RotoWire Prospect Podcast

James Anderson and Sam Dykstra discuss all the most notable minor-league assignments and which players are set up to climb prospect rankings this season!   01:20 Ryan Sloan and Kade Anderson 06:25 Jamie Arnold/Liam Doyle/Tyler Bremner 10:55 Devin Fitz-Gerald 15:05 Jesus Made, Blake Burke 17:55 Prospects skipping complex ball 23:35 Luis Hernandez 26:05 Cardinals catchers 28:55 Leo De Vries, Ralphy Velazquez 31:45 Steele Hall 35:00 Greenville’s loaded rotation 38:10 Johnny King, Arjun Nimmala 42:00 Soft Dodgers assignments 43:55 Binghamton’s loaded roster   Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now ! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

James Anderson and Peter Schoenke conduct a Stash Draft featuring injured big leaguers and prospects!   03:40 Konnor Griffin 10:40 Bryce Miller 12:25 Colt Emerson 14:50 Robby Snelling 17:55 Lourdes Gurriel 19:10 Edwin Uceta 21:30 Bryce Eldridge 24:20 Hagen Smith 27:55 Shane Bieber 29:35 Noah Schultz 30:35 Tommy Edman 31:40 Payton Tolle 33:00 Jasson Dominguez 37:15 Jonah Tong 38:20 Dylan Crews 39:35 River Ryan 40:35 Ryan Waldschmidt 41:20 Charlie Condon 43.55 Didier Fuentes 45:00 Justin Steele 45:35 Honorable Mentions 53:05 Thanks, Pete   Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

James Anderson answers listener questions about the fully-updated RotoWire Top 400 Prospect Rankings!   01:05 Tiers 03:00 McGonigle vs Wetherholt 04:50 Roch Cholowsky 05:50 Basallo vs. Rainiel 07:40 Joshua Baez 10:30 Carson Benge 11:10 Ralphy Velazquez 13:05 This Year’s Nolan McLean 15:00 Mike Sirota 16:15 Ranking the young shortstops 18:25 Josuar Gonzalez vs. Jesus Made 19:45 A.J. Ewing 20:45 Henry Bolte 25:40 Didier Fuentes 26:50 Carlos Lagrange 28:25 Sam Antonacci 31:00 Juan Valera 32:10 Jefferson Rojas 33:35 John Gil 34:20 Trevor McDonald 36:00 Jordan Yost 37:35 Jonny Farmelo 38:35 Devin Fitz-Gerald 39:30 Breyson Guedez 41:00 Jose Fernandez 42:10 Christian Scott   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

James Anderson and Dustin McComas give an update on the Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle situations and discuss Leo De Vries' impressive spring before going team by team and evaluating rotation battles and whether to pay the increased price tags on our favorite starting pitcher sleepers!   01:35 Konnor Griffin/Kevin McGonigle 07:55 Leo De Vries 11:30 Rotation Battles 12:05 Diamondbacks rotation 14:50 Didier Fuentes’ upside 19:40 Red Sox rotation 24:25 Cubs rotation 27:10 Reds rotation 31:30 Tatsuya Imai’s upside 36:00 Stash George Klassen? 38:05 Dodgers rotation 41:50 Robby Snelling Watch 46:00 Brewers rotation 51:00 Buying Mick Abel? 54:50 Mets rotation 58:40 Riding Ryan Weathers 01:01:40 Phillies rotation 01:04:35 Pirates rotation 01:07:50 Padres rotation 01:11:05 Buying Emerson Hancock? 01:13:25 Giants rotation 01:14:50 Cardinals rotation 01:17:55 Rays rotation 01:20:45 Rangers rotation 01:22:15 Pay for Cade Cavalli?   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

James Anderson and Chris Clegg discuss sniping each other in the Tout Wars Draft and Hold League and which prospects they're targeting for 2026! Draft Board   03:40 Hunter Brown as SP1 06:35 Corey Seager’s OBP bump 10:15 Sheehan/Uribe snipes 14:00 Lawrence Butler’s upside 18:05 Playing the middle at catcher 25:00 Sal Stewart’s upside 28:05 Mike Burrows snipe 30:45 Reid Detmers’ breakout potential 32:30 Colt Emerson’s 2026 potential 35:20 Don’t forget about Brennen Davis 38:20 Quinn Mathews’ velocity is back 40:50 Sam Antonacci and Jack Wenninger 46:25 James’ team 50:30 Colton Cowser’s underrated 52:30 Skills > Role relievers 57:20 Ryan Waldschmidt’s loud spring 01:01:45 Don’t sleep on Shane Drohan 01:06:00 Spring Breakout prospects to watch   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

James Anderson is joined by Geoff Pontes of Baseball America to talk about Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle's chances of making the Opening Day roster, which pitching prospects to target in 2026 fantasy baseball leagues and much more!   00:25 Konnor Griffin 09:50 Kevin McGonigle 19:25 Jordan Lawlar 24:40 Caleb Bonemer 27:25 Braden Montgomery 30:00 Dylan Beavers 31:10 Noah Schultz 34:55 Ethan Conrad 36:05 David Hagaman 37:45 Dasan Hill 39:20 Justin Gonzales 43:00 Chase Burns 46:05 Cam Schlittler 48:25 Rhett Lowder 48:55 Logan Henderson 49:40 River Ryan 50:50 Brody Hopkins 54:40 Liam Doyle 01:00:20 College Starters 01:05:05 Roch Cholowsky   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

Elite high-stakes player John Pausma joins James Anderson to recap their NFBC $500 DC Auction, discussing what went right, what went wrong, how to handle massive closer inflation and much more!   2:35 Closer inflation 09:45 Who’s the Brewers closer 15:30 Discounted players 19:00 Multi-eligibility players 21:50 Overpays 25:00 Weak SP builds 32:20 Catchers 38:45 Scripting your build 43:00 When to nominate your targets 46:15 Dollar days 49:55 Brewers talk 53:20 More dollar days 55:15 Prospect talk   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

Nobody has won more NFBC Main Event leagues than Mark Srebro, and he joins James Anderson to give a couple hot takes before discussing how to build a winning pitching staff in a 15-team high-stakes league! 07:45 Mark’s 1st Bold Take12:00 Mark’s 2nd Bold Take18:35 How to win a Main Event league22:30 Where’s the SP1 cutoff?27:00 SP2 and SP331:10 Groups of SPs in the 100-250 range33:00 Young and exciting SPs37:40 Injury discount SPs41:00 Coming off a down year SPs44:35 Not enough track record SPs50:05 Good and boring SPs54:30 Constructing a staff01:00:05 Jeremy Pena vs Jo Adell FantraxFantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

James Anderson and elite high-stakes player Steve Weimer discuss fantasy baseball roster construction strategies and much more! 03:30 Extreme hitters10:30 Risky old hitters15:20 This year’s George Springer22:40 Projecting catcher playing time27:15 How to attack 2B and 3B32:00 This year’s Drew Rasmussen37:10 Late-round outfielders to target43:00 Late-round pitchers to target FantraxFantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

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 money14:20 Marc’s surprise buys21:25 Overpriced players25:45 Skubal/Skenes/Crochet29:15 Spending at 3B30:40 Buying Rafael Devers33:30 How to attack 2B37:50 Willy Adames/Jung Hoo Lee41:05 How much to spend on outfield44:50 How much to spend on pitching51:35 Buy 1 or 2 closers?58:20 Nomination strategy01:06:10 Advice for new auction players FantraxFantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

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 drafting04:00 When we know who we’re drafting07:00 How the Main Event has changed10:45 Toughest teams to project15:35 A potential bust at Catcher22:45 Best risky catcher30:50 Fernando Tatis HR projection35:25 Brent Rooker vs. Wyatt Langford39:45 Chandler Simpson vs. Jose Caballero45:15 Platoon Outfielders52:15 Best blocked hitter to buy59:30 Phil’s favorite really old prospect Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

James Anderson answers listener questions about the full-updated RotoWire top 400 prospect rankings!  02:00 Holy Shortstops!04:15 Top 10 Prospects By Upside08:10 State of the Rankings10:45 What Causes Offseason Movement?12:05 Rainiel Rodriguez12:50 Joshua Baez14:35 Walker Jenkins16:20 This Year’s Luke Keaschall17:30 Edward Florentino18:15 Carter Jensen23:00 Luis Pena24:10 Tyler Bremner26:00 Andrew Painter28:25 Elmer Rodriguez, Luis De Leon, Trey Gibson30:20 Alfredo Duno32:00 Nathan Flewelling33:00 Which catchers won’t catch?33:35 Harry Ford35:40 NPB and KBO36:20 Elian Pena vs. Jacob Reimer37:15 Roch Cholowsky38:25 Felnin Celesten38:50 Miguel Ullola, Brandon Clarke39:50 Robert Calaz Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

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 Imai02:15 Kade Anderson03:00 Kazuma Okamoto04:00 Munetaka Murakami05:00 JoJo Parker06:00 Liam Doyle06:50 Dax Kilby08:10 Eli Willits09:40 Seth Hernandez10:20 Andrew Fischer11:20 Kyson Witherspoon12:40 Aiva Arquette13:15 Gavin Fien14:40 Ethan Conrad15:40 Steele Hall18:30 Jamie Arnold19:25 Luis Hernandez21:10 Ethan Holliday22:40 Gage Wood24:35 Tyler Bremner26:25 Wandy Asigen28:00 J-15 Talk29:30 Charles Davalan30:20 Ethan Frey32:25 Kruz Schoolcraft33:20 Jace LaViolette34:30 Xavier Neyens35:35 Slater de Brun36:25 Francisco Renteria37:55 Johenssy Colome38:55 Cody Ponce42:00 The 2026 FYPD Class Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

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 Crochet04:45 Hunter Brown05:55 Bryan Woo07:50 Logan Webb10:20 Kyle Bradish, Jesus Luzardo, Eury Perez12:45 Kevin Gausman15:00 Tyler Glasnow15:35 Spencer Strider16:35 Nick Pivetta20:00 Nick Lodolo21:30 Bubba Chandler22:35 Emmet Sheehan24:10 Brandon Woodruff25:55 Robbie Ray28:45 Tatsuya Imai, MacKenzie Gore35:40 Tanner Bibee37:40 Cade Horton38:30 Shane Bieber42:20 Andrew Abbott43:40 Noah Cameron45:50 Roki Sasaki, Shane McClanahan, Bryce Miller48:00 SP Sleepers53:10 Bailey Ober, Zebby Matthews, Reese Olson56:45 More SP Sleepers01:04:55 Seth Lugo01:05:55 Jonah Tong01:07:05 Deep SP Sleepers Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

James Anderson and KC Bubba pinpoint some potential inaccuracies on Roster Resource that are leading to some players being overvalued and others being slept on, as playing time is key to winning fantasy baseball leagues! 02:30 Sal Stewart05:20 Connelly Early09:25 Lenyn Sosa14:00 Jack Perkins, J.T. Ginn18:25 Ian Seymour21:50 Jacob Melton, Carson Williams27:15 Spencer Arrighetti30:20 JJ Wetherholt34:00 Kyle Leahy, Richard Fitts38:55 Carter Jensen, Lane Thomas44:05 Troy Melton47:05 Parker Messick48:45 Blade Tidwell, Hayden Birdsong52:45 Owen Caissie, Moises Ballesteros55:05 Graham Pauley, Connor Norby56:30 Harry Ford59:00 Hyesong Kim01:00:10 Zac Veen, Tyler Freeman01:01:30 Elmer Rodriguez, Colt Emerson, Konnor Griffin Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

James Anderson and Rob DiPietro identify six players who are being drafted too early, including Rafael Devers and Oneil Cruz, before highlighting more than 10 players who are great late-round values in 50-round draft-and-hold leagues! 04:00 Trevor Megill09:45 Rafael Devers12:50 Oneil Cruz17:25 Noelvi Marte21:40 Jackson Holliday25:15 Jonathan Aranda29:45 Finding late DC gems31:45 Andruw Monasterio35:50 Hunter Harvey39:30 Carmen Mlodzinski43:25 Michael Conforto46:10 Graham Pauley50:30 Sean Newcomb53:05 Nathan Church56:10 Zach Dezenzo58:50 Hagen Smith01:01:55 Everson Pereira01:04:15 Oswald Peraza Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

James Anderson and Dave McDonald discuss the riskiest players who are getting drafted highly in 2026 fantasy baseball drafts, including Yordan Alvarez, Cole Ragans, Brandon Woodruff, Zack Wheeler and more! 03:25 Evaluating injury risk11:35 Yordan Alvarez19:15 Bryan Woo vs. Jacob deGrom26:00 Cole Ragans31:00 Josh Hader33:50 Tyler Glasnow36:20 Brandon Woodruff38:10 Pablo Lopez40:40 Shane Bieber43:55 Michael King47:05 Nathan Eovaldi49:25 Zack Wheeler52:05 Carlos Rodon53:45 Kris Bubic55:25 This Year’s Byron Buxton59:50 Chase Burns01:01:25 2024 velocity gainers -> 2025 results Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

James Anderson and Rob Silver discuss the 2026 rookie shortstop class, sleeper candidates to hit 30-plus homers, reliever land mines, Rob's 2026 prospect crush plus much more! 01:40 Konnor Griffin09:20 Rookie Shortstops13:20 Finding Cheap Power15:45 Jorge Polanco17:35 Dominic Canzone19:45 Royce Lewis23:05 Max Muncy (LAD)26:20 Jordan Walker31:25 Power Sleepers34:00 Reliever Land Mines41:50 Chandler Simpson47:30 Cheap Speed50:00 Rob’s Prospect For 202655:35 Nasim Nunez58:40 Jeff Hoffman Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

James Anderson and Tim McLeod discuss Tatsuya Imai, Munetaka Murakami, Kazuma Okamoto and the rest of the players making the leap from Asia to MLB in 2026! 01:10 Tatsuya Imai06:25 Munetaka Murakami10:45 Kazuma Okamoto15:30 Cody Ponce18:50 Foster Griffin vs. Anthony Kay22:35 Jon Duplantier25:00 Lewin Diaz isn’t coming over26:50 Jo Hsi Hsu28:45 Sung-Mun Song31:35 Open Universe Targets37:40 Roki Sasaki42:50 Tim’s Rookie Targets Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.

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 SPs03:20 Chase Burns04:55 Cam Schlittler09:30 Jacob Misiorowski13:30 Emmet Sheehan18:30 Nolan McLean23:45 Trey Yesavage27:55 Bubba Chandler29:50 Cade Horton33:25 Connelly Early, Payton Tolle38:15 Troy Melton, Jonah Tong43:35 Tatsuya Imai47:45 Braxton Ashcraft50:25 Giants SP Depth Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 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.