Shows
On The WireOTW 67 - Going Bold Turkey w/ Van BurnettOn The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Van Burnett to break down the fifteenth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focusing on how to use the research you did in the offseason come midseason.
Players discussed: Christian Bethancourt, Edward Cabrera, Chris Sale, Tyler Mahle, Kyle Hendricks, Justin Steele, Nolan Jones, Joe Barlow, Brett...2022-07-101h 29
On The WireOTW 63 - Now Trending w/ Jason Collette and Jake MaishOn The Wire - Adam Howe and Jake Maish (filling in for Kevin Hasting) are joined by special guest Jason Collette to break down the eleventh FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focusing on trends worth watching as the 2022 season moves along.
Players discussed: Gabriel Moreno, Francisco Mejia, Andrew Vaughn, Jake Burger, Collin Poche, Jason Adams, Andrew Heaney, Jo Adell...2022-06-121h 23
On The WireOTW 62 - Staying Content w/ TorresOn The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Torres to break down the tenth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focusing on the benefit to creating fantasy baseball content, regardless of who it benefits.
Players discussed:Jean Segura, Ross Stripling, Grayson Rodriguez, Albert Almora Jr., Nomar Mazara, Jace Pederson, Matt Carpenter, Caleb Kilian, Braxton...2022-06-051h 27
On The WireOTW 59 - Stay On Track w/ Darik BucharOn The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Darik Buchar to break down the seventh FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focus on navigating the NFBC platform, especially as it pertains to making your FAAB bids.
Players discussed: Kyle Lewis, Robinson Cano, James McCann, Danny Jansen, Carlos Santana, Joey Wendle, Bryce Harper, Edwin Rios...2022-05-1556 min
On The WireOTW 58 - Looking Ahead w/ Dave SwanOn The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Dave Swan to break down the sexth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focus on the risks and rewards of looking multiple weeks ahead when making your FAAB bids, not to mention on previewing what could end up being FAABapalooza/FAABageddon/FAABocolypse 2022.
Players discussed: Roman Quinn...2022-05-081h 13
On The WireOTW 57 - Thrifty Early w/ Todd WhitestoneOn The Wire - Kevin Hasting is joined by special guest Todd Whitestone to break down the fifth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focus on overall FAAB budgeting and early season spending strategies. Todd's article from last October gives some insight into how teams that spend up early in FAAB fare in the final standings.
Players discussed: Roman Quinn...2022-05-011h 16
On The WireOTW 48 - Pitching Upstream w/ Michael SimioneOn The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hastingare joined by special guest Michael Simione of SP Streamer to talk abut the art of streaming pitchers during the season, how it changes the way you draft, and what you're looking for in a potential streamer. In addition, we play our new game - ASK - where we take a threesome of similar pitchers taken later in most drafts and choose to avoid, stream, or keep active each of them throughout the season. Players discussed: Mike Moustakas, Yoshi Tsutsugo, Madison Bumgarnber, Willie Calhoun, Matt Manning, Cole...2022-02-271h 04
On The WireOTW 22 - Success Stress w/ Paul SporerAdam Howe (@EightyGrade) and 2020 TGFBI Champion Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) are joined by Paul Sporer (@sporer), fantasy editor at Rotographs, host of the Sleeper and the Bust, and a seemingly constant twitch stream. We discuss this week’s FAAB options, starting pitcher workload concerns, possible closer trade candidates, and how Paul and Kevin deal with the stress of finding themselves on the top of the mountain
Welcome Paul Sporer (1:45)
Replacing Kyle Schwarber (3:31)
Dropping Zac Gallen? (5:15)
Arizona rotation options, or lack there of (7:38)
Cleveland check in (9:40)
Kolton Wong. to th...2021-07-041h 52
On The WireOTW 18 - What We're Listening To w/ Chris @BaseballPodsAdam Howe (@EightyGrade) and 2020 TGFBI Champion Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) are joined by Chris (@baseballpods), creator of Baseball-Pods.com and the annual Fantasy Baseball Podcast Bracketology event, to break down this week’s FAAB period, as well to talk about the things he looks for in a good fantasy baseball podcast.
Welcome Chris (2:15)
Max Muncy missing time? (11:34)
Tony Gonsolin must start next week? (13:39)
Miami rotation questions (15:50)
Kolton Wong down again (19:28)
Should we care about Jon Duplantier? (21:40)
Will Kyle Lewis play again this season? (23:26)
Seattle ro...2021-06-061h 44
On The WireOTW 9 - Everyone's Injured w/Mike KurlandAdam Howe (@EightyGrade) and 2020 TGFBI Champion Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) are joined by Mike Kurland (@Mike_Kurland), host of the Bases Loaded Fantasy Baseball Podcast (@BasesLoadedPod) to break down the second FAAB period of the 2021 season, as well and provide suggestions on players that your league may help fill holes or, in Mike's case, replace all the injured players.
Welcome Mike Kurland (1:34)
Jake Diekman SZN? (3:32)
Alex Reyes' added value (6:59)
Brent Rooker worth a buck? (8:27)
Chad Pinder gets a look (10:57)
Ke'Bryan Hayes and Andrew Benintendi leave Saturday games (14:40)
Mike Kurland: Line Up King (18:31)
Breakdown of last week's FAAB results (30:15)
Power...2021-04-041h 49
On The WireOTW 3 - 2021 Prospects to FAAB w/Adam LawlerAdam Howe (@EightyGrade) and Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) are joined by @OnTheFarmPL contributor Adam Lawler to discuss prospects that may get the call and be worth saving FAAB for during the 2021 season.
Welcome Adam Lawler (1:12)
Wade Miley will be useful early on...yes, THAT Wade Miley (4:51)
Boring is good, and Asdrubal Cabrera is boring. (8:16)
Is Alex Wood the next Drew Smyly? (11:22)
Myles Straw leading off in Houston? (15:04)
Draft and cut strategy (17:35)
C - Adley Rutschman, Cal Raleigh (23:42)
1B - Triston Casas, Andrew Vaughn, (28:35)
2B - Zach McKinstry, Taylor Walls vs Wander Franco, Jeter Downs (39:25)
SS - Royce Lewis, (49:51)
3B...2021-02-211h 31