On The Wire

By Adam Howe, Kevin HastingSports Fantasy Sports Baseball

On The Wire episodes

October 17, 2021OTW 36 - I Am Not A Doctor w/ Derek Rhoads
On The Wire - Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) and Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) are joined by Derek Rhoads (@jag_fantasy and @drhoa3), contributor specializing in injury data and visualization at Baseball Prospectus to talk injury trends, concerns, and strategy. Kevin and Derek also spend the end of the episode breaking down some observations they made after completing their first 2022 Best Ball draft.
Welcome Derek (2:31)
Do hand injuries actually sap power? (5:43)
Which teams handle injuries best/worst? (9:34)
The dreaded oblique (16:37)
How much risk is too much risk? (25:47)
Ken Giles vs Trevor Rosenthal (32:33)
Zac Gallen vs Jacob deGrom (36:50)
Stephen Strasburg vs Justin Verlander vs Mike Soroka (39:28)
Will Alex Kiriloff be a constant injury risk? (43:20)
What role does PED's play in injury concerns? (43:20)
Mike Trout vs Fernando Tatis Jr vs Ronald Acuna Jr (47:51)
Best Ball draft take-a-ways (54:34)
What will change in March drafts compared to now? (1:02:56)
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1 hr 13 min
October 10, 2021OTW 35 - A 2021 Clip Show
On The Wire - Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) and Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) wanted to show their appreciation to all those who listened and to all those who took the time throughout the season to be a guest on the show. So, we present to you, a 2021 clip show of a few of the guest interviews and interactions we've had from throughout the 2021 season.
Yancy Eaton talks about drafting in 50-round leagues (3:50)
Justin Mason and Danielle Salinger talk about drafting early and slowly (6:28)
Scott Chu talks about the benefits of playing DFS (17:19)
Todd Zola talks about playing in AL/NL - only leagues (25:31)
Tim McLeod talks about FAAB management (34:52)
Toby G talks FAAB strategy (45:45)
Micah Henry talks FAAB strategy (59:49)
Zack Waxman talks budgeting FAAB (1:06:10)
Alexander Chase talks about hot streaks (1:22:29)
Steve Gesuele talks in-season research (1:26:45)
Lucas Biery talks managing multiple FAAB leagues (1:37:11)
Vlad Sedler talks about making adjustments in season (1:48:36)
Paul Sporer talks about dealing with in season success (1:57:14)
Lou Landers talks about staying focused (2:10:35)
KC Bubba talks about category maintenance (2:13:29)
Lauren Auerbach talks about balancing multiple fantasy sports (2:19:33)
Derek VanRiper talks about 2021 lessons learned (2:31:36)
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2 hr 42 min
September 26, 2021OTW 34 - Can't Take It With You w/ Derek VanRiper
On The Wire - Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) and Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) are joined by Derek VanRiper (@derekvanriper), writer and executive podcast producer at the Athletic to break down the final FAAB period of the 2021 season, as well to talk about some lessons learned, or relearned when it comes to FAAB decisions and how it will effect how we make decisions next season.
Welcome DVR (1:40)
San Diego catcher change (4:56)
Cardinals' devil magic (6:20)
Yankees' rotation help (7:52)
Joe Ryan away from the team (10:03)
Replacing DJ LeMahieu (11:50)
Concerned about stars sitting down the stretch? (13:42)
FAAB lessons from the 2021 season (17:46)
FAAB Suggestions....
Power (29:39)
Speed (32:27)
Opportunity and Schedule Notes (34:15)
Wins and K’s (39:39)
Ratios (42:56)
Saves (47:51)
Wild Cards (51:06)
Kevin's Parting Words (54:03)
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59 min
September 19, 2021OTW 33 - Check Please w/ Todd Whitestone
On The Wire - Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) and Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) are joined by Todd Whitestone (@telestar7), writer with SP Streamer and podcaster with Pull Hitter Podcast, to break down this week’s FAAB period, as well to talk about the trends he's noticed as he broke down every FAAB result from the NFBC Main Event leagues throughout the season.
Welcome Todd (1:53)
Royals' missing rotation pieces (4:13)
Where is Bobby Witt? (6:10)
Angels in the outfield (8:04)
Brantley out for a bit (9:37)
New Giants' closer (11:55)
Breaking news: Kevin Kiermaier to the IL (13:32)
Twins' outfield fill ins (16:14)
Everyone to the IL in Cincy (17:19)
Mets actually get a player back from the IL (19:56)
Todd's 2021 FAAB Trends (22:18)
How to identify the categories to attack down the stretch (39:27)
FAAB Suggestions....
Power (48:44)
Speed (55:04)
Opportunity and Schedule Notes (1:01:18)
Wins and K’s (1:07:18)
Future 2-Start Pitchers (1:11:33)
Ratios (1:17:22)
Saves (1:18:17)
Wild Cards (1:20:58)
Kevin's Parting Words (1:25:26)
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1 hr 34 min
September 12, 2021OTW 32 - Therapy Session w/ Jon Metzelaar
On The Wire -
Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) and Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) are joined by Jonathan Metzelaar (@jonmetzelaar), author of the weekly Hitter List at Pitcher List, to break down this week’s FAAB period, as well to talk about the process Jon takes to rank the best 150 hitters each week and how his ranks should be used throughout the season and beyond.
Welcome Jon (1:36)
Miami has a new first baseman (3:26)
Beer and a shot (5:34)
Is Ross Stripling viable? (7:56)
Filling Franco's void (11:20)
Tampa's rotation vacancy (13:52)
Nick Anderson almost back (16:53)
Weekly Minnesota pitching injury report (18:43)
Chris Sale to the Covid IL (20:09)
Cutting ties with IL stashes (22:06)
The process of ranking hitters through the season (24:45)
FAAB Suggestions....
Power (35:58)
Speed (42:51)
Opportunity and Schedule Notes (49:43)
Wins and K’s (57:16)
Future 2-Start Pitchers (1:04:10)
Ratios (1:09:00)
Saves (1:12:11)
Wild Cards (1:19:32)
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1 hr 31 min
September 05, 2021OTW 31 - Balancing Act w/ Lauren Auerbach
On The Wire - Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) and Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) are joined by Lauren Auerbach (@lkauerbach), co-host of the Rest of Season podcast, SP Streamer podcast, and regular contributor at Fantrax to break down this week’s FAAB period, as well to talk about how Lauren balanced playing and covering both fantasy baseball and fantasy football at a high level for three months out of the year.
Welcome Lauren (1:29)
Boston's Covid situation (3:27)
KC gets their guy back (6:33)
Joe Ryan up in Minnesota (10:55)
Rochester gets a new outfielder (13:20)
White Sox rotation fillers (15:13)
Colorado missing pieces (18:44)
I mean, it's the Mets (25:41)
Balancing baseball and football in the summer months (23:59)
FAAB Suggestions....
Power (36:12)
Speed (40:07)
Opportunity and Schedule Notes (44:50)
Wins and K’s (54:34)
Future 2-Start Pitchers (59:51)
Ratios (1:04:17)
Saves (1:07:30)
Wild Cards (1:13:03)
Kevin's parting words (1:17:59)
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1 hr 22 min
August 29, 2021OTW 30 - Island of Misfits w/ Jordan White
On The Wire - Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) is joined by Jordan White (@BuntSingles), co-host of the In The Deep podcast (@InTheDeepPL) to break down this week’s FAAB period, as well to talk about why Jordan likes focusing on players that no one else wants.
Welcome Jordan (0:39)
San Francisco infielders (3:21)
Boyd vs Kluber (6:17)
Can Kwang Hyun Kim still be useful? (11:42)
On The corners in Philly (15:04)
Asdrubal Cabrera in Cincy (18:00
Boston second base situation (21:19)
Is Jacob Junis a thing? (24:57)
Why Jordan likes all the players no one else does (32:10)
FAAB Suggestions....
Power (50:21)
Speed (57:17)
Opportunity and Schedule Notes (1:02:31)
Wins and K’s (1:10:43)
Future 2-Start Pitchers (1:19:15)
Ratios (1:24:06)
Saves (1:30:09)
Wild Cards (1:33:46)
Mailbag: Aaron Ashby's value ROS (1:37:41)
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1 hr 49 min
August 22, 2021OTW 29 - It Feels Dangerous w/ Jenny Butler
Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) and Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) are joined by Jenny Butler (@jennybutler083) to break down this week’s FAAB period, as well to talk about what keeps Jenny coming back for more high stakes action at NFBC and where she gets her advice.
Welcome Jenny (1:56)
Rehabbing hitters (7:33)
Rehabbing pitchers (12:10)
Freddy Peralta out in Milwaukee (16:07)
Patrick Sandoval out in Anaheim (19:31)
Chris Bassitt out in Oakland (21:17)
George Springer back soon? (24:04)
Jesse Winker, not so much? (25:41)
New closer in Texas? (27:02)
Chris Archer is back! (29:12)
Kenta Maeda is not (31:41)
Jenny's high stakes experience in NFBC (34:40)
FAAB Suggestions....
Power (47:57)
Speed (51:45)
Opportunity and Schedule Notes (54:53)
Wins and K’s (1:00:42)
Future 2-Start Pitchers (1:06:40)
Ratios (1:13:06)
Saves (1:16:40)
Wild Cards (1:22:11)
Mailbag: Managing a team with a partner (1:25:48)
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1 hr 34 min
August 15, 2021OTW 28 - One Step Ahead w/ Mark McElroy
Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) and Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) are joined by Pitcher List manager Mark McElroy (@MarkMcElroyBB) to break down this week’s FAAB period, as well to talk about how Mark finds himself in the top 20 of the TGFBI overall standings this late in the season and what he's going to do about it.
Welcome Mark (2:28)
How do you handle FAAB each week (7:06)
Atlanta rotation changes (14:00)
Cincinnati outfield check in (18:09)
Who's playing shortstop for the Mets? (21:01)
Dropping deGrom? (23:33)
Betts, Urias out in LA (30:51)
Luis Severino still worth the stash? (34:37)
Josh Harrison hurting in Oakland (39:14)
San Diego's newest outfielder (41:23)
Cubs' rotation change (44:56)
Twins' rotation changes (46:13)
Talking Mark's success in TGFBI thus far (49:34)
FAAB Suggestions....
Power (1:09:50)
Speed (1:23:13)
Opportunity and Schedule Notes (1:28:21)
Wins and K’s (1:37:42)
Future 2-Start Pitchers (1:50:07)
Ratios and Saves (1:54:08)
Wild Cards (2:01:06)
Kevin's parting words (2:05:56)
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2 hr 10 min
August 08, 2021OTW 27 - Taking Out The Stash w/ Andy Patton and Steve Gesuele
Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) runs the show with guest co-host Steve Gesuele (@stavv8818) of the Wins Above Fantasy podcast (@WinsAbovePod) and they're joined by Pitcher List lead dynasty manager Andy Patton (@AndyPattonPNW), host of On The Farm, @ScoreZagsScore, and @NeverSunnyinSEA, to break down this week’s FAAB period, as well to talk about what type of impact stashes can make on your fantasy roster this late in the season.
Welcome Steve and Andy (0:37)
Oakland outfield watch (7:22)
Houston missing Abraham Toro? (11:09)
Red Sox rotation thoughts (13:32)
Changes in Chicago (16:27)
Danny Duffy vs Cole Hamels: The debate you never knew you needed (19:43)
Andrés Giménez is back (22:49)
Who's closing in New York? (26:21)
Power of the late season stash (29:59)
FAAB Suggestions....
Power (46:04)
Speed (49:59)
Opportunity and Schedule Notes (54:44)
Wins and K’s (1:02:09)
Future 2-Start Pitchers (1:05:26)
Ratios (1:10:33)
Saves (1:16:36)
Wild Cards and Prospect Speculations (1:20:47)
Adam's parting words (1:36:19)
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1 hr 43 min

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