Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Jason Anthony (@booms62) kick off the 2025 fantasy baseball season with a look back at their live NFBC Vegas drafts, top targets and player exposure and the hitters and pitchers they missed out on, aka the FOMO List. Vlad and Jason review the highs and lows of Opening Day stat lines, review starts and sits for weekend lineups and preview some starting pitcher options for Week 2 FAAB. It's an Opening Day Bonanza! 

Review of the weekend in Las Vegas for NFBC drafts

Players Vlad and Jason targeted and drafted most in 2025

• Vlad: Jung Hoo Lee, Jonathan India, Lars Nootbaaar among others
• Jason: Nick Pivetta, elite catchers, Jose Miranda and more

The FOMO List - players who Vlad and Jason didn't scoop up enough of

Opening Day Action

• Mackenzie Gore's magnificent day on the mound
• Why draft the next Zack Wheeler when you can draft Zack Wheeler
• Boston DFS Stacks bomb against a stout Nathan Eovaldi
• CGSO Master (but not today), Framber Valdez
• The impressive debut of Sean Burke
• Carlos Rodon surprise and Freddy Peralta settles in
• Jose Berrios gets bombed
• Shaky Elite Closers - Williams, Hader, Clase
• Bullpens in Pittsburgh, Texas and other shaky spots
• Kyle Manzardo's near cycle
• Tommy Edman: Dinger Machine
• Jackson Chourio, more than a sombrero
• Wilyer Abreu with a day for the record books

Looking Ahead to 2025 FTN Content + our Weekly and Daily Projections

Weekend Starting Pitchers to Wawtch

Weekend Hitters to Start or Sit

A preview of Week 2 FAAB

A FAAB game in honor of Mike Mager

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The 2025 FTN Fantasy Baseball Guide is loaded with the best preseason fantasy baseball content, rankings, projections and fantasy tools! Join us this season at www.FTNFantasy.com. No team of analysts is better equipped to help you dominate your leagues. Featuring three NFBC overall champions!

Our in-season content is loaded and includes our Industry Most-Accurate Daily and Weekly Projections & Rankings.

Our weekly content schedule includes:

• Mondays - The Week Ahead (Lucas Biery)
• Tuesdays - NFBC Waiver Watch (Todd Whitestone)
• Wednesdays - The Bullpen Report (Dan Thompson)
• Thursdays - Gut Feelings (Vlad Sedler)
• Mondays/Fridays - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire (Joe Orrico/Adam Young)
• Saturdays/Sundays - Trust the Gut FAAB (Vlad Sedler) and Drops & Disasters (Mike Mager)

Plus two of our roto-famous tracking tools:

• FILTH Pitcher Metric Leaderboard
• Bullpen Report

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Vlad Sedler and Jason Anthony get you ready for your drafts with the latest spring training injury and position battle news as well as a deep dive into the first few NFBC Main Event high stakes drafts and new ADP. Welcome to the second round, Wyatt Langford!

Spring Training News and NFBC High Stakes ADP Helium

• San Diego Padres - Who is Stephen Kolek? Gavin Sheets, Jackson Merrill, our boy Tirso Ornelas
• Los Angeles Dodgers - New SP5 Dustin May a target or fade?
• San Francisco Giants - Heliot Ramos helium, Jung Hoo Lee # 3, Roupp and the rotation
• Colorado Rockies - Battle of the Mid (the outfielders)
• Mets rotation - Tylor Megill, Sean Manaea update and...that Griffin Canning?
• Brett Baty or Luisangel Acuna for Jeff McNeil
• Pete Alonso is like Pete Alonso
• Ronald Acuna Jr. and Spencer Strider updates
• Boston Red Sox rotation and the 6-man pipe dream (that sounds awkward)
• HELIUM! 2nd round Langford, 3rd round Lawrence Butler - you guys are crazy!
• recent risers - Clay Holmes, Jackson Jobe, Mike Soroka
• recent fallers - Shane Baz, Jesus Luzardo, Justin Steele

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A few of our preseason tools:

• FTN VDP Projections
• Top 500 Roto Rankings
• Underdog VDP Rankings
• Biery's Offseason Tracker
• FILTH Pitcher Metric Leaderboard
• Bullpen Report

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Vlad Sedler is joined by FTN colleague and writer Lucas Biery as they break down outfielders in the ADP 150-450, discuss outfield-related draft strategies and tackle fantasy-relevant news nuggets on over a dozen players including Freddie Freeman, Luis Gil, Sean Murphy and Adolis Garcia. If you're on Bluesky, follow Lucas there @[email protected].

Spring Training News

• Sean Murphy, Drake Baldwin (Braves)
• Adolis Garcia oblique (Rangers)
• Brandon Knee-mo (pronounced nih-moe)
• Junior Caminero helium - how to adjust
• Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Tucker
• Avoiding Parker Meadows
• Freddie Freeman maintenance
• Jacob deGrom - wise limitations
• Luis Gil - avoid altogether?
• Jackson Jobe and Walker Buehler - to the moon?
• Kumar Rocker to the minors?
• Quinn Mathews, coming soon
• Alexis Diaz, Reds job leash

Outfield Tiers

• Tier 5: Arozarena, J. Lowe, Profar, Lane Thomas, Casty, Soler, Ward
• Tier 6: Revisiting Kerry Carpenter, TON!, Buxton wow expensive, Noooot, Nolan Jones
• Tier 7: Steady Brendan Donovan, Roman Anthony, Wallner, injuries beget injuries
• Post-300 ADP: Vlad and Lucas' favorite targets
• Strategy talk - how to attack the position in roto drafts

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NEW!! The FTN Custom Rankings & Projections tool

A few of our preseason tools:

• FTN VDP Projections
• Top 500 Roto Rankings
• Underdog VDP Rankings
• Biery's Offseason Tracker
• FILTH Pitcher Metric Leaderboard
• Bullpen Report

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Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Jason Anthony (@booms62) break down the latest spring training news, discuss position battles, explain the value of FTN's new Custom Rankings & Projections tool and dive into outfielders in the ADP top 150 overall.

Spring Training News

• Orioles: Gunnar Henderson and Jordan Westburg setbacks. Too many hitters, need Cease ASAP.
• Blue Jays: Daulton Varsho back soon, George Springer's value if not a leadoff man, Andres Gimenez rising.
• Yankees: Battle for the leadoff spot: Dominguez, Jazz, Volpe and...LeMahieu?
• Angels: Zach Neto news, Mike Trout helium, Tim Anderson making the team?
• Cubs: Nico Hoerner not big in Japan, Matt Shaw on the mend.
• Reds: Bad org, CES, McLain power.
• Dodgers: Freddie Freeman's new value
• Starting Pitchers: Max Meyer, Brandon Woodruff, Dodgers SP5 battle, Tomoyuki Sugano
• Closers/Relievers: Felix Bautista, the Royals, Kyle Finnegan never ever or maybe

Outfield Tiers

• Aaron Judge on an island
• Carroll, Soto, Tucker or Tatis?
• Chourio and Yordan
• The Duran, Jazz, Merrill tier
• Ronnie doing Ronnie (running?)
• Oneil Cruz statmash
• Brenton Doyle, VMI
• Luis Robert Jr., we're out
• Santander and Greene on SP Island
• Trout and Yelich
• Happ, Kwan, Crews, PCA, Lowe, Randy and Adolis

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A few of our preseason tools:

• FTN VDP Projections
• Top 500 Roto Rankings
• Underdog VDP Rankings
• Biery's Offseason Tracker
• FILTH Pitcher Metric Leaderboard
• Bullpen Report

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Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Jason Anthony (@booms62) dive into the two middle infield positions - second base and shortstop - by value tiers, through ADP 400. They discuss some news from around MLB with the beginning of the exhibition season. 

News from around MLB spring training camps

• Dodgers and Cubs game on Thursday
• Ohtani leading off again - Giants fans still despise the Dodgers
• Effect of Justin Turner on Michael Busch - Cubs
• Matt Shaw playing time expectations
• Angels news - Mike Trout, Tim Anderson, Yoan Moncada, Kenley Jansen, Yusei Kikuchi
• Yankees' leadoff possibilities
• Big Mouth Casas, Alex Bregman's leadership and the Boston Red Sox
• This Kristian Campbell hype is no joke
• Astros and the 40 stolen bases Brendan Rodgers brings (sarcasm)
• Phillies: Trea and Schwarbs

Middle Infield Tiers

• The 2024 position leaders and the post-100 ADP breakouts
• Bobby Witt > Shohei Ohtani at 1.01?
• Elly vs. Gunnar
• Mookie Betts is getting older (we stay the same age)
• Ketel Marte data re-dive
• Oneil Cruz's Statcast metrics are insane
• Corey Seager and Wyatt Langford
• Altuves in the Outfield
• What's with the Jordan Westburg hype?
• Marcus Semien was bad
• Masyn Winn + Xavier Edwards promise 100 SB
• Is Anthony Volpe overrated?
• Ceddanne Rafaela Overdrive
• Gleyber in Detroit
• Nico Hoerner's health
• Tyler Fitzgerald is not Nolan Jones
• Brandon Lowe or Lowe?
• Thairo Estrada in Coors
• Falafels of Isiah
• Durbin's got Wheels

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• FTN VDP Projections
• Top 500 Roto Rankings
• Underdog VDP Rankings
• Biery's Offseason Tracker
• FILTH Pitcher Metric Leaderboard
• Bullpen Report

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Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Mike Mager (@bronxyankees23) discuss a variety of topics, starting with the volatility of the closer position, Alex Bregman in Boston and Kenley Jansen back in LA, though now with the Angels. The bulk of the episode dives into each of the first seven tiers of corner infielders (1B and 3B) then the show is wrapped up with a breakdown of the Utility-Only hitters like Brent Rooker, Marcell Ozuna and Kyle Schwarber. Sit back and relax but make sure to have a pen and paper (or laptop) handy to take some notes! You've got fantasy baseball rankings to adjust.

Closer Issues

• Bye bye Ben Joyce, hello Kenley
• More clarity with Tanner Scott
• Blake Treinen is a value

Recent News

• Alex Bregman and the fantasy impact on the rest of the Red Sox infield
• Nick Pivetta and Kyle Hart to the Padres
• Orioles: Sugano visa issues and concerns about Felix Bautista

Corner Infielders

• Tier 1 - Jose Ramirez, Guerrero, Freeman and Harper
• How we really feel about Jazz this season
• Tier 2 - Machado, Olson and concerns with Rafael Devers
• Tier 3 - Mets corners, Caminero, Walker, Vinnie P - so much value
• Tier 4 - Casas, Royce, Burger; do Goldschmidt and Toglia belong here?
• Tier 5 - Spencer Steer, power hitters and some batting average boons
• Tier 6 - Some sneaky speed here and some profitable 1B's
• Tier 7 - 4-P Willi C, thoughts on Christian Encarnacion-Strand's upside, Tyler Soderstrom and poor Andrew Vaughn
• Tier 8 - A few solid veterans in this group including Carlos Santana

Utility-Only

• Is Mike taking Ohtani first overall?
• Schwarber, Ozuna and Rooker - who's our favorite?
• Giancarlo Stanton and Joc Pederson
• Kyle Manzardo and Masataka Yoshida

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• FTN VDP Projections
• Top 500 Roto Rankings
• Underdog VDP Rankings
• Biery's Offseason Tracker
• FILTH Pitcher Metric Leaderboard
• Bullpen Report

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Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Jason Anthony (@booms62) begin their position tiers podcast series with a deep dive into the catcher position. Is William Contreras worth a second-round pick? Who is the Cal Raleigh-clone you can draft several rounds later? How can you help the batting average category with a late-round catcher? Vlad and Jason have all the answers in this week's episode. They also cover the recent signing of Pete Alonso by the Mets and other recent free agent additions, discuss the ADP shift in the closer and relief pitcher market, open a sneaky pocket of late-round reliever fantasy value, and review some player news ahead of pitchers and catchers reporting to camp.

The Closer Rabbit Hole

• Carlos Estevez and Lucas Erceg on the Royals
• How to value Kirby Yates and Tanner Scott
• Robert Suarez trade rumors keep on swirling
• Booms loves him some Kenley Jansen. To the Tigers?
• Is Ryan Pressly going to win and hold that Cubs job?
• Wasting time on Calvin Faucher and Jesus Tinoco
• Playing Closer Chicken in the middle rounds

Recent Signing and News

• Pete Alonso rejoins the Mets - how does this impact Mark Vientos?
• Ha-Seong Kim to Florida because you can smoke indoors (oh, wait, he can't?)
• Jack Flaherty, Jackson Jobe and the Detroit Tigers pitching staff
• Platoon outfielders - Tommy Pham (PIT), Ramon Laureano (BAL), Randal Grichuk (ARZ), Harrison Bader (MIN)
• Playing Time effects based on these recent signings
• A sidetrack on creative ways the Dodgers will use their pitchers

Catchers in 2025

• Tier 1 - Can William Contreras do it again?
• Tier 2 - Expectations for Willson Contreras, Cal Raleigh and Will Smith
• Tier 3 - Differing opinions on Logan O'Hoppe. Love for Shea Bangeliers
• Tier 4 - What to do with Realmuto, Sean Murphy and Keibert Ruiz's 3% barrel rate
• Tier 5 - Sneaky values
• 12-team streaming strategies early in the season

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• FTN VDP Projections
• Top 500 Roto Rankings
• Underdog VDP Rankings
• Biery's Offseason Tracker
• FILTH Pitcher Metric Leaderboard
• Bullpen Report

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Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Jason Anthony (@booms62) are back in the swing of things for 2025 in this week's episode of the FTN Fantasy Baseball podcast. Vlad and Jason discuss recent news, free agent signings, the value of projections and playing time assessments and dig into undervalued players in relation to the recent ADP market. The overall theme in this episode is looking for angles and edges in this competitive fantasy landscape.

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Episode Overview

Recent News

• Roki Sasaki down to the Dodgers, Padres and Jays - does "Godfather" Yu Darvish get this over the line for the Friars?
• Jeff Hoffman with a chip on (hopefully, not in) his shoulder
• Justin Verlander and his impact on the J.P. Martinez's stable of young arms
• Paul Goldschmidt rebound and the high-flying Yankees

Playing Time, Projections, Finding Edges

• The VDP Projections symmetrical environment
• FTN Custom Rankings Tool on the way
• Playing Time inputs and where to challenge them
• Left-handed power hitters and their fantasy value
  • Kerry Carpenter, Tigers
  • Josh Lowe, Rays
  • Matt Wallner, Twins
  • Max Kepler, Phillies
  • Kyle Manzardo, Guardians
  • Joc Pederson, Rangers
• Evan Carter's 2024 wRC+ vs. LHPs
• Luis Garcia Jr. and the platoon assumption rabbit hole
• Alec Burleson and the value of Cardinals hitters
• Those crazy Red Sox and their reclamation projects
• A couple of edges to explore amidst a sea of transparent data

The 2025 FTN Fantasy Baseball Guide is loaded with the best preseason fantasy baseball content, rankings, projections and fantasy tools! Join us this season at www.FTNFantasy.com. No team of analysts is better equipped to help you dominate your drafts and leagues.

A few of our preseason tools:

• FTN VDP Projections
• Top 500 Roto Rankings
• Underdog VDP Rankings
• Biery's Offseason Tracker
• FILTH Pitcher Metric Leaderboard
• Bullpen Report

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Vlad Sedler is joined by FTN Fantasy Baseball analyst and reigning NFBC Auction Champ, Mike Mager. Vlad and Mike discuss the recent signings of Christian Walker and Max Kepler and dive into the starting pitcher player pool, reviewing the top 30 via NFBC ADP. 

Episode Overview

Mike's Auction Primer preview

Recent Transactions

• Christian Walker, Astros
• Max Kepler, Phillies
• Gio Urshela, Athletics
• Hoby Milner, Rangers and the likelihood of signing Kirby Yates
• Sandoval (BOS), Soroka (WAS), Canning (NYM) - no, thank you

Early Player Pool Thoughts - Top 30 Starting Pitchers

• Comparing Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal
• Zack Wheeler vs. Logan Gilbert
• The X-Factor, Jacob deGrom
• Garrett Crochet helium
• Overall FILTH arsenal grades
• Expectations for Snell, Yamamoto, Glasnow
• Old Reliable, Corbin Burnes
• Dylan Cease vs. Cole Ragans
• The 3 Twins - Lopez, Ryan, Ober
• Sasaki, Schwelly and the rest of the top 30

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A sample of our preseason fantasy tools:

• FTN VDP Projections (Jan): Fueled by Vlad, Frank Brank (CDO) and Russ Prentice
• Uploadable Roto Rankings: Vlad Sedler’s VDP: Top 500, sort, up/download; updated weekly
• Underdog Rankings: Best Ball points-based rankings fueled by VDP Projections
• Biery’s Offseason Tracker: Transactions and fantasy implications, managed by Lucas Biery
• FILTH Leaderboard: Leaderboard for FTN’s FILTH metric which quantifies SPs’ pitch quality
• 12-Team Grid Rankings (Jan): Vlad’s famous 12-team grid rankings by position
• NFBC Cutline Rankings (Jan): Points contest ranking fueled by VDP Projections
• NEW: Relievers on the Rise Tracker (Jan): Tracking all draft-worthy RPs > 250 ADP
• NEW: Custom Rankings Tool (Feb): For your league format, built-in with our projections

Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) is joined by FTN Fantasy Baseball analyst and reigning NFBC Auction Champ Mike Mager (@bronxyankees23). Vlad and Mike discuss the projected fantasy impact of the recent free agent moves and trades for the Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles, Dodgers, Mets and more. There are some strong feelings about Kyle Tucker in Chicago, and a discussion about the fantasy value of Athletics and Rays players based on their new 2025 home ballparks.

Fantasy Implications of Recent Free Agent Signings and Trades

• Expectations for Max Fried in the Bronx
• Devin Williams' ADP bump
• Which big corner infielder the Yankees are signing
• Garrett Crochet, the new SP4?
• Hendriks or Aroldis or other?
• Tomoyuki Sugano: not just a guy
• Michael Conforto career season incoming? Expectations for Tommy Edman
• Willy Adames, # 2 hitters for the Giants
• The Truth about Kyle Tucker
• Soto and all those arms in Queens

New Home Parks

• Left field in Walltimore and the fantasy impact
• Value of Lawrence Butler and Brent Rooker
• The Rays' lefty bats
• Projections for Pete Fairbanks and the Rays' bullpen
• Is Jeffrey Springs still a thing?

An homage to Kyle Schwarber

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The 2025 FTN Fantasy Baseball Guide is out! 

Join www.ftnfantasy.com for the best fantasy baseball content, rankings, projections and fantasy tools! 

Use code HOLIDAYEDGE for 15% off Fantasy Baseball+ or a High Stakes Baseball subscription.

A sample of our preseason fantasy tools:

• FTN VDP Projections (Jan): Fueled by Vlad, Frank Brank (CDO) and Russ Prentice
• Uploadable Roto Rankings: Vlad Sedler’s VDP: Top 500, sort, up/download; updated weekly
• Underdog Rankings: Best Ball points-based rankings fueled by VDP Projections
• Biery’s Offseason Tracker: Transactions and fantasy implications, managed by Lucas Biery
• FILTH Leaderboard: Leaderboard for FTN’s FILTH metric which quantifies SPs’ pitch quality
• 12-Team Grid Rankings (Jan): Vlad’s famous 12-team grid rankings by position
• NFBC Cutline Rankings (Jan): Points contest ranking fueled by VDP Projections
• NEW: Relievers on the Rise Tracker (Jan): Tracking all draft-worthy RPs > 250 ADP
• NEW: Custom Rankings Tool (Feb): For your league format, built-in with our projections