Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss their favorite storylines of the first half, including their favorite breakouts, bounce-backs, and surprising performers. Intro 0:00 Home Run Race (Aaron Judge, Cal Raleigh, Shohei Ohtani) 1:00 "Coming Out of Nowhere" Pete Crow-Armstrong, Jacob Wilson, James Wood 16:55 "He's Finally Doing It" Kyle Tucker, Hunter Brown, Junior Caminero, Riley Greene, Jo Adell 27:00 Bouncing Back Jacob deGrom, Byron Buxton, G...
Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) spotlight underrated arms with rising K-BB rates, improved stuff, and pitch mix tweaks — plus why now might be the perfect time to pounce on names like Soroka, Patrick, and Baz. Intro 0:00 Will Warren 8:02 Ben Brown 15:09 Mike Soroka 22:08 Eury Perez 32:10 Chad Patrick 38:23 Ryan Pepiot 45:03 Brayan Bello 48:33 Shane Baz 55:25 Brandon Pfaadt 58:56...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss underperforming hitters to buy low on. Intro 0:00 How to Find Buy Lows 5:00 Luis Garcia Jr. 9:36 Ben Rice 16:51 Brenton Doyle 23:30 Dylan Crews 29:14 Mike Trout 37:00 Gunnar Henderson 46:18 Julio Rodriguez 56:04 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1:03:52...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) dive in to K-BB% leaderboards from March/April and May/June and discuss risers and fallers. Intro 0:00 Bryce Elder 6:07 Mathew Boyd 13:55 Grant Holmes 16:30 Merrill Kelly 23:45 Ben Brown 29:40 Robbie Ray 37:21 Kevin Gausman 43:40 Shane Baz 51:39 Max Meyer 58:02 Brandon Pfaadt 1:01:25 Chris Bassitt & Matthew Liberatore 1:05:45...
Jun 12, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) look at hitters who's barrel rates have drastically changed from April to May. Intro 0:00 Rafael Devers 4:00 Austin Riley 11:00 Fernando Tatis Jr. 14:00 Salvador Perez 22:25 Kyle Manzardo 26:11 Riley Greene 32:55 George Springer 38:43 Miguel Vargas 44:55 Taylor Ward 54:40 Gavin Sheets 1:02:00...
Jun 05, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss impact prospects who could be called up to the big leagues soon while having an impact on the fantasy season. Intro 0:00 Bubba Chandler 8:41 Jac Caglianone 17:30 Roman Anthony 24:37 Andrew Painter 31:45 Jacob Misiorowski 39:25 Quinn Matthews 47:05 Miguel Vargas 55:33 Miguel Andujar 1:01:50 Ryan Yarbrough 1:05:40...
May 29, 2025•1 hr 18 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss interesting young hitters and pitchers and their outlook for the rest of the fantasy baseball season. Intro 0:00 Pete Crow-Armstrong 6:00 Matt Shaw 13:40 Jacob Wilson 19:28 Chase Meidroth 25:03 Drake Baldwin 29:55 Junior Caminero 37:15 Logan Henderson 43:48 Mick Abel 46:00 Will Warren 56:06 Jack Leiter 1:00:00 AJ Smith-Shawver 1:08:20...
May 22, 2025•1 hr 16 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) take a look at hitters that are off to slow starts this season, but underlying numbers suggest they could be good buy-low targets. Intro 0:00 Christian Walker 8:00 Brandon Nimmo 16:50 Salvador Perez 23:19 Dansby Swanson 30:00 Mike Trout 37:11 Jake Burger 44:54 Alec Bohm 50:22 Ryan McMahon 56:08 Bryan Reynolds 1:00:11...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss early season breakouts and determine if they are legit or simply hot stretches. Intro 0:00 Tyler Soderstrom 4:00 Jonathan Aranda 15:09 Ben Rice 21:55 Luke Keaschall 27:23 Noelvi Marte 32:25 Matthew Liberatore 43:12 Jake Irvin 50:00 Landen Roupp 56:00 Kris Bubic 1:01:02 Max Meyer 1:07:32...
Apr 24, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) look for valuable changes in pitchers' approaches early in the season. Intro 0:00 Chris Bassitt 5:40 Tyler Mahle 16:25 Luis L. Ortiz 23:46 Bryan Woo 30:35 Andre Pallante 31:31 Edward Cabrera 35:50 Hayden Wesneski 42:19 Max Meyer 49:02 Joe Boyle 54:06...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) look for valuable changes in hitters' approaches early in the season. 0:00 Intro Starts 6:17 Jordan Walker 15:35 Ke'Bryan Hayes 22:28 Brendan Rodgers 29:26 Kyle Schwarber 39:28 Maikel Garcia 45:28 Nick Castellanos 49:28 Cody Bellinger 56:33 Spencer Torkelson 1:01:00 Kyren Paris 1:09:04 Jorge Polanco...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 14 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss the major takeaways from the first week of the fantasy baseball season. Wilyer Abreu Kyle Manzardo Tyler Soderstrom Spencer Torkelson Lars Nootbaar Isaiah Kiner-Falefa Rafael Devers MacKenzie Gore Jeffery Springs Jesus Luzardo Brady Singer Kris Bubic Jordan Hicks...
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) Van and Steve give their annual "chalkboard" picks-- two targets and two fades that will over or under perform ADP by 20%. Special guest- PitchCon Winner John Doering also joins to give his picks. Isaac Parades Mike Trout Ian Happ Austin Riley Luis Castillo Ketel Marte CJ Abrams Roki Sasaki Jonathan India Willy Adames Reynaldo Lopez Logan Webb...
Mar 27, 2025•2 hr 1 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) review their most rostered players for the 2025 season. Sean Burke Landen Roupp Jordan Westburg Cristopher Sanchez DJ Herz Matt Olson Austin Riley Hunter Brown Yordan Alvarez Junior Caminero Riley Greene Tommy Edman Justin Martinez Gavin Williams...
Mar 20, 2025•1 hr 20 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) give their picks for 2025 breakout pitchers. Clay Holmes Gavin Williams Max Meyer Ryan Weathers Cristopher Sanchez Spencer Arrighetti Jackson Jobe Dustin May Reese Olson
Mar 13, 2025•1 hr 39 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss hitters who will breakout in 2025. Kerry Carpenter Junior Caminero Riley Greene Lars Nootbaar Ivan Herrera Ryan Mountcastle Tyler Fitzgerald Michael Conforto Alan Roden
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) go round by round and give their favorite picks at every point of the draft. Shohei Ohtani Fernando Tatis Ketel Marte Rafael Devers Austin Riley Teoscar Hernandez Framber Valdez Bailey Ober Hunter Brown Logan Webb Luis Garcia Alex Bregman Riley Greene Jared Jones Bryan Woo...
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 27 min0
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) are joined by Ryan Bloomfield ( @RyanBHQ ) of BaseballHQ and Bubba and the Bloom to discuss undervalued players relative to ADP and past performance. Welcome to WAF Ryan Bloomfield! We love Bloomboards! Process to creating Undervalued players who are interesting Nick Castellanos Kyle Schwarber Marcell Ozuna Anthony Santander Paul Goldschmidt Francisco Lindor Teoscar Hernandez Christian Walker Framber Valdez...
Feb 06, 2025•1 hr 18 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) discuss interesting toss-ups and decisions from picks 1-100. Juan Soto vs. Kyle Tucker vs. Fernando Tatis Jr. Paul Skenes vs. Tarik Skubal Austin Riley vs. Rafael Devers Corey Seager vs. Oneil Cruz Wyatt Langford vs. James Wood Jose Altuve vs. Ozzie Albies Gerrit Cole vs. Framber Valdez vs. Michael King vs.Pablo Lopez Brent Rooker vs. Marcell Ozuna vs. Kyle Schwarber vs. Teoscar Hernandez Roki Sasaki vs. Shota Iman...
Jan 23, 2025•1 hr 27 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) Van and Steve discuss pitching targets beyond pick 300. Kumar Rocker DJ Herz Bubba Chandler Nick Martinez Frankie Montas Tobias Myers David Festa Bobby Miller Jose Soriano Sean Burke Quinn Matthews Noah Schultz
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) Van and Steve discuss pitching targets from picks 200-300.
Dec 26, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett ( @Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele ( @stav8818 ) are joined by Chris Towers ( @CPTowers ) of CBS Sports to discuss the state of the positions in fantasy baseball. 1:00 Van's NYC Trip and Welcome Chris 7:50 Catcher 19:00 First Base 29:01 Second Base 38:00 Third Base 45:00 Short Stop 51:30 Outfield 1:01:44 Starting Pitcher...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 70
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss why they are thankful for fantasy baseball.
Nov 28, 2024•1 hr
Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) talk about the recently-released PLV Projections for 2025. PLV Projections are here! Kyle Bland's Primer Process Hitter Standouts Yordan Alvarez Brent Rooker Kerry Carpenter Lawrence Butler Jake Burger Tyler Fitzgerald Trea Turner Michael Harris II Mark Vientos Pitcher Standouts Blake Snell Bryce Miller Bryan Woo David Festa Shane Baz Paul Skenes George Kirby Hunter Brown...
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 69
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
Oct 31, 2024•1 hr 5 min
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
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 1 min
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...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 10 min
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...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 14 min
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
Sep 19, 2024•1 hr 5 min
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...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 68
