Flags Fly Forever Fantasy Baseball

By Bret Sayre

What's Flags Fly Forever Fantasy Baseball about?

Baseball Prospectus signature fantasy podcast, Flags Fly Forever covers the vast fantasy landscape in greater detail than a replacement-level podcast. Join Bret Sayre, Mike Gianella and George Bissell as they take a deep dive into current fantasy topics, combining traditional scouting with statistical analysis to provide fantasy owners with an unparalleled perspective.

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Episode 260: Of Success And...

04.23.2021

Back to whatever constitutes normal for the podcast this week Mike, Jon, and Samuel start the show with a discussion on the art of FAAB. They then tackle players that they feel are succeeding early, and players that are not ...

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04.23.2021 Episode 260: Of Success And Regrets, Also FAAB Back to whatever constitutes normal for the podcast this week Mike, Jon, and Samuel start the show with a discussion on the art of FAAB. They then tackle players that they feel are succeeding early, and players that are not ...
04.16.2021 Episode 259: We Talk About Stuff Look, we're going to level with you this week. Our options were this, or just reading all the injuries that seem to keep happening. So we made our call. Mike, Jon, and Samuel each bring a topic to the show ...
04.09.2021 Episode 258: 4(0) Injuries And Sponsored Funerals It's a baseball podcast! With the season a week or so old Mike, Jon, and Samuel talk through what feels like(but maybe isn't) a large amount of injuries to open the 2021 season. The lads talk you through how to ...
04.01.2021 Episode 257: Opening Day 2021 Extravaganza It's Opening Day, like we are sort of used to! Mike, Jon, and Samuel come to you a day early to give you their thoughts on what is going to happen during the 2021 MLB season. They break down every ...
03.26.2021 Episode 256: Post Draft Vibes With the draft season drawing to a close Mike, Jon, and Samuel take stock of how their respective drafts went. There's a good amount of injury talk, Tout discussion, and just general winding down from the stressful selection season. Fret ...
03.19.2021 Episode 255: LABR with Bret Sayre and Steve Gardner A tradition unlike any other, it's the annual LABR episode! Our experts Bret Sayre from Baseball Prospectus and Steve Gardner from USA Today arrive to talk with Mike about all things LABR. Bret and Mike break down the AL side, ...
03.12.2021 Episode 254: TGFBI & Starting Pitchers with Mikey Ajeto It's (sort of) starting pitcher week, and we have a guest! Pitcher List's Mikey Ajeto joins Mike, Jon, and Samuel for a special edition of positional week. The first half of the episode discusses TGFBI, which is currently wrapping up ...
03.05.2021 Episode 253: Outfielders, That's Their Problem A bit of a change as positional week rounds into the backstretch. Mike, Jon, and Samuel eschew their normal format for a more free flowing discussion of all things outfield. Topics include is Mike Trout overrated, is there too much ...
02.26.2021 Episode 252: Catcher Go Bye Bye After the winter storms in Texas delayed recording by a week, the gang is back to tackle...sigh catchers. Mike, Jon, and Samuel power through the first of the two most difficult positions to cover in any given year. Bear with ...
02.12.2021 Episode 251: The Big Short(stop) Positional week rolls on again, this time with shortstops. Mike, Jon, and Samuel break down a star rich position with a surprising amount of depth at the high and low ends. Plus there's ten minutes on Adalberto Mondesí. How can ...
02.05.2021 Episode 250: Sliding Into Third Another week, another position and this time it's the hot corner. Mike, Jon, and very briefly Samuel break down the ranks of the third base spot in fantasy this year. There's a lot of movement in this group this season ...
01.29.2021 Episode 249: $2B Stonk Advice Short sell! Hedge! Diversify! Now that I have your attention, welcome to Second Base week. Mike, Jon, and Samuel give you all you need to know about the current state of the keystone as we charge forward into draft szn. ...
01.22.2021 Episode 248: (First) Base It, (First) Base It, (First) Base It Positional Week is indeed here! This year starts differently though; Mike, Jon, and Samuel start not with catcher but first base. They break down a position that is top light, but deep through the middle, and explore some off the ...
01.15.2021 Episode 247: Our Trendiest Episode Mike, Jon, and Samuel continue to get ready for Positional Week by breaking down a couple adds in the reliever market this week. They then get to the meat of the week's show, where they break down trends they're seeing ...
01.08.2021 Episode 246: Linds Go(es to the) Mets! After some issues last week, the lads are back in 2021! The first episode sees Mike, Jon, and Samuel break down the big Mets-Cleveland deal sending Francisco Lindor to the Big Apple. In the second half of the program, Samuel ...
12.11.2020 Episode 245: Impromptu Offseason Pod! What does it sound like when we decide to record an episode on like four hours notice? Like this! Mike, Jon, and Samuel get together to talk about some of the recent trades and transactions that have happened early in ...
10.30.2020 Episode 244: Trophies and Trilogies The World Series is over, and with that Major League Baseball moves into the offseason. For how long? Not really sure, things are weird right now. That said as the offseason begins in earnest, so too does the Flags Fly ...
10.02.2020 Episode 243: Endings, Beginnings, and Favorites The regular season in baseball is over, and as such another season of Flags Fly Forever pulls into port for another dry dock adventure. Before we winterize the fantasy ship Mike, Jon, and Samuel go over what happened in the ...
09.18.2020 Episode 242: ADP Me Softly With the season drawing to a close, is it too soon to look at 2021? Of course not. Mike, Jon, and Samuel spend some time talking through how they think the 2020 bubble plan for the playoffs will go(spoiler alert ...
09.11.2020 Episode 241: Insert Catchy Title Here Mike, Jon, and Samuel return for a more abstract episode of the podcast this week. Jon has some interesting fantasy performers that were all either super sleepers or undrafted that Mike and Samuel try to guess. One does better than ...
09.04.2020 Episode 240: No Business Like Trade Deadline Business The gang's all here! Mike, Jon, and Samuel reconvene for a big episode on the 2020 trade deadline. They dive into a fair amount of discussion on the lesser known deals with fantasy implications. Not unlike the trade deadline itself, ...
08.21.2020 Episode 239: Ellen Adair Is Awesome This week Jon is out on vacation so Mike, Samuel and special guest Ellen Adair of acting and podcasting fame talk about a variety of things. From being in a mixed baseball marriage, to handling four different fantasy leagues, to ...
08.14.2020 Episode 238: TGFBI Therapy ft. Mark Barry Mike is out vacationing this week which means Jon, Samuel, and special guest Mark Barry from "There Is No Offseason" converge for a special episode. The lads spend a fair amount of time on their Football Manager addictions, before getting ...
08.07.2020 Episode 237: Hot Starts And Cold Relievers The gang's back together! Mike, Jon, and Samuel are back this week with a lot of things to talk about. After some general existential musing, the lads get into a discussion of relievers and how to handle them in a ...
07.31.2020 Episode 236: Week One and Not Done It's a week into the new season and what a busy week it is. Mike and Jon(Samuel is on assignment this week) break down the week that was in the majors. They touch on the Marlins situation, go over some ...
07.23.2020 Episode 235: Opening Day Is Here! After many moons, labor fights, and general chaos around the world the 2020 baseball season begins today. Mike, Jon, and Samuel talk first about fantasy baseball strategies that are good and bad ideas during the shortened 2020 season, before spending ...
07.17.2020 Episode 234: Pitch To Win ft. Pitcher List's Michael Ajeto and Yancy Eaton With baseball right around the corner Mike, Jon, and Samuel welcome in Michael Ajeto and Yancy Eaton from Pitcher List to discuss...well pitchers of course. What else would they come on to discuss? Anyway, Michael and Yancy give their takes ...
07.03.2020 Episode 233: Designating Hitters Baseball was not back, but now it is again. It might not be back by the time you hear this, because pandemics don't care about baseball. However, we know what baseball will look like this year if/when it comes back. ...
06.19.2020 Episode 232: Baseball Is Back Question Mark Baseball is....back? The contentious negotiations between the owners and players continue, but on Wednesday at recording time it looked like the two parties were close to an agreement to return to the field. Mike, Jon, and Samuel break down what ...
06.05.2020 Episode 231: On (Baseball) Writing This week on Flags Fly Forever, it's the episode that inevitably occurs when three writers podcast regularly. That's right, it's a podcast all about writing. Mike, Jon, and Samuel spend time talking about how they became writers, how they found ...
05.22.2020 Episode 230: FFF Goes To The Movies Over at the BP website, there's a lot of movie based content already in existence and with more coming. Mike, Jon, and Samuel decided it'd be fun to do a show all about baseball movies. Well, Samuel did and the ...
05.08.2020 Episode 229: Rudy Gamble of Razzball Mike, Jon, and Samuel are joined by Razzball's projection wizard Rudy Gamble from Razzball this week. It's a rousing discussion about the potential plans for baseball to return, followed by a discussion about the historical draft Mike and Rudy are ...
05.01.2020 Episode 228: Modem Error Podcasting Due to technical issues, the planned show had to be postponed. As most things in the world seem to be, unfortunately. However, executive producer Samuel went into his archives and pulled out some never before heard content because the show ...
04.17.2020 Episode 227: What Is This, A (FFF/TINO) Crossover Episode? Yes, the rumors are true. This week's episode is the first ever Flags Fly Forever/There Is No Offseason crossover spectacular. TINO's Mark Berry and JP Breen join Mike, Jon, and Samuel for a rousing edition of the Newlywed Game! Which ...
04.03.2020 Episode 226: Shining Monument To Your Penis So I know what you're thinking. Skip to minute 58 on the episode, and the title will make sense. Then skip back, or just wait until then, to enjoy this week's episode. Mike, Jon, and Samuel didn't have much of ...
03.27.2020 Episode 225: Touting Our Baseball Thoughts After a brief sojourn into dad discussions Mike, Jon, and Samuel are back this week with more normal content. It's a thorough discussion of Tout Wars, with Mike and Jon going back and forth quizzing each other on their draft ...
03.18.2020 Episode 224: DadCast 2020 with The Athletic's Levi Weaver With baseball and life on hiatus because of Covid-19, we decided to do something different this week. Mike, Jon, and Samuel welcomed in Levi Weaver for an honest and unfiltered discussion about life. With three dads on the pod, there's ...
03.13.2020 Episode 223: A Sigh of Relief The final positional week podcast is here, with relief pitchers closing out the series. Mike, Jon, and Samuel go through the most varied of positions breaking down what to and not to do when it comes to drafting a closer. ...
03.06.2020 Episode 222: LABRing in the Gardn(er) It's all about LABR this week! Jon is out so Mike brings in USA Today's Steve Gardner and Baseball Prospectus President Bret Sayre to talk about all the action down in Florida. The first half of the pod is Mike ...
02.28.2020 Episode 221: Life's A Pitch(er), Then You Draft One Starting pitcher week is here, and do we have a lot to talk about. Mike, Jon, and Samuel break things down in a slightly different format this week using ADP as opposed to the tier rankings you're used to. That ...
02.21.2020 Episode 220: In Through The Outfield The last of the hitting positions has arrived! One of the longest episodes in the series Mike, Jon, and Samuel go through the five through two star tiers of who you should know and why you need to know them. ...
02.14.2020 Episode 219: Year Of The Short(stop) King The infield portion of positional weeks draws to a close with shortstop week. Mike, Jon, and Samuel go over all the things you need to know about the position for the upcoming fantasy season. That includes: Which players are and ...
02.07.2020 Episode 218: The Rule of Third (Base) Our positional series has taken us to the hot corner. One of the more varied positions in fantasy this year, there's a good amount of interesting discussion this week. From three top tier players to some who maybe should have ...
01.31.2020 Episode 217: Nadir? Nay Nay We Say! It's second base week here at Flags Fly Forever, and buckle up y'all it's a long one. A lot of meaty discussion is contained within, including a good amount of talk about some of the lower tiered names to help ...
01.24.2020 Episode 216: Three Men Get to First Base Our position episodes for 2020 roll on, this week tackling first base. Mike, Jon, and Samuel talk about an interesting field of players that features a lot of variance within the tiers themselves. Topics of note include: The future of ...
01.17.2020 Episode 215: Backstop Boys Position episodes are upon us! For the next several weeks Mike, Jon, and Samuel will bring you coverage of every position you need for the upcoming fantasy baseball season. The episodes are based around Mike's position tiers posted on the ...
01.10.2020 Episode 214: New Year, Same Us We're back! After an extended New Years absence Mike, Jon, and Samuel come back with the first show of the decade. This one is a bit of a primer for the upcoming season, with some macro topics discussed when it ...
12.20.2019 Episode 213: Free Agency Isn't Free On what's likely the final episode of 2019 Mike, Jon, and Samuel get together to discuss the latest round of movement in baseball as it pertains to fantasy baseball. There's a big discussion of Corey Kluber from about every aspect ...
12.06.2019 Episode 212: We Got Friends In New Places Oh this week's episode Mike, Jon, and Samuel discuss the fantasy impact of the recent trades, signings, and non tenders. Names that come up include Zack Wheeler, Cole Hamels, Jurickson Profar, and many others. Jen Mac Ramos GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/drunk-driver-casualties-helping-a-coupleFlags Fly ...
11.15.2019 Episode 211: November Free Agent Draft With the off-season in full swing and the content creek down to a small trickle, Mike Gianella and Jon Hegglund go through drafting the top free agents on the market by fantasy relevance. They also give them new teams for ...

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