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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August 04, 2022WAF 67: Trade Deadline Fallout and Gavin Lux's Ceiling
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) talk about the trade deadline and the fantasy impact of a busy day of trades as well as the long-term upside of Gavin Lux.
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1:11 Steve’s Reaction to the Deadline
4:35 How Years of Control Impacts Trades
7:00 Van’s Homer Take on Cardinals Moves
10:00 Cardinals’ Confidence in Dylan Carlson
12:00 Jordan Montgomery & Harrison Bader
19:25 Listener Question on Gavin Lux’s Ceiling
26:10 Listener CALLS THE SHOT on Montgomery
27:30 Does Monty’s Value Go Up?
33:00 Opportunity for Jose Barrero
36:28 Brighter Days Ahead for the Reds
38:20 Michael Massey Worth the Watch List
42:30 Make the Move for Miguel Vargas
47:00 David Peralta Platoon Help with Rays
50:03 Jose Siri Another Ray Who Could Rise
52:48 Joey Gallo Just Enough Hope
54:27 Any Hope for Eric Hosmer?
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July 28, 2022WAF 66: It Gets Late Early- Adds For The Stretch Run
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) talk about some highly available players to add for the last two months of the season.
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1:15 Getting Through the Grind
6:15 Alec Bohm’s Batting Average
10:20 Bryson Stott’s Gettin Hot
14:05 Carson Kelly Bounceback Catcher
18:14 Cal Raleigh Can Offer Pop
22:25 Josh Naylor No Longer Ignored
25:17 Jeimer Candelario Flash or For Real?
30:59 Steven Kwan Back on the Rise
34:20 Ramon Urias Exploding on the Scene
37:43 Luis Rengifo Keeps On Hitting
41:10 Nico Hoerner Now a Fixture?
44:33 Desperate Speed: Victor Robles & Magneirus Siera
47:55 Cole Irvin’s Value Could Climb
50:59 Mitch White the New Ross Stripling
53:22 Mitch Keller May Finally Be Doing It
56:11 Janson Junk 80-Grade Name
58:08 Braxton Garrett Getting Ks
1:01:47 Reid Detmers Return of the Slider
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July 21, 2022WAF 65: Second-Half Schedules to Target
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) look at teams with advantageous second-half schedules and identify players to stream and target for the stretch run.
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4:05 Targeting Schedule Matchups
9:15 Matchups to Round Out Rotations
11:40 Fangraphs Tool on Strength of Schedule
14:04 Bonus Topic: Michael Harris II NL ROY?
16:00 Opportunity vs. Weakest Hitting Teams
20:15 Texas Strong Pitching Matchups
22:42 Spencer Howard Deep SP Help?
24:00 Houston Strong Pitching Matchups
25:00 Jake Odorizzi Could Offer SP Support
26:39 Lance McCullers Jr. an IL Stash
27:24 White Sox SPs - White Hot Target
29:30 Vintage Volume from Johnny Cueto
33:15 Opportunity vs. Weakest Pitching Teams
35:40 LA Angels Strong Hitting Matchups
36:10 Luis Rengifo Stuff & Things Potential
39:40 Some White Sox Hitters to Target
42:20 Astros Bats You May Want to Add
48:20 Cardinals Hitters Could Crush This Schedule
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Fangraphs' Playoff Odds with ROS SOS
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July 14, 2022WAF 64: Buying and Selling First-Half All-Stars
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) name their first-half fantasy All-Star, both overall and "all-value" teams, and provide insight into buying or selling their performances for the second half.
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2:35 Our Take on All-Star Break
7:30 All-Star Catchers: Willson Contreras
13:00 Alejandro Kirk
16:52 1st Base: Paul Goldschmidt
21:35 CJ Cron
25:45 2nd Base: Jose Altuve
29:44 Tommy Edman
36:45 Shortstop: Trea Turner
39:55 Dansby Swanson
44:00 3rd Base: Jose Ramirez
46:20 Brandon Drury
51:50 Outfield: Aaron Judge
55:53 Mookie Betts
57:23 Yordan Alvarez
59:33 Kyle Schwarber
1:02:14 Julio Rodriguez
1:03:43 Adolis Garcia
1:06:36 Pitchers: Shane McClanahan
1:09:42 Corbin Burnes & Gerrit Cole
1:10:50 Sandy Alcantara
1:12:16 Justin Verlander
1:14:50 Shohei Ohtani
1:17:35 Value All-Star SPs
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1h 26min
July 07, 2022WAF 63: Recent K-BB% and Barrel Rate Improvers
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) divide the first half of the season into "quarters" and look at pitchers who have improved their strikeout minus walk rate as well as barrel rate gainers to identify players with underlying skill gains.
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:55 Kyle Schwarber’s Killing Van
2:55 “Quarterly Splits”
5:20 Our Riser Spreadsheet List
10:40 Charlie Morton Again!
15:50 Logan Webb & Tony Gonsolin
22:52 Taijuan Walker
27:18 Shane Bieber, Sandy Alcantara & Yu Darvish
36:26 Hope for Jose Berrios Struggles?
42:45 Ian Anderson’s Control Slide
46:40 Kyle Hendricks Post-IL Stream Target
48:48 Yusei Kikuchi, Aaron Ashby, Hunter Greene, Jose Quintana
55:19 The Down Arrow: Eric Lauer, Kyle Wright & More
1:01:00 Barrel Risers
1:02:00 Adam Duvall
1:05:30 Jesse Winker
1:09:32 Nathaniel Lowe
1:12:52 Francisco Lindor
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Eno Sarris on Barrel Rate Gainers
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1h 18min
June 30, 2022WAF 62: Potential Second-Half Bouncebacks
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) take a look at some struggling players and assess their chances of bouncing back in the second half
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2:30 Freddie Freeman Agent Drama
5:30 Assessing 2nd Half Bouncebacks
9:39 Mailbag: Sell High Process / Charlie Morton
18:29 Max Muncy
25:15 Joey Votto
32:45 Jonathan India
38:40 Juan Soto
44:18 Nelson Cruz
49:18 Trevor Rogers
56:57 Lucas Giolito
1:02:48 Nick Castellanos
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1h 12min
June 23, 2022WAF 61: The Problem with xStats w/ Scott Chu
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) are joined by Pitcher List's Scott Chu (@ifthechufits) to discuss xStats and their limitations as well as the interworkings Scott's Hitter List.
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:30 Welcome Scott Chu
2:15 Steve on Scott’s xStats take
7:13 How & why to be cautious
9:45 The Christian Walker Case Study
12:00 More context with xWoba
14:30 Pull rate factors & Juan Soto
18:10 xStats with “the new environment”
25:00 Using rolling charts
26:28 Inflated MLB-wide xBA
31:15 Cushion xStats analysis
33:40 xStats once “the shift” is banned
37:50 The Hitter List and how to use “lists”
42:30 How Scott makes “The Hitter List”
49:50 Balancing upside and track record
53:00 Understanding risers & fallers
57:00 Consider player “archetypes”
1:06:15 The List can help with trades
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1h 23min
June 16, 2022WAF 60: Mid-June Heat Checks
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss players who have gotten hot over the last few weeks and look back at some early-season recommendations.
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3:20 WAF Heat Checks with Nathaniel Lowe & Santiago Espinal
9:15 Cold Starts That Heated Up: Marcus Semien & Trevor Story
17:00 Kyle Farmer Deep League Stuff & Things
21:00 Adam Duvall Primed for Power Surge
25:50 Joey Votto Somehow Still Out There
29:48 Garrett Cooper Sleepy Floor & Ceiling
33:33 Christopher Morel Speed AND Plate Skills?
37:40 Brendan Donovan Cardinal Devil Magic
40:15 Michael Harris II
44:00 Gavin Lux Value Looks Different
47:40 Jon Berti Back at It
49:54 Graham Ashcraft Ks Should Come
52:45 Hunter Greene Has Leveled Up
55:18 Spencer Strider a Must Add SP
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1h 1min
June 09, 2022WAF 59: What We've Learned Since Draft Day
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) look back at "draft day biases" to confirm or deny the market trends from the preseason and discuss what lessons have been learned so far in 2022.
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1:00 Papa Gesuele
4:00 Learning from 2022 Draft Trends
8:00 Assessing 1st Base Depth
14:25 Is 3rd Base a Wasteland?
21:40 Catcher Market Crash
29:50 Speed vs. Power Scarcity
40:40 Has SP Draft Advice Worked?
41:35 Top SP ROI Issues
44:19 Profit on Upper Middle-Class SPs
52:10 Dreams Coming True with SP “Darts”
57:30 Factoring Unexpected SP Breakouts
1:04:00 Was Closer Inflation Worth It?
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1h 13min
June 02, 2022WAF 58: Let's Make More Deals
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) talk all things trades: good trade etiquette, how to get deals done, and who to target.
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4:15 How to Make More Trades
6:45 Communication is Key
7:50 Know Your League Makeup
9:00 You Get Out What You Give
10:45 Look at Roto Stats & Needs
13:00 Roster Depth & 2-for-1s
15:30 Where to Start: Statcast vs. Team Needs
19:50 Tough to Part with Arms?
27:35 Willy Adames & Dansby Swanson
32:45 Difficulty of “Challenge Trades”
34:20 Steve’s a Trade Counselor
36:25 Buxton Trades
42:45 Gleyber Torres & Jake Cronenworth
45:30 Speed-for-Pop: Harrison Bader & Jorge Soler
48:00 Walker Buehler Buy Low
51:00 Considering Carlos Rodon
55:00 Top-End Talks for Vlad & Acuna
57:45 What to Think of Whit Merrifield
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