RotoWire Prospect Podcast

James Anderson welcomes on Andrew Geller (aka The Gildz) to talk about some early hits and misses and early-season roster management!

00:00 Intro

02:20 Evaluating potential drops

03:50 Potential drops

06:50 Pete Alonso

11:20 Kyren Paris

18:15 Zach Neto

24:00 Early Hits

35:35 Early Misses

44:15 Early FOMO

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James Anderson and Sam Dykstra of MLB Pipeline go through the most notable 2025 minor-league assignments for baseball's top prospects!

00:00 Intro

00:55 Jesus Made/Luis Pena

06:30 Nick Kurtz

10:00 Ethan Salas

15:55 Hagen Smith/Chase Burns/Trey Yesavage

22:15 Arjun Nimmala

24:55 Lazaro Montes/Josue De Paula

28:40 Justin Crawford

33:50 Spencer Jones

37:20 Chase Dollander

40:35 Luke Keaschall

42:40 Luis Gastelum

45:10 Tre’ Morgan

49:05 Loaded Rosters

51:35 Caden Dana/Christian Moore

53:10 Braden Montgomery/Jeferson Quero

54:45 Carlos Lagrange

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James Anderson answers dozens of listener questions about his updated Top 400 Prospect Rankings

00:00 Intro

01:20 Grant Taylor

03:15 Angel Genao

04:20 Alan Roden

06:15 Chase Petty

07:45 Emil Morales

10:20 Jett Williams

13:05 Spencer Nivens/Gavin Cross

16:20 Jacob Wilson/Max Muncy

17:20 Agustin Ramirez

19:15 Potential Risers

21:10 Sal Frelick

22:45 Zyhir Hope

23:55 Kristian Campbell

25:30 Zach Fruit

27:40 Roman Anthony/Junior Caminero

28:55 Brady House

29:55 2024 Draft Class

31:35 Cam Smith vs. Kristian Campbell

32:45 Cam Smith vs. Jasson Dominguez

33:40 Jan Caglianone vs. Nick Kurtz

35:35 AL FYPD Prospects

37:00 Coby Mayo

38:50 Matt Wilkinson

40:00 Chase DeLauter

41:20 Felnin Celesten

42:20 Tracking Categories

44:00 Robby Snelling

45:25 Sal Stewart

46:20 Rhett Lowder

46:50 Chandler Simpson

47:40 Sabin Ceballos

48:40 Wyatt Langford

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00:00 Intro

01:45 Aroon Escobar

05:30 Arjun Nimmala

09:45 Didier Fuentes

16:45 Juan Valera/David Sandlin

21:50 Bubba Chandler/Thomas Harrington

25:45 Konnor Griffin

28:20 Bryce Rainer

30:55 Jake Bloss

34:45 Roman Anthony

36:30 Cam Smith

41:05 Jac Caglianone

44:00 Tony Blanco Jr.

46:25 George Lombard Jr.

49:20 Will Warren/AJ Smith-Shawver

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00:00 Intro

01:40 Auctioning For Beginners

08:50 Early Main Event prices

31:40 Pitchers Shooting Up

01:01:00 Players We’re Drafting

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00:00 Intro

01:20 Expectations for Vlad & Bo

08:50 Riskiest Hitter In The First 2 Rounds

20:30 Strider vs. deGrom

30:30 Alcantara/Sasaki Vegas Inflation

37:00 Fade Tanner Scott?

44:00 Fade Michael Toglia?

49:20 Chandler Simpson

59:15 Sleeper Prospects

01:08:50 The Worst Hitters We’ll Draft

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James Anderson is joined by NFBC Hall Of Famer John Pausma to discuss the recent high-stakes auction they each participated in, focusing on what went right, what went wrong, and what adjustments they could have made mid-auction!

00:00 Intro

03:25 Catcher/Closer Inflation 

19:50 Adjusting Mid-Auction

24:25 James’ Strategy

28:20 John’s Hitters

34:00 Regrets From The Auction

37:50 Building A Staff

42:00 Closing Thoughts

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Jeff Zimmerman joins James Anderson to discuss some recent fantasy baseball research featured in Jeff's book, The Process, plus they look at which pitchers could win rotation spots this spring and much more!

00:00 Intro

01:50 Pitcher Injury Grades

21:40 Are Rookies A Good Buy?

26:00 Rookies Trending Up

32:45 Wait On Pitching

38:45 The $750 OC

42:05 Pitchers Competing For Rotation Spots

01:05:30 Unsettled Bullpens

01:12:20 Dalton Rushing

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James Anderson and Nate Handy discuss a dynasty startup auction they each participated in! Nate went big with Aaron Judge and four aces, while James spread the wealth and built around a handful of top-50 hitters.

00:00 Intro

01:15 Prepping for the startup

08:45 Nate’s auction

27:15 James’ auction

36:10 Buying prospects

39:10 Nate vs. Geoff

40:50 Dynasty targets and sleepers

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James Anderson and seasoned NFBC Auction player Marc Winokur go through some recent high-stakes auctions and which players are more in-demand by auction players than by snake draft players!

00:00 Intro

01:20 Early Auctioning

13:10 Closers in Auctions

20:30 Buying Skubal

28:00 Old, boring SP2s

32:50 What A Cheap Offense Looks Like

38:00 Zero-Dollar Players

40:55 Stacking

46:00 Top Hitters Overpriced

50:00 AAV vs. ADP

54:20 Outfielders

01:02:30 Catchers

01:05:10 First Base

01:06:00 Second Base

01:13:30 Shortstop

01:17:35 Pitcher

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