FTN Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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Penny-Pinch the Prospects May 08, 2024

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It's Episode 14 of the 2024 FTN Fantasy Baseball podcast with Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) and Jason Anthony (@Booms62) as the duo discusses the week of news, examines why we overspend on recently promoted prospects and digs into the best and worst schedules for the rest of May.
Players and Topics Discussed:

Willson Contreras' bad luck
Impact of Luis Arraez in San Diego
Expectations for Kyle Manzardo
Tracking Jordan Walker's minor league performance
Call-up dates for Junior Caminero, Cade Horton, James Wood
Hitters to bench in NFBC this weekend
Best and Worst schedules in the 2nd half of May
Robert Gasser SZN!

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May Starting Pitcher Rankings May 01, 2024

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It's Episode 13 of the 2024 FTN Fantasy Baseball podcast with Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) and Jason Anthony (@Booms62) as the duo discuss a variety of topics including Mike Trout's injury, prospect promotions and free agent bidding regret. The main focus this week is on Vlad's starting pitcher rankings for the month of May that include a strength of schedule analysis.
Players and Topics Discussed:

Mike Trout, Jo Adell and the Angels
Tyler Black and Joey Loperfido
Ranger Suarez, SP1
Juice upcoming matchups for Cole Ragans and Framber Valdez
The Marquez Conundrum: the issue with Cincinnati Reds SP
Starting Pitcher Rankings preview for the month of May!

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Closer Draft Apr 23, 2024

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It's Episode 12 of the 2024 FTN Fantasy Baseball podcast with Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) and Jason Anthony (@Booms62) as the duo discuss a variety of topics from the recent string of oblique injuries, small sample sizes, FAAB woes and players they regret not having more shares of.
Players and Topics Discussed:

Paternity Leave on a Monday (Harper, Machado)
Wasted FAAB on Yariel Rodriguez and Spencer Turnbull?
Goldy and the Cardinals
Orelvis Martinez Hype
Heston Kjerstad promotion
Vlad & Jason run a 24-round ROS Closer Draft!

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Don't Tweak the Obliques Apr 17, 2024

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It's Episode 11 of the 2024 FTN Fantasy Baseball podcast with Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Jason Anthony (@booms62) as the duo discuss a variety of topics from the recent string of oblique injuries, small sample sizes, FAAB woes and players they regret not having more shares of.
Players and Topics Discussed:
- New Daily Projections model at FTN!
- Suzuki and Burger obliques
- Jose Butto and Ben Brown FAAB Weekend
- Outside influences in FAAB decisions
- The Clevinger/Plesac Covid scandal
- Yates! and how good it feels to get the closers
- Rocco, Oli, Kotsay and the Clown Crew
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Overreaction SZN Apr 10, 2024

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It's Episode 10 of the 2024 FTN Fantasy Baseball podcast with Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Jason Anthony (@booms62) as the duo discuss a variety of topics from the recent string of starting pitcher injuries, roto karma, rest-of-season analysis and the recent over and underperfomers in fantasy baseball. There's also a special announcement about a new member of the FTN Baseball team!
Players and Topics Discussed:

How we navigate starting pitchers with all the attrition
Showboating, victory-lapping and roto karma
Weekly Projections and two exciting announcements
Tyler O'Neill
Spencer Steer
Brice Turang
Ronel Blanco
Edward Olivares
George Kirby and Max Fried
The Minnesota Twins offense

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Managing Drops and Avoiding Disasters Apr 03, 2024

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In this week's episode of the FTN Fantasy Baseball podcast, Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) is joined by high stakes player and FTN writer Mike Mager (@BronxYankees23). Mike and Vlad talk about how to identify drops, tips to avoid disaster SP starts, highlights from the first week of MLB action and the wild volatility among closers.
Players discussed:

Mike Trout draft FOMO
Royce Lewis & Josh Jung injuries
Esteury Ruiz Conspiracy Theory
Tanner Scott, Kenley Jansen, Jason Foley
Relievers on bad teams like the A's, White Sox and Rockies

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Draft FOMO and Bold Predictions Mar 27, 2024

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On the latest FTN Fantasy Baseball podcast, Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Jason Anthony (@booms 62) discuss players they have the fear of missing out (FOMO) on and drop 10 bold fantasy baseball predictions.
Discussion topics:

Victor Scott II SZN upon us
The massive CJ Abrams ceiling
The YandyMan so disrespected
Sneaky fantasy value squads
Red Sox, Rise Up
Closers are a Wasteland
This Year's Eflin

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Sign up for the best fantasy baseball content in the industry at www.FTNfantasy.com. Use code SEAGER5 for 5% the Fantasy Baseball + or High Stakes package. Incredible content from our group of top-notch analysis including Weekly Hitter and Pitcher Rankings, Closers/Bullpen Report, Crossed Up, Drops & Disasters, and Vlad's Trust the Gut FAAB article. The FTN team will help you crush your leagues!

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ADP Helium Check Mar 20, 2024

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In the eighth episode of the 2024 FTN Fantasy Baseball podcast, Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Jason Anthony (@booms 62) dive into hitters and pitchers gaining major steam in spring training exhibition games as draft season heads into its final week.
Discussion topics:
- Closer position falling apart
- Ominous signs from Buxton and Yordan
- Oneil Cruz: Super Riser
- What to do with steaming arms like Gavin Stone and Louie Varland
- The 3 Jacksons
- Blake Snell's new price
- Kelenic back to Kelenicking
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Closer Tiers Mar 13, 2024

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The seventh episode of the 2024 FTN Fantasy Baseball podcast with Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Jason Anthony (@booms 62) as the duo explore the tiers and pockets of market value among closers and relief pitchers.
Discussion topics:
- Edwin Diaz: a tier of his own?
- Devin Williams backup plan
- Next level for Duran?
- Doval getting too much love
- Phillips is boring but boring is good
- Hopping off the Tanner Scott Train
- Texas and Philly committee for really
- 4 setup arms better than their closers
- Mason Miller, the great wild card
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Starting Pitcher Tiers Mar 06, 2024

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The fifth episode of the 2024 FTN Fantasy Baseball podcast with Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Jason Anthony (@booms 62) as the duo explore the tiers and pockets of market value among starting pitchers in the top-400 ADP.
Discussion topics:
- Early-round strikeouts overrated?
- Gerrit Cole and Corbin Burnes: boring aces
- Helium City: Tarik Skubal and Cole Ragans
- Why Grayson is no Scherzer
- How to value the Seattle arms
- Walk Rate studs: Bailey Ober, Zach Eflin, and Braxton Garrett?
- A Michael King bold prediction
- Where do we take Sonny Gray and Verlander?
- Bounceback Boys? Sale, Rodon, Bieber, Severino
- Where in the World is Triston McKenzie?
- An intriguing Reds pitcher
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Sign up for the best fantasy baseball roster construction, market and player analysis in the industry at www.FTNfantasy.com. Use code SEAGER5 for 5% the Fantasy Baseball + or High Stakes package. Incredible content from our group of top-notch analysis along with industry-best projections (VDP, powered by FTN Data), VDP 12 and 15-team rankings, Underdog best ball rankings, the Prospect Vault and a whole slew of useful tools. The FTN team will help you crush your leagues!

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