Wins Above Fantasy

By Van Burnett, Steve Gesuele

Van Burnett (@Van_verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) provide the insights and breakdowns you need to win your fantasy baseball leagues. Part of the Pitcher List Podcast Network. Follow us on Twit... more

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The podcast currently has 230 episodes available.

Wins Above Fantasy episodes:

September 03, 2026WAF 227 - Labor Day Lessons Learned
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) look back at five early-season Wins Above Fantasy episodes to see which lessons, calls, and processes held up through the 2026 season.
Intro — 0:00

WAF 208 — Early-Season Observations — 6:00

WAF 209 — Waiver Wire Adds/Watches — 16:20

WAF 210 — Early-Season Hitter Changes That Matter — 24:50

WAF 213 — Buy-Low Hitters — 35:45

WAF 214 — Under-the-Radar Starting Pitchers — 49:30

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1h 1min
August 27, 2026WAF 226 - Under The Radar August Performances
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) talk hitters and pitchers who have quietly put together impressive August performances, exploring which breakouts are legitimate and which could be small-sample noise heading into the final month of 2026 and 2027.
Intro — 0:00

Jac Caglianone — 7:40

Alec Burleson — 15:10

Luke Keaschall — 21:16

Chase DeLauter — 28:42

Carson Benge — 35:50

Liam Hicks — 40:40

Ian Seymour — 44:30

Jacob Lopez — 48:25

Matthew Liberatore — 53:55

Grayson Rodriguez — 58:30

Tyler Mahle — 59:45

Eduardo Rodriguez — 1:02:00

Christian Scott — 1:07:00

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1h 13min
August 20, 2026WAF 225 - Guys We Haven’t Talked About
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) highlight productive hitters and pitchers who have flown under their radar this season, exploring what has driven their success and which performances are worth believing in heading into 2027.
Intro — 0:00

Hunter Goodman — 4:30

Sal Stewart — 14:40

Jake McCarthy — 21:30

Jake Bauers — 27:38

Randy Arozarena — 33:07

Brandon Lowe — 38:40

Cristopher Sanchez — 44:00

Chase Burns — 51:18

Logan Gilbert — 56:08

Gavin Williams — 59:13

Payton Tolle — 1:04:05

Bryan Woo — 1:10:00

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1h 17min
August 13, 2026WAF 224 - Post All-Star Break Skills We Believe In
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss players who have performed best since the All-Star break, identifying the underlying skill changes they believe are real and what those improvements could mean for the rest of the season.
Intro — 0:00

Jackson Merrill — 3:30

Austin Riley — 12:23

Ceddanne Rafaela — 18:00

Fernando Tatis Jr. — 23:00

Wilyer Abreu — 28:00

Griffin Conine — 37:05

Nolan McLean — 40:30

David Peterson — 45:50

Roki Sasaki — 49:55

Troy Melton — 56:00

Trevor Rogers — 58:34

Brandon Pfaadt — 1:01:50

Eury Pérez — 1:05:00

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1h 11min
August 06, 2026WAF 223 - Drafting the 2027 First Round w/ Dan Weber
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) and special guest Dan Weber (@DTWeb313) look ahead to 2027 fantasy baseball drafts by conducting a 15-player mock first round, discussing where they believe the market will value players next spring while debating surprises, values, and notable omissions.
Draft Results
Intro — 0:00

Shohei Ohtani — 7:30

Aaron Judge — 13:50

Pete Crow-Armstrong — 18:30

Bobby Witt Jr. — 25:45

James Wood — 31:22

Yordan Alvarez — 37:00

Junior Caminero — 43:00

Juan Soto — 48:00

Jacob Misiorowski — 52:00

Elly De La Cruz — 58:40

Nick Kurtz — 1:03:50

Ben Rice — 1:08:00

CJ Abrams — 1:08:00

Tarik Skubal — 1:14:00

Mason Miller — 1:16:40

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1h 33min
July 30, 2026WAF 222 - Draft Misses & Lessons Learned
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) look back at the biggest players they missed during draft season, what changed, what they got right (or wrong) in the evaluation process, and the lessons they'll carry into 2027.
Intro — 0:00

Nick Kurtz — 5:42

Pete Crow-Armstrong (PCA) — 13:18

Yordan Alvarez — 21:10

James Wood — 24:48

CJ Abrams — 28:30

Andy Pages — 36:39

Munetaka Murakami — 37:30

Jesús Luzardo — 40:10

Dylan Cease — 40:10

Sonny Gray — 46:50

Justin Wrobleski — 50:30

Foster Griffin — 53:17

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59min
July 23, 2026WAF 221 - Finding Value in Rest of Season Strength of Schedule
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) break down the rest-of-season strength of schedule landscape, highlighting the best team schedules to exploit for fantasy value and identifying hitters and pitchers worth targeting before the fantasy playoffs.
Intro — 0:00

Teams to Target — 3:00

Cleveland Guardians — 15:00

Houston Astros — 21:00

Texas Rangers — 21:30

Tampa Bay Rays — 37:20

Minnesota Twins — 42:38

Kansas City Royals — 48:07

Los Angeles Dodgers — 1:00:00

Athletics — 1:05:12

Detroit Tigers — 1:08:42

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1h 19min
July 09, 2026WAF 220 - First-Half Pitching Risers
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) break down a group of pitchers who have made meaningful improvements over the course of the season, separating sustainable skill growth from surface-level results by examining changes in strikeout ability, Stuff+, velocity, pitch mix, and other underlying process metrics.
Intro -- 0:00

Jack Flaherty — 6:21

Dustin May — 17:00

Justin Wrobleski — 22:02

Sonny Gray — 30:05

Eury Pérez — 36:00

Foster Griffin, Sean Burke, Cade Cavalli — 44:22

Emmet Sheehan — 52:10

Roki Sasaki — 56:40

Chad Patrick, Ryan Weathers — 1:05:00

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1h 13min
July 02, 2026WAF 219 - Rising Hitter Trends
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) break down a group of hitters who have made meaningful improvements from the first part of the season to the second, separating sustainable skill growth from surface-level production by digging into contact quality, plate discipline, and underlying process metrics.
Intro -- 0:00

Blaze Alexander — 11:53

Bryce Eldridge — 17:40

Spencer Horwitz — 21:40

Victor Caratini — 24:30

Fernando Tatis Jr. — 28:45

Michael Busch — 33:45

Carson Benge — 36:40

Curtis Mead — 42:25

Jacob Young — 42:25

Brandon Nimmo — 42:25

Adley Rutschman — 54:00

Dominic Canzone — 55:15

Jake Burger — 58:25

Caleb Durbin — 1:02:14

Sam Antonacci — 1:05:50

Tristan Peters — 1:14:00

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1h 20min
June 25, 2026WAF 218 - Biggest First-Half Surprises
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss the biggest surprises of the 2026 fantasy baseball season so far. They break down unexpected risers on the player rater, emerging breakout performances, surprise contributors across the league, and which trends look sustainable heading into the second half of the season.
Intro -- 0:00

Ben Rice — 7:50

CJ Abrams — 12:45

Jordan Walker — 21:54

Jacob Misiorowski — 28:10

Cam Schlittler — 28:10

Munetaka Murakami — 38:10

Miguel Vargas — 44:31

Casey Schmitt — 50:10

Otto Lopez — 56:30

Dillon Dingler — 1:02:05

Alec Burleson — 1:08:00

TJ Rumfield — 1:13:45

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1h 24min

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How many episodes does Wins Above Fantasy have?

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