RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top waiver-wire pickups of the week.

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1:50 Walker Jenkins

5:12 Tristan Peters

7:29 Jake Burger

9:16 Spencer Jones

12:25 Jeff McNeil

15:35 Trevor Story

17:54 Dean Kremer

20:17 Aaron Nola

26:20 Grant Taylor

29:06 Mason Montgomery

32:22 Circa

33:44 Randy Vasquez

37:28 Ryan Gusto

39:25 Elvis Alvarado

44:25 Eric Lauer

46:03 Elmer Rodriguez

48:23 Connor Norby

50:49 Drew Gilbert

53:11 Joey Ortiz

55:25 Mickey Gasper

59:41 Dane Myers

1:01:20 Outro

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Intro/Walker Jenkins arrives to MLB!

Steak League FAAB:

Cristian Javier $4

Ryan Johnson $4

Nick Sogard $4

Ryan Vilade $3

Didier Fuentes $3

Dane Myers $3

Connor Norby $3

Brett Bateman $2

Hector Rodriguez $2

Walker Jenkins $2

Blade Tidwell $1

Drew Gilbert $1

Tyler Stephenson

Mickey Gasper

Chris Bassitt

Luis Castillo

Other names to consider: Elvis Alvarado, Nate Pearson



Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 31, 2026)

Brandon Pfaadt 3

Gage Jump 3 (Todd 2)

JT Ginn 2

Kyle Bradish 1

Trevor Rogers 2

Peyton Tolle 5 (Todd 4)

Sonny Gray 5

Clay Holmes 4

Matthew Boyd 3

Brady Singer 1

Gavin Williams 4 (Todd 5)

Tanner Gordon 0

Sean Burke 3

Davis Martin 1

Jackson Jobe 2

Troy Melton 4 (Todd 3)

Peter Lambert 3

Michael Burrows 0

Randy Dobnak 2 (Todd 3)

Eric Lauer 2

Tyler Phillips 2

Ryan Gusto 0

Kyle Harrison 4

Taj Bradley 3 (Todd 4)

Aaron Nola 2

Paul Skenes 5

Logan Gilbert 4

Logan Webb 5

Landen Roupp 2 (Todd 3)

Michael McGreevy 0

Ian Seymour 4

Jacob deGrom 4

MacKenzie Gore 3

Spencer Arrighetti 0

Will Dion 0



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Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Bloomfield of BaseballHQ to take a look at how players who were drafted in the early rounds despite some low WAR projections have fared this season.

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00:00 Headlines

11:30 This Year's Nick Castellanos

46:45 Next Year's Agustin Ramirez

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James Anderson and Jake Halusker discuss the early 2027 ADP for this year's loaded rookie class!



02:20 Konnor Griffin

06:10 Sal Stewart

10:20 Kevin McGonigle

15:20 Samuel Basallo

18:25 Munetaka Murakami

23:10 Payton Tolle

26:30 Carson Benge

28:05 Kade Anderson

31:00 Nolan McLean

33:20 Parker Messick

37:10 Joshua Baez

39:20 Carter Jensen

41:25 Sam Antonacci

44:05 A.J. Ewing

47:10 Bryce Eldridge

49:35 Chase DeLauter

51:50 Cole Carrigg

55:00 Kazuma Okamoto

56:50 Joe Mack

59:00 Spencer Jones vs. Henry Bolte

01:01:45 Esmerlyn Valdez

01:04:05 Didier Fuentes

01:06:00 Trey Yesavage/River Ryan

01:07:40 Angel Genao

01:10:55 Walbert Urena/Max Clark



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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss six September schedule quirks, and why you should be loading up on Mariners like Dominic Canzone and Cole Young.

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00:00 RotoWire MLB Pod 8-25-26

00:15 ToutWars Champions League

08:30 News

08:40 Julio Rodriguez and Cal Raleigh finally had good games.

14:00 Bryan Woo is expected to make his start this Wednesday

17:20 Pete Fairbanks is dealing with nerve irritation

22:45 Willy Adames to the IL (elbow sprain)

24:30 Ketel Marte is expected to return from the IL next Monday

26:40 Rafael Devers homered and has looked like himself since May

28:45 Kaelen Culpepper had four hits and is batting .340; Yoendrys Gomez blew up

34:00 Circa

35:32 BlueWire

35:37 Main Topic: September schedule quirks.

36:35 Mariners!

39:30 Padres

41:20 Angels

43:20 Cardinals

45:00 Reds

50:25 Braves

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