Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) break down the early-season waiver wire landscape, focusing on the tricky balance between patience and aggressiveness in early weeks. They highlight under-20% rostered players worth adding in 12–15 team leagues, while also flagging a handful of names to monitor as roles, skills, and small-sample breakouts begin to take shape.

• Intro - 0:00
• Jordan Walker — 3:00
• TJ Rumfield — 9:25
• Colt Keith — 14:43
• Janson Junk — 20:15
• Mickey Moniak — 24:30
• Mark Vientos — 29:10
• Cole Young — 35:00
• Sean Burke — 38:13
• Max Meyer — 47:00
• Jonathan India, Kyle Isbel — 52:50

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Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) break down the first week of the MLB season, focusing on what actually matters in small samples. They highlight actionable early-season signals like bat speed gains, velocity jumps, and pitch mix changes.

• Intro - 0:00
• ABS discussion — 5:00
• Pete Crow-Armstrong, Liam Hicks, Matt McLain — 13:00
• Isaac Collins, Cam Smith, Michael Harris II, Jackson Merrill — 20:00
• J.T. Realmuto, Spencer Steer, Adley Rutschman — 32:25
• Kodai Senga — 37:33
• Dustin May — 41:27
• Dylan Cease — 42:00
• Janson Junk — 44:00
• Randy Vazquez — 49:35
• Shota Imanaga, Sandy Alcantara — 52:30
• Mike Burrows, Kevin Gausman, Shota Imanaga, Eury Perez — 54:00
• Dylan Cease, Shota Imanaga, Sandy Alcantara, Dustin May — 56:33
• Jack Leiter, Roki Sasaki, Mike Soroka — 57:57
• Joe Boyle, Sandy Alcantara, Jake Irvin — 1:04:40
• Dylan Cease, Kyle Harrison — 1:12:30

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Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818)roll out their 6th annual “Chalkboard Picks,” identifying three targets and three fades each for the 2026 fantasy season based on players finishing at least 20% above or below their ADP on the end-of-year Player Rater.

• Intro - 0:00
• George Springer - 5:45
• Jackson Merrill - 13:18
• Brice Turang - 20:00
• Cal Raleigh - 26:50
• Isaac Paredes - 31:40
• Zack Wheeler - 38:45
• Chandler Simpson - 50:25
• Cody Ponce - 57:15
• Ceddanne Rafaela - 55:00
• Kevin McGonigle - 1:02:00
• Trevor Rogers - 1:15:30
• Andy Pages - 1:09:30

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Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) make their annual bold predictions for the 2026 fantasy season, focusing on low-probability outcomes that could happen if underlying skills, development, and health break right.

• Intro - 0:00
• Wyatt Langford reaches 70 combined home runs and steals - 6:51
• Parker Messick finishes as a Top 30 SP - 14:30
• Matthew Liberatore finishes as a Top 50 SP - 19:05
• Ben Rice finishes as the Top 1B - 25:50
• Jake Burger finishes as a Top 10 1B - 33:13
• Jack Leiter finishes as a Top 20 SP - 40:15
• Griffin Jax finishes as a Top 10 closer with 30+ saves - 45:58
• Kevin McGonigle wins AL Rookie of the Year - 51:45
• Eury Pérez wins the NL Cy Young Award - 58:12
• Cincinnati Reds win the NL Central - 1:04:45

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Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) get hyped for draft season and break down the start to TGFBI.

• Intro - 0:00
• Steve's TGFBI
• Van’s TGFBI Board
• Ronald Acuna Jr. - 13:00
• Elly De La Cruz - 18:00
• Mason Miller - 25:40
• Junior Caminero - 33:15
• Ketel Marte - 39:35
• Hunter Brown - 42:15
• Freddy Peralta - 47:40
• Rafael Devers - 51:00
• Mookie Betts - 54:18
• Eury Perez 1:00:00
• Cody Bellinger 1:09:15

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Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) highlight a group of late-round starting pitcher sleepers.

• Intro - 0:00
• Kris Bubic - 5:45
• Logan Henderson - 11:15
• Kodai Senga - 16:45
• Parker Messick - 21:50
• Cody Ponce - 25:25
• Mike Burrows - 29:50
• Max Meyer 37:00
• Ryan Weiss 43:00
• Carlos Lagrange 46:30
• Ryan Weathers, Joe Musgrove - 50:10

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Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) break down a series of position-by-position ADP battles, debating which similarly drafted players at the same position offer the better profile based on skills, trends, and risk factors heading into 2026.

• Intro
• Ronald Acuña Jr. / Julio Rodríguez — 5:30
• Kyle Tucker / Fernando Tatis Jr. — 14:00
• Trea Turner / Zach Neto — 19:08
• Matt Olson / Bryce Harper — 24:10
• Josh Naylor / Freddie Freeman — 29:00
• Byron Buxton / Riley Greene — 33:06
• Drake Baldwin / Salvador Perez — 37:25
• Bo Bichette / Corey Seager — 41:20
• Michael Harris II / Oneil Cruz — 47:45
• Eugenio Suárez / Jordan Westburg — 52:35
• Jo Adell / Luis Robert — 57:08
• Jakob Marsee / Lawrence Butler — 1:02:30
• Jonathan Aranda / Royce Lewis — 1:06:30

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Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) examine where projection systems diverge and how those gaps can create draft value, highlighting key hitting and pitching targets and fades.

• Intro
• Projection gaps = draft value
• ATC strong for power, RBIs, Ks
• ZiPS leads stolen bases
• OOPSY highlights ERA/WHIP edges
• Playing time assumptions matter

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