On The Wire

On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Darik Buchar to break down the seventh FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focus on navigating the NFBC platform, especially as it pertains to...

On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Dave Swan to break down the sexth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focus on the risks and rewards of looking multiple weeks ahead when maki...

On The Wire - Kevin Hasting is joined by special guest Todd Whitestone to break down the fifth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focus on overall FAAB budgeting and early season spending strategies. Todd's arti...

On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Chris Clegg to break down the fourth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focus on prospects to hold, fold, or stash as the end of the first mo...

On The Wire - Kevin Hasting is joined special guest Lucas Biery to break down the third FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as break down early season FAAB strategy. Players discussed: Hunter Harvey, Trevor Larnach,...

On The Wire - Kevin Hasting is joined special guest Lou Landers to break down the second FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as break down early season FAAB strategy. Players discussed: Chris Sale, Michael Wacha, Ri...

On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting break down the first FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as break down early season FAAB strategy, including when to drop players drafted early in your drafts. Players discu...

On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guests Christopher Weber and Jordan White of the In The Deep podcast along with Pete Ball and Chad Young of the Keep or Kut podcast as they create an annual tradition of mocking out a mini-team made up of only players currently going past ADP 350. We draft three rosters made up of a catcher, a corner infielder, a middle infielder, an...

On The Wire - Adam Howe is joined by special guest Eno Sarris of The Athletic to talk about what we're looking for in pitchers off the wire, when pitchers become more than just streamers, and what made the 2021 breakouts special. In addition, we look at a couple possible free agent picks ups early in the 2022 season to predict who may be the best "watch list" options and Adam lives vicariously thr...

On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Jeff Erickson of Rotowire to talk about predicting playing time, adjusting projections, and analyzing depth charts In addition, we compare some player situations around the league that different sources aren't sold on compared to others. Players discussed: Jarren Duran, Tylor Megill, Collin McHugh, Daniel Hudson, Roansy Contrera...

On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Scott Bogman of In This League to talk about league format preferences, doing your homework, and properly reading ADP. In addition, we compare some big risers and fallers in drafts, comparing ADP from October/November to January/February drafts. Players discussed: Trevor Rosenthal, Alek Thomas, Dan Straily, Christian Walker, Set...

On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hastingare joined by special guest Michael Simione of SP Streamer to talk abut the art of streaming pitchers during the season, how it changes the way you draft, and what you're looking for in a potential streamer. In addition, we play our new game - ASK - where we take a threesome of similar pitchers taken later in most drafts and choose to avoid, stream, or keep...

On The Wire - Adam Howe is joined by special guest David Mendelson to talk abut the art of streaming hitters during the season, how it changes the way you draft, and what you're looking for in a potential streamer. In addition, we play a new game - ASK - where we take a threesome of similar hitter and choose to avoid, stream, or keep active each of them throughout the season. Players discussed: Ya...

On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Matt Williams to discuss situations across the league that could open up playing time for patient bench players once the lockout is over and teams are able to make rumored moves. In addition, we discuss what assumptions are worth making when throwing darts later in the draft and everyone's Moving Targets of the week. Players dis...

On The Wire - Adam Howe ( @EightyGrade ) and Kevin Hasting ( @HastingKevin ) are joined by avid NFBC ( @theNFBC ) player John Fish ( @PileOfDial ) to discuss the ins and outs of volume drafting, transitioning between fantasy baseball formats, and managing over 40 leagues in season. Welcome John (2:15) Moving targets - Ian Kennedy, José Barrero, Ha-seong Kim, Jorge Mateo, Garrett Cooper (4:56) Volu...

On The Wire - Adam Howe ( @EightyGrade ) and Kevin Hasting ( @HastingKevin ) are joined by Ariel Cohen ( @ATCNY ) to discuss his 2022 ATC player projections. Ariel can be heard regularly hosting the Beat The Shift Podcast ( @beat_shift_pod ) presented by RotoFanatic as well as writing regularly for Rotographs , Rotoballer , and CBS Fantasy . Welcome Ariel (3:28) Moving targets (Yan Gomes, MJ Melen...

On The Wire - Adam Howe ( @EightyGrade ) is joined by Nick Pollack ( @pitcherlist ) in an impromptu discussion that ultimately revolves around the draft results of one of the On The Wire Listener Leagues (to join a future OTW League draft, shoot us a DM on Twitter ( @OnTheWirePod ). 12 team, 30 rounds, NFBC format, weekly FAAB. No time stamps needed for this one. Enjoy. Subscribe : Apple Podcasts...

On The Wire - Adam Howe ( @EightyGrade ) and Kevin Hasting ( @HastingKevin ) are joined by Michael Govier ( @mjgovier ) to discuss common strategic draft practices and viabilities of each going into the 2022 season. Michael can be heard regularly on the Hey! It's Enrico Pallazzo! Fantasy Baseball Podcast ( @PallazoPodcast ) presented by RotoFanatic ( @Roto_Fanatic ), as well as the First Day Podca...

On The Wire - Adam Howe ( @EightyGrade ) and Kevin Hasting ( @HastingKevin ) are joined by Jeff Zimmerman ( @jeffwzimmerman ) and Tanner Bell ( @smartfantasybb ) to discuss their book The Process , projection analysis , and Mining the News . Jeff can be heard regularly on the Launch Angle Podcast ( @LaunchAnglePod ) and can be seen contributing to Rotographs , Rotowire , Baseball HQ while Tanner's...

On The Wire - Adam Howe ( @EightyGrade ) and Kevin Hasting ( @HastingKevin ) are joined by Dave McDonald ( @RunDMcD ), cohost of the Friends with Fantasy Benefits fantasy baseball podcast ( @FantasyBenefits ) and the Rotosauraus High Stakes Heat podcast ( @RotoSaurus ) to discuss the world of high stakes fantasy baseball, his recent EARTH overall championship, and players going post 350 ADP that w...

On The Wire - Adam Howe ( @EightyGrade ) and Kevin Hasting ( @HastingKevin ) are joined by Jorge Montanez ( @Roto_Nino ), contributor with NBC SportsEdge and Fantrax as well as the cohost of the Bases Loaded Fantasy Baseball Podcast ( @BasesLoadedPod ) to discuss the the hitter free agent market and what possible moves that should be considered when drafting your line up onto your fantasy team, es...

On The Wire - Adam Howe ( @EightyGrade ) and Kevin Hasting ( @HastingKevin ) are joined by Nick Pollack ( @PitcherList ), founder of PitcherList.com to discuss the the starting pitcher free agent market and what aspects outside of a pitchers talent and ability should be considered when drafting starters onto your fantasy team. Welcome Nick (2:45) What influences "The List" (7:33) Don't chase wins....

On The Wire - Adam Howe ( @EightyGrade ) and Kevin Hasting ( @HastingKevin ) are joined by Eric Cross ( @EricCross04 ) of Fantrax to discuss the impact prospects could make on their 2022 MLB teams, including those who seem primed to break camp with their major league squad and a few who we expect to start the season in the minors despite already getting a taste of the big leagues. Welcome Eric (3:...

On The Wire - Adam Howe ( @EightyGrade ) and Kevin Hasting ( @HastingKevin ) are joined by Derek Rhoads ( @jag_fantasy and @drhoa3 ), contributor specializing in injury data and visualization at Baseball Prospectus to talk injury trends, concerns, and strategy. Kevin and Derek also spend the end of the episode breaking down some observations they made after completing their first 2022 Best Ball dr...

On The Wire - Adam Howe ( @EightyGrade ) and Kevin Hasting ( @HastingKevin ) wanted to show their appreciation to all those who listened and to all those who took the time throughout the season to be a guest on the show. So, we present to you, a 2021 clip show of a few of the guest interviews and interactions we've had from throughout the 2021 season. Yancy Eaton talks about drafting in 50-round l...