Wins Above Fantasy

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss the starting pitching landscape and look at early 2025 ADP data.

• Baseball Halloween!
• WAF Listener League shout out
• PL Mock Draft SP Comparison: 2024 vs 2025
• Early SP ADP for 2025
• Approaching pitching injury risk
• Pitchers to target and avoid
• PL Pods Mock Draft

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss the keys to having a good preparation process during the offseason as well as the Pitcher List Podcast Mock draft for 2025

• Offseason preparation
• Using projections
• Noise of the postseason
• Other tips and tricks for offseason prep
• PL Pods Mock Draft

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) look back at their predictions and assess their takes from the 2024 season.

• Marcell Ozuna
• Jung Hoo Lee
• AJ Puk
• Bobby Miller
• Lane Thomas
• Hunter Greene
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
• Francisco Alvarez
• Esteury Ruiz
• Adley Rutschman
• Christopher Morel
• Cedric Mullins
• Gunnar Henderson
• Dylan Cease
• CJ Abrams
• Brandon Pfaadt
• Grayson Rodriguez
• Shane Baz
• Paul Skenes
• Nick Pivetta
• Ben Rice
• Oneil Cruz
• Dansby Swanson

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) look back at some of their favorite moments and players from the 2024 season.

• Elly De La Cruz
• Oneil Cruz
• Kyle Bland's Hitter Eligibility App
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
• Manny Machado
• Gunnar Henderson
• Ketel Marte
• Seiya Suzuki
• Kyle Schwarber
• Riley Greene
• Kerry Carpenter
• Tyler O'Neill
• Bailey Ober
• Reynaldo Lopez
• Jack Flaherty
• Luis Gil
• Shota Imanaga
• Mason Miller
• Ryan Walker
• Lucas Erceg

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) look for bounce back hitters for 2025 using three-year average wRC+.

• Michael Harris II
• Adley Rutschman
• Paul Goldschmidt
• Austin Riley
• Jose Altuve
• Gleyber Torres
• Marcus Semien

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss hitters who have been on the rise in the second half and look to identify the reasons for their breakouts.

• Lawrence Butler
• Brent Rooker
• JJ Bleday
• Matt Wallner
• Eugenio Suarez
• Jackson Chourio
• Jackson Merrill
• Corbin Carroll
• Tyler Fitzgerald

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss pitchers who have been on the rise in the second half and look to identify the reasons for their breakouts.

• Spencer Arrighetti
• Bowden Francis
• Spencer Schwellenbach
• Bryce Miller
• Yusei Kikuchi
• Ryne Nelson

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) look to the waiver wire to see low-rostered players who can help fantasy teams during the season's final month.

• Eugenio Suarez
• MJ Melendez
• Matt Wallner
• Kerry Carpenter
• Andrew Vaughn
• Jesus Sanchez
• Pete Crow-Armstrong
• Jose Caballero
• Victor Robles
• Josh Lowe
• Dylan Crews
• Parker Meadows
• Masataka Yoshida
• Geraldo Perdomo
• Masyn Winn
• Ben Lively
• David Festa
• Osvaldo Bido
• DJ Herz
• Mitchell Parker
• Joe Boyle
• Manuel Rodriguez
• Tyler Kinley
• Ben Joyce
• Jason Foley
• Porter Hodge

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss end-game strategy for the last few weeks of the 2024 fantasy baseball season.

• Bowden Francis
• Bobby Miller
• Javier Assad
• Ben Lively
• Jameson Taillon
• Jeffrey Springs
• Hayden Birdsong
• Spencer Torkelson
• Jake McCarthy
• Eugenio Suárez
• Whit Merrifield
• Brendan Rodgers
• Michael Toglia

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) take their first look to 2025 as they give their picks for 2025 first rounders.

• Shohei Ohtani
• Bobby Witt Jr.
• Aaron Judge
• Gunnar Henderson
• Jose Ramirez
• Kyle Tucker
• Juan Soto
• Mookie Betts
• Ronald Acuna Jr.
• Julio Rodriguez
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
• Tarik Skubal