On The Wire

On The Wire Adam and Kevin navigate one of the thinnest FAAB weeks of the season, breaking down the limited pitching landscape while highlighting the best speculative bats, bullpen changes, and stash candidates heading into July. 0:00 – 30:00 | Welcome and News Topics Discussed Adam Howe and Kevin Hastings open the show with a look at the halfway point of the fantasy baseball season. Discussion of...

0:00 – Intro, News & Notes Discussion of Father's Day, Shohei Ohtani 's paternity leave, Mike Trout 's latest injury, Christian Moore 's promotion, playing-time changes around the league, and other roster movement impacting fantasy value. Players Discussed: Shohei Ohtani , Mike Trout , Christian Moore , Vaughn Grissom , Trey Mancini , Donovan Walton , Denzer Guzman , José Siri, Moisés Ballesteros...

  0:00 – Intro, FAAB Strategy & MLB News Discussion of FAAB bankroll management and early-season bidding results. MLB news, injuries, promotions, demotions, role changes, and prospect call-ups. Players discussed: Jacob Latz , Jesus Rodriguez , Mark Vientos , Jared Young , Matt Shaw , Kevin Alcantara , Jameson Taillon , Matthew Boyd , Javier Assad , Ben Brown , Colin Rea , Shota Imanaga , Cade Hort...

On The Wire Episode Breakdown 0:00 – Opening, News & Injury Roundup Players discussed: Aaron Judge , Spencer Jones , Jacob Gonzalez , Mookie Betts , Shohei Ohtani , Seiya Suzuki , Kyle Tucker , Byron Buxton , Daulton Varsho , J.C. Escarra , Alí Sánchez Aaron Judge lands on the IL with a rib stress injury and the fantasy fallout. Spencer Jones receives another opportunity with the Yankees. Addition...

Episode Breakdown & Timestamps 0:00 – Intro & College Baseball Discussion College World Series talk Opening weekend storylines 2:30 – MLB News & Notes Munetaka Murakami injury update Nathan Church injury Kenley Jansen loses the closer role Craig Kimbrel joins Tampa Bay Ryan Helsley injury ramifications Baltimore bullpen fallout Players Discussed: Munetaka Murakami , Nathan Church , Kenley Jansen ,...

On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hastings break down the key fantasy baseball news heading into the 10th FAAB period, including several notable prospect promotions, injured-list developments, changing playing-time situations, and a deep collection of waiver-wire targets for every roster need. The episode closes with category-specific speed and power plays, bullpen updates, and wild-card upside st...

On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting break down one of the busiest injury and roster movement weeks of the 2026 fantasy baseball season, covering major call-ups, closer chaos, rotation shakeups, and the top FAAB priorities heading into Week 9. The episode also dives into schedule analysis, category streaming targets, and under-the-radar opportunities across both shallow and deep leagues. Full...

On The Wire Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting break down one of the busiest FAAB periods of the season, covering top prospect promotions, injury fallout, bullpen movement, and emerging waiver-wire options for fantasy managers heading into Week 8. Episode Breakdown & Estimated Timestamps 0:00 – Intro, Week 8 FAAB Landscape & Returning Players Overview of the current waiver environment, recent promotions,...

On The Wire - Adam and Kevin break down a lighter MLB news week while diving deep into bullpen chaos, injuries, and shifting roles impacting fantasy baseball. The episode focuses heavily on FAAB strategy, streaming options, and identifying short-term opportunity plays across all categories. 3:30 – Yankees updates: Giancarlo Stanton IL, Jasson Domínguez call-up Players discussed: Giancarlo Stanton...

On The Wire - Adam and Kevin break down a heavy week of injuries, prospect call-ups, and bullpen chaos while identifying key FAAB targets and streaming options. They emphasize adapting early to category needs and navigating a thinning pitching landscape in Week 6. 00:00 | Intro + Injury Landscape & IL Strategy Players: Josh Hader , Blake Snell , Carlos Rodón , A.J. Puk , Félix Bautista Widespread...

0:00 – Intro / Episode 250 / Baseball Travel Talk Milestone episode, recap of missed show, Target Field experience Players discussed: Garrett Crochet 8:00 – Reds Struggles & Early News Notes Cincinnati lineup issues, demotion of Noelvi Marte , Rece Hinds discussion Team performance impacting fantasy value Players discussed: Noelvi Marte , Rece Hinds, Elly De La Cruz , Eugenio Suárez 15:00 – Blue J...

On The Wire - A jam-packed early-season episode breaks down a wave of MLB injuries and their fantasy ripple effects, with a heavy focus on actionable FAAB targets. The hosts analyze playing time shifts, category-specific pickups, and strategy for both standard leagues and special formats like Razzslam/Cutline 0:00 – Intro and News Heavy early-season injury/news dump replaces traditional mid-show t...

On The Wire - Opening weekend chaos fuels the first true FAAB run of the season, with injuries, surprise playing time, and bullpen shakeups creating immediate waiver opportunities. Key targets across power, speed, and pitching are discussed, along with early-season strategy on how aggressive to be 1. Intro and News (0:00) Opening Day scheduling frustrations and early-season quirks FAAB season offi...

Episode Breakdown 0:00 – Intro, NFBC weekend, and episode setup Discussion of draft season activity, NFBC Main Event context, and defining “wild card” players in fantasy baseball drafts. Players discussed: none 8:00 – FAAB rules, roster strategy, and stashing players Breakdown of NFBC rules around undrafted players, debut timelines, and why early FAAB periods are critical for securing upside. Play...

On The Wire - In this episode of On The Wire, hosts Kevin Hasting and I break down the Saves category and how to approach closers in 2026 fantasy baseball drafts. We discuss draft strategy, bullpen volatility, and how to identify which closers are worth paying for versus targeting value later in drafts. We also look at several bullpens that could produce surprise saves and highlight relievers who...

On The Wire - Adam and Kevin continue their 2026 fantasy baseball category preview series with a deep dive into ERA and WHIP , examining how fantasy managers should approach ratio protection in modern drafts. The discussion covers early-round aces, workload considerations, command-driven breakouts, and how to balance strikeout upside with ratio stability. They also explore how bullpen arms, mid-ro...

On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting continue their 2026 fantasy baseball draft preview series by shifting focus to pitching volume categories — Wins and Strikeouts . The discussion centers on why fantasy managers must actively chase volume , how innings pitched drive both categories, and which late-round starters and speculative arms can help managers compete without paying early-round pitch...

On The Wire - Adam and Kevin continue their 2026 fantasy baseball draft prep with a deep dive into the batting average category and how it interacts with roster construction. They discuss stabilizers versus risk bats, early-round foundations, and where drafters can find hidden average upside without sacrificing power or speed. The episode focuses on balancing category floors with ceiling plays, id...

On The Wire - Adam and Kevin continue their 2026 fantasy baseball category preview series by focusing on the speed categories — Runs and Stolen Bases. They discuss how stolen bases remain scarce across player pools, how lineup context influences runs scored, and how to balance early-round five-category stars with mid- and late-round speed options. The episode highlights reliable contributors, cate...

On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting kick off their 2026 fantasy baseball category previews by breaking down power (HR & RBI) and why it has quietly become harder to replace later in drafts. They discuss draft targets, late-round power bats, platoon plays, and roster construction strategies to hit modern home run benchmarks. 0:00–8:30 — Episode Intro & Why Power Matters More in 2026 Category-...

Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting break down fantasy-relevant MLB veterans who will be 35 or older in 2026, discussing why age-based discounts often go too far in drafts. Position by position, they evaluate starters, relievers, and hitters who still provide stable volume, category juice, or late-draft value—especially in NFBC-style formats. The episode emphasizes trusting skills, roles, and projections...

Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting return with a full ASK (Avoid, Stream, Keep) episode, using late-round ADP groupings to explore how fantasy managers should approach players across Gladiator , Draft & Hold , and FAAB formats. The discussion spans hitters, starters, relievers, prospects, and roster construction strategy, with a strong focus on risk management , playing time , and format-specific value ....

On The Wire - December delivers a full fantasy baseball news dump, and Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting break it all down. From multi-team trades and bullpen shakeups to key free-agent signings and overseas imports, this episode covers how recent MLB transactions are already reshaping draft boards across redraft, dynasty, and draft-and-hold formats. The guys analyze playing-time impacts, role clarity,...

On The Wire Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting break down a busy week of Winter Meetings news before diving deep into early pitching projections. The guys cover major free-agent signings, closer movement, trades, waiver claims, and roster fallout across the league, then turn their attention to Steamer and PLV pitching projections. From innings and role uncertainty to injury risk, saves volatility, and ea...

On The Wire  Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting return from a brief break to run through all the major offseason MLB action you may have missed. The guys hit the closer carousel, key international signings, notable trades, qualifying offers, and surprising non-tenders — and break down what it all means for 2026 fantasy baseball drafts. They close with early Steamer and PLV projection takeaways and highli...