Wins Above Fantasy – Details, episodes & analysis

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

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss pitchers who have been on the rise in the second half and look to identify the reasons for their breakouts.

• Spencer Arrighetti
• Bowden Francis
• Spencer Schwellenbach
• Bryce Miller
• Yusei Kikuchi
• Ryne Nelson

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss impressive first-half hitting performances relative to ADP.

• Gunnar Henderson
• Marcell Ozuna
• Jarren Duran
• Jurickson Profar
• Brice Turang
• William Contreras
• Alec Bohm
• Josh Naylor
• Heliot Ramos

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss pitchers to target in trades.

• RIP Willie Mays
• Foolish Baseball Video on "The Catch"
• Pablo Lopez
• Jordan Montgomery
• Jesus Luzardo
• Framber Valdez
• Joe Musgrove
• Bailey Ober
• Kevin Gausman
• Carlos Rodon
• Reynaldo Lopez
• Hunter Brown
• Miles Mikolas

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss hitters to target in trades plus answer your mailbag questions.

• Trade season is here
• Sky Kalkman's Article on Trading Techniques
• Eno Sarris' "Secret Sauce" to find hitters to buy
• WAF's own "Secret Sauce" 
• Jurickson Profar
• Ezequiel Tovar
• Christian Walker 
• Matt Olson
• Corbin Carroll
• Cubs Hitters
• Mail Bag Questions!
• Little Piranha: When to use limited add resources
• @PeepMySlashLine: Where to find Wins & Ryan Bliss's viability
• Goon Squad: What is wrong with 1B?

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss players who have improved over the course of April to May.

• Month-over-month improvers
• Steve's Spreadsheet
• K-BB% improvers
• Seth Lugo
• Michael King
• Stuff+ Improvers
• Brandon Pfaadt
• Carlos Rodon
• wRC+ Improvers
• Barrel% Improvers
• JJ Bleday
• Nolan Gorman
• Ty France

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) are joined by Kyle Bland (@blandalytics) to discuss the new bat tracking metrics as well as some struggling hitters and believing in the process and underlying data.

• What Kyle is working on at Pitcher List
• Kyle's Bat Tracking App
• Importance of Bat Acceleration
• Wyatt Langford intrigue
• The State of Offense in 2024
• Steve's offensive struggles
• Christopher Morel: Trust The Process
• Will Fernando Tatis Jr. Return to First Round Form?
• Jo Adell Breakout or Flash in the Pan?
• Lars Nootbaar Always One Step Away
• Will Jake Burger Bounce Back?

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) are joined by Lance Brozdowski (@LanceBroz) to talk pitching

• Lance's background
• Lance's Substack
• Lance's most recent YouTube Video: The Dodgers & High Fastballs
• Breaking down pitchers with Lance
• Tarik Skubal
• Garrett Crochet
• Kevin Gausman
• David Festa
• Quick Hits for Lance

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) dissect the new Bat Tracking Leaderboard on Baseball Savant.

• Bat Tracking Overview
• Navigating signal and noise with new metrics
• Fast Swing Rate
• Squared Up Rate
• Blasts
• Custom Charts
• Bat Speed Distribution Comparisons

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) are joined by Thomas Nestico (@TJStats) to discuss under-valued and under rostered starting pitchers.

• Paul Skenes
• Christian Scott
• Reese Olson
• JP Sears
• Hayden Wesneski
• Jack Leiter
• Taj Bradley
• Erik Fedde
• Chris Paddack
• Thomas' favorite under-the-radar pitchers