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Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Rufe to learn how Ryan built the team that finished third overall in the RotoWire Online Championship, winning $20,000. --- 00:00 Playoffs talk 05:30 Pre-draft strategy 18:30 Best and worst draft picks 36:15 Waiver moves 51:20 Late-season strategy   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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 Ryan Boyer to discuss the best values at every position in 2026 drafts. Should we have seen their breakouts coming, and should we chase them up the board in 2027? --- 00:00 Headlines 13:00 All-Value Team: Rotation 35:30 All-Value Team: Infield 54:10 All-Value Team: Outfield Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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 Jason Collette to review some of Jason's preseason bold predictions. Which went right, which went wrong, and how should we value those players next season? --- 00:00 Playoff check-in 8:00 Injury news 15:00 League-wide statistical trends 20:30 Correct predictions: hitters 34:30 Correct predictions: pitchers 47:25 Missed predictions: hitters 1:00:45 Missed predictions: pitchers Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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 Brian Walton, the winner of NL-only Tout Wars, to learn how Brian put together his successful team. --- 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 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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 Jeremy Schneider rewind back to March to take a look at the RotoWire staff's sleepers and busts picks. --- 4:00 Sleeper Hitters29:51 Sleeper Pitchers46:31 Hitter Busts1:02:09 Pitcher Busts Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.

Intro/Final weekend craziness FAAB:River RyanJeff HoffmanRyan ZeferjahnBen MalgeriMickey GasperLucas SpenceFive misses:Pete Crow-ArmstrongWyatt LangfordVladimir GuerreroPaul SkenesJake BauersFive hits:Cam SchlittlerCade CavalliDrew RasmussenWilyer AbreuLogan Webb Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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 the top two players in GLARF, Sara Sanchez and Mark Gannon, to discuss how their successful teams were put together. --- 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 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.

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! --- 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 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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 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. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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 Jeremy Schneider share their top free agent pickups of the week and look back on the top pickups of the year. --- 2:31 Dominic Canzone5:23 Brett Bateman8:56 Josh Jung11:25 Sean Manaea13:16 Andrew Alvarez15:43 Jake Bennett19:23 Erick Fedde21:42 JR Ritchie25:03 Ethan Pecko28:27 Rico Garcia30:39 Emmanuel Rodriguez33:04 Dustin Harris34:53 Pavin Smith36:50 Donovan Walton38:43 Reviewing Top Pickups of the Year Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.

Intro/The final week is upon us! - Steak League FAAB: Shea Langeliers $4Jack Perkins $3Rico Garcia $3Jeffrey Springs $2David Sandlin $1Anthony Volpe $1Dustin Harris $1Emmanuel RodriguezJustin WrobleskiBryce MillerDansby SwansonGarrett WhitlockJustin FoscueAndrew AbbottCade PovichBlade TidwellAgustin RamirezGordon GraceffoBrady BassoLuis MedinaJR Ritchie- Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 21, 2026) Michael Soroka 1Brady Basso 1JR Ritchie 2Shane Baz 3Jake Bennett 3Kevin Gausman 3 (Todd 4)Andrew Abbott 2Foster Griffin 3 (Todd 2)Anthony Kay 1Cristian Javier 2 (Todd 1)Daniel Lynch 2Yusei Kikuchi 2Janson Junk 1Logan Henderson 4Sean Manaea 2 (Todd 3)Max Fried 5Zack Wheeler 5Jared Jones 4 (Todd 5)Logan Gilbert 5Blade Tidwell 2Andre Pallante 1MacKenzie Gore 2 (Todd 1)Max Scherzer 3 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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 Derek VanRiper of The Athletic to discuss this year's most improved pitchers on three different statistical levels: ERA, K-BB% and Pitching+. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:50 Most Improved by ERA 36:00 Most Improved by K-BB% 54:40: Most Improved by Pitching+ Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.

Martin Sekulski from Four-Seam Fantasy and PitcherList joins Jeff Erickson to share his top dynasty league as we approach the offseason. --- 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 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.

Last week, Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson tried to learn from their mistakes in 2026. This week they reflect in what they got right, including Jacob Misiorowski, Dillon Dingler and Payton Tolle. --- 00:00 What Went Right 9-15-26 00:20 ToutWars Update 05:00 LABR Update 10:00 News:  10:05 Emmet Sheehan was added Sunday night in fantasy leagues and optioned Monday. 10:30 Roki Sasaki won't return this week. Josue De Paula is batting leadoff tonight. 14:30 PCA with another huge game 18:50 Troy Melton is falling apart 20:30 The Blue Jays continued to find ways to lose as Louis Varland blew a save 24:20 Quinn Mathews, Thomas Saggese and Leo Bernal all had good nights 29:01 BlueWire 29:25 Five things Fred got right this year. 30:00 Getting some SP studs (Misiorowski, Burns, Gray) in the Round 8-9 range. 35:35 Predicting that Louis Varland would become the Blue Jays closer. 38:55 Investing heavily in rookies, JJ Weatherholt, Kevin McGonigle and Carson Benge. 41:30 Continuing to invest in Luis Garcia Jr., who finally had a breakout season. 44:45 Signing up for another season of Michael Wacha 46:30 Jeff’s Right Things 46:35 Identifying Targets and Where to Get Them 49:00 Buying into underlying stats and acting accordingly 52:45 Forgetting Balance (LABR & Amici) 56:20 Payton Tolle & Parker Messick 59:00 Aggressive FAAB Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Dustin McComas, wrap up another busy weekend in fantasy baseball, discussing Cam Schlittler, George Kirby and Jose Altuve among others, previewing next week and breaking down a busy week of FAAB especially on the hitter side, including active bidding on Shea Langeliers and Josue De Paula. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.