Flags Fly Forever Fantasy Baseball

George Bissell, Mike Gianella and Bret Sayre of Baseball Prospectus debate BP’s in-season fantasy rankings updates at shortstop (3:00), second base (23:00), third base (34:00), first base (43:00) and catcher (53:00).

Rankings Redux Part II Lineup

Francisco Lindor (4:00)

Xander Bogaerts (8:00)

Jonathan Villar (11:30)

Trevor Story (14:00)

Zack Cozart (18:00)

Dee Gordon (25:00)

Rougned Odor (28:00)

Chris Taylor (31:30)

Jake Lamb (35:00)

Justin Turner (37:00)

Alex Bregman (38:30)

Nicholas Castellanos (41:00)

Anthony Rizzo (44:00)

Freddie Freeman (45:00)

Lucas Duda (49:00)

Jonathan Lucroy (53:30)

Alex Avila (55:00)

Intro: That Fleeting World, “The Alchemist”

Outro: Silent Partner, “Chances”

George Bissell, Mike Gianella and Bret Sayre of Baseball Prospectus banter about the brawl in San Francisco, Mike Trout’s injury, and discuss BP’s in-season fantasy rankings updates at starting pitcher (6:00), outfield (21:00), and relief pitcher (44:00).

George Bissell, Mike Gianella and Eric Roseberry of Baseball Prospectus discuss potential wavier wire targets including Ian Happ (7:00), Tommy Joseph (10:00), Justin Smoak (13:00), Alex Avila (18:00), and Brad Peacock (23:00). They also recap the latest FAAB acquisitions in Tout Wars and LABR (27:30), and share their biggest surprises of the 2017 campaign including Jason Vargas, Yasmani Grandal, Alex Wood and Corey Dickerson (43:00). Finally, BP Toronto Co-Editor-in-Chief Joshua Howsam joins the show to analyze Marco Estrada’s strikeout surge (51:00), Jose Bautista’s struggles (55:00), and Marcus Stroman’s upside (59:00).

George Bissell, Mike Gianella and Bret Sayre of Baseball Prospectus discuss the fantasy impact of recent call-up’s Ian Happ (4:00) and Bradley Zimmer (8:30). Then analyze a plethora of surprising early season performances including Freddie Freeman (14:00), Jake Arrieta (21:00), Dallas Keuchel (26:00), Elvis Andrus (30:00), Miguel Sano (33:00), Aaron Altherr (33:00), Kyle Schwarber (39:00) and Keon Broxton (40:00). Finally, they break down the latest expert FAAB acquisitions including Jose Berrios (43:00), Eddie Butler (47:30), and Zach Godley (51:30).

George Bissell, Mike Gianella and Bret Sayre of Baseball Prospectus discuss the latest batch of FAAB acquisitions in Tout Wars and LABR (5:00), Trevor Cahill’s renaissance campaign (26:00), empty the Twitter mailbag featuring questions regarding Kyle Schwarber, Robert Gsellman, Joey Gallo, Eddie Butler and more (36:00), and finally discuss BP’s in-season fantasy valuations (47:00).

George Bissell is joined by Ryan Bloomfield of BaseballHQ to discuss James Paxton’s meteoric rise (3:30), Chris Devenski’s realistic upside (15:00) and deliver a “Fact or Fluke?” verdict regarding Ryan Zimmerman, Aaron Judge, Joey Gallo, Ervin Santana, Miguel Sano, Kyle Schwarber and more (24:00). Then, Jarrett Seidler of Baseball Prospectus and BP Mets stops by to break down the impact of Noah Syndergaard’s injury (58:00), Robert Gsellman’s disappointing first month (1:04), and Amed Rosario’s fantasy potential (1:15:00).

George Bissell, Bret Sayre and Mike Gianella of Baseball Prospectus discuss Eric Thames ridiculous hot streak (2:00), realistic expectations for Cody Bellinger and Dan Vogelbach (7:00), and analyze the latest FAAB acquisitions in the Tout Wars and LABR expert leagues (14:00).

LABR Mixed

Trevor Rosenthal

Jordan Montgomery

Bud Norris

Kolten Wong (Tout Wars Mixed)

Tim Beckham

Cody Reed

Chad Kuhl

Taylor Motter

Jesse Chavez (Why is he so underrated?)

Tout Wars NL

Enrique Hernandez

Phil Ervin

Matt Cain

Allen Cordoba

Zach Eflin

T.J. Rivera

Tout Wars AL

Jorge Bonifacio

Brad Peacock

Intro: That Fleeting World, “The Alchemist”

Outro: Silent Partner, “Chances”

Razzball founder Grey Albright joins the show to discuss a myriad of relevant (and irrelevant) topics. Then George Bissell and Mike Gianella answer listener questions in the first-ever mailbag segment.

George Bissell, Mike Gianella and Greg Wellemeyer of Baseball Prospectus break down the big-ticket FAAB acquisitions in the Tout Wars and LABR expert leagues, take a deep dive into current events, discuss Yoan Moncada’s blazing hot start in Triple-A, and finally answer a plethora of Twitter questions.

LABR Mixed

Mark Reynolds

Kendall Graveman

Santiago Casilla

Joaquin Benoit

Joe Jimenez

Wily Peralta

James Shields

Amir Garrett

Tout Wars NL

Kyle Freeland

Nick Franklin

Stephen Drew

Antonio Senzatela

LABR AL

Jesse Hahn

Abraham Almonte

Marco Hernandez

Jordan Montgomery

George Bissell, Mike Gianella and Bret Sayre of Baseball Prospectus break down the first cycle of FAAB bidding in the Tout Wars and LABR expert leagues before taking an in-depth look at April lineup setting strategies.

LABR Mixed

Blake Treinen

Delino DeShields

Gerardo Parra

Jarrett Parker

Michael Lorenzen

Charlie Morton

Brett Anderson

Kendall Graveman

LABR AL

Derek Norris

Jacob May

Yandy Diaz

Tyler Clippard

LABR NL

Chris Marrero