RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

James Anderson and Melissa Lockard of The Athletic discuss the breakout hitters on the Athletics including Jacob Wilson, Lawrence Butler, Nick Kurtz and Tyler Soderstrom before revisiting the Nationals' ridiculous haul in the Juan Soto trade and the top MiLB breakout of 2025!

00:00 Intro

02:25 Jacob Wilson

06:45 Nick Kurtz/Brent Rooker/Tyler Soderstrom

18:00 Denzel Clarke/Colby Thomas/Henry Bolte

24:15 Lawrence Butler

28:00 Max Muncy/Zack Gelof

31:20 Tommy White

32:10 2026 Opening Day Lineup

36:00 Trade Tyler Soderstrom?

39:05 Best SP in 2026?

39:50 Pitching Prospects

46:50 Top MLB Breakouts of 2025

49:15 Top MiLB Breakout of 2025

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0:00 News Review: Roman Anthony, Ryan Weather, Eury Perez, Nick Kurtz, Jo Adell, Justin Martinez, Pablo Lopez, Michael King, Shane McClanahan, Max Scherzer

:30 Pitchers with a high xERA and low ERA: Trevor Megill, Noah Cameron, Slade Cecconi, Seth Lugo, Yusei Kikuchi

:45 Pitchers with a low xERA and high ERA: Jordan Romero, Jeff Hoffman, Cole Ragans, Zebby Matthews, Mason Miller, Emmanuel Clase, Zac Gallen

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Scott Jenstad and special guest, Ryan Bloomfield of Baseball HQ, break down a huge week of rookies in FAAB, including heavy action on Jac Caglianone, Kyle Teel and Ronny Mauricio. In addition, they talk about pitchers in FAAB that can help you this week and also discuss the struggles so far in 2025 for Willy Adames and Michael Harris II.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their waiver wire recommendations for the week.

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00:00 Headlines

13:20 Jac Caglianone

15:55 Kyle Teel

19:00 Ronny Mauricio

22:25 Ceddanne Rafaela

25:15 Thairo Estrada

27:30 Willi Castro

30:00 Ryne Nelson

31:55 David Festa

35:05 Mick Abel

38:45 Luis L. Ortiz

40:45 Deep-league pitchers

51:40 Deep-league hitters

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Clay Link and Todd Zola

0:00 Intro/Jac Caglianone has arrived

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Ryan Yarbrough $8
• Jake Mangum $5
• Dillon Dingler $5
• 3:12 Ronny Mauricio $5
• Kyle Teel $5
• Ernie Clement $4
• Fernando Cruz $4
• Coby Mayo $2
• Mick Abel $1
• 13:46 Randy Rodriguez $0

17:35 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 9, 2025)

• Merrill Kelly 3 (Todd 4)
• Jeffrey Springs 3 (Todd 4)
• Chris Sale 5
• Cade Povich 2
• Brayan Bello 3 (Todd 2)
• Matthew Boyd 3 (Todd 4)
• Collin Rea 2
• Andrew Abbott 4
• Luis L. Ortiz 3
• Chase Dollander 1
• Sean Burke 2 (Todd 4)
• Sawyer Gipson-Long 1
• Ryan Gusto 2 (Todd 1)
• Kris Bubic 4 (Todd 5)
• Yusei Kikuchi 2
• Clayton Kershaw 3
• 42:42 Eury Perez 3 (Todd 1)
• Freddy Peralta 5
• Quinn Priester 2
• 45:03 Zebby Matthews 3 (Todd 2)
• Griffin Canning 4
• Clarke Schmidt 2
• Mike Burrows 1
• Mitch Keller 2 (Todd 3)
• Nick Pivetta 4
• Logan Gilbert 3
• Robbie Ray 5
• Andre Pallante 0 (Todd 1)
• Miles Mikolas 2
• Shane Baz 3
• Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2)
• Jose Berrios 3
• MacKenzie Gore 5

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