RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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.

James Anderson answers listener questions about the fully-updated RotoWire Top 400 Prospect Rankings!   01:05 Tiers 03:00 McGonigle vs Wetherholt 04:50 Roch Cholowsky 05:50 Basallo vs. Rainiel 07:40 Joshua Baez 10:30 Carson Benge 11:10 Ralphy Velazquez 13:05 This Year’s Nolan McLean 15:00 Mike Sirota 16:15 Ranking the young shortstops 18:25 Josuar Gonzalez vs. Jesus Made 19:45 A.J. Ewing 20:45 Henry Bolte 25:40 Didier Fuentes 26:50 Carlos Lagrange 28:25 Sam Antonacci 31:00 Juan Valera 32:10 Jefferson Rojas 33:35 John Gil 34:20 Trevor McDonald 36:00 Jordan Yost 37:35 Jonny Farmelo 38:35 Devin Fitz-Gerald 39:30 Breyson Guedez 41:00 Jose Fernandez 42:10 Christian Scott   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.

The concept of "FOMO" (Fear of Missing Out) is real and powerful in fantasy baseball. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the players they missed out on, including Sal Stewart and Daniel Palencia.  --- 00:00 FOMO-cast 2026 00:15 News 00:35 JJ Wetherholt, Kevin McGonigle and Carson Benge made the team. Konnor Griffin didn’t. 07:30 Connelly Early made the team. In the rotation too. 15:00 Ryan Pepiot to the IL. 16:00 RotoWire My Leagues Demo 19:20 Dennis Santana may not get all the save chances. 23:00 Spencer Strider’s poor spring ends with a trip to the IL. Should they sign Lucas Giolito? 29:00 Kyle Stowers will miss 3-4 weeks. And the Marlins were comfortably the lowest scoring team this spring. 32:00 Zack Wheeler will start a rehab assignment on Saturday. 34:20 The Yankees won’t need Luis Gil to start until April 11. 35:20 RotoWire Smart Money Demo 36:40 Fantrax 37:40 FOMO Players! 38:30 Fred: SP: Parker Messick, George Kirby, Kodai Senga 42:30 Jeff SP: Jacob Misiorowski 46:00 Fred: RP: Danny Palencia 48:00 Jeff RP: Edwin Diaz 48:30 Fred: C: Samuel Basallo 49:30 Jeff C: Drake Baldwin 50:00 Fred: 1B: Sal Stewart 53:00 Jeff 1B: Vinnie Pasquantino 55:00 Fred & Jeff: 2B: None, what a garbage position 55:30 Fred: 3B: None, what a garbage position 55:45 Jeff 3B: J-Ram & Jordan Lawlar 58:30 Fred: SS: Elly De La Cruz, Jacob Wilson, Colston Montgomery 1:01:50 Jeff SS: Bo Bichette 1:04:03 BlueWire 1:04:05 Fred: OF: Chase DeLauter, Wilyer Abreu 1:07:00 Jeff OF: Wyatt Langford, Wilyer Abreu too! --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) 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 preview Week 1 of the MLB Season, talk all the news and notes from the weekend and then break down their NFBC Main Event Drafts from Las Vegas on Saturday.  In addition, they also discuss the first week of FAAB and the demotion of Dylan Crews before getting into all the picks, misses and snipes from a busy weekend of drafts in Vegas. 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 is joined by Rick Graham of PitcherList as they try to figure out how many true, trustworthy closers there will be in 2026. --- 00:00 Intro 02:00 Outfielders on/off Opening Day rosters 06:00 Opening Day rotation news 13:45 NL Tout Wars review 30:00 Safe, trustworthy closers 33:00 Safe for now 47:00 Unconfirmed but probable closers 52:00 Currently injured closers 54:30 Committees and unclear situations --- 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/Back from New York City, getting you set for the final weekend before Opening Day Latest news Zebby Matthews optioned, Mick Abel seemingly wins rotation spot. Samuel Basallo homers twice Thursday. Clay experiencing severe FOMO. Dylan Crews optioned to Triple-A Rochester. Cody Ponce allows one hit over 5.2 scoreless innings, striking out five against the Yankees on Thursday. Logan Henderson optioned by MIL. Is Kevin McGonigle going to be the Tigers' everyday shortstop and leadoff man? Caleb Durbin named Boston’s starting third baseman… is he being overlooked? Carson Benge has made the Mets’ roster, looks like a starter. Didier Fuentes is making noise in camp for Atlanta. Grayson Rodriguez is dealing with a dead arm. Tout Wars Todd’s draft A record price on Aaron Judge Full draft board: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FUC4bQIEBWB_Uls78le749zlaFIUcRo8HreKAlcdQUo/edit?gid=1184240362#gid=1184240362 Clay’s draft FREE draft review article at RotoWire: https://x.com/claywlink/status/2035050310742266006 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 Sara Sanchez to discuss a large number of spring news updates as well as the top performers from the World Baseball Classic, which Sara just returned from covering. --- 00:00 Intro 02:40 Positive Pitcher Updates 13:00 Hitter Injury News 29:45 Negative Pitcher News 37:00 WBC Standouts: Venezuela 49:20 USA 57:00 Dominican Republic 1:04:00 Italy 1:09:20 Other Countries --- 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.