Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) revisit one of their favorite in-season edges — tracking year-over-year Statcast changes — but with an offseason lens to see which early-season signals actually held up. Using Fangraphs’ Season Stat Grid and Podhorzer’s retrospective articles as a guide, they break down the biggest movers in Max EV, bat speed, barrel rate, fastball velocity, Stuff+, and K–BB%.

Referenced Articles: Mike Podhorzer, Fangraphs

Early 2025 Starting Pitcher Velocity Changes — A Review
https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/early-2025-starting-pitcher-velocity-changes-a-review/

Starting Pitcher Stuff Risers & Fallers (Apr 28, 2025) — A Review
https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/starting-pitcher-stuff-risers-fallers-apr-28-2025-a-review/

Early 2025 Hitter MaxEV Gainers — A Review
https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/early-2025-hitter-maxev-gainers-a-review/

Early 2025 Hitter Average Bat Speed Risers & Fallers — A Review
https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/early-2025-hitter-average-bat-speed-risers-and-fallers-a-review/

• 0:00 Intro
• Max EV — 6:51
• Corbin Carroll
• Trevor Story
• Brandon Lowe
• Bat Speed — 20:09
• Brice Turang
• Anthony Volpe
• Vinnie Pasquantino
• Barrel % — 30:00
• Dalton Varsho
• Corbin Carroll
• Anthony Volpe
• George Springer
• Michael Busch
• PCA
• Zach Neto
• Brice Turang
• FB Velo — 36:20
• Hunter Greene
• Hunter Brown
• Jesus Luzardo
• Jack Leiter
• Max Meyer
• Stuff+ — 42:45
• Hunter Greene
• Hunter Brown
• Cristopher Sánchez
• K–BB% — 50:00
• Cristopher Sánchez
• Hunter Brown
• MacKenzie Gore

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Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss the second-half of the PL Podcasts Mock Draft as well as hand out their MVP awards for the fantasy baseball season.

Draftboard

• 0:00 Intro
• 2:00 Playoff and World Series Thoughts
• 10:00 – Trey Yesavage
• 22:20 – Jakob Marsee
• 23:40 – Troy Melton
• 30:30 – Roki Sasaki
• 33:50 – Colson Montgomery
• 36:00 – Drake Baldwin
• 40:25 – New Names to the Board
• Payton Tolle
• Tatsuya Imai
• Kevin McGonigle
• Bryce Eldridge
• 45:00 – Bounce-Back Arms Discussion
• 49:00 – Fantasy MVP Awards

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Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) are back after a long break to officially turn the page to the offseason. They review their 2025 “Chalkboard” picks — two targets and two fades each — breaking down which calls hit, which missed, and what takeaways they’re carrying into 2026 fantasy draft season.

Draftboard

• Intro / Draft Landscape Takeaways – 0:00
• Judge & Ohtani - 5:10
• Junior Caminero Rising to Pick 6 – 7:00
• Early Pitching Landscape – 10:20
• “Who Is Your SP1?” Discussion – ~12:00
• Cal Raleigh & The State of Catchers – 25:00
• Nick Kurtz  The New 1B One?– 30:45
• Early OFs – 37:25
• Pitcher-Heavy Middle Rounds – ~40:00
• Reliever Runs– 43:00
• 2B: Always Thin – 48:13
• How Do We Feel About Our Squad? – 53:42

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Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) are back after a long break to officially turn the page to the offseason. They review their 2025 “Chalkboard” picks — two targets and two fades each — breaking down which calls hit, which missed, and what takeaways they’re carrying into 2026 fantasy draft season.

• Intro -- 0:00
• Isaac Paredes — 5:30
• Ian Happ — 15:27
• Mike Trout — 9:20
• Austin Riley — 19:08
• Luis Castillo — 25:45
• CJ Abrams — 34:00
• Ketel Marte — 28:00
• Roki Sasaki — 39:32
• Jonathan India — 44:45
• Reynaldo López — 46:50
• Willy Adames — 48:28
• Logan Webb — 51:56

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Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) continue their year-end audit, revisiting buy lows and breakouts to see which calls hit, missed, or fizzled out down the stretch.

• Intro -- 0:00
• Tyler Soderstrom — 5:00
• Jonathan Aranda — 10:00
• Ben Rice — 14:30
• Luke Keaschall — 20:15
• Noelvi Marte — 22:55
• Matthew Liberatore — 26:30
• Jake Irvin — 26:30
• Landen Roupp — 30:00
• Kris Bubic — 33:45
• Max Meyer — 37:51
• Salvador Perez — 44:50
• Dansby Swanson — 47:00
• Gunnar Henderson — 48:00
• Rafael Devers — 55:00
• Austin Riley — 55:00
• Kyle Manzardo — 58:00
• George Springer — 1:01:15
• Fernando Tatis Jr. — 1:08:00
• Riley Greene — 1:10:00

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Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) revisit their early-season calls, reviewing buy-lows and breakouts with lessons learned from hitter adjustments and pitcher changes.

• Intro 0:00
• Jordan Walker – 5:00
• Ke’Bryan Hayes – 9:02
• Brendan Rodgers – 12:30
• Kyle Schwarber – 14:50
• Maikel Garcia – 19:03
• Nick Castellanos – 23:50
• Cody Bellinger – 26:57
• Spencer Torkelson – 30:34
• Chris Bassitt – 35:43
• Tyler Mahle – 40:07
• Bryan Woo – 43:40
• Andre Pallante – 48:50
• Edward Cabrera – 49:41

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Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) spotlight 2026 SP risers — young arms flashing upside, veterans bouncing back, and the names poised to climb draft boards.

• Intro 0:00
• Jonah Tong 6:00
• Nolan McLean 13:41
• Trevor Rogers 22:56
• Brayan Bello 27:54
• Sandy Alcantara 31:34
• Quinn Priester 38:00
• Cade Horton 46:15
• Brandon Woodruff 51:58
• Jack Leiter 58:40

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Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) break down August’s fantasy standouts — unexpected stars, sneaky trends, and late-season risers.

• Intro 0:00
• Trevor Rogers 5:00
• Jurickson Profar 16:37
• Brice Turang 24:15
• Geraldo Perdomo 33:17
• Jakob Marsee 42:05
• Hurston Waldrep 49:58
• Michael Harris II 59:01

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Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818)  talk about their favorite tips and tricks for H2H playoff matchups.

• Intro - 0:00
• Tips and Tricks to Win your H2H playoff matchups
• Favorite strategies
• Matchups to take advantage of
• Importance of the schedule
• Who's Droppable
• Favorite tools

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Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) project the 2026 fantasy baseball first round — breakouts, surprises, and the stars making the leap.

• Intro - 0:00
• 2025’s First Rounders – 5:17
• Bobby Witt Jr – 5:39
• Aaron Judge – 9:09
• Elly De La Cruz and Jose Ramirez – 12:17  
• Is Jose Ramirez a HOFer? – 20:17
• Juan Soto – 25:26
• Carroll, Tucker, Henderson, Tatis,  – 30:31
• Mookie Betts – 36:42
• Julio Rodriguez – 40:27
• Previewing 2026 – Cal Raliegh – 43:16
• Pete Crow Armstrong – 52:19
• Kyle Schwarber – 57:32
• James Wood – 1:02:56
• Junior Caminero – 1:06:10
• Van’s Crystal Ball First Round – 1:10:34
• Steve’s Crystal Ball First Round – 1:12:34

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