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  • MLB Free Agent Rapid Fire with Bob Nightengale
    2024/11/22

    FTN Fantasy's Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) is joined by renowned MLB insider, Hall of Fame voter and USA Today columnist Bob Nightengale to discuss a variety of offseason baseball and 2025 fantasy related topics.

    • Background on Bob
    • The Guiding Light of reporting for the 2022 lockout scare
    • Maintaining relationships in MLB
    • The state of pitchers in the max velocity era
    • The deal with Roki Sasaki
    • Fantasy expectations for Lawrence Butler and Brent Rooker in Sacramento
    • Yandy Diaz and Brandon Lowe - what do the Rays know?
    • Where Juan Soto should ultimately sign
    • Yankees' backup plans if Soto doesn't sign
    • Alex Bregman's presumed landing spot
    • A Paul Goldschmidt bounceback?
    • Tyler O'Neill (of course)
    • Expectations for Jurickson Profar and Walker Buehler
    • Who among Verlander, Scherzer, Lynn, Morton, Cobb, Boyd, Clevinger are worth drafting?
    • Kenley Jansen's last hurrah (and potential landing spot)
    • Closers in 2025? Clay Holmes, Kirby Yates, Carlos Estevez, Blake Treinen
    • 2025 Hall of Fame ballots
    • Bob Nightengale's 2025 Yelich!
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    42 分
  • Sasaki is a Dodger and Free Agent Pitchers
    2024/11/13

    Vlad Sedler and Jason Anthony are back for a brand new season of the FTN Fantasy Baseball podcast! Will the Mets sign Juan Soto and Corbin Burnes? Where do Pete Alonso and Christian Walker land? Why does Vlad think Roki Sasaki will 100% join the Dodgers? Who among Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw does Jason believe is still worth drafting? Which late-round starting pitcher is an absolute steal in early drafts? All of these questions are answered in this week's episode.

    Time Stamped Discussions:

    • 6:00 -Trade-off with early drafting; Bo Bichette and Christian Walker
    • 10:00 - Market values of Matt McLain, Josh Jung, Christian Encarnacion-Strand
    • 14:00 - VDP Preseason Projections results!
    • 16:00 - Juan Soto and Willy Adames
    • 25:20 - Pete Alonso to the Mariners?
    • 28:00 - FA Pitcher Discussion
      • Corbin Burnes, Blake Snell, Max Fried
      • Sean Manaea, Yusei Kikuchi and...Matthew Boyd?
      • Nick Pivetta's fabulously shrinking walk rate
    • 38:50 - Market Values of Andrew Painter and Shane McClanahan
    • 43:10 - Brandon Woodruff
    • 44:40 - Why Roki Sasaki will be a Dodger
    • 47:50 - How to value Dodgers pitchers in a 6-man
    • 51:30 - Shohei Ohtani 2025 Hot Takes
    • 57:18 - A late-round pitcher you should be drafting before his price soars

    Subscribe to FTN Fantasy (www.ftnfantasy.com) for the best preseason and in-season content, tools and projections in fantasy baseball! The FTN Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide will be released on Tuesday, December 17th.

    Sign up: https://ftnfantasy.com/pricing?sport=mlb

    Vlad's VDP Fantasy Baseball Top 300 Rankings: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/mlb/vdp-rankings

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    1 時間 5 分
  • FTN Live from First Pitch Arizona
    2024/11/06

    Vlad Sedler (@rotogut, FTN) and Joe Orrico (@JoeOrrico99, Fantasy Pros) record live from the Baseball HQ First Pitch Arizona 2024 conference. Vlad and Joe provide tips on navigating early fantasy drafts, discuss players of similar early ADP, and host a trivia contest with special guests Nick Pollack (Pitcher List), Paul Sporer (Fangraphs), Sam Wirsching (Pallazzo Podcast), and FTN's Lucas Biery.

    Topics Discussed:

    • Joe being a trooper
    • FTN Draft Guide release date
    • Late-Round Profitable Hitter trends (Rooker, Doyle, Profar, etc.)
    • Navigating early Average Draft Position (ADP)
    • Devers vs. Olson vs. Riley
    • Chisholm vs. Merrill vs. Oneil Cruz
    • McClanahan vs. Alcantara vs. Woodruff
    • Trivia Game!

    YouTube video: https://t.co/djE8QNX3q3

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    Fantasy Baseball: https://ftnfantasy.com/mlb

    FTN StatsHub Football: https://ftnfantasy.com/nfl/stats

    FTN Defensive DVOA: https://ftnfantasy.com/dvoa/nfl/defense-team-dvoa

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    1 時間 5 分
  • Live Finale - Celebrating the 2024 High Stakes Champs
    2024/10/01

    Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) hosts his annual live final show on the last day of the MLB season to celebrate the 2024 NFBC national fantasy baseball champions. Vlad is joined by Fangraphs' Paul Sporer (@sporer), FTN baseball analyst and 2024 NFBC Auction Championship overall winner Mike Mager (@BronxYankees23). During this episode, they are joined by NFBC 2024 OC champ John Pausma (@jpausma), NFBC 2024 Main Event champ Clark Olson (@ClarkOlson) and Main Event runner-up, Jason Santeiu (@JasonSantieu).

    Watch the show live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/YrVlPWu1a4Y

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    Popular Links on https://ftnfantasy.com:

    NFL Rankings Page: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/nfl/rankings

    NFL Projections: https://ftnfantasy.com/nfl/projections

    ADP Tool: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/nfl/adp-exploration

    Underdog ADP Tool: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/nfl/underdog-adpNFL

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    1 時間 31 分
  • Jazz or Doyle
    2024/09/19

    Just one week left in the fantasy baseball season! Vlad Sedler and Jason Anthony dive into details on unique waiver/FAAB and lineup construction strategies for the final week of the season. The duo discuss a variety of other topics and players including Kodai Senga, Bobby Miller, Francisco Lindor and the MLB wild card race. The show concludes with a 2025 comparison between several players of similar 2024 fantasy value including Brent Rooker vs. Manny Machado, Jose Altuve vs. Jackson Merrill, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. vs. Brenton Doyle.

    Sign up for the best fantasy baseball site in the industry at www.ftnfantasy.com. Helpful and league-winning content from our group of top-notch analysts, along with industry-best projections (powered by FTN Data), Trust the Gut FAAB, Drops & Disasters, weekly rankings, and a whole slew of useful tools. The FTN team will help you crush your leagues!

    Popular Links on https://ftnfantasy.com:

    NFL Rankings Page: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/nfl/rankings

    NFL Projections: https://ftnfantasy.com/nfl/projections

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    1 時間 8 分
  • The Stretch Run with Mike Mager
    2024/09/12

    In this week's episode, Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) is joined by FTN Baseball colleague and High-Stakes crusher, Mike Mager (@bronxyankees23). The duo discuss a variety of topics including the return of deGrom and Scherzer, Yankees front office mismanagement, best schedules these last two weeks of the season, MLB award winners and their World Series picks. Mike discusses his experiences as a first-year fantasy analyst and how it's coincided with what's his been his best fantasy baseball ever so far.

    Sign up for the best fantasy baseball site in the industry at www.ftnfantasy.com. Helpful and league-winning content from our group of top-notch analysts, along with industry-best projections (powered by FTN Data), Trust the Gut FAAB, Drops & Disasters, weekly rankings, and a whole slew of useful tools. The FTN team will help you crush your leagues!

    Popular Links on https://ftnfantasy.com:

    NFL Rankings Page: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/nfl/rankings

    NFL Projections: https://ftnfantasy.com/nfl/projections

    ADP Tool: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/nfl/adp-exploration

    Underdog ADP Tool: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/nfl/underdog-adpNFL

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    1 時間 15 分
  • Next Year's ADP with Joe Orrico
    2024/09/06

    Vlad Sedler and Jason Anthony are joined by Joe Orrico, FantasyPros analyst/producer and host of the '90 Feet from Home' podcast. Joe discusses his success this year as a fantasy baseball analyst and Twitter fave. The trio dive into topics ranging from the Yankees bullpen and Royce Lewis' value to Jacob deGrom projections and This Year's Nolan Jones. In the last 30 minutes, Vlad, Jason and Joe break down their expectations within the 2025 first round ADP.

    Be sure to follow Joe: @joeorrico99

    Sign up for the best fantasy baseball site in the industry at www.ftnfantasy.com. Helpful and league-winning content from our group of top-notch analysts, along with industry-best projections (powered by FTN Data), Trust the Gut FAAB, Drops & Disasters, weekly rankings, and a whole slew of useful tools. The FTN team will help you crush your leagues!

    Popular Links on https://ftnfantasy.com:

    NFL Rankings Page: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/nfl/rankings

    NFL Projections: https://ftnfantasy.com/nfl/projections

    ADP Tool: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/nfl/adp-exploration

    Underdog ADP Tool: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/nfl/underdog-adpNFL

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    1 時間 21 分
  • A Visit With The Robot, Phil Dussault
    2024/08/21

    Vlad Sedler and Jason Anthony are joined by the world's best fantasy baseball manager, Phil Dussault, aka The Robot. Phil had the most successful fantasy baseball season in history back in 2021 when he won the Main Event and Auction Championship overall titles and netted nearly $300k. Vlad, Jason and Phil discuss a variety of topics ranging from Bo Bichette's 2025 value and Calvin Faucher jerseys to the early-round landscape of next draft season's pitchers and Phil's lessons learned in 2024. It pays to listen to The Robot and in this episode, we have the opportunity to peak inside his brain.

    Topics Discussed:

    • Phil's battle in the NFBC Platinum
    • Reynaldo Lopez
    • 2024 Blue Jays pitchers and Bo Bichette's 2024 ADP
    • Who's jersey would Phil buy this year
    • Experiences in the 12-team OC as part of the CLQ
    • Austin Riley and how Phil was Low on the Braves
    • TJ Pitchers - Dangerous or Safer
    • The Jorge Lopez Proclamation
    • Jacob deGrom - SP1 in 2025?
    • Lessons learned from 2024 YTD
    • The 1st Round Failures
    • Jumping on Breakout Hitters
    • FAAB Process - Streaming Affordably
    • Over-compensating Categorical Deficiencies
    • The Art of Cutting Stud Players

    Sign up for the best fantasy baseball site in the industry at www.ftnfantasy.com. Helpful and league-winning content from our group of top-notch analysts, along with industry-best projections (powered by FTN Data), Trust the Gut FAAB, Drops & Disasters, weekly rankings, and a whole slew of useful tools. The FTN team will help you crush your leagues!

    Popular Links on https://ftnfantasy.com:

    NFL Rankings Page: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/nfl/rankings

    NFL Projections: https://ftnfantasy.com/nfl/projections

    ADP Tool: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/nfl/adp-exploration

    Underdog ADP Tool: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/nfl/underdog-adpNFL

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    1 時間 17 分