The 2026 RotoWire Roundtable Rankings have arrived, and Erik Halterman is joined by fellow roundtable ranker Todd Zola to discuss the first round as well as some of the most difficult players to rank.

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00:00 Intro

02:30 Headlines

10:15 The First Round

21:50 Rankings Disagreements, First Three Rounds

42:30 Rankings Disagreements, Later Rounds

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Link to the rankings: https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/article/rotowire-roundtable-2026-fantasy-baseball-top-300-rankings-99133

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James Anderson and Eno Sarris discuss the 2026 fantasy baseball prices for the top young starting pitchers in the game, including Chase Burns, Jacob Misiorowski, Cam Schlittler, Emmet Sheehan and more!

01:20 High Upside SPs

03:20 Chase Burns

04:55 Cam Schlittler

09:30 Jacob Misiorowski

13:30 Emmet Sheehan

18:30 Nolan McLean

23:45 Trey Yesavage

27:55 Bubba Chandler

29:50 Cade Horton

33:25 Connelly Early, Payton Tolle

38:15 Troy Melton, Jonah Tong

43:35 Tatsuya Imai

47:45 Braxton Ashcraft

50:25 Giants SP Depth

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00:00 Intro

02:25 Cy Young Award winners

06:35 What does the first round look like?

18:30 Who is the SP4?

25:45 How has the catcher landscape changed?

35:05 How many closers are locked in right now?

43:15 What to do about second and third base?

49:05 What does it look like to wait on starting pitching (Frank's team)?

57:45 What does it look like to go pocket aces (Erik's team)?

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James Anderson gives some quick risers and fallers from his too early top 300 rankings before breaking down the top 25 rookies for 2026 fantasy baseball leagues!

02:25 Risers/Fallers From Early Top 300

08:30 Top 25 Prospects For 2026

09:35 Nolan McLean is No. 1

12:15 Buy Samuel Basallo

14:25 Trey Yesavage Will Get Strikeouts

16:25 Market’s Sharp On Bubba Chandler

18:25 Stay In On Sal Stewart

21:05 Carter Jensen vs. J.T. Realmuto

23:20 Market’s Sharp On Connelly Early

25:10 Dylan Beavers’ Breakout Potential

26:40 Konnor Griffin vs. Kevin McGonigle

29:50 JJ Wetherholt’s High Floor

31:40 Buy Jonah Tong

33:10 Buy Payton Tolle

35:00 Bryce Eldridge Underrated

37:45 Don’t Sleep On Aidan Miller

41:10 Moises Ballesteros Can Hit

42:50 Parker Messick Is Overrated

44:00 Robby Snelling Shoved At AAA

46:00 Projections Like Logan Henderson

47:40 Chase DeLauter’s Injury History

50:00 Blind Bet On Andrew Painter?

52:30 Colt Emerson Is A Massive Sleeper

54:50 Carson Benge To The Moon

57:20 Joshua Baez and Ryan Waldschmidt

01:00:20 Travis Bazzana Is Overrated

01:02:00 You Can’t Draft Travis Sykora

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James Anderson and Aram Leighton discuss the 2026 outlooks for Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle before talking tough prospects to rank and Arizona Fall League standouts!

01:15 Konnor Griffin

04:45 Kevin McGonigle

11:10 Konnor Griffin’s ETA

16:25 Kevin McGonigle’s ETA

18:45 Nolan McLean vs. Trey Yesavage

25:25 Bubba Chandler

27:00 Who is the No. 4 pitching prospect?

29:30 First-Year Player Drafts

34:20 Liam Doyle

38:40 Arjun Nimmala and Justin Crawford

45:20 AFL Standouts

55:30 Ryan Waldschmidt

58:10 Robby Snelling

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James Anderson and Owen Hurd discuss the industry prospect draft they're participating in, including which prospects went too high, and which prospects were the best values!

01:15 First Two Rounds

03:05 Nolan McLean Debate

07:35 Floor vs. Ceiling

10:40 Surprise Picks

11:45 Best Values

13:15 Bryce Eldridge Debate

16:45 Mining The Mock

24:35 Owen’s Team

28:15 Jordan Lawlar vs. Marcelo Mayer

29:55 Luke Dickerson

35:30 Jaxon Wiggins

38:15 Trey Gibson Unlucky at AAA

41:15 George Klassen’s Stuff

43:00 James’ Team

49:55 Connelly Early Debate

57:50 Tony Blanco Jr.

01:00:30 Favorite Teams Besides Ours

01:05:10 Moises Ballesteros

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James Anderson is joined by excellent high-stakes fantasy baseball player Mike Mager to discuss their first draft of 2026 plus which positions look the deepest and which seem the shallowest this draft season. 

05:30 The Big 3 Starting Pitchers

10:45 Ben Rice vs. Hunter Goodman

15:05 James’ Best Picks

17:15 Draft Regrets

30:55 Emmet Sheehan

34:20 Catcher Is Deeper Than Ever

41:05 Is Vlad a First Rounder?

46:30 Second Base Is A Wasteland

49:50 Third Base Falls Off Quickly

53:05 Shortstop Is Loaded Up Top

54:10 Shortstop Prospects

58:05 Don’t Fall Behind At Outfield

01:01:25 Buy Low on Jasson Dominguez?

01:08:05 Young SPs w/ Upside

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On the first Prospect Podcast of the offseason, James Anderson is joined by deep dynasty league maven JT of the Os and 1s to talk about the art of finding breakout prospects, some 2026 sleepers and why Cardinals right fielder Joshua Baez is the most underrated prospect in the game!

05:35 Projecting Drake Baldwin

09:00 Agustin Ramirez’s Fantasy Upside

11:45 Will Wilyer Abreu Play Every Day?

15:40 Don’t Sleep On Braxton Ashcraft

19:20 Don’t Forget Christian Scott

22:00 The Most Underrated Prospect

29:00 AFL Pitchers To Watch

34:15 Biggest Risers of 2025

38:45 Zach Cole vs. Junior Perez

41:50 Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jeremy Schneider to review RotoWire's preseason staff sleepers and busts.

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00:00 Headlines

08:50 Jeremy's Top Prospects to Watch

23:30 Hitter Sleepers

35:50 Pitcher Sleepers

54:20 Hitter Busts

1:05:20 Pitcher Busts

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James Anderson is joined by Jim Tomony to discuss Jim's NFBC Overall leading Draft Champions team! Jim is likely to win his third NFBC overall championship and he discusses his strategy, his top players and all the quality young catchers entering the player pool.

02:20 Songs as Team Names

09:25 How To Draft And Hold

19:00 Jim’s DC MVP(s)

23:15 Young Catchers

37:30 Stay In on George Springer

42:05 Valuing Byron Buxton in 2026

48:00 Sal Frelick Perfect Fit w/ Brewers

54:00 Chandler Simpson As Advertised

58:50 Can Lenyn Sosa Repeat?

01:03:30 Ryne Nelson

01:09:20 Final DC Thoughts

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