On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Lee Keller of the This Week in Fantasy Baseball podcast to break down the Nineteenth FAAB run of the 2022 season. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focusing on what sort of advice, analysis, and reference points you should be looking at when the season is so far along. Players discussed: Dustin May , Alex Kirilloff , Vaughn Grissom , DL Hall , Ha-Seong Kim , Jurickson Profar , Joey ...
Aug 14, 2022•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 72
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Jason Martinez of Roster Resource to break down the eighteenth FAAB run of the 2022 season, specifically breaking down the roster crunches that hapopened thanks in part to the eventful MLB trade deadline that passed this past Tuesday. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focusing on how Jason manages to keep up with everything across baseball to keep Roster Resource as one of the most ...
Aug 07, 2022•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 71
On The Wire - Adam Howe is joined by special guest Pete Ball to break down the seventeenth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focusing on managing your redraft and keeper leagues as the trade deadline approaches. Players discussed: Tyler Naquin , George Kirby , Trevor Rogers , Taylor Rogers , Zach McKinstry , ...
Jul 31, 2022•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 70
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Alex Fast to break down the sixteenth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focusing on some surprises Alex has noticed through the 2022 season and what surprises may be in store for the second half. Players discussed: Jazz Chisholm Jr. , Trevo...
Jul 24, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 69
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Jake Halusker to break down the fifteenth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focusing on what Jake learned from his 2019 NFBC Auction overall championship and how's it's impacted his strategy ever since. Players discussed: Jon Berti , Max Me...
Jul 17, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 68
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Van Burnett to break down the fifteenth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focusing on how to use the research you did in the offseason come midseason. Players discussed: Christian Bethancourt, Edward Cabrera, Chris Sale, Tyler Mahle, Kyle H...
Jul 10, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 67
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Chris Deary to break down the fourteenth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focusing on the Earth Fantasy Baseball Leagues and how Chris has been so successful in his first season participating. Players discussed: Joey Wendle, Tyler Stephens...
Jul 03, 2022•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 66
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are going solo this week, breaking down the thirteenth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations. Players discussed: Andrew Heaney, Justin Upton, Jonathan Villar, Edward Olivares, Salvador Perez, Josh Lowe, Lane Thomas, Eddie Rosario, Jarren Duran, Victor Reyes, Tommy La Stella, Cavan B...
Jun 26, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 65
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin hasting are joined by special guest Ryan Bloomfield to break down the twelfth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focusing on all the reasons everyone should consider going to First Pitch Arizona this November. Players discussed: David Peterson, Kendall Graveman, Seranthony Dom...
Jun 19, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 64
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Jake Maish (filling in for Kevin Hasting) are joined by special guest Jason Collette to break down the eleventh FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focusing on trends worth watching as the 2022 season moves along. Players discussed: Gabriel Moreno, Francisco Mejia, Andrew Vaughn, Jak...
Jun 12, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 63
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Torres to break down the tenth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focusing on the benefit to creating fantasy baseball content, regardless of who it benefits. Players discussed:Jean Segura, Ross Stripling, Grayson Rodriguez, Albert Almora Jr...
Jun 05, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 62
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Mike Carter to break down the ninth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focusing on streaming hitters week to week while not getting too attached. Players discussed: Oscar Gonzalez, Richie Palacios , Miguel Andújar , Matt Carpenter , Jake Woo...
May 29, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 61
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Derek Carty to break down the eighth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focus on utilizing in-season player projection systems, especially as it pertains to Derek Carty's BAT and BAT X updated projections. Players discussed: Nolan Gorman , M...
May 22, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 60
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Darik Buchar to break down the seventh FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focus on navigating the NFBC platform, especially as it pertains to making your FAAB bids. Players discussed: Kyle Lewis, Robinson Cano, James McCann, Danny Jansen, Ca...
May 15, 2022•57 min•Ep. 59
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Dave Swan to break down the sexth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focus on the risks and rewards of looking multiple weeks ahead when making your FAAB bids, not to mention on previewing what could end up being FAABapalooza/FAABageddon/FAA...
May 08, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 58
On The Wire - Kevin Hasting is joined by special guest Todd Whitestone to break down the fifth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focus on overall FAAB budgeting and early season spending strategies. Todd's article from last October gives some insight into how teams that spend up early in FAAB fare in the fina...
May 01, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 57
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Chris Clegg to break down the fourth FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as focus on prospects to hold, fold, or stash as the end of the first month of the season approaches. Players discussed: Glenn Otto, Spencer Howard, Roansy Contreras, Joc P...
Apr 24, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 56
On The Wire - Kevin Hasting is joined special guest Lucas Biery to break down the third FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as break down early season FAAB strategy. Players discussed: Hunter Harvey, Trevor Larnach, Raimel Tapia, Chad Pinder, Ji-Man Choi, Oscar Mercado, Alejandro Kirk, Elvis Andrus, Santiago Espin...
Apr 17, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 55
On The Wire - Kevin Hasting is joined special guest Lou Landers to break down the second FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as break down early season FAAB strategy. Players discussed: Chris Sale, Michael Wacha, Rich Hill, Josh Lowe, Tyler Alexander, Taylor Rogers, Emilio Pagán, Seth Beer, Jeimer Candelario, CJ A...
Apr 10, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 54
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting break down the first FAAB run of the 2022 season, providing recommendations of players to look for on your league's wire and who could fill the holes on your roster. We hit on news of the week that may impact your FAAB considerations as well as break down early season FAAB strategy, including when to drop players drafted early in your drafts. Players discussed: Josh Lowe, AJ Puk, Jordan Romano, Yimi Garcia, Tim Anderson, Josh Harrison, Dylan Floro, Antho...
Apr 03, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 53
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guests Christopher Weber and Jordan White of the In The Deep podcast along with Pete Ball and Chad Young of the Keep or Kut podcast as they create an annual tradition of mocking out a mini-team made up of only players currently going past ADP 350. We draft three rosters made up of a catcher, a corner infielder, a middle infielder, an outfielder, two starting pitchers, and two relief pitchers in an effort to dive into late round opti...
Mar 27, 2022•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 52
On The Wire - Adam Howe is joined by special guest Eno Sarris of The Athletic to talk about what we're looking for in pitchers off the wire, when pitchers become more than just streamers, and what made the 2021 breakouts special. In addition, we look at a couple possible free agent picks ups early in the 2022 season to predict who may be the best "watch list" options and Adam lives vicariously through Eno as he reminisces of the SF Bay Area beer scene. Players discussed: MJ Melendez, Madison Bum...
Mar 20, 2022•53 min•Ep. 51
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Jeff Erickson of Rotowire to talk about predicting playing time, adjusting projections, and analyzing depth charts In addition, we compare some player situations around the league that different sources aren't sold on compared to others. Players discussed: Jarren Duran, Tylor Megill, Collin McHugh, Daniel Hudson, Roansy Contreras, Carlos Hernandez, Chas McCormick, Guillermo Heredia, Jamai Jones, Rougned Odor, Jorge Mateo, Ramo...
Mar 11, 2022•50 min•Ep. 50
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Scott Bogman of In This League to talk about league format preferences, doing your homework, and properly reading ADP. In addition, we compare some big risers and fallers in drafts, comparing ADP from October/November to January/February drafts. Players discussed: Trevor Rosenthal, Alek Thomas, Dan Straily, Christian Walker, Seth Beer, Robinson Cano, Elvis Andrus, Grayson Rodriguez, Paolo Espino, Didi Gregorius, Jurickson Prof...
Mar 06, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 49
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hastingare joined by special guest Michael Simione of SP Streamer to talk abut the art of streaming pitchers during the season, how it changes the way you draft, and what you're looking for in a potential streamer. In addition, we play our new game - ASK - where we take a threesome of similar pitchers taken later in most drafts and choose to avoid, stream, or keep active each of them throughout the season. Players discussed: Mike Moustakas, Yoshi Tsutsugo, Madis...
Feb 27, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 48
On The Wire - Adam Howe is joined by special guest David Mendelson to talk abut the art of streaming hitters during the season, how it changes the way you draft, and what you're looking for in a potential streamer. In addition, we play a new game - ASK - where we take a threesome of similar hitter and choose to avoid, stream, or keep active each of them throughout the season. Players discussed: Yan Gomes, Tucker Barnhart, MJ Melendez, Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Jose Miranda, Cesar Hernandez, N...
Feb 20, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 47
On The Wire - Adam Howe and Kevin Hasting are joined by special guest Matt Williams to discuss situations across the league that could open up playing time for patient bench players once the lockout is over and teams are able to make rumored moves. In addition, we discuss what assumptions are worth making when throwing darts later in the draft and everyone's Moving Targets of the week. Players discussed: Mike Moustakas, Jeremy Peña, Tyrone Taylor, Matt Chapman, Matt Olsen, Josh Harrison, Tony Ke...
Feb 13, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 46
On The Wire - Adam Howe ( @EightyGrade ) and Kevin Hasting ( @HastingKevin ) are joined by avid NFBC ( @theNFBC ) player John Fish ( @PileOfDial ) to discuss the ins and outs of volume drafting, transitioning between fantasy baseball formats, and managing over 40 leagues in season. Welcome John (2:15) Moving targets - Ian Kennedy, José Barrero, Ha-seong Kim, Jorge Mateo, Garrett Cooper (4:56) Volume drafting (18:22) Clarifying league types (21:34) Adjusting your draft strategy as you go (24:22) ...
Feb 06, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 45
On The Wire - Adam Howe ( @EightyGrade ) and Kevin Hasting ( @HastingKevin ) are joined by Ariel Cohen ( @ATCNY ) to discuss his 2022 ATC player projections. Ariel can be heard regularly hosting the Beat The Shift Podcast ( @beat_shift_pod ) presented by RotoFanatic as well as writing regularly for Rotographs , Rotoballer , and CBS Fantasy . Welcome Ariel (3:28) Moving targets (Yan Gomes, MJ Melendez, Anthony Bender, Seth Brown, Chad Green, Pierce Johnson, Tyler Wade (7:05) What is ATC (27:35) H...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 44
On The Wire - Adam Howe ( @EightyGrade ) is joined by Nick Pollack ( @pitcherlist ) in an impromptu discussion that ultimately revolves around the draft results of one of the On The Wire Listener Leagues (to join a future OTW League draft, shoot us a DM on Twitter ( @OnTheWirePod ). 12 team, 30 rounds, NFBC format, weekly FAAB. No time stamps needed for this one. Enjoy. Subscribe : Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | RSS Connect: Twitter | OnTheWirePod...
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 43
