FantasyPros - Fantasy Baseball Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Mike Maher and Kelly Kirby help you take your fantasy baseball team to another level with a deep dive into the pros and cons of popular strategies, including Pocket Aces or Best Player Available, and give you some solid draft targets that coincide with those strategies. We spotlight early-round pitchers like Logan Gilbert and give you potential late-round gems like Kumar Rocker. Find out which blueprint best suits your roster so you can dominate draft day.

Timestamps:

Intro - 0:00:00

Draft Strategies Overview - Pocket Aces, Best Player Available & More - 0:02:00

FantasyPros Draft Wizard - 0:10:16

Early-Round Pitcher Targets - Paul Skenes, Logan Gilbert - 0:11:40

Early-Round Hitter Targets - Francisco Lindor & Mookie Bets - 0:19:55

Pocket Aces Tweeners - Lindor, Jarren Duran and Jackson Chourio - 0:23:09

Middle-Round Targets - Sandy Alcantara, Vinnie Pasquantino, Jared Jones, Jasson Dominguez - 0:25:33

Late-Round Targets - Jeffrey Springs, Matt Shaw, Ivan Herrera, Kumar Rocker, Max Scherzer - 0:34:55

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Join Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17), Chris Welsh (@IsItTheWelsh), and Joe Orrico (@JoeOrrico99) as they take part in a 10 team, head-to-head mock draft to help you prepare for your 2025 fantasy baseball drafts!

Timestamps: 

Intro - 0:00:00

FantasyPros Draft Wizard - 0:01:39

Round 1 - 0:03:49

Round 2 - 0:05:21

Round 3 - 0:06:29

Round 4 - 0:08:05

Round 5 - 0:09:01

Round 6 - 0:11:03

Round 7 - 0:14:05

Round 8 - 0:15:05

Round 9 - 0:17:49

Round 10 - 0:20:03

Round 11 - 0:21:10

Round 12 - 0:22:42

Round 13 - 0:24:27

FantasyPros Cheat Sheet Creator - 0:25:42

Round 14 - 0:26:17

Round 15 - 0:27:47

Round 16 - 0:29:53

Round 17 - 0:31:31

Round 18 - 0:32:46

Round 19 - 0:35:31

Round 20 - 0:38:00

Round 21 - 0:39:51

Draft Recap and Analysis - 0:40:46

Outro - 0:47:10

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Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) and Chris Welsh (@IsItTheWelsh) are joined by Geoff Pontes (@GeoffPontesBA) from Baseball America to break down the Top 10 prospects that you should be targeting in 2025!

Will Roki Sasaki immediately become the ace that everyone is expecting? Could Kristian Campbell and Roman Anthony make an impact right out of the gate? Could Jordan Lawlar be this year’s version of Jackson Merrill? Will the Pirates pitching factory turn out a couple more gems this season?

Tune in as the pros break it all down!

Timestamps:

Intro - 0:00:00

Roki Sasaki - 0:02:15

Kristian Campbell - 0:10:48

FantasyPros Draft Wizard - 0:16:54

Jasson Dominguez - 0:17:24

Matt Shaw - 0:23:45

Fantrax - 0:27:35

Dylan Crews - 0:28:40

Jackson Jobe - 0:30:52

Roman Anthony - 0:33:48

Jordan Lawlar - 0:36:18

BettingPros Premium Free Trial - 0:40:05

Bubba Chandler - 0:40:47

Kumar Rocker - 0:43:56

Sleeper Prospects to Draft - 0:46:35

Chase Dollander - 0:46:57

Travis Bazzana - 0:47:27

Quinn Mathews - 0:48:35

Thomas Harrington - 0:51:28

Outro - 0:52:31

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The show, after the show. It's Joey P and Welsh hitting the FantasyPros Discord to talk more MLB with YOU. Is Masyn Winn a must pickup? Should we be worried about Oneil Cruz? Should you trade Skubal now before his innings get capped? Joey P and Welsh are talking with listeners and answering these and more ⚾ Join Cleaning Up on Wednesdays at 1:10p/1:15 est following leading off to listen live and ask your fantasy questions. Join the FantasyPros discord by going to FantasyPros.com/chat. Find Cleaning Up at the direct link FantasyPros.com/CleaningUp. ⚾ FantasyPros MyPlaybook™ - Win your Fantasy Baseball Leagues, and take home bragging rights this year. Over 1 million teams have been synced for custom advice, rankings, and analysis. Get an edge on your opponents today, www.fantasypros.com/mlb/myplaybook ✅ BettingPros® - BettingPros offers consensus sports betting advice from 150+ experts to make it easy for you to start making winning bets. We promote the best experts based on one simple question, “How good is your advice?!” At BettingPros, we help you find the best lines for the NFL, MLB, and NBA by showcasing how the individual sportsbooks compare with their Point Spreads, Moneylines, and Over/Unders vs. the Consensus of all top sportsbooks. Sign up today at www.bettingpros.com and start betting smarter... not harder

Jared Jones blanks the Dodgers. Gerrit Cole dominates in his first rehab start back. Is Luis Gil the AL ROTY? News, Injuries and the best bets of the day with Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) and Chris Welsh (@IsItTheWelsh) Introduction - 0:00:00 Jared Jones - 0:02:19 Gerrit Cole’s rehab start - 0:06:30 George Kirby - 0:09:44 Masyn Winn - 0:13:14 Nick Castellanos - 0:13:35 Royce Lewis - 0:13:40 Luis Gil Future Bets? 0:13:52 Just For Fun 0:18:14 Connor Norby Debut - 0:20:32 Logan Evans potentially moving to bullpen 0:20:38 3 Up: Bobby Witt Jr, Luis Robert, Ryan Mountcastle - 0:22:24 3 Down: Jesus Luzardo, Seth Lugo, Triston McKenzie - 0:22:35 Tons of Injuries: 0:24:53 MLB Best Bets - 0:28:00 HR Calls - 0:32:31 Sponsors: 💰 bet365 - Sign up now using our code LEADINGOFF and get the choice of two incredible New Customer Offers, the First Bet Safety Net or Bet $5 & Get $150 in Bonus Bets. Place your first cash bet up to $1,000, and if the bet loses, you will have your wager refunded in Bonus Bets, OR $150 in Bonus Bets will be added to your Bonus Bets balance once your original bet of at least $5 is settled. Sign up today at www.bet365.com/olp/open-account?…iate=365_03101631 ⚾ FantasyPros MyPlaybook™ - Win your Fantasy Baseball Leagues, and take home bragging rights this year. Over 1 million teams have been synced for custom advice, rankings, and analysis. Get an edge on your opponents today, www.fantasypros.com/mlb/myplaybook ✅ BettingPros® - BettingPros offers consensus sports betting advice from 150+ experts to make it easy for you to start making winning bets. We promote the best experts based on one simple question, “How good is your advice?!” At BettingPros, we help you find the best lines for the NFL, MLB, and NBA by showcasing how the individual sportsbooks compare with their Point Spreads, Moneylines, and Over/Unders vs. the Consensus of all top sportsbooks. Sign up today at www.bettingpros.com and start betting smarter... not harder

Joey P (@JoePisapia17) and Welsh (@IsItTheWelsh) discuss the mind-boggling 4.3% win rate on now lifetime-banned Tucupita Marcano. In or out on Kevin Gausman? News, Injuries and best bets of the day. Introduction - 0:00:00 Tucupita Marcano Banned - 0:00:51 Bet365 - 0:04:38 Tarik Skubal & Zack Wheeler - 0:06:38 Kevin Gausman - 0:09:05 Mark Vientos - 0:13:02 Grayson Rodriguez - 0:14:48 Just For Fun, Corbin Carroll & Noelvi Marte - 0:14:55 Rookie Lookie, Connor Norby - 0:15:15 3 Up, Spencer Steer, Nolan Gorman & Austin Hays- 0:16:54 3 Down, Ryan Feltner, Justin Verlander & Tylor Megill - 0:21:03 Injuries - 0:21:28 Best Bets of The Day - 0:25:54 Bet365 - 0:31:16 HR Board and HR Calls of the Day - 0:31:30 Outro - 0:33:40 Sponsors: 💰 bet365 - Sign up now using our code LEADINGOFF and get the choice of two incredible New Customer Offers, the First Bet Safety Net or Bet $5 & Get $150 in Bonus Bets. Place your first cash bet up to $1,000, and if the bet loses, you will have your wager refunded in Bonus Bets, OR $150 in Bonus Bets will be added to your Bonus Bets balance once your original bet of at least $5 is settled. Sign up today at www.bet365.com/olp/open-account?…iate=365_03101631 ⚾ FantasyPros MyPlaybook™ - Win your Fantasy Baseball Leagues, and take home bragging rights this year. Over 1 million teams have been synced for custom advice, rankings, and analysis. Get an edge on your opponents today, www.fantasypros.com/mlb/myplaybook ✅ BettingPros® - BettingPros offers consensus sports betting advice from 150+ experts to make it easy for you to start making winning bets. We promote the best experts based on one simple question, “How good is your advice?!” At BettingPros, we help you find the best lines for the NFL, MLB, and NBA by showcasing how the individual sportsbooks compare with their Point Spreads, Moneylines, and Over/Unders vs. the Consensus of all top sportsbooks. Sign up today at www.bettingpros.com and start betting smarter... not harder

Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) and Chris Welsh (@IsItTheWelsh) breakdown all the weekend action around MLB. Aaron Judge does it again. Branond Pfaadt is hot, while Chris Sale was not. An Orioles prospect was called up...but it wasn't Jackson Holliday. Best bets of the day and more. Timestamps: Introduction - 0:00:00 Juan Soto and the Yankees- 0:02:22 Gavin Stone - 0:03:25 Brandon Pfaadt - 0:05:50 Chris Sale blown up by the A’s - 0:10:39 Spencer Torkelson sent to AAA - 0:13:08 Jackson Chourio - 0:18:05 3 Up: Luis Castillo, Cole Ragans, Rafael Devers - 0:20:58 3 Down: Ben Brown, Brayan Bello, Jose Quintana - 0:21:10 Musgrove and Darvish Injuries - 0:21:30 Max Muncy Oblique - 0:22:55 Royce Lewis - 0:25:30 Best Bets of the Day - 0:26:10 HR board and HR calls - 0:30:30 Sponsors: 💰 bet365 - Sign up now using our code LEADINGOFF and get the choice of two incredible New Customer Offers, the First Bet Safety Net or Bet $5 & Get $150 in Bonus Bets. Place your first cash bet up to $1,000, and if the bet loses, you will have your wager refunded in Bonus Bets, OR $150 in Bonus Bets will be added to your Bonus Bets balance once your original bet of at least $5 is settled. Sign up today at www.bet365.com/olp/open-account?…iate=365_03101631 ⚾ FantasyPros MyPlaybook™ - Win your Fantasy Baseball Leagues, and take home bragging rights this year. Over 1 million teams have been synced for custom advice, rankings, and analysis. Get an edge on your opponents today, www.fantasypros.com/mlb/myplaybook ✅ BettingPros® - BettingPros offers consensus sports betting advice from 150+ experts to make it easy for you to start making winning bets. We promote the best experts based on one simple question, “How good is your advice?!” At BettingPros, we help you find the best lines for the NFL, MLB, and NBA by showcasing how the individual sportsbooks compare with their Point Spreads, Moneylines, and Over/Unders vs. the Consensus of all top sportsbooks. Sign up today at www.bettingpros.com and start betting smarter... not harder

Will we see Jasson Dominguez? Welsh takes back all the bad things he said about Jack Flaherty. What's worse Darren Waller's rap or the Padres Rappers? Best bets of the day and more as Joe returns with the Welsh. Timestamps: Introduction - 0:00:00 - Sponsors: 💰 bet365 - Sign up now using our code LEADINGOFF and get the choice of two incredible New Customer Offers, the First Bet Safety Net or Bet $5 & Get $150 in Bonus Bets. Place your first cash bet up to $1,000, and if the bet loses, you will have your wager refunded in Bonus Bets, OR $150 in Bonus Bets will be added to your Bonus Bets balance once your original bet of at least $5 is settled. Sign up today at www.bet365.com/olp/open-account?…iate=365_03101631 ⚾ FantasyPros MyPlaybook™ - Win your Fantasy Baseball Leagues, and take home bragging rights this year. Over 1 million teams have been synced for custom advice, rankings, and analysis. Get an edge on your opponents today, www.fantasypros.com/mlb/myplaybook ✅ BettingPros® - BettingPros offers consensus sports betting advice from 150+ experts to make it easy for you to start making winning bets. We promote the best experts based on one simple question, “How good is your advice?!” At BettingPros, we help you find the best lines for the NFL, MLB, and NBA by showcasing how the individual sportsbooks compare with their Point Spreads, Moneylines, and Over/Unders vs. the Consensus of all top sportsbooks. Sign up today at www.bettingpros.com and start betting smarter... not harder

Join hosts Ryan Wormeli and Mike Maher on The Cycle, the FantasyPros Baseball podcast, as they dive into the latest fantasy baseball news. This episode covers the loss of Ronald Acuna and the impact on the Braves lineup, the legacy of Angel Hernandez, and the inclusion of Negro League stats in the official MLB record. Discover our top Buy Low and Sell High picks from the week’s featured pros, including Austin Riley and Framber Valdez. We also share our favorite waiver wire targets like Adam Duvall and Davis Schneider, and preview the weekend’s most exciting matchups. Lastly, follow our season-long 2-Start Pitcher Competition with picks like Matt Waldron and George Kirby. Subscribe, rate, and leave a review at fantasypros.com/mlbreview/, and get your questions answered in the next episode! Join us for all this and more on The Cycle! If you enjoy our content, please leave a positive review at fantasypros.com/mlbreview. And if you ask a question in your review, we’ll be sure to answer it in the next episode. ⚾ FantasyPros MyPlaybook™ - Win your Fantasy Baseball Leagues, and take home bragging rights this year. Over 1 million teams have been synced for custom advice, rankings, and analysis. Get an edge on your opponents today, www.fantasypros.com/mlb/myplaybook ✅ BettingPros® - BettingPros offers consensus sports betting advice from 150+ experts to make it easy for you to start making winning bets. We promote the best experts based on one simple question, “How good is your advice?!” At BettingPros, we help you find the best lines for the NFL, MLB, and NBA by showcasing how the individual sportsbooks compare with their Point Spreads, Moneylines, and Over/Unders vs. the Consensus of all top sportsbooks. Sign up today at www.bettingpros.com and start betting smarter... not harder

Bogman is filling in for Joey P, so it's Bogman (@BogmanSports) and The Welsh (@IsItTheWelsh). Shota finally gets hit up. Luis Gil and Paul Skenes go off. Former infielder David Fletcher pitches five innings at AAA? Prospecting with The Welsh, Best Bets of the Day and more! Timestamps: Introduction - 0:00:00 Shota Imanaga - 0:03:28 Luis Gil and Paul Skenes Gas - 0:09:10 Alek Manoah - 0:12:50 Corey Seager owns AZ - 0:14:29 Jorge Lopez incident - 0:16:15 David Fletcher pitches - 0:18:15 Prospecting with The Welsh - 0:22:25 James Wood and Junior Caminero to IL - 0:23:00 Will Jackson Holliday come back soon? - 0:26:05 Heston Kjerstad - 0:27:30 Cade Povich - 0:28:43 David Festa - 0:29:44 Brennen Davis - 0:30:17 3 Up and 3 Down - 0:31:07 Injuries - 0:32:04 Best Bets of the Day - 0:33:03 HR Call - 0:36:48 Sponsors: 💰 bet365 - Sign up now using our code LEADINGOFF and get the choice of two incredible New Customer Offers, the First Bet Safety Net or Bet $5 & Get $150 in Bonus Bets. Place your first cash bet up to $1,000, and if the bet loses, you will have your wager refunded in Bonus Bets, OR $150 in Bonus Bets will be added to your Bonus Bets balance once your original bet of at least $5 is settled. Sign up today at www.bet365.com/olp/open-account?…iate=365_03101631 ⚾ FantasyPros MyPlaybook™ - Win your Fantasy Baseball Leagues, and take home bragging rights this year. Over 1 million teams have been synced for custom advice, rankings, and analysis. Get an edge on your opponents today, www.fantasypros.com/mlb/myplaybook ✅ BettingPros® - BettingPros offers consensus sports betting advice from 150+ experts to make it easy for you to start making winning bets. We promote the best experts based on one simple question, “How good is your advice?!” At BettingPros, we help you find the best lines for the NFL, MLB, and NBA by showcasing how the individual sportsbooks compare with their Point Spreads, Moneylines, and Over/Unders vs. the Consensus of all top sportsbooks. Sign up today at www.bettingpros.com and start betting smarter... not harder