The Fantistics Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman talk trade, not between their teams, but all facets of trading in fantasy baseball. Then they tell you about some players to target when you talk trade. Their list of buy-low targets includes Christian Walker, K'Bryan Hayes, Tyler Mahle, and Charlie Morton. 

Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske go over Sky's player notes that he wrote for our subscribers this week. It's an even more in-depth look at Sky's insights. Among the players talked about in this episode are Charlie Morton, Lucas Giolito, Ross Stripling, and Jon Berti.

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman take a look at xERA, diving into some pitchers whose actual ERA is much worse than their xERA and explaining what that may mean for the rest of the season. Pitchers discussed in this episode include Hunter Greene, German Marques, Tyler Mahle, and Zach Efflin.

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman look at baseball's biggest discrepancies between actual Batting Average and Expected Batting Average so this year and break down which way each players performance is expected to head. Players talked about in this episode include Max Kepler, Paul Goldschmidt, Andrew Vaughn, Christian Walker, and Corey Seager. 

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman talk about the most effective pitches in Major League Baseball and break down the pitchers that possess them. Two notes, first there are no fastballs on the list and two pitchers have two pitches in the top 10! The discussion is about how these pitches work in concert and what this means going forward for the more surprising pitchers on the list. Starting pitchers di...

Fantistics has been talking a lot recently about looking at players at different angles to get the true picture of their performance instead of relying solely on YTD stats. Lou Blasi and Schuyler Dombroske look at the last 14 days and identify some players who can be of some help, or maybe more help than you may think. Players included in this episode: Alejandro Kirk, Willson Contreras, Garrett Co...

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman take a look at some of the extreme platoon splits among hitters so far this season. You are going to be surprised. Some of these guys are surprise help for your roster, some may need a surprising amount of help. Player discussed in the episode include Jose Abreu, Hunter Renfroe, Jazz Chisolm, and, of course, Joc Pederson

There's a point in the season where stats are no longer a "small sample" and we can dig in on them a bit more. It happens at different points for different stats, but ISO is one of the earliest stats to become reliable. So Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske take a look at the ISO leader board and discuss how reliable the ISO leaders are in terms of continuing their performance level (They take on both th...

Lou Blasi and Schuyler Dombroske do their first annual podcast edition of their National Day of Potential Concern show on SiriusXM, which signals that point in the season where you are free to have some angst about some underperforming players. Lou and Sky attempt to establish the exact level of panic you should be experiencing about these players, including Marcus Semien, Whit Merrifield, Hunter...

The guys spent the weekend celebrating the Fantistics National Day Concern, where we let you push the panic button on underperforming players if you like. Be here Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman discuss overperforming players and decide whether they are buying on them, or not. Players included in the episode: Mile Mikolas, Nestor Cortes, Taylor Ward, and Ty France!

Several among the crop of young starting pitchers happened to start on a day that Sky Dombroske was writing Player Notes for our Fantistics Subscribers. He and Lou Blasi check in on their progress before discussing some other players in the news. Players talked about in this episode include Triston McKenzie, Tarik Skrubal, Michael Kopech, Kyle Wright, Hunter Greene, Robbie Ray, Bobby Witt Jr., and...

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman decided to stop trying to figure out whether it's the weather, or the ball, or the weird spring, or the humidors that are suppressing offense in baseball in 2022, and they instead look at some starting pitchers that are benefitting from it. SP discussed include Kevin Gausman, Dylan Cease, and Max Fried.

Lou Blasi and Schuyler Dombroske breakdown the players that Sky included in his player notes to our Fantistics subscribers. Among the players included in this edition are Christian Yelich, Rhys Hoskins, Juan Yepez, Trevor Story, Tyler Stephenson, Adrian Houser, and Chad Kuhl.   

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman break down some hitters who have given some great returns so far on their draft costs. Will they continue to be profit centers or is it time to sell? Players that Brandon and Lou talk about in this episode include Anthony Rizzo, Max Kepler, Sheldon Neuse, and Rowdy Tellez.  

Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske give you their current takes on the ball and whether it's suppressed offense in April. Then they look at the leaderboard for starters in SwStr% to see if we are likely looking at some permanent gains. Starters discussed in this episode include, Kevin Gausman, Pablo Lopez, Dylan Cease, and Tony Gonsolin  

The offenses seem to be warming up with the weather, so Lou Blasi and Schuyler Dombroske talk about some of the hitters who have been the most lucky and least lucky this season so far in terms of expected SLG% vs. actual SLG%.

Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske talk about Sky's players note column for Fantistics subscribers and then explore hitters and pitchers who have been lucky and unlucky so far. Players included in this episode: Andrew Vaughn, Tommy Pham, Joe Ryan, Paul Blackburn, and Seiya Suzuki.  

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman explore some bullpen situations around the majors and look at the early leaderboards in HardHit% against to see what they can dig up. Pitchers discussed in this episode include Carlos Rodon, Jordon Montgomery, Chris Bassitt, and Max Scherzer.

Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske break down the waiver claim suggestions from this week's Coaches Meeting at Insiderbaseball.com (and then some). Included in the players discussed in this episode are Tommy Pham, Nester Cortes, Miles Straw, Andrew Vaughn, Kyle Wright, Conner Joe, and MacKenzie Gore.  

It's too early to draw any lasting conclusions about much of anything, but Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman discuss some players we already have some concerns about. Among the players we look into in this episode are Kyle Tucker, Xander, Eddie Rosario, Josh Donaldson, and Mookie Betts.

Are the hitters really that far ahead of the pitchers? Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske revisit that preseason theory from some. Then they talk early waiver claim targets and and Sky's first set of player notes for Insiderbaseball.com subscribers. Among the player talked about in this episode are Tylor Megill, Matt Brash, Zack Eflin, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Max Fried, Clayton Kershaw, Logan Webb, Triston McKen...

As the Draft Season winds to a close, Lou Blasi and Schuyler Dombroske discuss quality of contact for hitters and why it's such an important tool in evaluating and projecting hitters. Players broken down in this episode include Josh Donaldson, Sal Perez, Tyler O'Neill, and Joey Votto.

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman touch on a number of news stories and players to catch you up as you prepare for your final drafts, and work towards Opening Day! Players talked about in the episode include Jacob DeGrom, Tyler Megill, Gavin Lux, Blake Treinan, Jeremy Pena, and Jesus Lazardo

You already know that Wins aren't predictable enough to lean on when placing a value on pitchers, right? What if I told you that ERA is even less predictable than Wins? That would be a game changer, right? Well, that has been true over the last 3 full seasons (2020 not included). So, how do we better chose between similar SPs? When we at Fantistics try to identify the best SPs in that vast group o...

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman breakdown all the baseball news that's fit to breakdown. They talk about the fantasy implications of the recent rash of signings, trades, and injuries. Among the players discussed in this episode include Kyle Schwarber, Matt Chapman, and Jack Flaherty.