Five Fantasy Baseball Mistakes Experts Made in 2026

Fred Zinkie is in the finals of the Tout Wars Champions League, but even he has made mistakes this year, including drafting early catchers like Cal Raleigh. He and Jeff Erickson discuss their biggest mistakes of the season.---00:00 Fred Pod 9-8-2600:45 Tout Wars Champions League05:30 News: 05:35 Aaron Judge Returns07:45 Corbin Burnes Returns09:15 Corbin Carroll Scratched10:20 Shohei Ohtani Out Tuesday16:45 Chase Burns pitched so well that you may want to start him anyways18:45 Emmet Sheehan struck out 10 Reds19:30 Another monster game from PCA, who is at 41-3519:55 Henry Bolte had a homer and three steals.22:00 Coby Mayo homered twice and has a .905 OPS in the second half.26:00 Dylan Cease dealt with diminished velo in a poor start28:20 Eury Perez has allowed at least 5 ER in three straight starts31:00 Jesus Luzardo with another dominant start. Is he a top 10 SP for 2027?32:00 Kyle Harrison is no longer worth rostering33:30 Riley O’Brien blew a save. He is 0-4 with 3 BS and a 5.30 ERA in the second half36:20 Circa37:19 BlueWire37:25 Main Topic: Fred’s five biggest screwups of 202638:15 Drafting pitchers in Round 144:30 Investing heavily in catchers (Cal Raleigh, Shea Langeliers)49:10 Ignoring the second-half collapse of Framber Valdez52:30 Overly Relying on Park Factors - Luis Castillo and Ezequiel Tovar54:45 Ryan Walker58:25 Jeff’s Biggest Mistakes58:40 Not Enough “What Could Go Right?” Players1:01:35 Pushing Up Scarce Players1:05:10 Too Many Old Hitters1:07:30 Impatience With Roles1:13:40 Overlooking Speed …. Again---CircaCash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. (hyperlink: https://www.circasports.com/contests)  Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any product. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.