Erik Halterman and guest Marty Tallman go over their top waiver pickups of the week.

---

00:00 Headlines

16:30 Nick Kurtz

22:15 Agustin Ramirez

25:25 Rhys Hoskins

28:50 Ranger Suarez

31:30 Noelvi Marte

35:30 Tony Gonsolin

37:35 Andrew Vaughn

39:20 Porter Hodge

41:45 Connor Norby

43:20 Cade Smith

47:00 Josh Smith

50:00 Deep-league pitchers

1:02:30 Deep-league hitters

---

Vivid Seats

Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats!

Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase.

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.

Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats!

Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase.

Get tickets today!

0:00 Intro/Night of returns

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• 3:02 Chandler Simpson $34
• Hunter Goodman $14
• David Bednar $12
• Ryan Gusto $12
• Jake Irvin $12
• Nolan Gorman $7
• J.T. Ginn $6
• Agustin Ramirez $5
• Jeff McNeil $4
• Will Vest $4
• Emerson Hancock $2
• 12:29 Joe Boyle $1

20:25 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 28, 2025)

• Eduardo Rodriguez 3
• J.P. Sears 2
• J.T. Ginn 1
• AJ Smith-Shawver 0
• Tomoyuki Sugano 2
• Garrett Crochet 5
• Shota Imanaga 5
• Nick Martinez 1
• Brady Singer 3
• Tanner Bibee 3
• 30:13 Luis L. Ortiz 2
• German Marquez 0
• Bryse Wilson 0
• Jack Flaherty 4
• Reese Olson 3
• Cole Ragans 5
• Jack Kochanowicz 1
• Edward Cabrera 0
• Freddy Peralta 5
• Bailey Ober 3
• Chris Paddack 0
• 43:38 Griffin Canning 3
• David Peterson 2
• Will Warren 2 (Todd 1)
• Andrew Heaney 2 (Todd 3)
• Nick Pivetta 5
• Logan Webb 5
• Andre Pallante 1
• Taj Bradley 3
• Patrick Corbin 0
• Jacob deGrom 5 (Todd 4)
• Bowden Francis 3
• Trevor Williams 0

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.

Erik Halterman is joined by Scott Chu of Pitcher List to discuss a handful of struggling hitters, trying to figure out which cold starts are genuinely worrying and which have presented buy-low opportunities.

---

00:00 Intro
02:15 Injured Closers
05:45 Other Headlines
20:00 Juan Soto
23:45 Gunnar Henderson
27:55 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
32:35 Julio Rodriguez
36:35 Yordan Alvarez
40:45 Trea Turner
43:00 Rafael Devers
46:40 Mid-round Cs
50:35 Mid-round 1Bs
56:15 Mid-round 2Bs
59:40 Mid-round 3Bs
1:02:40 Mid-round SSs
1:06:10 Mid-round OFs

---

Vivid Seats

Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats!

Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase.

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.

James Anderson and Zac Beck talk realist breakout, buy-low targets, breakouts we're not buying, FYPD prospects on the rise, relief prospect with the most upside and much more!

01:40 Aroon Escobar

04:55 Cristian Hernandez

06:45 Spencer Jones

09:45 C.J. Kayfus

11:35 Dylan Crews

13:25 Brandon Winokur

15:15 Carson Williams

17:00 Matt Shaw

19:20 Brandon Clarke

22:40 Michael Forret/Ben Hess

25:10 Nick Kurtz/Ryan Sloan

29:50 Caleb Bonemer/Bryce Cunningham

32:25 Best Relief Pitching Prospects

38:40 Zyhir Hope

40:20 Ernesto Martinez Jr.

43:10 Otto Kemp

44:30 Ian Seymour

46:45 Noah Cameron/Jack Perkins

48:15 Gabriel Rincones

50:05 Luis Pena

Vivid Seats

Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats!

Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase.

Get tickets today!

(hyperlink: https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948)

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.

Will the real Zac Gallen please stand up? Is this version of Chris Bassitt for real? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the news of the day and at least 10 polarizing starting pitchers.

---

00:00 Fred Zinkie 4/22 Pod

00:30 Welcome

01:30 Nick Kurtz Getting the Call

14:30 How Much FAAB do you need for five months?

24:15 Chandler Simpson

27:50 Spencer Strider to IL

31:10 Vivid Seats

32:01 BlueWire

32:15 Polarizing Pitchers

33:15 Bowden Francis

38:00 Chris Bassitt

42:30 Zac Gallen

44:10 Corbin Burnes

49:00 Brandon Pfaadt

51:15 Aaron Nola

55:30 Shota Imanaga

58:00 David Festa

1:02:00 Ben Brown

1:05:35 Casey Mize

---

Vivid Seats

Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats!

Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase.

Get tickets today!

(hyperlink: https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948)

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.

Jeff Erickson and Scott discuss the weekend in baseball and then jump into all the adds and drops in FAAB, including heavy action on Chandler Simpson and Caleb Durbin. They also preview Week 5, talk Cubs and Royals offenses and try and find possible pitching adds in a really scarce week in pitcher FAAB. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire.

Vivid Seats

Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats!

Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase.

Get tickets 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.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver pickups for a week that was full of prospect callups.

---

00:00 Headlines
15:26 Chandler Simpson
21:08 Nick Kurtz
25:29 Caleb Durbin
29:04 Edgar Quero
32:14 Austin Hays
33:47 Pavin Smith
38:19 Hayden Wesneski
39:50 Tyler Mahle
42:04 Luis L. Ortiz
45:04 David Bednar
48:55 Deep-league Pitchers
59:59 Deep-league Hitters

---

Vivid Seats

Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats!

Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase.

Get tickets 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.

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.

Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats!

Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase.

Get tickets today!

0:00 Intro/23 mph winds blowing out at Wrigley today

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• 2:00 Jordan Leasure $11
• Randy Vasquez $9
• Matt Strahm $9
• Adael Amador $9
• Matthew Liberatore $8
• Luisangel Acuna $8
• Alek Thomas $8
• Chase Dollander $6
• Andrew Abbott $5
• Edouard Julien $4
• 10:47 Jac Caglianone $3
• Angel Martinez $2

17:48 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 21, 2025)

• Brandon Pfaadt 3 (Todd 4)
• Oswaldo Bido 2
• Spencer Schwellenbach 4
• Dean Kremer 1
• Walker Buehler 3
• Brayan Bello 2 (Todd 1)
• Nick Lodolo 3 (Todd 2)
• 26:49 Gavin Williams 3
• Ryan Feltner 0
• Jonathan Cannon 0
• Davis Martin 0
• 30:56 Kris Bubic 3
• Jose Soriano 3
• Max Meyer 3
• Quinn Priester 2
• Jose Quintana 2
• Tylor Megill 2 (Todd 3)
• Clarke Schmidt 3
• Aaron Nola 4
• Bailey Falter 0
• Randy Vasquez 1
• Bryce Miller 4
• Robbie Ray 4 (Todd 3)
• Jordan Hicks 1
• Zack Littell 0
• Kevin Gausman 4
• Mitchell Parker 2

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.