Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) look at some of the most surprising statistical performances of the 2026 season, highlighting players who have put up unexpected numbers across the fantasy landscape.

• Intro — 0:00
• Kazuma Okamoto — 4:30
• Miguel Vargas — 13:00
• Colson Montgomery — 14:30
• Luis Garcia Jr. — 10:00
• Chandler Simpson — 17:30
• Nick Gonzales — 21:00
• Otto Lopez — 22:30
• Gabriel Moreno — 23:00
• TJ Rumfield — 24:00
• Josh Naylor — 28:35
• José Ramírez — 31:30
• Jackson Merrill — 35:59
• Ty France — 43:28
• Javier Sanoja — 45:00
• Jake McCarthy — 47:20
• Gabriel Moreno — 47:20
• Reid Detmers — 51:00
• Taj Bradley — 56:00
• Bryan Baker — 59:30
• Riley O’Brien — 1:00:00

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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