Wins Above Fantasy

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818) discuss impressive first-half hitting performances relative to ADP. Gunnar Henderson Marcell Ozuna Jarren Duran Jurickson Profar Brice Turang William Contreras Alec Bohm Josh Naylor Heliot Ramos Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818) discuss pitchers to target in trades. RIP Willie Mays Foolish Baseball Video on "The Catch" Pablo Lopez Jordan Montgomery Jesus Luzardo Framber Valdez Joe Musgrove Bailey Ober Kevin Gausman Carlos Rodon Reynaldo Lopez Hunter Brown Miles Mikolas Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informa...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818) discuss hitters to target in trades plus answer your mailbag questions. Trade season is here Sky Kalkman's Article on Trading Techniques Eno Sarris' "Secret Sauce" to find hitters to buy WAF's own "Secret Sauce"  Jurickson Profar Ezequiel Tovar Christian Walker  Matt Olson Corbin Carroll Cubs Hitters Mail Bag Questio...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818) discuss players who have improved over the course of April to May. Month-over-month improvers Steve's Spreadsheet K-BB% improvers Seth Lugo Michael King Stuff+ Improvers Brandon Pfaadt Carlos Rodon wRC+ Improvers Barrel% Improvers JJ Bleday Nolan Gorman Ty France Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adsw...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818) are joined by Kyle Bland ( @blandalytics ) to discuss the new bat tracking metrics as well as some struggling hitters and believing in the process and underlying data. What Kyle is working on at Pitcher List Kyle's Bat Tracking App Importance of Bat Acceleration Wyatt Langford intrigue The State of Offense in 2024 St...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818) are joined by Lance Brozdowski ( @LanceBroz ) to talk pitching Lance's background Lance's Substack Lance's most recent YouTube Video: The Dodgers & High Fastballs Breaking down pitchers with Lance Tarik Skubal Garrett Crochet Kevin Gausman David Festa Quick Hits for Lance Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818) dissect the new Bat Tracking Leaderboard on Baseball Savant. Bat Tracking Overview Navigating signal and noise with new metrics Fast Swing Rate Squared Up Rate Blasts Custom Charts Bat Speed Distribution Comparisons Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818) are joined by Thomas Nestico ( @TJStats ) to discuss under-valued and under rostered starting pitchers. Paul Skenes Christian Scott Reese Olson JP Sears Hayden Wesneski Jack Leiter Taj Bradley Erik Fedde Chris Paddack Thomas' favorite under-the-radar pitchers Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz....

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818) use rest-of-season projections and underlying process stats to find buy-low hitters. Process to find buy lows: projections and underlying stats Link to Google Sheet Check in on the Offensive Environment Randy Arozarena Corey Seager Alex Bregman Bo Bichette Spencer Torkelson Gleyber Torres Xander Bogaerts Hosted by Si...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818)  look at year-over-year improvers in Statcast and batted ball metrics. Importance of stabilization rates ( Russell Carleton Article ) Year-over-year Barrel % improvers Elly De La Cruz Salvador Perez Maikel Garcia Jake Cronenworth Riley Greene Amed Rosario Bryan De La Cruz Barrel per PA standouts Ryan O'Hearn Lourdes...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818)  discuss hitters off to slow starts and analyze why they could be good buy-low options. Francisco Lindor Julio Rodriguez Corbin Carroll Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Paul Goldschmidt Cody Bellinger Nolan Jones Nick Castellanos Jordan Walker Christian Encarnacion-Strand Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswiz...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818)  look for interesting low-rostered pitchers to replace high-end starters who recently went down with injuries. Keaton Winn Jordan Hicks Spencer Turnbull Nick Martinez Michael Wacha Ranger Suarez Luis Severino Zack Littell Ryne Nelson Clarke Schmidt Steven Matz Cody Bradford Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. S...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818)  react to interesting performances from the first week of baseball games. Maikel Garcia Christopher Morel Will Benson Brendan Donovan Jung Hoo Lee Jose Siri Taylor Ward Jared Jones Jason Foley & Abner Uribe Nick Pivetta Garrett Crochet Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information abou...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818)  give their "chalkboard" picks -- 3 targets and 3 fades -- for the 2024 season and welcome on PitchCon Prize winner James Geary. Marcell Ozuna Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Bobby Miller Esteury Ruiz Jung Hoo Lee Adley Rutschman Lane Thomas A.J. Puk Francisco Alvarez Shota Imanaga Framber Valdez Hunter Greene Christopher More...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818)  review the players they have drafted the most heading into the 2024 season. Assessing the Risk of Mike Trout We Love Yoshinobu Yamamoto A.J. Puk's Spring Dominance as a Starter Willi Castro Late Speed Option Kerry Carpenter Paul Goldschmidt & Brendan Donovan Rebounds Van is still in on Nick Pivetta Francisco Alvarez...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) talk about their favorite sleepers post-pick 200. Dylan Cease to San Diego Luis Gil Brayan Bello Jack Suwinski Jackson Merrill Nestor Cortes Jack Flaherty Triston McKenzie Austin Wells Reese Olson Victor Scott Miguel Andujar Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz compa...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818)  buy or sell players based on their new March ADP. James Wood Wyatt Langford Yoshinobu Yamamoto Shota Imanaga Cole Ragans Tarik Skubal AJ Puk Jackson Merrill Chris Sale Miguel Andujar Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advert...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818)  recap the WAFxOTW listener league and review their favorite picks from the draft. 4:30 Listener League Draft Takeaways 10:08 A Team Build We Loved 17:09 Van's Team Breakdown 19:03 Steve's Team Breakdown 25:30 Nolan Gorman 31:48 Elly De La Cruz 37:08 Tyler Wells 42:22 Jorge Soler & Masataka Yoshida 49:05 Josh Naylor...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818) talk 2024 first-rounders and the pros and cons of each player taken there by ADP. 5:33 - 1st Round Thoughts 12:01 - Ronald Acuna 15:22 - Bobby Witt Jr.  & Julio Rodriguez 22:59 - Mookie Betts 32:25 Corbin Carroll 39:37 Kyle Tucker 42:51 Freddie Freeman 53:00 Fernando Tatis Jr. 58:08 Spencer Strider 1:02:15 Aaron Judg...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818) discuss the starting pitcher market and pick their favorite targets in each ADP range Yoshinobu Yamamoto Spencer Strider Zach Eflin Eury Perez Nick Pivetta Shane Baz Michael King Hunter Brown Ryan Pepiot Emmet Sheehan Shota Imanaga Mason Miller James Paxton Hurston Waldrep Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. Se...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818) look at ADP risers and fallers from November to December. 6:35 - Jung Hoo Lee 14:55 Jackson Chourio 20:37 Jeimer Candelario 26:44 Yoshinobu Yamamoto 33:12 Shota Imanaga 39:11 Corbin Carroll 47:43 Pablo Lopez 52:55 Bobby Miller 57:28 Sonny Gray 1:01:45 Bryan Woo 1:05:57 Other Notables Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818) discuss position cliffs and players to target after tier drop-offs. 2:33 Approaching Position Cliffs 10:13 Catcher Depth?  17:49 First Base Front-loaded  26:41 Second Base Needs a Plan  36:08 Shortstop Scaries?  43:48 Third Base Fades FAST  51:49 Outfield Outpays the Rest  59:12 Pitcher Values vs. “Position Cliffs” H...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) dive into draft season recapping the Pitcher List Mock Draft and some early hoy stove news. Hot Stove: Sonny Gray & Luis Severino 2024 Draft Early Trends/Takeaways Van’s Favorite Mock Picks Steve’s Favorite Mock Picks 1st reactions: who are our likely SP1s? Jose Altuve Zach Eflin Bobby Miller Emmet Sheehan Kodai Sen...

Wins Above Fantasy / On The Corner Nick Pollack reviews Van Burnett's 2024 Mock Draft. Van picked from the 1st spot in this draft Head to factormeals.com/waf50 and use code WAF50 to get 50% off Full Draft Board "League" info: Standard Yahoo H2H Category 5x5 scoring format 12-teamer, 23 rounds C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, 3 OF, 2 UTIL, 9 P, 4 Bench One-Way Ohtani (two separate players for DH and SP) Van's pi...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss some impressive second-half pitching performances. Corbin Burnes Blake Snell Tyler Glasnow Freddy Peralta Tarik Skubal Grayson Rodriguez Kodai Senga Bobby Miller Cole Ragans Michael King Nick Pivetta Yusei Kikuchi Chase Silseth Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information abo...