RotoWire Prospect Podcast

James Anderson and Owen Hurd discuss the industry prospect draft they're participating in, including which prospects went too high, and which prospects were the best values! 01:15 First Two Rounds03:05 Nolan McLean Debate07:35 Floor vs. Ceiling10:40 Surprise Picks11:45 Best Values13:15 Bryce Eldridge Debate16:45 Mining The Mock24:35 Owen’s Team28:15 Jordan Lawlar vs. Marcelo Mayer29:55 Luke Dickerson35:30 Jaxon Wiggins38:15 Trey Gibson Unlucky at AAA41:15 George Klassen’s Stuff43:00 James’ Team49:55 Connelly Early Debate57:50 Tony Blanco Jr.01:00:30 Favorite Teams Besides Ours01:05:10 Moises Ballesteros 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 excellent high-stakes fantasy baseball player Mike Mager to discuss their first draft of 2026 plus which positions look the deepest and which seem the shallowest this draft season.  05:30 The Big 3 Starting Pitchers10:45 Ben Rice vs. Hunter Goodman15:05 James’ Best Picks17:15 Draft Regrets30:55 Emmet Sheehan34:20 Catcher Is Deeper Than Ever41:05 Is Vlad a First Rounder?46:30 Second Base Is A Wasteland49:50 Third Base Falls Off Quickly53:05 Shortstop Is Loaded Up Top54:10 Shortstop Prospects58:05 Don’t Fall Behind At Outfield01:01:25 Buy Low on Jasson Dominguez?01:08:05 Young SPs w/ Upside 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.

On the first Prospect Podcast of the offseason, James Anderson is joined by deep dynasty league maven JT of the Os and 1s to talk about the art of finding breakout prospects, some 2026 sleepers and why Cardinals right fielder Joshua Baez is the most underrated prospect in the game! 05:35 Projecting Drake Baldwin09:00 Agustin Ramirez’s Fantasy Upside11:45 Will Wilyer Abreu Play Every Day?15:40 Don’t Sleep On Braxton Ashcraft19:20 Don’t Forget Christian Scott22:00 The Most Underrated Prospect29:00 AFL Pitchers To Watch34:15 Biggest Risers of 202538:45 Zach Cole vs. Junior Perez41:50 Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz 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 Jim Tomony to discuss Jim's NFBC Overall leading Draft Champions team! Jim is likely to win his third NFBC overall championship and he discusses his strategy, his top players and all the quality young catchers entering the player pool. 00:00 Intro02:20 Songs as Team Names09:25 How To Draft And Hold19:00 Jim’s DC MVP(s)23:15 Young Catchers37:30 Stay In on George Springer42:05 Valuing Byron Buxton in 202648:00 Sal Frelick Perfect Fit w/ Brewers54:00 Chandler Simpson As Advertised58:50 Can Lenyn Sosa Repeat?01:03:30 Ryne Nelson01:09:20 Final DC Thoughts ChalkboardDownload Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! 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 Welsh discuss candidates to be the MVP of the Arizona Fall League before diving into some recent prospect ADP! 01:45 Arizona Fall League MVP Candidates02:45 Kevin McGonigle is going to rake07:40 Sebastian Walcott could steal the show12:10 Aidan Miller moving up rankings17:00 Josue De Paula vs. Charlie Condon23:20 Sleeper AFL hitters35:30 Prospect ADP38:05 Industry consensus up top41:40 First-Year Player Draft talk48:05 Colt Emerson’s narrow range52:25 Edward Florentino’s ADP ChalkboardDownload Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! 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 Brian Slack discuss a variety of dynasty topics, including when to push in, different trade tactics, dispersal drafts, plus some players to buy and sell heading into the offseason! 02:25 Dispersal drafting04:40 Franchise Value vs. Present Value07:50 When to go for it18:20 Trade tips26:10 Picking up prospects34:55 More trade tips38:05 Trading for Gunnar Henderson44:30 Dax Kilby to the moon52:30 Buy Lars Nootbaar?55:45 Sell Josh Lowe?01:00:50 Valuing Cam Smith01:06:10 Is George Lombard overrated?01:10:05 Kyle Manzardo’s improvements01:12:40 Trade for Ryan Pepiot Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! 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.

Chris Blessing joins James Anderson to discuss the best prospects and most overrated prospects Chris scouted this season, including No. 1 overall prospect Konnor Griffin plus many more!00:00 Intro01:35 The No. 1 Overall Prospect12:15 Buy Caleb Bonemer20:00 Hector Rodriguez’s ETA30:25 Robby Snelling SZN36:55 Thomas White’s Upside42:00 JR Ritchie Trending Up46:55 Buy Low on Cam Collier55:00 Hagen Smith’s A Bust ChalkboardDownload Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required!NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter 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 all your questions about the updated Top 400 Prospect Rankings, including questions about Edward Florentino, Sebastian Walcott, Jett Williams and more!01:35 Top Prospects for 202608:35 Prospect Tiers12:10 Jesus Made’s speed12:55 Buy low on Sebastian Walcott14:45 Jett Williams’ position15:40 Josue De Paula still at High-A17:00 Mike Sirota’s injury17:55 Ralphy Velazquez vs. Josue Briceno19:10 Carter Jensen destroys baseballs21:30 Giving Cam Collier a mulligan22:45 Edward Florentino SZN27:55 Trust the Pirates?29:05 Tony Blanco’s 80-grade power32:00 Elian Pena’s breakout33:40 Dauri Fernandez’s ceiling35:05 Kendry Chourio to the moon!37:10 Top 5 a year from now39:40 Potential risers into the top 1040:35 Chales Davalan, FYPD target ChalkboardDownload Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter 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 Dominic Rello (@BullpenGuru) preview Wednesday night's first high-stakes draft of 2026! Dom is picking fourth and James is picking 15th. They preview their potential picks and talk about the challenging hunt for saves, shallow positions, big risers, prospects to consider and much more!02:15 Players at the top of the draft03:50 Take Acuna in the top five?06:30 Late first-round targets12:10 Players losing/gaining positional eligibility18:45 Which closers would we draft?25:45 Which catchers would we draft?28:45 Nick Kurtz vs. Pete Alonso30:30 Depressed pitching assets34:30 Second base sucks36:50 Middle-infield prospects40:15 Buy low on Mookie Betts?42:45 Top 7 Shortstops43:25 Young OFs to buy45:30 Never Oneil Cruz47:10 Fade Byron Buxton?48:55 Buy low on Jackson Merrill? Chalkboard (primary sponsor) Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required!NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter 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 Ryan Topp rank the Brewers top 10 prospects for fantasy (and real life) and then touch on the Brewers' World Series odds, the projected 2026 lineup, rotation and more!2:35 Jesus Made7:30 Luis Pena12:00 Cooper Pratt21:10 Logan Henderson24:45 Andrew Fischer28:25 Jeferson Quero30:50 Braylon Payne33:35 Robert Gasser36:40 Brock Wilken40:30 Marco Dinges42:50 Luke Adams46:05 Bishop Letson49:30 Brady Ebel52:15 Honorable Mentions57:55 World Series Odds1:04:35 Projected 2026 rotation/lineup ChalkboardDownload Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required!NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter 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 Mike Mager look back on the best picks from their 2025 Too Early Draft and look at which high-upside pitchers may be worth the risk going into 2026!00:00 Intro02:00 Best Pick of Round 102:55 Best Pick of Round 203:30 Best Pick of Round 304:55 Best Pick of Round 406:00 Best Pick of Round 508:45 Best Pick of Round 610:00 Best Pick of Round 710:45 Best Pick of Round 811:20 Best Pick of Round 912:00 Best Pick of Round 1013:30 Best Pick of Round 1115:45 Avoid Recency Bias17:40 Landmines In The First 5 Rounds23:50 Hitters Who Will Lose Position Eligibility28:10 Back To Basics33:20 Where To Find Upside41:45 Buying Brandon Woodruff45:00 Chris Sale vs. Jacob deGrom48:40 Buying Eury Perez52:10 Is Hunter Greene Too Risky?56:20 Jacob Misiorowski vs. Chase Burns 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 Bob Osgood and Jake Devereaux to talk about the direction of the Red Sox, what they should do at the trade deadline and how their stacked rotation job battle will unfold next spring!00:00 Intro01:15 The direction of the Red Sox03:55 Good move to trade Rafael Devers?06:15 Trade Deadline Preview10:10 Garrett Crochet, the ace12:45 How Brayan Bello got on track16:25 Will Lucas Giolito be back?21:10 Hunter Dobbins22:25 Don’t forget about Patrick Sandoval25:15 Crossroads for Tanner Houck27:00 Kyle Harrison’s potential29:00 Kutter Crawford30:00 Payton Tolle to the moon!37:20 Connelly Early’s upside40:00 David Sandlin up in 2025?46:15 Kyson Witherspoon/Luis Perales48:35 Who will be Boston’s closer?52:20 Worried ab0out Kristian Campbell?55:20 Triston Casas’ injuries mounting59:30 Marcelo Mayer’s 2026 stat line01:00:45 Roman Anthony’s 2026 stat line01:03:30 Ceddanne Rafaela’s upside 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 dozens of questions from listeners about the updated RotoWire Top 400 Prospect Rankings!00:00 Intro01:45 Fantasy ranks vs. Real-life ranks02:20 Where are the tiers?04:05 So many shortstops05:40 Should JJ Wetherholt be higher?09:10 Is Leo De Vries overrated?11:25 Lazaro Montes’ upside13:35 Sal Stewart’s future stat line16:00 Eduardo Quintero stuck at Single-A17:05 Edward Florentino SZN20:15 Andrew Painter/Bubba Chandler22:25 Josue De Paula/Zyhir Hope25:20 Prospects most likely to hit 40 HR27:00 Jonah Tong’s upside27:25 Buy Jack Perkins & Tanner McDougal29:40 Ryan Waldschmidt30:45 Catchers with the most upside34:35 Has Alejandro Rosario had TJS?37:10 Hector Rodriguez vs. Sal Stewart39:00 Marconi German hype40:35 Handelfry Encarncion’s upside42:05 Why is Tyson Lewis still in complex ball?44:15 Who to drop for prospect pickups46:10 Controversial omissionsNFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast 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, Chris Clegg, Eric Cross and Chris Welsh conduct a 24-pick mock dynasty first-year player draft featuring just 2025 MLB draftees!00:50 Who to take No. 1 overall04:25 How good is Ethan Holliday?09:15 JoJo Parker top 3?14:00 Perfect landing spot for Kade Anderson16:35 Aiva Arquette’s high floor18:20 Seth Hernandez has the highest ceiling22:40 Chasing Steele Hall’s upside23:50 Gavin Fien Love25:35 Jamie Arnold best value in the draft28:25 A loaded college pitching class30:40 Ethan Conrad’s upside33:10 Liam Doyle’s slide ends35:00 Kayson Cunningham’s hit tool37:40 Ike Irish, best college hitter in the class?40:20 Kyson Witherspoon’s upside42:00 Buy low on Brendan Summerhill?44:00 Gage Wood’s crazy upside46:35 Andrew Fischer48:00 Marek Houston50:40 Buy low on Chase LaViolette?55:30 Big power for Xavier Neyens57:40 Chasing upside with Quentin Young01:00:10 Charles Davalan better in fantasy01:01:20 Mason Neville01:04:00 Final thoughts on the class NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 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.

Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline joins James Anderson for their annual MLB Draft preview! Who will go No. 1 overall? What's the strength of this class? Which prospects have the highest upside? They tackle all that and more while getting you up to speed for Sunday night's MLB Draft.00:30 Is Ethan Holliday in his own tier?03:25 Kade Anderson’s upside05:20 Odds to go No. 1 overall10:35 Odds to go No. 2 overall15:10 Ranking the top college starters21:25 Who’s the best college hitter?22:20 Aiva Arquette’s floor24:50 Prep shortstops to target in fantasy34:10 Fade Jace LaViolette?38:05 Sleeper college hitters45:35 Sleeper prep hitters52:20 How special is Seth Hernandez?NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Home Run ForecastGain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!https://www.homerunforecast.com/ 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.