The Fantistics Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Lou Blasi and Schuyler Dombroske turn their attention to hitters who have a wide spread between their lowest and highest pick on various sites. You guys can't seem to agree on their value so we try to figure that out with you. Among the hitters featured in this episode are Christian Yelich, Cody Bellinger, Ketel Marte, and Javier Baez! 

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman talk about "Value Above Mean" or VAM, which is the cornerstone of the Fantistics Draft Advisory Program, giving a personal real-world example and showing why you pay up for elite talent at each position. They they breakdown a couple of SPs in the middle of the SP pool who can provide you with some Ks and why that is important when choosing lower round SPs.

Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske talk about whether we should be worried more about pitchers this year due to the abbreviated preseason and late start to the season. Then they take a look at pitchers whose ADP varies wildly from site to site and decide where their true value lies. Pitchers talked about in this episode include Logan Webb, Trevor Rogers, Dylan Cease, and Trevor Bauer.

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman talk about how we should deal with the unsigned free agents in our early draft. What concerns are we overplaying and what should we be concerned about. Free agents discussed in this episode include Trevor Story, Carlos Correa, and Freddie Freeman.

Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske discuss sizing up a hitter approach analytically and spotting changes in their approach that can help us handicap their 2022 projections. Sky also brings a list of players who showed surprising pop last year and we discuss what they could be worth in the upcoming year. Hitters discussed include Kyle Tucker, Ryan Mountcastle, Avisail Garcia, and Manny Machado.

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamermon discuss how to value SBs and more importantly how to draft them this preseason. If you are facing Juan Soto or Jose Ramirez in the top half of the first round, do you take Ramirez because of his speed game? Who is being drafted too high because of his speed and who can we look for late in the draft to fill our need for speed?

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman explore "luck stats" for hitters, focusing on BABIP. They talk about players who posted high BABIPs in 2021, including Tim Anderson, Starlin Marte, Austin Riley, and Tyler O'Neill.

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman discuss "luck stats" with pitchers, including HR/FB%, LOB%, and BABIP. They tell us how these stats have more to them than a luck element and how they can tell us about the pitcher's skill set and/or possibly point out an approach or mechanical change. Some pitchers will low BABIPs are broken down including Walker Buehler, Freddie Peralta, John Means and Tristan McKe...

Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske tell us about Swinging Strike Percentage (SwStr%) and look at some SPs who showed improvement in that metric last year. That bring us to some interesting discussions about how to value pitchers like Clayton Kershaw, Robbie Ray, and Kevin Gausman. Among other pitchers, Lou and Sky also debate who you should take when faced with the likely decision between Dylan Cease, Sh...

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman look at hitters who saw gains or slippage in the Contact% last year, starting with an in-depth look at Cody Bellinger and Christian Yelich as we figure out how how to reasonably value them in early drafts. Teoscar Hernandez and Robbie Grossman are among other players who are discussed.

Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske look at some players who might benefit, and see a fantasy value boost as a result of the adoption of a universal DH in MLB. They also look at some top round early bargains among hitters. For example, can you want an extra round for Luis Roberts and more importantly, should you? And they take a look at some hitters who say some gains, or some slippage in Barrel% last yea...

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman of Fantistics talk about how we should approach starting pitching in early drafts with the looming delays in spring training and potentially the regular season. They also discuss how to be efficient and productive with the glut of information we have to project performance. And we take a look at Barrel% and some pitchers who gave up a higher or lower percentage of Ba...