Fantasy Feud

That's a wrap on the 2024 regular and fantasy season and Chris Torres joins Sara and Shelly to debate: The Giants new President of Baseball Operations is... Buster Posey ? Which ace worth more than $30 in 2024 are you most interested in drafting in 2025: Zack Wheeler , Tarik Skubal or Chris Sale ? Two pitchers who went after pick 300 have been worth $20 & $16 respectively: are you more interested...

Where did the season go? It's closing time for the MLB regular season so reliever expert Greg Jewett joins the show for some closing thoughts and closer debates this week. Discussions One previously elite closer hasn't thrown an MLB pitch this season but should be healthy next season are you in on drafting Liam Hendriks next season and if so where? The Oakland A's are playing their last game in th...

Pallazzo Podcast  co-host (two L's, two Z's!) Britton Allan joins Sara and Shelly for some debates inspired by Narrative St. Discussions  Some second basemen you got super late are crushing it this season, who are we more into next season between Brice Turang and Luis García Jr.? Rookie centerfielder showdown, Jackson Merrill is the presumptive rookie of the year but the Cubs Pete Crow-Armstrong i...

Mike Carter is a reliever expert and fantasy baseball analyst at FanTrax and RotoBaller. He's the co-host of the excellent Fantasy Baseball Beat podcast and joins Sara and Shelly in the waning weeks of the 2024 regular season. Discussions Are the White Sox the worst team ever? Closer madness continues -- the reliever with the most value by the FanGraphs player rater is Emmanuel Clase, second is......

Brian Entrekin (aka KC Bubba) from Baseball HQ, Fantasy Pros, The Bubba and the Bloom podcast and Benched with Bubba joins Sara and Shelly for a series of debates inspired by the first 11 rounds of Rob DiPietro's "Way Too Early Meatball Draft. "  Discussions Shohei Ohtani goes 1.1, would we draft Ohtani 1.1 or opt for a player like Aaron Judge or Bobby Witt Jr. instead? Young outfielders in the se...

FTN Fantasy & Rotoballer analyst, Eric Cross joins Sara and Shelly to debate rookies and prospects in 2024 and beyond. Discussions The highest rated rookies by the FanGraphs Player Rater are currently Jackson Merrill ($21.6), Ceddanne Rafaela ($16.6) and Jackson Chourio ($16) -- who do we think will wind up with the highest value at the end of 2024? Same concept but with starting pitchers. Paul Sk...

Dave McDonald from Friends with Fantasy Benefits, Rotosaurus and EARTH joins Sara and Shelly for a series of debates as we enter the final two months of fantasy baseball. Discussions: Finding impact players on last place teams: We look at the Marlins and discuss Xavier Edwards , Jonah Bride and Jake Burger . Late round impact bats: Both Brent Rooker and Brenton Doyle went after pick 200 and have b...

Pitcher List's Director of Data and Analytics, Kyle Bland joins Sara as the MLB trade deadline wraps ups. Discussions Using PL Pro tools like Rolling Process+  to inform your fantasy decisions.  The Revenge of James Click, did the Astros get fleeced in the Yusei Kikuchi deal? Orioles add Trevor Rogers and Eloy Jimenez -- are these good additions? Did the Dodgers or Cardinals win the big three-way...

Sara and Shelly are joined by RotoWire's Jeff Erickson with one week to go before the trade deadline. Discussions 24 teams still in, could that slow down the market? Shohei Ohtani is having another monster season and if you took him in the first round you're thrilled with that decision, where were we on Ohtani and where will we be next season? If the Marlins trade Jazz Chisholm Jr. , Xavier Edward...

The MLB Player News writer from Rotoworld and Lead Dynasty Analyst from Fantrax, George Bissell, joins Sara and Shelly to debate key issues at the All Star Break. Discussions Rookie All Star snubs --  Should the Midsummer Classic do more to feature rookies like Wyatt Langford and Joey Ortiz ? One rookie who was on fire during the All Star Game was National League starter Paul Skenes , what can we...

We're just one week from the All Star Break and Lucas Biery joins the show to debate midseason decisions. Discussions: Which All Star snub do we think is having the best fantasy season Brandon Nimmo or Christian Walker ? Checking in on the run environment with some updated data from Jason Collette -- is this something you can adapt to or just data for consideration next draft season? FAABapallooza...

Sara and Shelly are thrilled to welcome the head of MLB content at FTN Fantasy Vlad Sedler to the show. Vlad writes the essential "Trust the Gut" FAAB column each week and joined Fantasy Feud for some FAAB-centric debates. Discussions: Edwin Díaz was ejected from Sunday night's game minutes after FAAB ran for most NFBC leagues, how should you go about replacing him? Starting pitcher injuries conti...

Sara and Shelly are joined by the cohost of 90 Feet From Home, Joe Orrico. You also know his work from FantasyPros. With Father's Day in the rearview mirror they debate players to hold/sell-high on. Discussions: Replacing Mookie Betts is impossible, but is it better to find the best guy available or churn and burn? Trade season creates fantasy opportunities. Should the Blue Jays sell and if so, wo...

There were a number of recent prospect call ups and demotions and Sara and Shelly are joined by Eric Samulski to debate the players we're most into or out on. Discussions: Super subs with super values, do we value multi positional eligibility guys like Luis Rengifo appropriately in draft season? Saves have been scarce on the waiver wire. Only two of the 18 players with 10 saves or more were picked...

It's after Memorial Day and that means we should have enough data to make some decisions on some players.  Discussions: If you were lucky enough to draft number one overall, you had to make some tough decisions about who could fill in for Ronald Acuña Jr. after news that he tore his left ACL. We debate whether you should look to the Braves likely replacement in Adam Duvall or scour some other rost...

Derek Van Riper joins Sara and Shelly to look at players off to hot (or cold) starts to 2024. Discussions The best starting pitchers this season didn't generally go in round one or two. Two of the guys that went right after the general consensus aces are dealing -- would you rather roster Tarik Skubal or Tyler Glasnow rest of season? The Phillies are the best team in baseball and two of the player...

Todd Zola of Rotowire, ESPN, Mastersball, Fantasy Index and Sirius XM Radio joins Sara and Shelly to debate topics inspired by recent Tout Tables. Discussions A.J. Puk returns to Miami in a bullpen role. He's really struggled this season walking more batter than he's struck out, but there's a non-zero chance he'll be in the saves mix for Miami. Are you holding Puk for the hope of saves or out give...

Kevin Hasting from Pitcher List and the "On The Wire" podcast joins Sara and Shelly to discuss some key player takeaways one quarter of the way into the MLB season. Discussions: Blue Jays hitters have underperformed since the renovations to the Rogers Centre and Bo Bichette is off to a particularly slow start. Is there cause for concern or is it just a cold stretch? William Contreras is the fourth...

Ryan Bloomfield from BaseballHQ & Bubba and the Bloom joins Sara and Shelly for debates inspired by his Bloomboards. Discussions: FAAB market watch process The Rockies have struggled on the road but they've also struggled at Coors Field, are we streaming or fading the Rockies hitters going forward? To stash or not to stash? Jackson Holliday was sent to Triple-A. Where are we still holding on to Ho...

Jason Collette and Trevor Hooth join the show to discuss the early season run environment and how it's working out (or not) for some players. Discussions: Power and runs are down across the board, how will we adapt? Rostering middle relievers, how do we find the guys who are vulturing wins and saves early like Reed Garrett ? Jordan Walker is off to a slow start again this season, are you riding it...

Some guys are thriving others are scuffling, Sara and Shelly are joined by Fantrax Senior Writer Lauren Auerbach to discuss how we're making roster decisions early this fantasy baseball season. Discussions: To hold or not to hold, which players are droppable and which are you waiting for more information on? Michael Busch tied a Cubs franchise record with home runs in five straight games, is he a...

Starting pitchers have been in the news dazzling us with their performances but also decimating us with an onslaught of injuries. Sara and Shelly are joined by the founder of Pitcher List, Nick Pollack, to debate all things starting pitchers. Discussions: There are more injuries, we can all see it, but what is causing the spike? Max Fried has struggled to start the season, is it small sample noise...

Baseball is back and with it come a bunch of decisions, we'll debate them today with Michael Govier from the Pallazzo Podcast. Discussions Ronel Blanco has the first no-hitter of 2024, are we in on Blanco long term? Shōta Imanaga made his shutout MLB debut and shoved, but there was a lot of hard contact in this two hit shutout outing - are we worried about what happens when the wind is blowing out...

It's baseball eve and Yahoo's Andy Behrens joins Sara and Shelly as we discuss some of our hottest takes heading into baseball season. Discussions Ceddanne Rafaela has been red hot this spring, is a breakout season on the horizon? Kutter Crawford is the pitcher everyone thinks Brayan Bello is. Nelson Velázquez is a 35+ home run bat as the designated hitter for the Royals. Yoshinobu Yamamoto will b...

Sara and Shelly are joined by Rotowire's Erik Halterman for an ADP deep dive as the MLB regular season kicks off in Korea. Discussions: Where do you want to draft? We hash out KDS and the benefits of drafting from the ends or the middle. Pitching injuries abound and both starters and closers are being pushed up. We discuss whether you should follow the crowd or invest in bats while early pitching...