FantasyPros - Fantasy Baseball Podcast

We're back with another episode and this time we're covering all the mid-round sleepers, busts, and potential breakout players. Joining us is Jared Kwart of Fantasy Cruncher. Listen in as we each name our top three players in each of the categories mentioned. We're starting the show off with mid-round steals (3:37) before Bobby and Jared disagree on whether Elvis Andrus is a steal or bust (24:28). If you're interested in breakout players, find out why Greg Bird (44:57) or Nomar Mazara (50:32) should be on your watch list. Sponsors: DRAFT.com - Play in one-week snake drafts for real money. The drafts literally take only a few minutes to complete and if you pick a great team, you'll win cash prizes. New users at DRAFT will get a FREE 6 month upgrade to FantasyPros at our highest tier. Just use our special link -- FantasyPros.com/offer -- to make your first deposit of $10 to get your instant upgrade. Fathead.com - Fathead is the leader in authentic, officially licensed life-size wall graphics. Get your favorite athlete, character or logo for your wall to personalize your space. You can get 10% off your purchase by going to Fathead.com and using promo code "FANTASYPRO".

Drafts are around the corner and when the time comes, you'll inevitably be faced with some tough decisions. Joining us to chat about some of those choices is one of the most accurate experts in the industry each year, Jake Ciely of RotoExperts. Listen in as we touch on players you might consider drafting that carry increased risk such as Aaron Judge (6:26), Byron Buxton (10:27), Masahiro Tanaka (14:29), David Price (20:47), and Trevor Story (22:26) to name a few. We're also naming players that are worth gambling on at the end of your drafts like Ryan McMahon (38:00), Matt Harvey (44:48), or Tyler Glasnow (47:38). Sponsors: DRAFT.com - Play in one-week snake drafts for real money. The drafts literally take only a few minutes to complete and if you pick a great team, you'll win cash prizes. New users at DRAFT will get a FREE 6 month upgrade to FantasyPros at our highest tier. Just use our special link -- FantasyPros.com/offer -- to make your first deposit of $10 to get your instant upgrade. Fathead.com - Fathead is the leader in authentic, officially licensed life-size wall graphics. Get your favorite athlete, character or logo for your wall to personalize your space. You can get 10% off your purchase by going to Fathead.com and using promo code "FANTASYPRO".

We're kicking off the week with a mock draft and this time, we're starting from the middle picks at 5 and 7. Joining us for some fun is FantasyPros writer Chris Bragg. As with any draft, practice makes better and with the season approaching quickly, it's best to get an idea of how each draft might shake out. Before we get into the picks (10:19), there have finally been some more free agent signings. Naturally, we're discussing Jake Arrieta's new team (1:57), Lance Lynn's one-year deal (4:19), Jonathan Lucroy joining the A's (5:40), and Neil Walker adding to the Yankees' already strong team (7:35). We then go pick-by-pick explaining our rationale. Find out how Bobby and Chris end up going two different directions with strategy. Sponsors: DRAFT.com - Play in one-week snake drafts for real money. The drafts literally take only a few minutes to complete and if you pick a great team, you'll win cash prizes. New users at DRAFT will get a FREE 6 month upgrade to FantasyPros at our highest tier. Just use our special link -- FantasyPros.com/offer -- to make your first deposit of $10 to get your instant upgrade. Fathead.com - Fathead is the leader in authentic, officially licensed life-size wall graphics. Get your favorite athlete, character or logo for your wall to personalize your space. You can get 10% off your purchase by going to Fathead.com and using promo code "FANTASYPRO".

We've got everyone's favorite episode and joining us to chat sleepers is Eno Sarris of The Athletic. Eno's out in Arizona keeping his ears to the ground during spring training so we'll be chatting about what he personally looks for when it comes to pitchers (11:19) as well as his thoughts on Zack Greinke's dip in velocity (37:50) and Madison Bumgarner's outlook (48:26). First things first though, we're counting down our top five favorite sleepers (6:29) with Eno kicking things off and telling us about Andrew Heaney, while Bobby discusses Danny Salazar (8:49). Sponsors: FantasyPros.com/offer - Use the DRAFT.com app where you can play in one-week snake drafts for real money. The drafts literally take only a few minutes to complete and if you pick a great team, you'll win cash prizes. New users at DRAFT will get a FREE 6 month upgrade to FantasyPros at our highest tier. Just use our special link to make your first deposit of $10 to get your instant upgrade. Fathead.com - Fathead is the leader in authentic, officially licensed life-size wall graphics. Get your favorite athlete, character or logo for your wall to personalize your space. You can get 10% off your purchase by going to Fathead.com and using promo code "FANTASYPRO".

Mock drafting is one of the best ways to prepare for a draft so we're running through a mock of our own with Justin Mason of FanGraphs. We'll be drafting from the first and second picks and just like a real draft, the timer to make a decision can go by fast so listen up as we give our initial thoughts on the players (4:32) before we dive deeper into how we attempted to construct our teams (22:29). Sponsor: FantasyPros.com/offer - Use DRAFT.com where you can play in one-week snake drafts for real money. The drafts literally take only a few minutes to complete and if you pick a great team, you'll win cash prizes. New users at DRAFT will get a FREE 6 month upgrade to FantasyPros at our highest tier. Just use our special link to make your first deposit of $10 to get your instant upgrade.

We’ve got a player packed episode for you as we run through all the different tiers of pitchers that you’ll be looking at come draft day. Joining us to chat in this episode is Garion Thorne of FNTSY Sports Network. We’re starting off discussing the big four at the top of drafts (5:34) and why we don’t like Clayton Kershaw as the top pitcher in this group (8:11). We’re then moving on to the second tier as we talk about Zack Greinke (14:37), Stephen Strasburg (17:13), Luis Severino (20:20) to name a few. If you’re curious on who to take in the next tier after that, get our thoughts on Chris Archer (25:56), Yu Darvish (27:21), Aaron Nola (30:52), among many others who are being drafted around that time. There are far too many players to list so listen in now. Sponsor: FantasyPros.com/offer - Use this great app where you can play in one-week snake drafts for real money. The drafts literally take only a few minutes to complete and if you pick a great team, you'll win cash prizes. New users at DRAFT will get a FREE 6 month upgrade to FantasyPros at our highest tier. Just use our special link to make your first deposit of $10 to get your instant upgrade.

It’s time to check out player values based on Average Draft Position (ADP) and we’ve got George Bissell of Baseball Prospectus joining us to name the most over and undervalued players right now. We’re covering a whole lot in this show including the Steven Souza trade and its impact (1:13), who’s more valuable right now between Ronald Acuna and Victor Robles (13:34), and why J.D. Martinez is should be going just as high as Giancarlo Stanton (16:37). Find out who our top 3 most overdrafted guys are (27:46) such as Alex Wood (29:03), before we move onto our most underdrafted players (36:45) like Alex Bregman (39:16). Sponsor: www.AudibleTrial.com/fantasypros -- Audible has over 180,000 titles to choose from in every genre: thrillers, business, romance, comedy, sci-fi and more. Audible titles play on iPhone, Kindle, Android and more than 500 devices for listening anytime, anywhere.

It’s always a special show when Paul Sporer of Fangraphs comes on and this episode is no different. We’re mock drafting the first three rounds and talking about all the players that you’ll be coming across in your draft. There was also big news that came across the ticker with J.D. Martinez signing with the Red Sox (0:42). Get our thoughts on the Red Sox/Yankees (6:24), the Eric Hosmer signing (14:16), whether Trea Turner belongs in the top 3 (20:02), if Clayton Kershaw is our top pitcher off the board (26:13), and how our second (35:35) and third rounds turn out (47:34). Sponsor: www.AudibleTrial.com/fantasypros -- Audible has over 180,000 titles to choose from in every genre: thrillers, business, romance, comedy, sci-fi and more. Audible titles play on iPhone, Kindle, Android and more than 500 devices for listening anytime, anywhere.

It’s time to chat about Spring Training and here to talk about all things fantasy baseball is Scott White of CBS Sports. With the recent news coming from the Diamondbacks about using a humidor, we’re first discussing its impact on the players there and in particular, A.J. Pollock (2:46) and Paul Goldschmidt (3:59). We’re then answering your questions about what fantasy owners can take away from spring baseball including youngsters to watch in Ronald Acuna (6:07), Victor Robles (7:57) and Francisco Mejia (8:34). Scott’s also answering questions about his rankings and why he’s higher or lower compared to the consensus in regards to players like Buster Posey (21:28), Matt Carpenter (26:07), Starling Marte (31:16), Dylan Bundy (35:19), and Ian Happ (36:59) just to name a few.

With players reporting to Spring Training, baseball is finally back! We've got a great episode covering the Yu Darvish signing (1:49) and potential bounce-back candidates for 2018 (7:12). We're starting at the high end with the likes of Mookie Betts (8:10) and Madison Bumgarner (9:11) before discussing Starling Marte (17:35), Trevor Story (21:28), Xander Bogaerts (25:20), Yoenis Cespedes (29:54), Ian Desmond (35:47), David Price (47:21), Johnny Cueto (51:35), and many others.

We've got special guest Ron Shandler hopping on the show to give his takes on players that surprised us in 2017. It's easy for recency bias to take place, so make sure to get our thoughts on guys like Elvis Andrus (2:34), Ryan Zimmerman (5:18), Whit Merrifield (8:23), Chris Taylor (8:45), Corey Knebel (14:50), Felipe Rivero (15:42), Chase Anderson (19:56), Alex Wood (22:41), along with a handful of other players who you might not be sure about. Sponsor: www.AudibleTrial.com/fantasypros -- Audible has over 180,000 titles to choose from in every genre: thrillers, business, romance, comedy, sci-fi and more. Audible titles play on iPhone, Kindle, Android and more than 500 devices for listening anytime, anywhere.

We’re back and joining us this episode is Jim Sannes of numberFire.com to chat about the sophomore class in 2018. People often think of the sophomore slump as a reason to avoid certain players, but this class could be special and different. Before we get into those players, we’re quickly discussing the Seung-Hwan Oh signing and the busy bullpen in Texas (1:40). If you want to hear about the youngsters, we’ve got you covered as we chat about Aaron Judge (8:57), Matt Olson (12:54), Rhys Hoskins (12:54), Cody Bellinger (15:33), Yoan Moncada (22:43), and a handful of pitchers (34:01). Sponsor: www.AudibleTrial.com/fantasypros -- Audible has over 180,000 titles to choose from in every genre: thrillers, business, romance, comedy, sci-fi and more. Audible titles play on iPhone, Kindle, Android and more than 500 devices for listening anytime, anywhere.

Guest Brandon Warne of The Athletic joins us to take an early dive into the expert consensus rankings. First, we digest the Christian Yelich trade and fantasy implications (0:40). We also explain why Alex Avila is all of a sudden a favorite sleeper of ours (8:30). As we go through the rankings, we each explain which players we think are too high or too low at this point. Players discussed include Clayton Kershaw (11:10), Bryce Harper (12:33), Noah Syndergaard (17:23), Gary Sanchez (28:41) among many others.

Steve Gardner of USA Today joins us for a show dedicated entirely to dynasty fantasy baseball leagues. We're answering questions from the listener mailbag (2:27) about general strategy, 2019's top prospects (8:47), the top rookies (11:46), a few busts from last year's rookie class (17:50), and future shutdown closers (22:57). In the second half of the show, we count down the three dynasty assets you should try to acquire (25:57)before we each give one name to avoid or sell high on (38:41).

Brandon Warne of The Athletic joins Bobby Sylvester to discuss the Winter Meetings and their fantasy implications as the two tackle a dozen questions from the Listener Mailbag. They start (1:06) by addressing the new fantasy values of recently acquired players, Giancarlo Stanton and Evan Longoria before eventually diving into discussions on Marcell Ozuna and Shohei Otani. Later (5:54), they discuss potential trades and the impact on the fantasy status of Gerrit Cole, Manny Machado and a trio of stars who may get traded in the coming months. Brandon and Bobby also touch on the Marlins' decimating their ball club (18:09), the top remaining free agents (27:18) and whether or not Barry Bonds belongs in the Hall of Fame (36:07).