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Fantasy Baseball Podcasts

87 shows and 19,830 episodes sit under Fantasy Baseball.

The best fantasy baseball podcasts for draft prep, auction strategy, dynasty roster building, and in-season waiver decisions. Curated from the PlayNext corpus.

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Finding the right Fantasy Baseball show for you

The best fantasy baseball shows turn a box score into a decision. A starter throws six sharp innings, and by morning someone has asked whether the whiffs were real, whether the velocity held and whether he belongs in your lineup before the weekend. The weaker hours circle that question and leave you where you started.

The argument now is about how much baseball should surround the advice. In forum threads from March and April 2026, a listener said a show's rotating guests offered too little for their rosters, while another welcomed the wider talk. One found long episodes a slog; another wanted all-day company at work. A dispute also flared over whether advanced statistics had crowded out plain explanation. And the season refuses to end: in September and October 2026, publishers were still publishing, with postseason contests and early 2027 preparation on the docket.

Before lineup lock

Fantasy Baseball Today is the daily model, with Frank steering Scott and Chris through waiver names, messy bullpens and weekend streamers. In Parker Messick BREAKOUT! Time to Drop These Players? (4/17 Fantasy Baseball Podcast), a hot start becomes a seminar on the four-seamer, the changeup and an awkward release angle, until one voice reaches for a comparison: "I see Hyunjin Ryu."

In Garrett Crochet Got CRUSHED! 9 Hitters With Double Dongs! (4/14 Fantasy Baseball Podcast), a host drops one ugly outing into Crochet's previous season to show its effect over a full year: the ERA moves from 2.59 to 3.07. The panel's verdict on that exercise is that he would still be an ace, just not a first-round return. That is panic converted into arithmetic, which is the job.

This Week in Fantasy Baseball, with John Ke and Patrick Fitzgerald, works at a weekly pace, built around recaps and pickups. Bases Loaded Fantasy Baseball Podcast specialises in who actually plays: in Ep 208: Down goes Josh Jung, playing time fallouts, and more entering Week 2, the hosts read the Twins' lineups against left-handers like tea leaves. On the daily fantasy side, Dan Strafford admits in The Dish - MLB DFS - 04/01/2025, an episode of The Dish - A Fantasy Baseball Strategy Podcast, that he cashed none of the previous day's three lineups. It is a candid reminder that nothing here is guaranteed.

Shows that grade their own homework

Accountability is the quality worth seeking. In the RotoWire Prospect Podcast episode Biggest Hits/Misses Of Draft Season w/ Jason Collette, dated April 16, 2026, Collette takes a small victory lap on Josh Bell, whom he believes he ended up with in six leagues at almost no cost. Then the talk turns to players already dropped. Dynasty Baseball Pickups does the same in Episode 84: Buy/Sell/Hold: Kyle Sontag and Taylor Corso revisit last year's breakout picks, and Sontag concedes, "We really flubbed third base here last year, Taylor." Near the end of TWF 132 - A Deep League Hitters Review on This Week in Fantasy Baseball, a host owns up to "taking a couple L's."

Method over names

Flags Fly Forever Fantasy Baseball, from Baseball Prospectus's Mike Gianella and Jon Hegglund, teaches a way of thinking more than a list of targets. In Episode 288: Finishing Where We Started(Pitching), from March 2023, the hosts skip the tier-by-tier walkthrough to talk strategy. They land on an asymmetry: a slumping hitter dents one category, but a starter whose ERA rises by a full run is a genuine problem. The names have aged; the reasoning has not.

The Fantistics Fantasy Baseball Podcast sets its own draft-position figures against the market in March 10, 2026 - ADP vs FDP. An earlier episode carries a sensible caution: "the FDP is a suggestion." Choose these shows if you would rather learn to evaluate players than be told whom to start. For the wider game, the MLB Analysis & News page sits next door.

Dynasty and the long horizon

Keeper and dynasty players need patience with numbers. There Is No Offseason, Baseball Prospectus's dynasty show, spends part of Ep. 3.16: Reordering the Top Dynasty Prospects praising one patient Triple-A hitter before naming the worry: a zone contact rate of 79.1%, lower than Elly De La Cruz's.

On The Toolshed: A Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Eric Cross ranks catchers alone in EP 426 | 2026 Catcher Prospect Rankings, then brings in James Anderson for EP 427 | 2026 Catcher Dynasty Rankings. Cross also guests on Benched with Bubba, where he goes team by team through American League prospects. The Full Count Fantasy Baseball Podcast is looser: Ryan Antkowiak and Hunter "The Country Biscuit" Raikes rule on young players, biscuit or bust, in Busting Out Biscuits O’Plenty. Prospect followers can continue to the Minor League & Prospects page.

Company for the long season

Sometimes you want the people as much as the picks. Flags Fly Forever Fantasy Baseball's Episode 286: Don't Come Up Short was recorded over drying fans after water damage at one host's house; a visitor had assured him these were "the quiet fans." The Show Fantasy Baseball Podcast puts a single league's managers on microphone. In 17.12 - Trade Deadline Hot Stove, a disputed trade is argued on air, with both sides given the floor. It is the nearest thing here to a sitcom. The Baseball guide and the Sports category guide map the wider field.

Where to start

  • If your lineup locks tonight: Fantasy Baseball Today, Parker Messick BREAKOUT! Time to Drop These Players? (4/17 Fantasy Baseball Podcast).
  • For bench-slot decisions: RotoWire Prospect Podcast, Stash Draft w/ Peter Schoenke, in which James Anderson and RotoWire's president draft injured big leaguers and upper-minors prospects against each other.
  • For long-term rebuilders: Dynasty Baseball Pickups, Episode 84: Buy/Sell/Hold.
  • To learn the reasoning: Flags Fly Forever Fantasy Baseball, Episode 285: Third (Base) Is the Word, on how a top-heavy position pushes drafters into uncomfortable picks.

Featured shows below are part of the PlayNext catalog. Updated weekly.

Recommended clips

Top Fantasy Baseball moments

The highest-scoring 60-second moments anywhere in fantasy baseball, one per show.

Injury Replacements, Jo Adell's Historic Night & More! (4/6 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today · 2026-04-06
17.15 - THE MANIAC INTERVIEW
The Show Fantasy Baseball Podcast
H&J 144 - Fire and Ice
Hacks & Jacks · 2026-04-08
Episode 11: 2023 Keeper Rankings
Thunderstruck: A Mental Aspects Fantasy Baseball Podcast
Benched with Bubba EP 794 - 2026 NL Prospects for DC's with Martin Sekulski
Benched with Bubba
Total Bases Podcast: S5E23: Using NFBC ADP to Find Deep Sleepers
Life Group Podcasts · 2024-12-31
Episode 287: MLB First Week Overreactions, MLB Top 15 Power Rankings
Going The Distance Podcast - Immaculate Sports · 2026-04-01
Opening Day Rankings Discussion
SoxProspects.com Red Sox Podcast · 2026-04-07
NFL Week 17 Underdog Fantasy Pick’em – 12/29/23 (Ep. 257)
The Propcast - A Prop Betting Podcast · 2023-12-29
Fantasy Baseball Cram Session
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball · 2026-03-20

Drawn from 1,381 playable clips across 39 shows.

New on PlayNext

Just added to Fantasy Baseball

The newest fantasy baseball clips in the library, one per show — ordered by when the clip was made, not when the episode came out.

NFL Week 17 Underdog Fantasy Pick’em – 12/29/23 (Ep. 257)
The Propcast - A Prop Betting Podcast · added 2026-08-31
Episode 11: 2023 Keeper Rankings
Thunderstruck: A Mental Aspects Fantasy Baseball Podcast · added 2026-08-29
17.09 - Adjusting our Move Structure
The Show Fantasy Baseball Podcast · added 2026-08-17
Total Bases Podcast: S5E23: Using NFBC ADP to Find Deep Sleepers
Life Group Podcasts · added 2026-08-10
Garrett Crochet Got CRUSHED! 9 Hitters With Double Dongs! (4/14 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today · added 2026-07-27
Opening Day Rankings Discussion
SoxProspects.com Red Sox Podcast · added 2026-07-05
How To Build Your Fantasy Roster w/ Steve Weimer
RotoWire Prospect Podcast · added 2026-06-23
H&J 144 - Fire and Ice
Hacks & Jacks · added 2026-06-21
Episode 287: MLB First Week Overreactions, MLB Top 15 Power Rankings
Going The Distance Podcast - Immaculate Sports · added 2026-06-09
Fantasy Pod: IanDoranNASP vs FitzyMoPena
Not Another Sox Podcast · added 2026-05-19

10 clips, one per show, added between 2026-05-19 and 2026-08-31.

Featured shows

8 shows, described rather than listed

A short write-up for each, plus the job it does in this guide.

Where to start

4 routes in, one per reader

01Redraft player prepping for draft dayStarts with Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Fantasy Baseball Cram Session is a self-contained pre-draft primer; weekly waiver previews run all season.

02Dynasty manager scouting the prospect pipelineStarts with Prospects Live Podcast

Positional top-20 breakdowns and sleeper prospect rankings give the ranking landscape needed before any offseason trade.

03Auction league playerStarts with RotoWire Prospect Podcast

Dedicated auction strategy episodes cover budget allocation and roster construction across auction formats.

04New fantasy baseball player building a draft strategyStarts with Beat The Shift Baseball Podcast

Ranked-player breakdowns by tier treat evaluation as an argument, which is the most useful framing for beginners.

Glossary

Terms worth knowing before you listen

ADP

Average Draft Position — the average round in which a player is taken across many fantasy drafts, used as a benchmark for over- or under-drafting relative to consensus.

Waiver wire

The pool of unowned players in a fantasy league, available to be claimed; waiver order or free-agent budget determines priority.

FYPD

First Year Player Draft — the dynasty-league equivalent of an MLB draft, where managers select newly eligible amateur and international players.

Streamer

A pitcher picked up from the waiver wire for a start or two against a favorable schedule, then dropped; a weekly tactical move in rotisserie and head-to-head formats.

Stuff+

A pitch-quality metric that measures how much a pitcher's individual pitches outperform league-average movement and velocity, scaled so 100 is average.

Dynasty league

A multi-year fantasy format where managers retain most of their roster from season to season, making prospect acquisition and long-term roster construction central to strategy.