Flags Fly Forever Fantasy Baseball

Bret Sayre, Mike Gianella and George Bissell of Baseball Prospectus take a deep dive into the current fantasy baseball landscape. This week’s topics include:

Tiered Rankings Discussion – Third Base

Five Star

Josh Donaldson

Manny Machado

Nolan Arenado

Kris Bryant

Four Star

Todd Frazier

Matt Carpenter

Kyle Seager

Maikel Franco

Three Star

Adrian Beltre

Evan Longoria

Mike Moustakas

Matt Duffy

Two Star

David Wright

Justin Turner

Pablo Sandoval

Danny Valencia

Nick Castellanos

Trevor Plouffe

Yasmany Tomas

Hector Olivera

Yangervis Solarte

Luis Valbuena

Jake Lamb

One Star

Chase Headley

Martin Prado

Yunel Escobar

Lonnie Chisenhall

Derek Dietrich

Adonis Garcia

David Freese

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

This week’s topics include:

Tiered Rankings Discussion – Second Base

Five Star

Jose Altuve

Dee Gordon

Four Star

Robinson Cano

Brian Dozier

Anthony Rendon

Ian Kinsler

Three Star

Rougned Odor

Dustin Pedroia

Brett Lawrie

D.J. LeMahieu

Neil Walker

Brandon Phillips

Kolten Wong

Daniel Murphy

Howie Kendrick

Ben Zobrist

Jonathan Schoop

Two Star

Josh Harrison

Devon Travis

Joe Panik

Corey Spangenberg

Logan Forsythe

One Star

Javier Baez

Jurickson Profar

Chase Utley

Scooter Gennett

Jace Peterson

Alen Hanson

Cesar Hernandez

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

This week’s topics include:

Tiered Rankings Discussion - First Base

Five Star

Paul Goldschmidt

Anthony Rizzo

Miguel Cabrera

Four Star

Joey Votto

Edwin Encarnacion

Jose Abreu

Three Star

Adrian Gonzalez

David Ortiz

Miguel Sano

Eric Hosmer

Freddie Freeman

Prince Fielder

Albert Pujols

Brandon Belt

Two Star

Lucas Duda

Kendrys Morales

Ryan Zimmerman

Carlos Santana

Mark Teixeira

Adam Lind

Mitch Moreland

Evan Gattis

Alex Rodriguez

Byung-ho Park

One Star

Chris Carter

Matt Adams

Justin Bour

Victor Martinez

Adam LaRoche

Jon Singleton

Zero Star

A.J. Reed

Greg Bird

Joe Mauer

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

This week’s topics include:

2015 Final AL & NL-only Valuations Recap

Catcher Tiered Rankings Discussion

Five Star

Buster Posey

Four Star

Kyle Schwarber

Three Star

Brian McCann

Salvador Perez

Russell Martin

Jonathan Lucroy

Travis d’Arnaud

Two Star

Nick Hundley

Stephen Vogt

Wilson Ramos

Blake Swihart

Yan Gomes

Miguel Montero

Derek Norris

Yasmani Grandal

Welington Castillo

Matt Wieters

Devin Mesoraco

J.T. Realmuto

Francisco Cervelli

One Star

Yadier Molina

Jason Castro

Robinson Chirinos

J.R. Murphy

Chris Iannetta

Cameron Rupp

Curt Casali

A.J. Pierzynski

Carlos Perez

Dioner Navarro

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

This week’s topics include:

The Way Too Early 2016 Sleepers

AL East

Baltimore - J.J. Hardy

Boston - Clay Buchholz

New York - Brian McCann

Tampa Bay - Logan Morrison

Toronto - Kevin Pillar

AL Central

Chicago - Erik Johnson

Cleveland - Abraham Almonte

Detroit - Nick Castellanos

Kansas City - Dillon Gee

Minnesota - Danny Santana

AL West

Houston - Lance McCullers

Los Angeles - Albert Pujols

Oakland - Sean Doolittle

Seattle - Joaquin Benoit

Texas - Shin-Soo Choo

NL East

Atlanta - Adonis Garcia

Miami - Marcell Ozuna

New York - Curtis Granderson

Philadelphia - Aaron Altherr

Washington - Joe Ross

NL Central

Chicago - Anthony Rizzo

Cincinnati - Zack Cozart

Milwaukee - Jimmy Nelson

Pittsburgh - Gregory Polanco

St. Louis - Stephen Piscotty

NL West

Arizona - Patrick Corbin

Colorado - Corey Dickerson

Los Angeles - Yasiel Puig

San Diego - Wil Myers

San Francisco - Angel Pagan

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

This week’s topics include:

Listener Emails

- Jung-Ho Kang or Trea Turner in 2016?

- What round should fantasy owners target Carlos Correa and Francisco Lindor next season?

Offseason Transaction Analysis

- Zack Greinke

- David Price

- Jordan Zimmermann

- Jeff Samardzija

- John Lackey

- Hisashi Iwakuma

- J.A. Happ

- Wade Miley

- Rich Hill

- Mark Trumbo

- Cameron Maybin

- Byung-ho Park

American League - Retrospective Player Valuations

Our second installment, recapping Mike Gianella’s 2015 Retrospective Player Valuation series with an extensive look at the junior circuit’s top earning hitters and pitcher, highlighting a few of the biggest surprises and disappointments. A few of the names we hit on include: Manny Machado, Josh Donaldson, Mookie Betts, Dallas Keuchel, Chris Archer, Carlos Carrasco, Masahiro Tanaka, Eric Hosmer and Yu Darvish.

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

This week’s topics include:

Offseason Transaction Analysis

- Craig Kimbrel

- Andrelton Simmons

- Joaquin Benoit

- Nate Karns

- Francisco Rodriguez

- Leonys Martin

- Tom Wilhelmsen

National League - Retrospective Player Valuations

We delve into Mike Gianella’s stellar 2015 Retrospective Player Valuation series with an extensive look at the senior circuit’s top earning hitters, biggest surprises, disappointments and also engage in a lengthy discussion regarding Billy Hamilton’s value going forward. On the pitching side, Mike explains the historical significance of the performances by Jake Arrieta, Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke this past season and examines the recent trend of elite starting pitchers (and closers) becoming safer investments on draft day than stud hitters.

Flags Fly Forever aims to cover fewer topics in greater detail than your average fantasy podcast. If you have suggestions for future topics (there is no better time than the offseason), you can e-mail us at the link below.

This week’s topics include:

2015 MLB Postseason Discussion

- Should fantasy owners care about playoff performances?

- Mandatory Daniel Murphy discussion.

2015 Final Valuations Recap - Lightning Round

Max Scherzer

Jake Arrieta

Dallas Keuchel

Mike Trout

Lorenzo Cain

Joey Votto

Ryan Braun

Nelson Cruz

JD Martinez

Dee Gordon

Mookie Betts

Xander Bogaerts

Noah Syndergaard

Carlos Correa

Kyle Schwarber

Kris Bryant

Miguel Sano

Jacob deGrom

Gerrit Cole

Madison Bumgarner

Kevin Pillar

Billy Burns

David Ortiz

Dellin Betances

Jeurys Familia

Adam Jones

George Springer

Carlos Carrasco

Danny Salazar

Tyson Ross

James Shields

Jaime Garcia

Eric Hosmer

Kendrys Morales

Jose Fernandez

Stephen Strasburg

Francisco Lindor

Chris Young

Masahiro Tanaka

Christian Yelich

Brandon Phillips

Rich Hill

Corey Dickerson

Marcus Stroman

Steven Matz

Joe Ross

Aaron Nola

Eduardo Rodriguez

Greg Bird

Aaron Altherr

Carter Capps

Jurickson Profar

Bret Sayre, Mike Gianella and George Bissell take a deep dive into current fantasy baseball topics.

Bret Sayre, Mike Gianella and George Bissell take a deep dive into current fantasy baseball topics.