The Fantistics Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman discuss EV for pitchers and take a look at some SPs who, to this point in the season, have given up a higher average exit velocity than last year, including Jose Berrios, Corbin Burnes, Mitch Keller and Pablo Lopez, among others!

Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske dive into some hitters who have shown significant EV gains this year. Players analyzed in this episode include, among others, Bobby Witt Jr., Cal Raleigh, Gunnar Henderson, Will Brennan, and Brian Turang ... Oh, and on an unrelated topic ... Paul Skenes, Curt Schilling, Nolan Ryan, Stephan Strasburg, and Chris Sale.

Sky Dombroske went back-to-back nights recently on player analysis for our daily email to our Insiderbaseball.com subscribers and he and Lou Blasi dig into some of his breakdowns. Players talked about in this episode include Riley Greene, Jared Jones, Alec Bohm, and Ranger Suarez among others.

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman look at the SPs leading in K:BB ratio and see what they can pull from their early season performance. SPs talked about in this episode include Freddy Peralta, Joe Ryan, Jared Jones, and Tanner Houck among others.

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman visit the leaderboard on MaxEV to see what can be pulled from the early season samples. Players discussed in this episode include Giancarlo Stanton, Seiya Suzuki, Ketel Marte, and Micheal Harris II among others.

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman breakdown some starting pitchers who are off to hot starts this month including Garrett Crochett, Jordan Hicks and Jared Jones among others. And they talk about various ways to maintain your staff during the year, including "riding the hot hand".

As we approach our first waiver period, Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman check in on some shifting bullpen situations. Closer talked about in this episode include Abner Uribe, Griffin, Jax, and Kevin Ginkle, among others.

Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske discuss some players who, based on ADP are flying well under the radar this draft season. Players covered include Anthony Rizzo, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Colt Keith, Parker Meadows, and Christopher Sanchez among others!

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman go over Brandon's selections in his recent SiriusXM Fantasy Host League drafts, highlighting how format changes in your league can a huge impact on valuing players. Players talked about in this episode include Zack Wheeler, Kevin Gausman, Anthony Volpe, Bailey Ober, Gavin Williams, and Brandon Nimmo, among others.

Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske take on some players who are being drafted a bit higher than anticipated and discuss whether they are worth it. The guys talk about Tarik Skubal, Carl Ragans, Gavin Williams, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, among others.

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman look at players who saw significant gains in their contact rate in 2023 over the previous season and discuss how that affects their 2024 projects. Players broken down in this episode include George Springer, Gleyber Torres, Ronald Acuna, Clay Bellinger, and Michael Harris, among others.

Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske talk about how changes in the game should lead to changes in our our approach towards draft starting pitchers before breaking down some players entering a contact year in 2024. Players discussed include Juan Soto, Corbin Burnes, Gleyber Torres and Shane Bieber among others.

Lou Blasi and Schuyler Dombroske look at pairings of players that are being drafted similarly in NFBC's first three rounds so far and ask which player you would rather draft. Player breakdowns include Corbin Carrol, Mookie Betts, Gerrit Cole, Zack Wheeler, Ellt De La Cruz, Ozzie Albies, Kevin Gausman and Luis Castillo.

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman break down some hitters and pitchers who saw increases or decreases in their average exit velocity last year, projecting what it might mean for 2024. Players discussed in this episode include Ronald Acuna, J.D. Martinez, Dylan Carson, Jose Abreu, Zac Gallen, Dylan Cease.

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman review current NFBC ADPs for 2024, discussing player movement from last year and the early first-round shakeout. Players discussed include Corbin Carroll, Bobby Whitt, Freddie Freeman, and Spencer Strider.

Well ok, maybe just us at the Insider Baseball Podcast! ... Anthony Perri and Lou Blasi of Fantistics open the 2024 podcast season with a look at the '3 Pillars of Starting Pitching" to help you effectively fill out your staff this year (with some relevant SP breakdowns, like George Kirby, Blake Snell, and Logan Webb). Then they look at the new features of the 2024 edition of the Draft Ad...

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman started looking ahead as they wrapped up their season on Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Radio (They'll be here all year though!) and Brandon identified his top 15 picks of the 2024 Draft, at least as of today! Players examined include Corbin Carroll, Elly De La Cruz, Randy Arozarena, and Fernando Tatis.

Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske, talk Bill Burr and the last few days of MLB action as they explore Sky's recent player notes for Fantistics and Insiderbaseball.com. Players broken down in this episode include Gavin Williams, Triston Casas, Andrew Abbott, Josh Naylor, Reese Olsen, and Garrett Whitlock.

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman break down a few under-the-radar hitters that could help your offense via claim or trade. Hitters in the episode include Leody Taveras, Ke’Bryan Hayes, Tommy Pham, Josh Naylor, Keibert Ruiz, and Dansby Swanson.

After talking about new arrivals Elly De La Cruz and Luken Baker, Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske take a look at some players who have overperformed and underperformed their ADP by wide margins so far this year. Players in this episode include Orlando Arcia, LaMonte Wade, Spencer Steer, JD Davis Jarren Duran, Gunnar Henderson, Brendon Donovan, and Yasmani Grandal.

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman look at some hitters with a history of breaking out offensively in June! Hitters we talk about in this episode include Yordan Alvarez, Fernando Tatis Jr., Shohei Ohtani, Bryan Reynolds, Ryan Mountcastle, Cedric Mullins, and Carlos Correa.

Lou Blasi and Sky Dombrokse host their annual "National Day of Potential Concern" episode signaling that it's now ok to express some legitimate concern over some players who are off to slow starts in 2023. With others though, it may still be too early. Players discussed in this episode include Jose Abreu, CJ Cron, George Springer, Michael Kopech, Alex Manoah, and Corbin Burnes.

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman dive into the huge pool of talented young starting pitchers who are establishing themselves as fantasy assets, and assess their potential value and 2023 ceilings for redraft leagues. Pitchers discussed in this episode include Hunter Brown, Grayson Rodriguez, Logan Allen, Bryce Miller, Taj Bradley, and Tanner Bibee.

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman look at some pitchers who are controlling their quality of contact and ask if we are buying or selling on them. Pitchers talked about in this episode include Jordan Romano, AJ Puk, Justin Steele, Mitch Keller, Eduardo Rodriguez, and Drew Smyly.

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman look at hitters with predominantly good splits against LHP. Of course, that's helpful in DFS play but Brandon and Lou also explain how best to leverage this kind of info for season-long fantasy. Players discussed in this episode include Matt Chapman, Jesus Aguilar, Josh Jung, Connor Joe, and Rodolfo Castro.