RotoWire Prospect Podcast · RotoWire.com

How To Find Breakout Prospects

October 15, 2025·47 min·4 clips

JT reveals how he finds prospects like Joshua Baez for deep dynasty leagues while never owning a first-round pick.

The question is process, not hype. James Anderson brings on JT, known online for O's and 1's, to talk through how deep dynasty managers find breakouts before the room catches up. JT's leagues explain the whole angle. He is playing in four 30-team dynasty leagues and one 20-teamer, so the back end of the player pool is thin fast. That makes Joshua Baez more than a name on a list. He becomes the test case for getting in early while the price is still sane. The Ashcraft conversation stays grounded in roster math. Recent performance matters, but so does what it costs to keep him or move him. Both voices lean hold unless the offer brings back an established player who clearly changes the team. House money matters here. If managers got him cheaply, the play is to run him back and see whether the offseason projection crowd catches up to the improvement. Redraft slips into the conversation too, with James treating Ashcraft as a late starter or bench pitcher in deeper formats who could give SP three production start by start. Christian Scott gets the stash treatment. JT says he had moved Scott in many leagues, then bought him back cheaper as an injured-list play for next year. That is the dynasty game in one move. Scott's minor league dominance is still the hook, including JT's comparison to Madison Bumgarner's 2008 statistical season at that point. Baez brings it home. By the end, both are fine being early on him, and James points listeners to updated prospect, dynasty, and redraft rankings.

As heard by us

A practical offseason listen for dynasty managers tracking breakout upside before the market catches up.

RotoWire Prospect Podcast stays firmly in deep dynasty territory, with James Anderson and JT talking through a background shaped by massive leagues and prospect hunting at the deepest end of the pool.

Read the full review in PlayNext →

Why you'd press play

If you want deep-league names before the offseason hype settles, start here.

Read the full recommendation in PlayNext →

Listen to the show on

Apple Podcasts Spotify

Play clips from this episode More from RotoWire Prospect Podcast