RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Erik Halterman is joined by Brian Walton, the winner of NL-only Tout Wars, to learn how Brian put together his successful team.

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00:00 Headlines

5:45 Pre-Draft

16:00 Auction Draft

25:45 Waivers

35:15 Trades

42:30 Late-season strategy

46:30 Final takeaways

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Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider rewind back to March to take a look at the RotoWire staff's sleepers and busts picks.

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4:00 Sleeper Hitters

29:51 Sleeper Pitchers

46:31 Hitter Busts

1:02:09 Pitcher Busts

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Intro/Final weekend craziness

• FAAB:
  • River Ryan
  • Jeff Hoffman
  • Ryan Zeferjahn
  • Ben Malgeri
  • Mickey Gasper
  • Lucas Spence
• Five misses:
  • Pete Crow-Armstrong
  • Wyatt Langford
  • Vladimir Guerrero
  • Paul Skenes
  • Jake Bauers
• Five hits:
  • Cam Schlittler
  • Cade Cavalli
  • Drew Rasmussen
  • Wilyer Abreu
  • Logan Webb

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Erik Halterman is joined by the top two players in GLARF, Sara Sanchez and Mark Gannon, to discuss how their successful teams were put together.

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00:00 Headlines

12:15 Overall Draft Strategy

18:35 Early Rounds

30:45 Mid-late Rounds

42:15 Waiver Wire

58:50 Late-season Strategy

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Tout Wars Champions League winner Fred Zinkie lists 10 players who helped win you leagues this year that won't be league-winners in 2027. Plus, he and Jeff Erickson discuss an early peak at next year's top-25!

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00:00 Fred Pod 9-22-26

00:15 ToutWars Champions League winner!

07:30 News: 

07:35 Aaron Judge

11:30 Bryce Eldridge

13:40 Jazz Chisholm

15:45 Emmet Sheehan (again!)

20:00 Working Top 25 Conclusions

20:20 Junior Caminero should be picked 2nd overall

23:30 Why not Elly over Bobby Witt Jr.? 

28:30 Could Mason Miller be a first round pick in the main event?

35:00 Do we overrate Cristopher Sanchez a bit?

38:00 Why not put Pete Alonso in the top 25?

43:11 BlueWire

43:16 10 League winners who won’t be league winners in 2027

44:15 CJ Abrams

48:00 Ben Rice

49:45 Alec Burleson

53:40 Bryan Baker

54:45 Otto Lopez

57:00 Dylan Cease

1:01:40 Hunter Goodman

1:03:45 Eduardo Rodriguez

1:06:45 Liam Hicks

1:08:15 Riley O’Brien

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad delve into strategies for the final week of the season, discuss a number of players including Mookie Betts, Jackson Chourio and Carter Jensen (and many others) and break down all the final week adds that can help you lock down your league.

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Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top free agent pickups of the week and look back on the top pickups of the year.

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2:31 Dominic Canzone
5:23 Brett Bateman
8:56 Josh Jung
11:25 Sean Manaea
13:16 Andrew Alvarez
15:43 Jake Bennett

19:23 Erick Fedde
21:42 JR Ritchie
25:03 Ethan Pecko
28:27 Rico Garcia

30:39 Emmanuel Rodriguez
33:04 Dustin Harris
34:53 Pavin Smith
36:50 Donovan Walton

38:43 Reviewing Top Pickups of the Year

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Intro/The final week is upon us!

- Steak League FAAB:

• Shea Langeliers $4
• Jack Perkins $3
• Rico Garcia $3
• Jeffrey Springs $2
• David Sandlin $1
• Anthony Volpe $1
• Dustin Harris $1
• Emmanuel Rodriguez
• Justin Wrobleski
• Bryce Miller
• Dansby Swanson
• Garrett Whitlock
• Justin Foscue
• Andrew Abbott
• Cade Povich
• Blade Tidwell
• Agustin Ramirez
• Gordon Graceffo
• Brady Basso
• Luis Medina
• JR Ritchie

- Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 21, 2026)

• Michael Soroka 1
• Brady Basso 1
• JR Ritchie 2
• Shane Baz 3
• Jake Bennett 3
• Kevin Gausman 3 (Todd 4)
• Andrew Abbott 2
• Foster Griffin 3 (Todd 2)
• Anthony Kay 1
• Cristian Javier 2 (Todd 1)
• Daniel Lynch 2
• Yusei Kikuchi 2
• Janson Junk 1
• Logan Henderson 4
• Sean Manaea 2 (Todd 3)
• Max Fried 5
• Zack Wheeler 5
• Jared Jones 4 (Todd 5)
• Logan Gilbert 5
• Blade Tidwell 2
• Andre Pallante 1
• MacKenzie Gore 2 (Todd 1)
• Max Scherzer 3

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Erik Halterman is joined by Derek VanRiper of The Athletic to discuss this year's most improved pitchers on three different statistical levels: ERA, K-BB% and Pitching+.

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00:00 Headlines

12:50 Most Improved by ERA

36:00 Most Improved by K-BB%

54:40: Most Improved by Pitching+

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Martin Sekulski from Four-Seam Fantasy and PitcherList joins Jeff Erickson to share his top dynasty league as we approach the offseason.

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00:00 9-16-26 Podcast

00:15 Welcome to Martin Sekulski

01:00 September Tips

02:00 Know Your League Settings/ Timelines

04:00 Still Adding To Your Roster

04:15 Emmanuel Rodriguez

07:00 Evaluate Your Roster

07:15 Aaron Judge

10:15 Realistic Assessment of Team

14:00 Who are your keepers? 

16:10 What do they cost? 

19:30 Planning for your next draft/auction based on competitive window

21:30 Who is clogging up your roster? 

24:15 Extra Prospects At One Position

25:40 Steering Into Injury Issues

27:30 Hunter Greene

28:35 BlueWire

28:40 Dissect your Minor League System/Prospects

33:40 Martin’s Prospect Rankings Prospect

35:20 FYPD's

36:10 Roch Cholowsky vs. Grady Emerson

37:15 Trading for FYPD picks

38:45 Art of the Trade

39:00 Updating the Trade Block

44:30 Closing Thoughts

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