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01:07:29

Projecting Playing Time w/ KC Bubba

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2025/12/30

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

01:08:53

Bad Early Picks & Good Late Picks w/ Rob DiPietro

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2025/12/18

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

01:07:34

Evaluating Injury Risk w/ Dave McDonald

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2025/12/11

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

01:01:17

2026 Strategy Talk w/ Rob Silver

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2025/12/03

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 HoffmanGet the latest

01:03:05

Sleepers Coming Over From Asia w/ Tim McLeod

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2025/11/26

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 TargetsGet the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools

00:54:58

Trendy Starting Pitchers w/ Eno Sarris

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2025/11/18

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 DepthGet

01:03:08

Top 25 Rookies For 2026

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2025/11/12

James Anderson gives some quick risers and fallers from his too early top 300 rankings before breaking down the top 25 rookies for 2026 fantasy baseball leagues! 02:25 Risers/Fallers From Early Top 30008:30 Top 25 Prospects For 202609:35 Nolan McLean is No. 112:15 Buy Samuel Basallo14:25 Trey Yesavage Will Get Strikeouts16:25 Market’s Sharp On Bubba Chandler18:25 Stay In On Sal Stewart21:05 Carter Jensen vs. J.T. Realmuto23:20 Market’s Sharp On Connelly Early25:10 Dylan Beavers’ Breakout

01:02:40

Tough Ranks + AFL Standouts w/ Aram Leighton

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2025/11/05

James Anderson and Aram Leighton discuss the 2026 outlooks for Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle before talking tough prospects to rank and Arizona Fall League standouts! 01:15 Konnor Griffin04:45 Kevin McGonigle11:10 Konnor Griffin’s ETA16:25 Kevin McGonigle’s ETA18:45 Nolan McLean vs. Trey Yesavage25:25 Bubba Chandler27:00 Who is the No. 4 pitching prospect?29:30 First-Year Player Drafts34:20 Liam Doyle38:40 Arjun Nimmala and Justin Crawford45:20 AFL Standouts55:30 Ryan Waldschmidt58:10 Robby

01:10:44

Prospects On The Rise w/ Owen Hurd

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2025/10/30

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

01:14:15

Early Drafting + Positional Thoughts w/ Mike Mager

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2025/10/22

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

00:47:11

How To Find Breakout Prospects

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2025/10/15

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

01:14:51

Draft, Hold, Win w/ Jim Tomony

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2025/09/25

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

00:57:04

Top AFL Hitters + Prospect ADP w/ Chris Welsh

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2025/09/17

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

01:18:21

Dynasty Strategy Talk w/ Brian Slack

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2025/09/10

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

01:03:50

Konnor Griffin + Other Live Looks w/ Chris Blessing

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2025/09/03

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

00:42:17

Updated Top 400 Prospect Rankings!

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2025/08/27

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

00:51:20

First Draft of 2026 w/ Dominic Rello

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2025/08/20

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

01:16:54

Brewers Top 10 Prospects

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2025/08/13

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

01:01:37

Drafting Risky Pitchers w/ Mike Mager

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2025/08/06

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

01:07:45

Projecting Boston's 2026 Rotation w/ Bob Osgood &...

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2025/07/30

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

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