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 190 episodes available.

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February 24, 2023WAF 88 - PLV Hitter Metrics w/Kyle Bland
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) are joined by Kyle Bland (@blandalytics) to discuss PLV hitting metrics.
3:00 Welcome Kyle Bland @Blandalytics
10:25 PLV Takeaways from the PLV Expert
13:00 The True Shape of the Strikezone
16:19 Using PLV for Fantasy
22:00 “Hit Luck” Best for SPs
28:07 PLV’s Strikezone Judgment
33:00 Good Surprises for Judgment
35:15 Kyle Tucker & Ronald Acuna
39:10 Bad Surprises: Michael Harris II
43:07 PLV’s Decision Value
45:05 Top Decision Value Players
51:50 Balance of Contact vs. Decisions
59:42 PLV’s Contact
1:03:13 Top Contact & Good Surprises
1:07:15 Contact Low Scorers & Why
1:11:49 PLV’s Power Top Players
1:19:00 PLV’s Power Low Scorers & Why
1:22:46 PLV’s Hitter Performance
1:28:45 Top Hitter Performance Names

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1h 39min
February 18, 2023WAF 87 - PLV w/ Nick Pollack: What It Is & How to Use It
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) are joined by Nick Pollack (@PitcherList) to discuss the recently-launched PLV and how to use it to gain an edge for fantasy.
2:30 WAF Welcomes Nick Pollack
5:55 Fantasy Life for Nick
9:30 Steve’s Drumroll for PLV
13:25 What is PLV?
17:55 PLV over pVAL!
19:30 The Origin Story
20:30 How the Formula Works
24:18 How to Read the PLV Scales
30:30 What Makes PLV Different?
33:45 How Pitch Count Factors In
37:15 SP Types PLV Dislikes
41:10 PLV’s best use now? Maybe Hit Luck!
53:25 What’s Available for Browsing?
54:45 PLV May Be Even Better for Batters
57:25 The Bridge of Quantifying What You See
1:01:45 What’s Ahead for PLV This Season
1:08:00 Pitchers PLV Loves
1:24:15 Steven Matz? And PLV?
1:28:00 PLV and Outlier Pitchers

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1h 30min
February 10, 2023WAF 86 - ADP Risers: How High is Too High?
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@Stav8818) discuss players who have risen month-over-month and decide if they are still buying at the new price.
2:20 - Steve = Mikey Brett Thomas
3:15 - How to React to ADP Risers
7:56 - Cristian Javier Not High Enough?
11:25 - Javier vs. …Kevin Gausman?
16:05 - Jose Abreu Bigger Cost in Texas
21:40 - Abreu vs. …Vinnie Pasquantino?
25:35 - Taylor Ward’s Surging Price
29:30 - Ward vs. Jake McCarthy
32:58 - Charlie Morton More Than Last Year
37:58 - Morton vs. Other Risk/Reward Sps
41:50 - Vaughn Grissom at ADP 175?
43:58 - Grissom vs. Parachute 2B Options
48:10 - Jonathan India ADP Bouncing Back
53:25 - Lars Nootbaar ADP Booooost
1:00:20 - Esteury Ruiz Running Up the Board
1:05:30 - Ruiz vs. Ramon Laureano?
1:08:37 - Getting Ahead of Future ADP Risers
1:09:15 - Tyler Glasnow & Lance Lynn
1:13:00 - Miguel Vargas & Hunter Brown
1:16:28 - Chris Sale & Joe Ryan

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1h 18min
January 27, 2023WAF 85 - Impact Prospects for Redraft w/ Shelly Verougstrate
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@Stav8818) are joined by Shelly Verougstrate (@Shelly_V643) to talk all things prospects for redraft leagues.
13:35 PitchCon!
11:00 Corbin Carroll at Cost?
16:30 Gunnar Henderson Young Floor
24:50 Vaughn Grissom Worth the Gamble?
30:25 Tristan Casas Time is Here
35:32 Logan O’Hoppe Catcher Pop?
40:15 Gabriel Moreno Catcher Bat?
44:05 Ezequiel Tovar Rockies Riser
47:35 Matt Mervis Nervousness
50:30 Bo Naylor May Be a Bargain
53:57 Oscar Colas Could Win RF
59:40 Grayson Rodriguez Wait Continues
1:04:48 Edward Cabrera Could Emerge
1:07:00 Hunter Brown’s a Big Lotto Ticket
1:10:52 Andrew Painter a Late Masterpiece?
1:16:42 Shelly’s Dynasty Draft MiLB Names
1:20:33 Daniel Espino May Finally Arrive
1:22:05 Jordan Walker Rumblings to Break Camp
1:24:55 Zac Veen More Rockies Speed
1:26:55 Eury Perez Worth the Wait

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1h 30min
January 13, 2023WAF 84 - Targets & Tactics: Our First 2023 Drafts
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@Stav8818) officially kick off WAF draft season by discussing their first drafts for the 2023 season.
1:00 Welcome to Draft Season, WAF!
6:14 Pros and Cons of Early Drafts
9:10 Our 1st Drafts: OTW & NFBC 50s
17:20 The Hitter Pit from Pick 50-80
21:50 3rd Base Scarcity
22:30 Eugenio Suarez Power Parachute
26:39 1st Base & Matt Olson Value
30:00 2nd Base & Jose Altuve
34:00 Brandon Lowe & Vaughn Grissom
36:45 Outfield Depth Needed!
39:20 Nick Castellanos Comeback?
45:50 Corey Seager Shares Ahead
48:45 More on Altuve
54:00 Miguel Vargas & Hunter Brown
58:25 Evan Phillips Sleeper for Saves
1:01:40 Lars Nootbaar’s Bat Speed
1:06:25 Draft 1 Strategy Wins & Losses

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1h 15min
January 05, 202383 - Nitpicking Early NFBC ADP
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@Stav8818) take a look at early NFBC ADP data and discuss market trends as well as how to properly consume draft data for specific leagues.
5:15 Draft Makeup of NFBC ADP
8:55 Gladiator Draft Formats
12:53 Ideal ADP Filter for General Leagues
15:45 Thoughts on Closer Tax
22:25 SP Starter Run
27:25 Beware of Bobby Witt Jr.
31:00 Assessing Fernando Tatis Jr.
37:05 Andrew Painter vs. TINSTAAPP
42:15 Paul Goldschmidt Gettin Slept On?
47:02 Back at it with Aaron Ashby
52:03 How Bout Andrew Heaney’s ADP?
56:05 Some ADP Risers
1:00:31 Van & Steve’s Live Prospect Draft

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1h 2min
December 30, 202282: New Year's Resolutions Draft Tips
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@Stav8818) discuss their fantasy "New Year's Resolutions" for the upcoming draft season.
6:35 Resolutions Rundown
7:40 Strategies Can Stay Open-Minded
8:45 Balancing Draft Value vs. Get Your Guys
13:00 Hedge Tactics with Backup Plans
14:30 Reasons Behind 2nd Half “Breakouts”
15:23 Anthony Santander vs. Hunter Renfroe
16:35 Looks at Zac Gallen & Blake Snell
21:50 The Blake Snell Dilemma
26:24 The Right Spots for Upside Plays
34:05 Assessing Offseason Analyst Trends
35:40 Good Avg + Low Walks = Better Avg!
38:00 Be Strategic with Your NFBC Bench
44:15 Wait Until Pick 50 for SP1?
48:30 Meet in the Middle for Catchers
51:50 Triston McKenzie & His Fastball
57:05 Jose Altuve’s a Staple at Scarce 2B
1:01:10 Joe Ryan’s Floor & Path to More
1:04:30 Our Range to Address Closers in NFBC

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1h 7min
December 16, 202281: '23 Prep & SP Values w/ David Mendelson
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and David Mendelson (@DMendy02) discuss how they begin their prep for 2023 plus look at some pitchers they are already targeting.
3:00 Van & Mendy’s Origin Story
5:45 What Mendy’s Been Up To
13:35 How to Offseason Prep
15:00 Mendy’s Key Resources
17:25 Some Tips for Casual Players
19:30 Some of Our Favorite SP Stats
20:27 Monitor Pitch Movement
24:20 PitcherList Player Pages!
26:15 Watch for Pitchers 1 Pitch Away
28:30 How We Use ADP for Prep
31:40 How We Use Projections for Prep
34:45 Best Ball Drafts > Mock Drafts
39:30 Prep for the Pitching Landscape in 2023
43:15 Do Bigger Bases Only Help Mid-Speed Guys?
48:15 Mendy’s Flag-planting Triston McKenzie
52:20 Van Can’t Quit Blake Snell
53:55 Bet on Talent with Hunter Brown
59:16 Bryan Abreu the Best RP Handcuff?
1:02:00 Kyle Muller Could Pop with the A’s
1:05:40 Reid Detmers Slider to Success?
1:08:50 Sean Manaea’s Fallen Too Far!
1:13:13 Is Justin Steele a Steal?

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1h 18min
December 01, 202280: Projected for What?
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) begin to prep for 2023 by discussing some eye-opening steamer projections.
4:57 Overviewing Projections
8:12 Trea Turner
13:30 Michael Harris II
19:55 Gunnar Henderson
24:30 Oneil Cruz
31:18 Vinnie Pasquantino
36:10 Ozzie Albies
41:00 Christian Walker
45:33 Shohei Ohtani
50:34 Hunter Greene vs. Cristian Javier
54:57 Alek Manoah
59:26 Julio Urias
1:03:02 Joe Musgrove
1:07:24 Nick Lodolo
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1h 13min
November 18, 202279: Bold Predictions in Review
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) review their bold predictions and the process behind them from the 2022 season.
3:25 Getting Burnt on Bold Predictions
6:00 PL Mock Pods with Nick Pollack
12:00 Level-Set on Bold Predictions
14:00 Byron Buxton
19:55 Joey Votto
22:10 Dylan Cease
27:40 Yasmani Grandal
30:30 Francisco Lindor
36:06 Jorge Soler
40:35 Shane McClanahan & Trevor Rogers
43:50 Blake Snell
46:55 Brendan Rogers & Ryan McMahon
50:19 Giancarlo Stanton
54:50 Andrew Vaughn
57:20 Connor Joe
58:24 Steven Kwan
1:00:12 Gerrit Cole
1:02:35 Jordan Montgomery
1:05:18 Hunter Renfroe
1:06:58 Trea Turner
1:08:35 Aaron Civale & Jack Flaherty
1:11:52 Robbie Ray
1:13:20 Steve Wins the Bet!
1:17:00 Steve in ’23: Nick Lodolo
1:18:30 Van in ’23: Lars Nootbaar
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1h 20min

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