Wins Above Fantasy

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) review their bold predictions and chalkboard picks from last season. Shohei Ohtani Vinnie Pasquantino Aaron Judge Nico Hoerner Six with 40+ Steals Max Muncy Pop Kevin Gausman Hunter Greene Taylor Ward Randy Arozarena Lars Nootbaar and Brendan Donovan Ryan Noda Oscar Colas Jesse Winker Matt Olson Kevin Gausman (again...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) being the offseason by looking at the impact of the rule changes, the new run environment as well as some of the biggest values and busts. 2023 Year End Recap League-wide Stat Trends Assessing Steals & Future Targets Biggest Busts 1st Round Misses Pricey Catchers Eloy & Goldie Early Pitching Coinflips Learn more abo...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) break down impressive second-half hitting performances and look to see if they will carry over into 2024. 9:20 Michael Harris II 17:45 Triston Casas 27:12 Gunnar Henderson 34:06 Juan Soto 39:48 Francisco Lindor 47:58 Cal Raleigh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecas...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss what lessons they learned playing fantasy baseball this year and how to apply them going forward. We were on it Trust the process on guys you like Hit the mighty middle on pitching Be wary of big contract-pressing Overreacting to 2nd-half splits Be in on buying low Industry league learnings Waiver wires well...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss their biggest surprises of the year. Sandy Alcantara Trea Turner's down and up year Cristian Javier Corbin Carroll Matt Olson The Cardinals Other Surprises Join Underdog Fantasy today with promo code PITCHERLIST and receive a 100% deposit match up to $100. Once you're signed up, check out Underdog Fantasy’s...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) look back at mid-season episodes and see what went right or wrong with their analysis. Nolan Jones Chas McCormick Cody Bellinger CJ Abrams Ha-Seong Kim Bryson Stott Cole Ragans Ryan Jeffers Davis Schneider Mickey Moniak Andrew Abbott Tyler Wells Chase Silseth Brice Turang Join Underdog Fantasy today with promo code...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) start to look to 2024 by discussing their predictions for the 2024 first round. 9:10 Ronald Acuna Jr. 16:20 Shohei Ohtani 25:16 Bobby Witt Jr. 32:35 Mookie Betts 38:29 Fernando Tatis Jr. 43:30 Julio Rodriguez 49:24 Aaron Judge 54:06 Kyle Tucker 59:38 Corbin Carroll 1:07:07 Freddie Freeman 1:13:06 Yordan Alvarez 1:18...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss players who they think will help win your H2H playoff matchups. 7:15 Steve’s Playoff Process 9:45 Van’s Playoff Tips 11:15 Marcell Ozuna 14:18 Kerry Carpenter 17:20 Spencer Torkelson 20:37 Wilmer Flores 24:00 Cole Ragans 29:59 Ryan Pepiot 34:30 Jose Quintana 37:30 Graham Ashcraft 44:22 Javier Assad 47:30 Mat...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) are joined by Pitcher List's Christopher Weber aka Shewbsi ( @shwebsi ) to give their rest-of-season bold predictions. 2:15 Welcome Shwebsi! 14:44 CJ Abrams 19:21 Lance Lynn 25:22 Nolan Jones 34:10 Max Muncy 40:25 Michael Massey 46:03 Pete Alonso 53:20 Brandon Pfaadt 59:17 Chase Silseth & Logan Allen 1:02:18 Bryce M...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss under-the-radar targets for potential adds as the fantasy stretch-run approaches. 5:15 - Chase Silseth 10:28 - Cole Ragans 16:47 - Jameson Taillon 20:57 - Kutter Crawford 25:06 - Ross Stripling 29:25 - Brandon Williamson 35:57 - Michael Massey 40:18 - Brice Turang 43:30 - J.P. Crawford 49:18 - Davis Schneide...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss recent breakout pitchers and their short- and long-term sustainability as fantasy assets. 4:50 Jesus Luzardo 14:39 Andrew Abbott 20:51 Kyle Bradish 26:51 Tyler Wells 34:02 James Paxton 38:03 Jose Berrios 42:40 Zach Eflin 48:45 Bailey Ober 54:05 Tanner Bibee 1:02:20 Yusei Kikuchi 1:08:00 Aaron Civale Join Und...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss recent breakout hitters and their short- and long-term sustainability as fantasy assets. Nolan Jones - 7:03 Chas McCormick - 18:24 Christopher Morel - 24:04 Cody Bellinger - 33:18 CJ Abrams - 42:18 Mickey Moniak - 53:21 Josh Naylor - 59:46 Bryson Stott - 1:05:32 Ha-Seong Kim - 1:09:01 Join Underdog Fantasy t...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) look for favorable matchups for the second-half 9:00 - White Sox: Jake Burger & Eloy Jimenez 17:36 - Twins: Eduard Julien & Alex Kirilloff 24:47 - Tigers: Spencer Torkelson, Kerry Carpenter & Reese Olsen 35:49 - Astros: Chas McCormick & Deep SPs 42:30 - Cubs: Seiya Suzuki , Nico Hoerner & Jameson Taillon 48:00 - Mar...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) give their "all value" fantasy All-Star teams. 2:00 WAF “Fantasy Value” All-Stars 7:57 Jonah Heim 11:45 Sean Murphy 14:21 Yandy Diaz 18:13 Christian Walker 21:45 Luis Arraez 25:24 Ketel Marte 28:07 Josh Jung 31:07 Spencer Steer 37:15 Elly De La Cruz 39:37 Wander Franco 42:52 Ronald Acuna Jr. 45:32 Christian Yelich 4...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) record during their Underdog 7th Inning Stretch draft with some WAF listeners. Join Underdog Fantasy today with promo code PITCHERLIST and receive a 100% deposit match up to $100. Once you're signed up, check out Underdog Fantasy’s 7th Inning Stretch Tournament, where you can build your dream team and compete agains...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) talk about June performances and prep for the 7th Inning Stretch tournament on Underdog Fantasy. 5:50 - Join the WAF Underdog League! 10:40 7th Inning Stretch Format 17:36 Players to Target for the Format 24:57 June Standouts 26:40 Eddie Rosario 31:30 Corey Seager 34:27 Ketel Marte 40:05 Jordan Walker, Michael Harri...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) look at recent performances of rookies and potential summer call-ups. 4:00 Eovaldi Velo Dip 10:20 Check Out Underdog Fantasy 15:20 Gavin Williams 22:45 AJ Smith-Shawver 29:45 Emmet Sheehan 35:25 Yainer Diaz 40:37 Henry Davis 43:20 Bo Naylor 47:20 Maikel Garcia 51:10 Luis Matos 57:10 Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1:02...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) use analysis inspired by Immaculate Grid and look at interesting combos of underlying metrics to find underperformers. 2:47 Van’s Coyote Scare 4:47 Immaculate Grid is AMAZING 6:55 Our Immaculate Key Metrics 10:36 Low Barrels, High FB/LD EV 13:30 Austin Riley, Andrew Vaughn, Zach Neto 20:00 Lars Nootbaar, Brett Baty,...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss interesting pitchers who have made changes to their pitch mix. 2:20 Elly De La Cruz 9:00 Finding Pitch Mix Changes 13:52 Jon Gray 20:05 Mitch Keller 25:43 Mike Clevinger 30:42 Griffin Canning 34:50 Jose Berrios 39:45 J.P. France 42:20 Comparing Andrew Abbott 45:40 Ryne Nelson 49:03 Logan Webb “This episode i...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss trade strategy and targets as we head into June. 2:20 Trade Season Advice 5:30 “Honest Business” vs. Winning Trades 15:10 Thoughts on Trade “Talks” 21:30 Trea Turner 29:45 Vlad Guerrero Jr. 35:40 Rafael Devers 40:00 Steven Kwan 43:48 Sandy Alcantara 49:57 Verlander & Scherzer 54:20 Aaron Nola 57:45 Yu Darvis...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) look to identify trade targets and potential adds by digging under the hood using their favorite analytics. 3:40 Braxton Garrett 9:35 James Paxton 15:06 Louie Varland 20:18 Zack Wheeler 23:37 Hunter Greene 30:03 Seiya Suzuki 33:54 Jake Burger 37:56 Jose Siri 42:20 Luke Raley 47:20 Willson Contreras 50:48 Spencer Tor...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss who they are adding and take a look back at some of the highlights of the first 100 episodes of Wins Above Fantasy. :22 Episode 100! 6:00 Waiver Watch Guys 9:35 Jon Gray 15:30 Michael Lorenzen 19:34 Lane Thomas 25:18 Joey Meneses 29:30 Jorge Polanco 35:11 Brenton Doyle 39:06 JP Sears 43:51 Matt McLain 48:25...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) look to the waiver wire to find potential replacements for injured stars. 7:19 - Jorge Soler 14:24 - JJ Bleday 19:53 - Ryan Noda 23:35 - Luke Raley 27:34 - Lane Thomas 31:35 - Casey Schmitt 37:15 - Mark Leiter Jr. 41:00 - Eury Perez! 45:33 - Louie Varland 50:15 - Clarke Schmidt 55:14 - Mike Clevinger 58:30 - Chase S...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss players off to slow starts as buy-low candidates. 2:00 Steve recovering from Devils victory over Rangers 4:18 Thinking Patience vs. Panic 5:15 Struggling Stars & Juan Soto Dilemma 23:20 Alex Bregman 27:00 Ryan Mountcastle 32:15 Eloy Jimenez 35:25 Vinnie Pasquantino 38:25 Paul Goldschmidt 43:35 Nathaniel Lowe...

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified ) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss pitchers off to hot starts as well as some buy low arms and impact rookies. 4:20 Joe Ryan 11:25 Pablo Lopez 16:13 Sonny Gray 21:20 Drew Rasmussen 26:46 Graham Ashcraft 33:50 Josiah Gray 38:30 Jose Berrios 42:30 Roansy Contreras 48:03 Nick Lodolo 52:38 Logan Webb 55:47 Nathan Eovaldi 59:50 Dean Kremer 1:03:35...