Shows
Wins Above FantasyWAF 93 - Opening Day! What to Watch CloselyWins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) get ready for Opening Day & discuss early watch-list candidates.
:25 Happy Opening Day!
4:00 Hear Now, Add Later
6:07 Useful Tools Early in the Year
10:45 Balancing Aggression vs. Overreaction
14:00 How We Approach Early FAB
21:52 How Long to Wait for Slow Starts
26:19 Watch for Lineup Cards
31:18 Watch Platoon Performance
35:20 Closer Watch: D-Backs, Dodgers, Cubs
41:00 What We’re Watching for SPs
47:43 Players We’re Watching
48:43 Elehuris Montero
51:45 David Hensley & Yainer Diaz
56:25 Darick Hall
58:00 Nolan Gorman
1:01:15 Joey Wiemer Watch List
1:03:20 Blake Sabol
1:05:27 Eduardo Escobar, Matt Carpenter & Nelson Cruz
1:10:10 Pitchers We’re Watching
1:10:45 Braves SPs: Jar...2023-03-301h 20
Wins Above FantasyWAF 92 - 2023 Bold Predictions & ChalkboardWins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) give their bold predictions and chalkboard picks for the 2023 season.
1:30 Bold Predictions and Chalkboard Show
8:35 Shohei Ohtani
9:55 Vinnie Pasquantino
11:28 Aaron Judge
12:55 Nico Hoerner
14:59 Five 40-Steal Guys?
17:14 Max Muncy
19:35 Lars Nootbaar
21:20 Kevin Gausman vs. Gerrit Cole
23:55 Hunter Greene
26:00 Taylor Ward
31:54 Reid Detmers
34:10 Cristian Javier
36:36 Brendan Donovan
38:35 Randy Arozarena
41:10 Evan Phillips
43:00 Cardinal Sleepers
44:21 Ryan Noda
45:50 Oscar Colas
48:38 Jesse Winker
51:12 Kyle Tucker
54:25 The Chalkboard, Year 3
58:00 Matt Olson
59:45 Kevin Gausman Again
1:01:10 Bobby Witt Jr.
1:02:40 Ozzie Albie
1:06:15 Hunter Greene
1:08:20 Nico Hoerner Again
1:09:15 Jake McCarthy
1:12:10 Adley Rutschman
“This episode is b...2023-03-231h 13
Wins Above FantasyWAF 88 - PLV Hitter Metrics w/Kyle BlandWins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) are joined by Kyle Bland (@blandalytics) to discuss PLV hitting metrics.
3:00 Welcome Kyle Bland @Blandalytics
10:25 PLV Takeaways from the PLV Expert
13:00 The True Shape of the Strikezone
16:19 Using PLV for Fantasy
22:00 “Hit Luck” Best for SPs
28:07 PLV’s Strikezone Judgment
33:00 Good Surprises for Judgment
35:15 Kyle Tucker & Ronald Acuna
39:10 Bad Surprises: Michael Harris II
43:07 PLV’s Decision Value
45:05 Top Decision Value Players
51:50 Balance of Contact vs. Decisions
59:42 PLV’s Contact
1:03:13 Top Contact & Good Surprises
1:07:15 Contact Low Scorers & Why
1:11:49 PLV’s Power Top Players
1:19:00 PLV’s Power Low Scorers & Why
1:22:46 PLV...2023-02-241h 38
Wins Above Fantasy81: '23 Prep & SP Values w/ David MendelsonWins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and David Mendelson (@DMendy02) discuss how they begin their prep for 2023 plus look at some pitchers they are already targeting.
3:00 Van & Mendy’s Origin Story
5:45 What Mendy’s Been Up To
13:35 How to Offseason Prep
15:00 Mendy’s Key Resources
17:25 Some Tips for Casual Players
19:30 Some of Our Favorite SP Stats
20:27 Monitor Pitch Movement
24:20 PitcherList Player Pages!
26:15 Watch for Pitchers 1 Pitch Away
28:30 How We Use ADP for Prep
31:40 How We Use Projections for Prep
34:45 Best Ball Drafts > Mock Drafts
39:30 Prep for the Pitching Landscape in 2023
43:15 Do Bigger Bases Only Help Mid-Speed Guys?
48:15 Mendy’s...2022-12-161h 17
Wins Above FantasyWAF 69: Vinnie Pasquantino's Process & Finding Late-Season BreakoutsWins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss the breakout of Vinnie P and the underlying numbers that foreshadowed the results while trying to identify some hitters who can provide hidden value over the last two months of the season.
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1:30 The next Vinnie P Exercise
8:45 Vinnie Pasquantino
12:50 How Vinnie Scores on this Exercise
14:15 JJ Bleday
18:43 Trent Grisham
22:00 Lars Nootbaar
24:59 Kyle Tucker
30:15 Ketel Marte
...2022-08-181h 03
Wins Above FantasyWAF 68: Dropping Struggling Stars and Who to Add to Replace ThemWins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) talk about some big-name players who are struggling and finding their replacement on the wire as well as overall end-of-season strategies.
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2:00 Home Stretch Mentality
8:38 Sour Drop on Patrick Sandoval
12:41 Headache-Inducing Aaron Ashby
17:58 Mitch Keller
23:42 Justin Steele
28:00 Aaron Civale
31:00 Graham Ashcraft
34:44 Dane Dunning
39:55 Kyle Gibson
45:20 Matt Manning
48:10 Jose Suarez
51:15 Struggles for Tyler O’Neill & JD Martinez
53:45 Nick Gordon
56:35 Thairo Estrada
58:30 Jake McCarthy
59:55 Lars Nootbaar
1:04:50 Michael Massey
1:06:44 Elehuris Montero
1:09:17 Josh Donaldson
1:11:29 Paul Dejong
1:15:53 Felix Baut...2022-08-111h 21
Wins Above FantasyWAF 64: Buying and Selling First-Half All-StarsWins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) name their first-half fantasy All-Star, both overall and "all-value" teams, and provide insight into buying or selling their performances for the second half.
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2:35 Our Take on All-Star Break
7:30 All-Star Catchers: Willson Contreras
13:00 Alejandro Kirk
16:52 1st Base: Paul Goldschmidt
21:35 CJ Cron
25:45 2nd Base: Jose Altuve
29:44 Tommy Edman
36:45 Shortstop: Trea Turner
39:55 Dansby Swanson
44:00 3rd Base: Jose Ramirez
46:20 Brandon Drury
51:50 Outfield: Aaron Judge
55:53 Mookie Betts
57:23 Yordan Alvarez
59:33 Kyle Schwarber
1:02:14 Julio Rodriguez
1:03:43 Adolis Garcia
1:06:36 Pitchers: Shane Mc...2022-07-141h 25
Wins Above FantasyWAF 63: Recent K-BB% and Barrel Rate ImproversWins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) divide the first half of the season into "quarters" and look at pitchers who have improved their strikeout minus walk rate as well as barrel rate gainers to identify players with underlying skill gains.
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:55 Kyle Schwarber’s Killing Van
2:55 “Quarterly Splits”
5:20 Our Riser Spreadsheet List
10:40 Charlie Morton Again!
15:50 Logan Webb & Tony Gonsolin
22:52 Taijuan Walker
27:18 Shane Bieber, Sandy Alcantara & Yu Darvish
36:26 Hope for Jose Berrios Struggles?
42:45 Ian Anderson’s Control Slide
46:40 Kyle Hendricks Post-IL St...2022-07-071h 17
Wins Above FantasyWAF 60: Mid-June Heat ChecksWins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss players who have gotten hot over the last few weeks and look back at some early-season recommendations.
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3:20 WAF Heat Checks with Nathaniel Lowe & Santiago Espinal
9:15 Cold Starts That Heated Up: Marcus Semien & Trevor Story
17:00 Kyle Farmer Deep League Stuff & Things
21:00 Adam Duvall Primed for Power Surge
25:50 Joey Votto Somehow Still Out There
29:48 Garrett Cooper Sleepy Floor & Ceiling
33:33 Christopher Morel Speed AND Plate Skills?
37:40 Brendan Donovan Ca...2022-06-161h 00