RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Jeff Erickson and Justin Mason discuss Konnor Griffin's debut, injuries to Hunter Brown and Mookie Betts, and the top pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Easter Sunday Podcast 00:15 Welcome to Justin Mason 02:45 Mason’s Musings 03:40 Top News 03:50 Konnor Griffin Debuts 08:15 Red Sox / Giants Struggling 15:00 Injuries 15:10 Hunter Brown 18:10 Mookie Betts 19:55 Juan Soto 21:00 Jordan Lawlar & Cade Horton 23:00 Alejandro Kirk 27:30 Schedule Notes 27:40 7 Games: CIN, COL, CWS, DET, KC, MIA, MIN, SD 30:00 Sling AD 31:00 Free Agent Results 31:15 Starting Pitchers 32:30 Bryce Elder 33:30 Lance McCullers 37:00 Colin Rea 38:30 Why is Lucas Giolito unsigned? 40:30 Spencer Arrighetti 42:30 Janson Junk, Foster Griffin, Sean Burke, Cade Povich, Anyone Else? 44:00 Brandon Sproat 46:21 BlueWire 46:30 Relievers 46:50 Gregory Soto 49:00 Rays - Bryan Baker, Kevin Kelly? 50:15 Giants - Winn, Kilian? 51:55 A’s? 54:00 Rangers? 55:30 Hitters 55:50 Jordan Walker - Spiked him in OC 57:50 Garrett Mitchell 59:30 Mark Vientos 1:01:10 Cole Young 1:03:20 Troy Johnston 1:04:20 Parker Meadows, Kyle Isbel, Joey Wiemer --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! (Hyperlink: https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer hit on all their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:45 Jordan Walker 17:45 Cam Smith 20:25 Liam Hicks 24:00 Mickey Moniak 27:30 Colt Emerson 31:20 Taj Bradley 33:45 Randy Vasquez 36:00 Eric Lauer 38:15 Michael Soroka 40:50 Riley O'Brien 45:15 Dean Kremer 47:20 Janson Junk 49:50 Lance McCullers 53:40 Tyler Alexander 55:30 Mark Leiter 57:40 Kyle Isbel 59:25 Brice Matthews 1:01:35 Daniel Schneeman 1:04:00 Oswald Peraza 1:07:05 Dominic Smith 1:09:20 Smart Money --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 0:00 Intro/Konnor Griffin has arrived! Steak League FAAB: 4:10 Emerson Hancock $23 Michael McGreevy $13 Lance McCullers $12 Colt Emerson $9 Joe Boyle $7 Joey Wiemer $4 Keaton Winn $1 Two-start pitchers: 12:50 Zac Gallen 3 Aaron Civale 0 20:00 Chris Sale 5 Dean Kremer 0 Brayan Bello 1 Jameson Taillon 2 Brandon Williamson 0 (Todd 1) 25:20 Andrew Abbott 4 Tanner Bibee 3 Ryan Feltner 0 Kyle Freeland 0 Erick Fedde 0 Shane Smith 1 (Todd 2) Casey Mize 2 (Todd 3) Tarik Skubal 5 Hunter Brown 5 Noah Cameron 3 Cole Ragans 5 36:30 Jose Soriano 3 Janson Junk 1 Sandy Alcantara 4 (Todd 5) Brandon Woodruff 5 Joe Ryan 4 Taj Bradley 1 (Todd 2) Freddy Peralta 5 Cam Schlittler 5 44:30 Andrew Painter 4 (Todd 3) Bubba Chandler 3 (Todd 2) German Marquez 0 (Todd 1) Nick Pivetta 4 Logan Gilbert 5 Adrian Houser 1 Andre Pallante 0 Ryan Pepiot 2 (Todd 0) Jacob deGrom 4 Max Scherzer 3 Kevin Gausman 5 Zack Littell 0 (Todd 1) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by RotoWire president Peter Schoenke to discuss the most confusing bullpens in baseball. --- 00:00 Headlines: Konnor Griffin, Cody Ponce and more 12:45 Closer Chaos: Athletics 15:40 Rockies 20:25 Astros 25:05 Royals 31:05 Angels 34:35 Twins 38:00 Giants 40:30 Cardinals 43:15 Rays 49:40 Rangers 53:20 Nationals 55:30 Move quickly on closers, move slowly on hitters --- Check out Erik's new Closer Carousel Column: https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/column/closer-carousel-695 Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Peter Schoenke conduct a Stash Draft featuring injured big leaguers and prospects!   03:40 Konnor Griffin 10:40 Bryce Miller 12:25 Colt Emerson 14:50 Robby Snelling 17:55 Lourdes Gurriel 19:10 Edwin Uceta 21:30 Bryce Eldridge 24:20 Hagen Smith 27:55 Shane Bieber 29:35 Noah Schultz 30:35 Tommy Edman 31:40 Payton Tolle 33:00 Jasson Dominguez 37:15 Jonah Tong 38:20 Dylan Crews 39:35 River Ryan 40:35 Ryan Waldschmidt 41:20 Charlie Condon 43.55 Didier Fuentes 45:00 Justin Steele 45:35 Honorable Mentions 53:05 Thanks, Pete   Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie bid aggressively against each other in the Mixed LABR league on both Carmen Mlodzinski and Randy Suarez, plus they have observations about the new ABS system in major league baseball. --- 00:00 3-31-26 MLB Podcast 00:15 Avoiding Early Damage 11:30 Cody Ponce ACL Sprain 15:00 Colt Emerson (and Cooper Pratt) new contracts 19:30 Sling 20:30 Monday’s Pitchers 20:45 Starters 21:00 Parker Messick 22:45 Jacob Lopez 23:45 Chris Bassitt 29:45 Kyle Harrison 30:30 Foster Griffin 33:00 Bryce Elder, Lance McCullers 35:30 Justin Verlander 38:15 BlueWire 38:20 Relievers 38:30 Paul Sewald got a save. 46:30 Lucas Erceg 49:45 Tyler Alexander has two saves. 54:30 Is it too early to make trades? 57:30 Let’s take a look at these deals, courtesy of the Yahoo Trade Market. 58:30 Chase DeLauter for Sonny Gray 59:15 JJ Wetherholt has been traded in 1-for-1’s for Freddy Peralta, James Wood, Steven Kwan and Chase Burns. 1:00:00 Carson Benge for Jacob Wilson 1:00:30 Jackson Chourio for Brice Turang 1:01:30 RotoWire Smart Money 1:04:30 Sitting McClanahan 1:06:00 Knowing the LABR Rules --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! (Hyperlink: https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap-up a busy first weekend of the baseball season and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They discuss the big start for a number of highly touted rookies, take a look ahead at Week 2 and then talk an active weekend in FAAB with closers such as Jordan Romano and Cole Sands garnering the most interest in fantasy leagues. Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today!   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer offer up their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:38 Carson Benge 17:13 Justin Crawford 20:39 Jordan Lawlar 23:01 Jake McCarthy 25:41 Nasim Nunez 30:22 Max Meyer 32:26 Matthew Liberatore 35:48 Kyle Harrison 37:46 Paul Sewald 40:21 Jordan Romano 44:50 Ryan Johnson 47:05 Carmen Mlodzinski 49:36 Steven Matz 51:27 Ryne Stanek 54:29 Gregory Soto 57:22 Casey Schmitt 59:37 Joey Loperfido 1:01:43 T.J. Rumfield 1:03:47 Jake Bauers 1:07:12 Edouard Julien 1:09:15 Smart Money --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Intro/First two-start pitcher podcast of the season! Opening Day takeaways/box score nuggets: Clay was sure Sal Stewart broke his wrist Kevin McGonigle goes 4-for-5 with two doubles (btw a four-hit debut is rarer than a perfect game) Chase DeLauter pops two long balls JJ Wetherholt homers in debut Jacob Misiorowski sets Brewers Opening Day record with 11 strikeouts Paul Skenes fails to make it out of the first inning Griffin Jax in the sixth inning Trevor Rogers picks up where he left off last season Jordan Romano nails down the save for LAA Ryne Stanek closes things out for STL Nasim Nunez swipes a bag Nathan Church goes 3-for-4 Two-start pitchers: Michael Soroka 0 Brandon Pfaadt 1 Aaron Civale 0 Bryce Elder 0 Jose Suarez 0 Chris Bassitt 3 Ranger Suarez 4 Edward Cabrera 4 Chase Burns 3 Parker Messick 1 (Todd 0) Tomoyuki Sugano 0 Davis Martin 0 Justin Verlander 2 Kris Bubic 3 Ryan Johnson 0 Roki Sasaki 0 Chris Paddack 0 Kyle Harrison 3 Mick Abel 2 (Todd 1) Clay Holmes 3 Kodai Senga 3 Ryan Weathers 3 Max Fried 5 Taijuan Walker 0 Braxton Ashcraft 1 German Marquez 1 Luis Castillo 4 Adrian Houser 1 (Todd 2) Landen Roupp 1 Kyle Leahy 0 Nick Martinez 1 (Todd 2) Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2) Cody Ponce 4 Foster Griffin 0 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Matt Morris of the Dynasty Dingers podcast to discuss every rookie on every Opening Day roster. Which ones should be added everywhere they're available, which ones belong on your watch list, and which ones can you safely ignore? --- 00:00 Headlines 11:25 AL Central rookies 26:15 AL East rookies 40:55 AL West rookies 52:10 NL Central rookies 1:03:30 NL East rookies 1:12:05 NL West rookies --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.