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 225 episodes available.

Wins Above Fantasy episodes:

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
June 18, 2026WAF 217 - Buy, Sell, Hold
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss several notable first-half breakouts and disappointments, examining whether fantasy managers should buy, sell, or hold as the season approaches its midpoint
Intro -- 0:00

Bryce Eldridge — 6:55

Zack Gelof — 6:55

Bryan Reynolds — 21:40

Matt Chapman — 21:40

George Springer — 32:33

Jackson Merrill — 37:55

Dylan Crews — 44:5

Dustin May — 46:50

Reid Detmers — 52:45

Bryce Miller — 58:11

Kyle Bradish — 1:02:40

Jared Jones — 1:04:50

Parker Messick — 1:09:22

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1h 14min
June 04, 2026WAF 216 - Preseason Prediction Check-In
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) revisit their biggest preseason calls—bold predictions, Chalkboard bets, and SP sleepers—to see what’s aging well, what’s gone off the rails, and what’s still hanging in the balance.
Intro -- 0:00

Parker Messick – 4:57

Logan Henderson – 11:00

Ben Rice – 13:50

Kevin McGonigle – 18:25

Wyatt Langford – 23:20

Eury Pérez – 30:50

Griffin Jax – 36:37

Matthew Liberatore – 41:55

Cal Raleigh – 43:50

Zack Wheeler – 45:00

Andy Pages – 50:00

Brice Turang – 55:25

Max Meyer – 58:36

Kodai Senga – 1:00:25

Ryan Weiss – 1:00:25

Mike Burrows – 1:00:25

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1h 6min
May 28, 2026WAF 215 - Priority Stashes for Redraft Leagues
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) break down the top priority hitting and pitching prospect stashes for the rest of the fantasy baseball season, highlighting fast-rising bats, potential impact call-ups, and longer-term dynasty arms to monitor. They also discuss several injured MLB names worth stashing before their returns.
Intro -- 0:00

Luis Lara — 5:34

Edwin Arroyo — 11:00

Charlie Condon — 21:45

Cole Carrigg — 26:50

Braden Montgomery — 30:13

Hendry Mendez, Kaelen Culpepper — 34:15

Kade Anderson — 43:30

Ryan Sloan — 48:00

Wei-En Lin — 52:00

Jared Jones — 58:00

Spencer Schwellenbach — 59:00

Hunter Greene — 1:00:00

Didier Fuentes, Ryan Waldschmidt — 1:01:50

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1h 12min
May 21, 2026WAF 214 - Under The Radar SPs
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) dig through the waiver wire pitching landscape, discussing several under-rostered starters showing intriguing skill changes, pitch mix adjustments, and recent signs of life. The episode focuses on identifying which breakouts might be real, which struggling arms deserve patience, and how fantasy managers should approach streaming and upside chasing in a difficult pitching environment.
Intro -- 0:00

Griffin Jax / Drew Rasmussen — 8:30

Drew Anderson / Troy Melton — 17:45

Ben Brown — 26:20

Zac Gallen — 35:15

Zebby Matthews — 39:22

Brandon Sproat — 45:45

Anthony Kay — 49:50

Kumar Rocker — 57:20

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1h 5min
May 14, 2026WAF 213 - Buy-Low Hitters
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss fantasy baseball buy-low hitters by focusing on expected stats, fastball performance, damage metrics, and other underlying indicators that suggest better production could be coming. They break down struggling stars, potential regression candidates, and a few hitters whose current production may not match the quality of their contact.
Intro -- 0:00

Fernando Tatis Jr. — 12:55

Gunnar Henderson — 19:10

Cal Raleigh — 24:40

Ketel Marte — 32:30

Roman Anthony, Ronald Acuña Jr. — 37:05

Pete Crow-Armstrong — 46:35

Trent Grisham — 50:35

Bo Bichette — 53:15

Corey Seager — 56:45

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1h 3min

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How many episodes does Wins Above Fantasy have?

The podcast currently has 225 episodes available.

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