning
1:19:30 Joe Ryan Returns
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Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top waiver-wire pickups of the week.
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2:16 Hector Rodriguez
5:32 Lazaro Montes
8:30 Henry Bolte
11:39 Max Clark
13:23 Ethan Salas
17:29 Grayson Rodriguez
19:57 Walbert Urena
24:17 Andrew Painter
27:01 Hayden Wesneski
30:27 Corbin Burnes
33:10 Circa
36:29 Yusei Kikuchi
39:09 Patrick Sandoval
41:52 Davis Martin
46:21 Justin Wrobleski
48:36 Bryan Hudson
54:22 Matt Shaw
56:54 Thomas Saggese
59:12 Jonah Cox
1:01:54 Yohandy Morales
1:04:08 Wade Meckler
1:08:24 Outro
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Intro/Konnor Griffin is back tonight!
- Steak League FAAB:
Lazaro Montes $6
Bryan Hudson $5
Quinn Mathews $3
Elvis Alvarado $3
Max Scherzer $3
Brady House $2
Juan Morillo $1
Corbin Burnes $1
Yohandy Morales $1
Emmett Sheehan $1
Christian Moore
Connor Prielipp
Anthony Molina
Johnny DeLuca
Matt Wilkinson
- Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 7, 2026)
Jacob Lopez 3
Grant Holmes 1
Trevor Rogers 3
Patrick Sandoval 3
David Peterson 1
Brandon Williamson 0
Joey Cantillo 1
Gabriel Hughes 0
Davis Martin 2
Troy Melton 3
Hayden Wesneski 3
Noah Cameron 3
Grayson Rodriguez 2
Eury Perez 4 (Todd 3)
Jonah Tong 1
Cam Schlittler 5
Jesus Luzardo 5
Andrew Painter 3 (Todd 4)
Bubba Chandler 2
Landen Roupp 1 (Todd 2)
Michael McGreevy 1
Cody Bradford 0
Dylan Cease 5
Will Dion 1

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With 25 days left in the regular season, Erik Halterman and Mike Couillard look back at the best players of the first 25 days to see how their seasons have worked out.
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00:00 Headlines
16:45 Home Runs
27:40 Stolen Bases
36:10 Runs
46:15 RBI
52:30 Batting Average
59:25 ERA
1:02:35 WHIP
1:05:25 Wins
1:08:55 Strikeouts
1:11:45 Saves
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James Anderson answers all your questions about the updated RotoWire Top 400 Prospect Rankings!



01:00 Tiers

02:00 Theo Gillen vs. Josue De Paula

03:10 Sebastian Walcott

04:10 Theo Gillen

05:05 Rainiel Rodriguez

07:45 Tarik Skubal trade

09:40 Ralphy Velazquez

10:40 Ethan Salas

12:50 Tate Southisene

13:35 Angeibel Gomez vs. Francisco Renteria

15:10 Caleb Bonemer

16:35 Jarlin Susana

17:50 Eric Hartman

19:20 Justin Gonzales

22:20 Jefferson Rojas vs. Luis Pena

24:30 George Lombard

26:00 Dynasty trading

28:45 Aiva Arquette

30:20 Caden Bodine

31:35 Tony Blanco Jr.

32:50 Potential risers

35:15 Platoon splits

36:45 Weighing Roster percentage

39:35 Chase Harlan

40:25 Brody Hopkins

41:05 Samil Serrano

41:45 Johenssy Colome vs. Francisco Renteria

43:00 Ryan Cesarini

44:35 Josiah Ragsdale

45:00 Wehiwa Aloy

46:00 Tai Peete



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