Web Gems Fantasy Podcast

Brandon and Jonathan get things started

We explain what a banzuke is (sumo-inspired ranking system) and how to apply one to a long-term fantasy baseball league.

Justin sits down with Jonathan and Kenny to describe the sumo-inspired ranking system he conceived for our league in order to make every standings finish meaningful and add intrigue to the league history we build upon each year.

Brandon, Uncle Kenny, and Jonathan make the draft order selections, try to figure out who was who in past seasons, and evaluate just how evil Uncle Kenny’s 2006 trade rampage was.

Trevor joins us as we take a look at teams 2 months into the 2022 season.

The Commish and the Champ say nice things about all your drafts.

We take a look at updates to the league doc, discuss proposed changes for 2022, and look back on the 2010 season.

Jefe and say-hey kid break down the 2021 season.

Jonathan, Uncle Kenny, and Justin sat down for a lil chit chat about where the 2021 season stood as of July 15.

Keepers are in. Uncle Kenny and I go over the selections for each team.

0:00 Web Gemming it up; 9:50 Important Dates; 12:10 Proposed Changes; 38:30 Top 10 undrafted players from 2020; 64:00 Retro Draft Idea

Jonathan and Kenny take a quick look at each team’s keeper options entering the 2021 season.

The Commish and the say hey kid review the 2020 season.

A few league updates followed by a great conversation with Danny reviewing his draft picks and thoughts on this coming season.

Scott reviews his draft, and we discuss the Project GOAT challenge making its way around the fantasy baseball world.

Uncle Eric reviews his draft. Miraculously, there are no movie quotes. (Well, except Star Wars.)

Dad/Ken/Uncle Kenny reviews his draft and reveals the answer to the question we were all wondering: why save so much money?

Bad Brad Hansen joins the podcast this episode, as we reminisce about the 2009 season for a good 40 minutes. (Sorry not sorry.) Then we discuss the recent survey results, Uncle Kenny reveals a last minute trade (listen for my outburst upon hearing it,) we make our keeper selections on air, and we discuss the keepers submitted so far by other teams.

00:00 We review the 2008 season of Web Gems 26:16 We review the survey results for proposed changes 47:08 More data analysis on which Web Gems stats are most relevant / analysis of 2019 draft habits

00:00 We discuss the 2007 season of Web Gems 25:30 We attempt to civilly discuss 4 rule change proposals 63:14 Keeper analysis for Tyler, Danny, Brandon, and David

00:00 We give some updates from last time and review the 2006 season — 25:00 Keeper previews for Angelo/Donovan, Trevor, Kyle, and Eric — 52:00 We look at hitting stats and discuss which ones are most important to look at when evaluating players

00:00 - Web Gems History; 22:14 - David’s glorious victory and 2020 changes; 45:18 - Keeper outlooks for Kenny, Brad, Scott, and Jonathan, plus how to use the FPCT formula to your advantage.