Wins Above Fantasy

WAF 51: Meaningful Week One Takeaways

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Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss the first week of action and take a look at meaningful stats in small samples to give insight on early-season moves.

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  • Metrics that matter early in the season (8:00)
  • Plate discipline and Steven Kwan's historic start (11:45)
  • Seiya Suzuki's plate discipline is legit (20:40)
  • Ian Happ's hot start (23:25)
  • Go grab Connor Joe (26:04)
  • Giancarlo Stanton is reaching more (31:00)
  • Concerned about Bobby Dalbec (34:08)
  • Jorge Soler struggling to make contact in Miami (37:22)
  • Not concerned about Jo Adell...yet (39:45)
  • Max Exit velocity standouts (43:15)
  • Keep an eye on Nate Lowe and Santiago Espinal (47:50)
  • Fastball velocity gainers (49:45)
  • Tylor Megill's impressive two starts (51:20)
  • Logan Gilbert's velo bump (52:30)
  • Velocity decliners and concern about Bieber and Urias (53:15)
  • Pitch mix changers and interest in Kyle Wright (1:02:30)
  • Justin Steele as a potential streamer (1:04:25)
  • Is a Merrill Kelly breakout incoming? (1:06:00)
  • Corbin Martin's increased slider usage (1:09:00)
  • Bailey Ober threw more siders, too (1:10:25)
  • Shane McClanahan looks great (1:12:40)
  • Closer speculation (1:13:32)

    • Max Freeze Small Sample Size Stabilization

    Mike Podhorzer Velocity Gainers Article

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