Fantistics has been talking a lot recently about looking at players at different angles to get the true picture of their performance instead of relying solely on YTD stats. Lou Blasi and Schuyler Dombroske look at the last 14 days and identify some players who can be of some help, or maybe more help than you may think. Players included in this episode: Alejandro Kirk, Willson Contreras, Garrett Cooper, Joey Votto, and Teoscar Hernandez.   

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman take a look at some of the extreme platoon splits among hitters so far this season. You are going to be surprised. Some of these guys are surprise help for your roster, some may need a surprising amount of help. Player discussed in the episode include Jose Abreu, Hunter Renfroe, Jazz Chisolm, and, of course, Joc Pederson

There's a point in the season where stats are no longer a "small sample" and we can dig in on them a bit more. It happens at different points for different stats, but ISO is one of the earliest stats to become reliable. So Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske take a look at the ISO leader board and discuss how reliable the ISO leaders are in terms of continuing their performance level (They take on both the human and non-human division). Players in this episode include Aaron Judge, Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, Yordan Alvarez and C.J. Cron

Lou Blasi and Schuyler Dombroske do their first annual podcast edition of their National Day of Potential Concern show on SiriusXM, which signals that point in the season where you are free to have some angst about some underperforming players. Lou and Sky attempt to establish the exact level of panic you should be experiencing about these players, including Marcus Semien, Whit Merrifield, Hunter Greene, Alex Verdugo, and Yasmani Grandal.

The guys spent the weekend celebrating the Fantistics National Day Concern, where we let you push the panic button on underperforming players if you like. Be here Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman discuss overperforming players and decide whether they are buying on them, or not. Players included in the episode: Mile Mikolas, Nestor Cortes, Taylor Ward, and Ty France!

Several among the crop of young starting pitchers happened to start on a day that Sky Dombroske was writing Player Notes for our Fantistics Subscribers. He and Lou Blasi check in on their progress before discussing some other players in the news. Players talked about in this episode include Triston McKenzie, Tarik Skrubal, Michael Kopech, Kyle Wright, Hunter Greene, Robbie Ray, Bobby Witt Jr., and Julio Rodriguez. 

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman decided to stop trying to figure out whether it's the weather, or the ball, or the weird spring, or the humidors that are suppressing offense in baseball in 2022, and they instead look at some starting pitchers that are benefitting from it. SP discussed include Kevin Gausman, Dylan Cease, and Max Fried.

Lou Blasi and Schuyler Dombroske breakdown the players that Sky included in his player notes to our Fantistics subscribers. Among the players included in this edition are Christian Yelich, Rhys Hoskins, Juan Yepez, Trevor Story, Tyler Stephenson, Adrian Houser, and Chad Kuhl.   

Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman break down some hitters who have given some great returns so far on their draft costs. Will they continue to be profit centers or is it time to sell? Players that Brandon and Lou talk about in this episode include Anthony Rizzo, Max Kepler, Sheldon Neuse, and Rowdy Tellez.  

Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske give you their current takes on the ball and whether it's suppressed offense in April. Then they look at the leaderboard for starters in SwStr% to see if we are likely looking at some permanent gains. Starters discussed in this episode include, Kevin Gausman, Pablo Lopez, Dylan Cease, and Tony Gonsolin