James Anderson and Marc Winokur talk fantasy baseball auction strategy and recap Marc's first two high-stakes auctions of 2026!

02:00 How the 2025 winners spent their money

14:20 Marc’s surprise buys

21:25 Overpriced players

25:45 Skubal/Skenes/Crochet

29:15 Spending at 3B

30:40 Buying Rafael Devers

33:30 How to attack 2B

37:50 Willy Adames/Jung Hoo Lee

41:05 How much to spend on outfield

44:50 How much to spend on pitching

51:35 Buy 1 or 2 closers?

58:20 Nomination strategy

01:06:10 Advice for new auction players

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Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie break down the major additions and subtractions for each National League team and what it means for our fantasy baseball drafts.

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Jeff Erickson from RotoWire.com and Paul Sporer from Fangraphs.com review the highlights from the offseason in the American League, and what it means for our fantasy leagues.

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00:00 2-1-26 RotoWire MLB Podcast

00:20 Welcome to Paul Sporer

02:00 Weekend News

02:20 Eugenio Suarez to Reds

07:20 Luis Arraez to Giants

10:00 Jacob Wilson Extension

14:45 Free Agents Remaining

15:00 Pitchers: Framber Valdez, Zac Gallen, Zack Littell, Chris Bassitt, Lucas Giolito, Jose Quintana, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer

21:00 Hitters: Marcell Ozuna, Paul Goldschmidt, Luis Rengifo, Rhys Hoskins, Tommy Pham, Miguel Andujar, Nathaniel Lowe

23:00 AL WEST Changes

23:15 Angels: Josh Lowe, Grayson Rodriguez (traded for Taylor Ward), Kirby Yates//Jordan Romano

28:00 Astros: Tatsuya Imai, Mike Burrows (three-way trade with PIT/TB, losing Jacob Melton), making room for Zach Cole; no place currently for Isaac Paredes. Losing Framber.

34:00 Athletics: Jeff McNeil, Mark Leiter?

40:30 Mariners: Re-sign Josh Naylor, Jose Ferrer … no 2B or 3B.

42:30 Rangers: Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien; MacKenzie Gore; Danny Jansen, non-tendered Adolis Garcia

46:30 Fantrax

47:30 AL CENTRAL Changes

47:45 Guardians: Re-signed J-Ram and called it a day

50:00 Royals: Traded for Isaac Collins; Signed Lane Thomas; Signed Matt Strahm

51:30 OMG Kaufmann Stadium Changes!

56:00 Tigers: Signed Kenley Jansen, Signed Drew Anderson (KBO)

1:03:00 Twins: Fired their President of MLB Operations last week; Victor Caratini; Signed Josh Bell; Signed Taylor Rogers; traded Edouard Julien to Paste-Eaters.

1:08:00 White Sox: Signed Munetaka Murakami from Japan; traded Luis Robert to Mets for Luisangel Acuña et al; signed Austin Hays; signed Seranthony Dominguez

1:16:15 BlueWire

1:16:20 AL EAST Changes

1:16:35 Blue Jays: Lost Bo Bichette; Signed Dylan Cease; Signed Cody Ponce (KBO); Signed Kazuma Okamoto (JPN); came up short on Kyle Tucker; signed Tyler Rogers

1:26:30 Orioles: Signed Pete Alonso; Traded for Taylor Ward (for Grayson Rodriguez); Signed Ryan Helsley; traded for Shane Baz.

1:31:30 Rays: Traded Brandon Lowe in 3-way trade that netted Jacob Melton; traded for Gavin Lux (sent away Josh Lowe); traded Shane Baz; Signed Steven Matz; Signed Cedric Mullins; Signed Jake Fraley.

1:37:00 Red Sox: Traded for Sonny Gray; traded for Willson Contreras; signed Ranger Suarez; lost Alex Bregman; Trevor Story did not opt out.

1:41:00 Yankees: Re-signed Cody Bellinger; lost Devin Williams and Luke Weaver; lost Paul Goldschmidt; traded for Ryan Weathers

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Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Bloomfield of BaseballHQ to discuss the candidates to be this year's Nick Castellanos — players whose real-world value trails their fantasy value to the point that they're at risk of losing most or all of their playing time.

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00:00 Headlines

10:30 This Year's Castellanos Overview

14:00 Hunter Goodman

15:40 Agustin Ramirez

19:20 Vinnie Pasquantino and Christian Yelich

20:15 Luis Robert, Jo Adell, Teoscar Hernandez

23:15 Noelvi Marte

27:30 Marcell Ozuna

30:35 Dylan Crews

32:50 Samuel Basallo

36:00 Alec Burleson, Christian Walker, Spencer Torkelson

39:35 Addison Barger

42:35 Chandler Simpson

47:20 Matt Shaw

49:50 Jasson Dominguez and Jac Caglianone

52:55 Jordan Beck and Mickey Moniak

56:15 Anthony Santander and Spencer Steer

58:10 Adolis Garcia

59:50 Mark Vientos

1:02:15 Inverse Castellanos candidates

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James Anderson and high-stakes fantasy baseball player Phil Dussault discuss some boom or.bust catchers, platoon outfielders, underrated players and much more as we head into the heart of 2026 fantasy baseball draft season!

01:30 More early drafting

04:00 When we know who we’re drafting

07:00 How the Main Event has changed

10:45 Toughest teams to project

15:35 A potential bust at Catcher

22:45 Best risky catcher

30:50 Fernando Tatis HR projection

35:25 Brent Rooker vs. Wyatt Langford

39:45 Chandler Simpson vs. Jose Caballero

45:15 Platoon Outfielders

52:15 Best blocked hitter to buy

59:30 Phil’s favorite really old prospect

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Erik Halterman and Jeff Erickson discuss the players they disagreed on in the latest edition of the RotoWire Roundtable Rankings, starting right at the top with Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge fighting for the number one spot.

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00:00 Headlines

12:30 #1 Overall: Judge or Ohtani?

16:30 Catcher: Rice or Contreras or Langeliers?

21:00 First Base: Kurtz or Guerrero?

26:30 Second Base: Rafaela or Holliday?

31:00 Third Base: Bregman or Suarez or Westburg?

37:15 Shortstop: Turner or Neto?

41:00 Outfield: Stowers or Hernandez?

45:10 Starting Pitcher #1: Skubal or Crochet or Skenes?

50:55 Starting Pitcher #4: Yamamoto or Sanchez?

55:15 Closer: Munoz or Duran or Smith? 

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James Anderson answers listener questions about the full-updated RotoWire top 400 prospect rankings! 

02:00 Holy Shortstops!

04:15 Top 10 Prospects By Upside

08:10 State of the Rankings

10:45 What Causes Offseason Movement?

12:05 Rainiel Rodriguez

12:50 Joshua Baez

14:35 Walker Jenkins

16:20 This Year’s Luke Keaschall

17:30 Edward Florentino

18:15 Carter Jensen

23:00 Luis Pena

24:10 Tyler Bremner

26:00 Andrew Painter

28:25 Elmer Rodriguez, Luis De Leon, Trey Gibson

30:20 Alfredo Duno

32:00 Nathan Flewelling

33:00 Which catchers won’t catch?

33:35 Harry Ford

35:40 NPB and KBO

36:20 Elian Pena vs. Jacob Reimer

37:15 Roch Cholowsky

38:25 Felnin Celesten

38:50 Miguel Ullola, Brandon Clarke

39:50 Robert Calaz

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James Anderson, Zac Beck, Kyle Sonntag, Ross Jensen, Jesse Severe and Taylor Corso participate in a mock FYPD! Find out where the top 2025 draftees stack up against the international signees in your dynasty leagues!
 

01:40 Tatsuya Imai

02:15 Kade Anderson

03:00 Kazuma Okamoto

04:00 Munetaka Murakami

05:00 JoJo Parker

06:00 Liam Doyle

06:50 Dax Kilby

08:10 Eli Willits

09:40 Seth Hernandez

10:20 Andrew Fischer

11:20 Kyson Witherspoon

12:40 Aiva Arquette

13:15 Gavin Fien

14:40 Ethan Conrad

15:40 Steele Hall

18:30 Jamie Arnold

19:25 Luis Hernandez

21:10 Ethan Holliday

22:40 Gage Wood

24:35 Tyler Bremner

26:25 Wandy Asigen

28:00 J-15 Talk

29:30 Charles Davalan

30:20 Ethan Frey

32:25 Kruz Schoolcraft

33:20 Jace LaViolette

34:30 Xavier Neyens

35:35 Slater de Brun

36:25 Francisco Renteria

37:55 Johenssy Colome

38:55 Cody Ponce

42:00 The 2026 FYPD Class

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jeff Zimmerman, co-author of The Process, to discuss the latest discoveries in the most recent edition of the award-winning book.

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00:00 Headlines

14:30 What is The Process?

23:15 Second Opinions

26:30 Late Rounds of a Draft-and-Hold

29:10 Stats That Matter in an Overall Contest

32:45 PCA Clones

37:00 Successful Pitchers Despite Low Velocity

40:30 NFBC FAAB Bidding Patterns

47:00 The Kyren Paris Rule

53:10 The Xavier Edwards Rule

1:00:30 Pitch Characteristics

1:05:10 Starting Pitcher Injuries

1:08:00 Pitching Prospects

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James Anderson and Dustin McComas go through the top 150 starting pitchers by recent ADP and highlight many targets and avoids to get you prepared for you 2026 fantasy baseball drafts!

02:40 Garrett Crochet

04:45 Hunter Brown

05:55 Bryan Woo

07:50 Logan Webb

10:20 Kyle Bradish, Jesus Luzardo, Eury Perez

12:45 Kevin Gausman

15:00 Tyler Glasnow

15:35 Spencer Strider

16:35 Nick Pivetta

20:00 Nick Lodolo

21:30 Bubba Chandler

22:35 Emmet Sheehan

24:10 Brandon Woodruff

25:55 Robbie Ray

28:45 Tatsuya Imai, MacKenzie Gore

35:40 Tanner Bibee

37:40 Cade Horton

38:30 Shane Bieber

42:20 Andrew Abbott

43:40 Noah Cameron

45:50 Roki Sasaki, Shane McClanahan, Bryce Miller

48:00 SP Sleepers

53:10 Bailey Ober, Zebby Matthews, Reese Olson

56:45 More SP Sleepers

01:04:55 Seth Lugo

01:05:55 Jonah Tong

01:07:05 Deep SP Sleepers

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