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  • Sami (@Believe_Sami) and Eric (@SamskiNYC) welcome Eno Sarris (@enosarris) live from the Oakland A’s protest game to discuss his blend of traditional sports journalism and fantasy analysis. Then they dive into the Stuff+ metric, how to use it, and which pitchers Stuff+ may be over or underselling.

    Players Discussed:

    Tyler Glasnow

    Taj Bradley

    Chris Bassitt

    Graham Ashcraft

    Clarke Schmidt

    Tanner Houck

    Kyle Bradish

    Zach Eflin

    Michael Kopech

    MacKenzie Gore

    ⁠Stuff+ leaderboard ⁠

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  • Sami (@Believe_Sami) and Eric (@SamskiNYC) blend fantasy baseball analysis with fantasy baseball therapy as they discuss personal biases, blind spots, and why we create such attachments to players on our teams. They end with a therapy-style breakthrough on the best way to approach FAAB.

    Through all of this, they’ll discuss Brent Rooker, Nathan Eovaldi, Pablo Lopez, Jake Fraley, Triston Casas, Jake Burger, Matthew Liberatore, and many more.

    Rundown

    How aware are you of your own biases and are biases just a result of managing out of fear?

    What are your blind spots? Can we control our blindspots if we know they’re there?

    Why do we have such blind spots for rookies? We just continually expect them to pop and we hold them too long when not many really hit.

    Is there a more efficient waiver wire strategy that caters to the long-term nature of fantasy baseball?

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  • Sami (@Believe_Sami) and Eric (@SamskiNYC) go back to their roots and just talk baseball. They cover why some pitchers can be ineffective with elite stuff, why pitchers made suddenly lose feel for pitches, and what leads to hitting slumps. Along they way, they discuss a handful of slumping players and discuss when to trust what you see and when to use "the data."

    RUNDOWN

    - We discuss potentially coaching our kids, even though our kids are too young to be coached

    - Sami is pissed that he went against his gut and dropped Bryson Stott. When do you trust what you see over the data points? If you limit yourself, which data should you use?

    - Jack Suwinski tangent on how to use Statcast rolling windows

    Does This Guy Suck?

    Pitchers

    Graham Ashcraft

    Dylan Cease

    Domingo German

    MacKenzie Gore

    Gavin Stone

    Sandy Alcantara

    Hitters

    Willy Adames

    Jorge Mateo

    Brandon Marsh

    Brenton Doyle

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  • Sami (@Believe_Sami) and Eric (@SamskiNYC) welcome KC Bubba (@bdentrek) to discuss hitters who are scuffling of late. Some were early-season waiver wire darlings, others were early-round draft picks. Who should we be worried about? Who should we be trying to trade for? They dig into it all here.

    News and Notes:

    Luis Ortiz debut on Tuesday

    Eury Perez getting the call

    Matt Mervis and Christopher Morel both called up

    Casey Schmitt called up

    Struggling Hitters: Are we buying low or moving on?

    Bryson Stott

    Andres Gimenez

    Ryan McMahon

    Josh Naylor

    Brandon Lowe

    Nolan Arenado

    Seiya Suzuki

    Jack Suwinski

    Jarred Kelenic

    Wrap-up question: When do you cut bait with a waiver add hitters? How different is it from cutting bait with a hitter you drafted in the mid-to-late rounds?

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  • Eric (@SamskiNYC) welcomes Fangraphs editor and mustache aficionado Paul Sporer (@sporer) for a starting pitching smorgasbord! They discuss all of the recent starting pitching prospects being called up and then dive into some veterans who are over-performing to decide if these starts are real or not.

    All music in this episode is made by Brooklyn hip-hop artist Dan Dillinger, whose new album can be found on Spotify

    Rundown

    Offenses to attack? How much do you factor in opposing offense when starting a pitcher?

    Hitter Call-Ups

    Matt Mervis

    Maikel Garcia

    Ranking the Rookies. Our thoughts on all of:

    Tanner Bibee

    Taj Bradley

    Mason Miller

    Bryce Miller

    Logan Allen

    Louie Varland

    Gavin Stone

    Brandon Pfaadt

    Matthew Liberatore

    Bryce Elder

    Are you for real?

    Seth Lugo

    Matt Strahm

    Vince Velasquez

    Eduardo Rodriguez

    Domingo German

    Justin Steele

    Drew Smyly

    Wade Miley

    Some final words/advice about process and sticking to your evaluations

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  • Eric (@SamskiNYC) and Sami (@believe_Sami) discuss early-season regrets, both with players they didn’t draft and those they did. They discuss how upset to be about your team in April and then dive into players who could be nearing a breakout.

    All music in this episode is made by Brooklyn hip-hop artist Dan Dillinger, whose new album can be found on Spotify

    Rundown

    What can we react to in April and what should we ignore?

    FOMO Regrets (Players We Don’t Have Enough Shares of)

    Josh Lowe

    Jarred Kelenic

    Matt Chapman

    James Outman

    Joe Ryan

    Jorge Mateo

    Buyer’s Remorse (Players We Have That We Wish We Didn’t)

    Lance Lynn

    Manny Machado

    Wil Myers

    Isaac Paredes

    Likely Bouncebacks: Players We’ll Regret Regretting

    Josiah Gray

    Jose Berrios

    Jack Suwinski

    Joey Gallo

    Other Potential Bouncebacks

    Miguel Vargas

    Josh Naylor

    George Springer

    Jake Burger

    Kerry Carpenter

    Matt Carpenter

    Trent Grisham

    Franmil Reyes

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  • Sami (@Believe_Sami) and Eric (@SamskiNYC) welcome Chris Clegg (@RotoClegg) to discuss recent prospect call-ups and young players who are scuffling and surging to start the year. Who should we be excited about? Who should we be worried about? They dig into it all here.

    Recent Prospect Call-ups (Who’s worth adding?)

    Mason Miller

    Brayan Bello

    Vaughn Grissom

    Oswald Peraza

    Brett Baty

    Zach Neto

    Brett Wisley

    Tyler Freeman

    Any of Tucupita Marcano, Jordan Diaz, Emnamuel Valdez, Lenyn Sosa worthy of 12 or 15 team rosters?

    Young Players Scuffling. Should we worry?

    Miguel Vargas

    Edouard Julien

    Anthony Volpe

    Gunnar Henderson

    Triston Casas

    Young Players Streaking. Are they for real?

    James Outman

    Nolan Gorman

    Josh Lowe

    Bryson Stott

    Josh Jung

    Spencer Steer

    QUICK HITTER: Chris’ Favorite Prospect Stashes in 12 and 15 team re-draft leagues

    Brandon Pfaadt

    Matthew Liberatore

    Tanner Bibee

    Logan Allen

    Matt Mervis

    Mark Vientos

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  • Sami (@Believe_Sami) and Eric (@SamskiNYC) welcome fellow Brooklynite Nick Pollack (@PitcherList) to discuss hitters. Kidding. They discussed starting pitching, played some name games, and had a generally wonderful time while giving lots of fantasy advice on who to pick up or panic on, etc.

    All music in this episode is made by Brooklyn hip-hop artist Dan Dillinger, whose new album can be found on Spotify

    Should We Panic?

    Corbin Burnes

    Max Scherzer

    Zac Gallen

    Chris Sale

    (Shane Bieber tangent)

    For Real or Fugazzi:

    Pablo Lopez

    Mike Clevinger

    Noah Syndergaard

    Graham Ashcraft

    Justin Steele

    Zach Eflin

    Claim or Lame?

    Clarke Schmidt (44% rostered)

    Tyler Mahle (33% rostered)

    Trevor Rogers (28% rostered)

    Michael Kopech (28% rostered)

    Yusei Kikuchi (27% rostered)

    Mackenzie Gore (19% rostered)

    Dylan Dodd (15% rostered)

    Jared Shuster (20% rostered)

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  • Sami (@Believe_Sami) and Eric (@SamskiNYC) premiere their inaugural Sunday Six waiver wire show where they give you six starting pitchers who are under 50% rostered in Yahoo formats that they think you should be adding on the wire. Short and sweet and oh so useful.

    All music in this episode is made by Brooklyn hip-hop artist Dan Dillinger, whose new album can be found on Spotify

    Rundown

    Kyle Bradish

    Zach Eflin

    Justin Steele

    Eduardo Rodriguez

    Roansy Contreras

    Jared Shuster

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  • Eric (@SamskiNYC) does a solo pod breaking down his favorite waiver wire pick-ups for both shallow and deeper leagues. He covers both hitters and pitchers who are rostered in under 50% of NFBC 12-team leagues and runs through what types of leagues he believes they'll be valuable in and what you can expect from adding them.

    Since these are quick-hitter type analyses, we're not going to do a rundown of all the names mentioned, but some of them were Darick Hall, Jake Cave, David Hensley, A.J. Minter, Nick Anderson, AJ Pollock, Nick Maton, Dom Smith, Mike Moustakas, Matthew Boyd, Graham Ashcraft, Shintaro Fujinami, Will Smith, and so many more

    All music in this episode is made by Brooklyn hip-hop artist Dan Dillinger, whose new album can be found on Spotify.

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  • Sami (@Believe_Sami) and Eric (@SamskiNYC) welcome reigning Mike Kurland (@Mike_Kurland) to discuss his detailed spring training tracker. They walk through some of the remaining starting jobs across the league that are up for grabs and could have major fantasy implications. Who is likely to win the job? Are they worth drafting? They discuss it all.

    All music in this episode is made by Brooklyn hip-hop artist Dan Dillinger, whose new album can be found on Spotify

    Rundown

    Intro: Where can you read Mike’s work and what he focuses on in spring training

    Position Battles to Pay Attention to: Who is Winning a Job?

    Astros 2B

    David Hensley vs Mauricio Dubon

    Yankees middle infield

    Oswald Peraza vs Anthony Volpe

    Is Kiner-Falefa in OF?

    Twins 2B/3B

    Who plays with Jorge Polanco out and Jose Miranda banged up?

    Marlins outfield

    Jesus Sanchez vs Bryan De La Cruz vs Garrett Cooper

    Mariners outfield

    Jared Kelenic vs AJ Pollock vs Dylan Moore

    Cardinals outfield

    Jordan Walker vs Tyler O’Neill vs Dylan Carlson vs Juan Yepez

    Diamondbacks OF/DH/3B

    Lourdes Gurriel vs Jake McCarthy vs Alek Thomas vs Evan Longoria vs Josh Rojas

    Rockies infield

    Mike Moustakas vs Elehuris Montero

    Athletics CF

    Christian Pache vs Esteury Ruiz

    Royals outfield/DH

    Where does Franmil play?

    Brewers 2B and 3B

    Luis Urias vs Brice Turang vs Owen Miller vs Mike Brosseau

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  • Eric (@SamskiNYC) welcomes prospect expert and Top Chef superfan James Anderson (@RealJRAnderson) to discuss what factors determine when to draft prospects in redraft leagues. Then they run through a laundry list of prospects and discuss their potential value for 2023. 

    All music in this episode is made by Brooklyn hip-hop artist Dan Dillinger, whose new album can be found on Spotify

    Rundown

    Intro: Where can you read James’ work

    Rookie strategy: Generally, how comfortable are you taking rookies early in redraft leagues? What are the determining factors in knowing if you will or will not take the plunge?

    Players we know will be good but are you in or out at ADP?

    Corbin Carroll Gunnar Henderson Jordan Walker Triston Casas

    Rookie Catchers:

    Gabriel Moreno Shea Langaliers Francisco Alvarez Endy Rodriguez Luis Campusano

    Rookie Pitchers:

    Grayson Rodriguez Hunter Brown Andrew Painter Brandon Pfaadt Drey Jameson vs Ryne Nelson Hayden Wesneski Mackenzie Gore Cade Cavalli Ken Waldichuk Brayan Bello Cody Morris Kyle Harrison Bobby Miller Bryce Miller Gavin Stone Ricky Tiedemann Taj Bradley DL Hall

    Rookie Hitters: 

    Miguel Vargas Esteury Ruiz Ezequiel Tovar Oswald Peraza vs Anthony Volpe Josh Jung Oscar Colas Garrett Mitchell Brice Turang (Tangent: Brian Anderson) Brett Baty vs Curtis Mead Spencer Steer vs Christian Encarnacion-Strand Parker Meadows Maikel Garcia James Outman--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-samulski/support
  • Sami (@Believe_Sami) and Eric (@SamskiNYC) welcome reigning FWSA Baseball Article of the Year writer John Laghezza (@JohnLaghezza) to discuss his awesome new rankings site. They also discuss what matters and doesn't matter when it comes to Spring Training, look into some Spring Training tidbits to see if they care, and break down some key players from John's rankings. 

    All music in this episode is made by Brooklyn hip-hop artist Dan Dillinger, whose new album can be found on Spotify

    Rundown

    John's rankings: what are they and where can you find them?

    Spring Training discussion

    What matters? What should fantasy baseball players actually be watching for or taking note of?

    Spring Training For Real or Fugazi

    Jared Kelenic his two HRs in his first spring game Sean Manaea touching 95 already Shintaro Fujinami throwing 95 with a 91 mph split Brendan Donovan has a new stance and is selling out for pull power Jo Adell added 20 pounds of muscle

    John’s Stats

    Eric has Tyler O’Neill 80th and John has him 113th. Riley or Devers? Adames, Dansby, Xander, Anderson: Who do you draft and why? Favorite hitter after pick 200 (using Feb ADP on NFBC) Favorite hitter after pick 300 (using Feb ADP on NFBC)--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-samulski/support
  • Sami (@Believe_Sami) and Eric (@SamskiNYC) talk about pitchers who are debuting new pitches at Spring Training and if it matters to their current value. Then they use guidelines from The Process to create an ideal seven-man starting pitching corps. 

    All music in this episode is made by Brooklyn hip-hop artist Dan Dillinger, whose new album can be found on Spotify

    4:45 - Oswald Peraza spring HR. Is he the starting SS?

    7:20 - Which SP with a new pitch interests you the most?

    9:15 - Robbie Ray (Splitter)

    12:30 - Dylan Cease (Changeup)

    19:30 - Joe Ryan (Split-change)

    23:15 - Jameson Taillon (Sweeper)

    26:50 - Brady Singer (Changeup)

    29:10 - Tyler Mahle (Slider)

    32:00 - Brad Keller (Curveball)

    35:45 - Building our ideal pitching staff with $80 for 7 spots (only $20+ pitchers and $0-$10 pitchers)

    38:30 - Sami’s Aces

    Kevin Gausman Joe Musgrove

    40:45 - Eric’s Aces

    Brandon Woodruff Luis Castillo

    45:45 - Sami’s Remaining Staff

    Lance Lynn Lucas Giolito Logan Gilbert Charlie Morton Nick Lodolo

    56:00 Eric’s Remaining Staff

    Logan Webb Chris Sale Nick Lodolo Lucas Giolito Kyle Wright--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-samulski/support
  • Sami (@Believe_Sami) and Eric (@SamskiNYC) are back with Season Three of the Catcher's Corner. They talk about dad stuff, recent breaking news, and an under-the-radar rule change we should be focusing on. Then they dive into the main topic, which is the top-end starting pitchers who are the best bet to return value based on current ADP. 

    All music in this episode is made by Brooklyn hip-hop artist Dan Dillinger, whose new album can be found on Spotify

    Intro (shooting the shit)

    4:00 - Why the focus on balks could be a bigger issue than we think

    9:00 - What do the Yankees do without Montas?

    15:30 - Jacob deGrom side tightness (can you draft him at all?)

    17:50 - Lessons we learned from last season and adjustments we’re making

    26:22 - break

    27:00 - Pitchers with $20 projected value that we’re most AND least interested in at cost

    29:25 - Kevin Gausman  (ADP: 60th)

    32:15 - Carlos Rodon  (ADP: 42nd)

    36:00 -  Joe Musgrove  (ADP: 80th)

    38:00 - Lucas Giolito  (ADP: 148th)

    44:20 -  Robbie Ray  (ADP: 101st)

    47:10 - Sandy Alcantara  (ADP: 27th)

    53:00 - Spencer Strider  (ADP: 32nd)

    56:00 - Brandon Woodruff  (ADP: 34th)

    56:50 - Gerrit Cole  (ADP: 19th)

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  • Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) sits down with two-time All-Star and World Series champion Stephen Vogt to talk about his decision to retire this season and 16-year professional baseball career. They talk about the "I Believe in Stephen Vogt" chants, the final at-bat that went viral on social media, and also dive into questions on the players Vogt loved/hated to catch and hit off of and much more. 

    As always, all music in this episode is produced by Brooklyn hip-hop artist Dan Dillinger, whose music can be found on Spotify. 

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  • With Sami on vacation, Eric welcomes John Laghezza (@MLBMovingAvg) to talk about starting pitchers that interest them for the end of the season. They also talk about the philosophy of baseball and how to “create fishermen” in fantasy baseball by having people think about process and not just results.

    All music in this episode is made by Brooklyn hip-hop artist Dan Dillinger, whose new album can be found on Spotify

    TIMESTAMPS

    START - Eric and John talk baseball and creating useful fantasy content. They chat about the value of discussing process: how to find the answers and what to look for and not just focusing on getting the “right” answers. They also talk about adding value to the fantasy space and the value of opening up conversations. 

    15:00 - Specific player analysis starts

    Second Half Stars: Players we're banking on solid end-of-season performance from (plus some we're not)

    Reid Detmers Braxton Garrett Brady Singer Ranger Suarez Janson Junk Felix Bautista Other closer specs Nick Lodolo Jose Quintana

    Quick Hitters: A quick list of hitters to keep an eye on

    Tommy Pham Jose Siri Lars Nootbaar James Outman Miguel Vargas Jake McCarthy Paul DeJong--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-samulski/support
  • Sami (@Believe_Sami) and Eric (@SamskiNYC) welcome Nate Marcum (@natemarcum) of Reliever Recon to discuss what the trade deadline could mean for fantasy relievers. They discuss pitchers most likely to be traded away and who to stash in their place. Then they end with some players they’re fading in the second half and others they’re actively trying to get on their teams.

    All music in this episode is made by Brooklyn hip-hop artist Dan Dillinger, whose new album can be found on Spotify

    Rundown

    News and Notes

    Is Tanner Scott still the closer in Miami? Garrett Whitlock gets a save in Boston. Is he the closer? MacKenzie Gore with an elbow injury. Drop in all formats? Daniel Vogelbach traded to the Mets Willson Contreras and David Robertson to Mets?

    Trade Deadline Impact on Closers: Who is most likely to be dealt?

    Chicago (NL) Kansas City Oakland Colorado Detroit Arizona Baltimore Pittsburgh What’s happening in St. Louis. Is Gallegos droppable?

    Second Half Fades (Players we think are in for rough second haves)

    Trevor Rogers Taylor Ward Jeff McNeil (vs Nico Hoerner tangent)

    Second Half Optimism (Players we think are in for good second halves)

    Jean Segura (Other injured players to stash: Mitch Haniger, Ozzie Albies, Jesus Luzardo, Dustin May) Nick Lodolo Reid Detmers Anthony Santander Josh Lowe Marcus Semien Jon Gray--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-samulski/support
  • Sami (@Believe_Sami) and Eric (@SamskiNYC) welcome Chris Torres (@TorresTakes) to discuss whether or not Sami is being replaced on the podcast and what to do about current breaking news, like injuries to Ozzie Albies and Liam Hendriks. Then they discuss the catcher waiver wire landscape and look ahead for which fringe starting hitters have good upcoming weekends. 

    All music in this episode is made by Brooklyn hip-hop artist Dan Dillinger, whose new album can be found on Spotify

    Timestamps

    4:00 - Trending News Breakdown

    Fernando Tatis Jr. not healing as the Padres want Ozzie Albies fractured foot. Which 2B can you add to replace him? Jon Berti, Cesar Hernandez, Matt Reynolds, Ezequial Duran, Cavan Biggio Liam Hendriks to the IL. How much FAAB for Graveman? Corey Knebel is out as closer. Would you add Dominguez over Graveman? Edward Cabrera to the IL. Yoan Moncada has a great day. Does it matter? Leody Tavares gets called up: Taveras, Jarren Duran, or Edward Olivares? Oneil Cruz is coming up. Is he? I mean, really, is he?

    39:00 - Catcher Landscape: We get in on the talk about the current crop of streaming catchers

    Gabriel Moreno Christian Bethancourt Cal Raleigh Jose Trevino Omar Narvaez Carson Kelly Elias Diaz Brian Severen

    48:30 - Fringe Starters with Good Weekend Schedules: Are they playable?

    Didi Gregorius Bryson Stott Alec Bohm Seth Brown Hunter Dozier Andrew Benintendi Nomar Mazara Jurickson Profar Jake Cronenworth Jorge Alfaro Ji-Man Choi Vidal Brujan Dylan Moore J.P Crawford? Orlando Arcia Adam Duvall Michael Chavis Marcell Ozuna--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-samulski/support
  • Sami (@Believe_Sami) and Eric (@SamskiNYC) welcome Justin Mason (@JustinMasonFWFB) to discuss recent pieces of news and then play a game of Cut or Keep followed by a game of Claim or Lame. This episode has tons of quick-hitting analysis on as many players as we could possibly fit. 

    All music in this episode is made by Brooklyn hip-hop artist Dan Dillinger, whose new album can be found on Spotify

    Timestamps

    4:00 - Top News Stories

    Joe Maddon is fired. Do managers matter for fantasy? Tylor Megill coming back this weekend. Start him right away? Ezequial Duran called up by the Rangers Travis Swaggerty called up by the Pirates Elehuris Montero called up by the Rockies

    21:00 - Cut or Keep

    Juan Yepez Josh Naylor Connor Joe Yasmani Grandal Javier Baez Trevor Rogers Jon Gray Josiah Gray Reid Detmers

    53:45 - Claim or Lame

    Jeffrey Springs Graham Ashcraft Zach Eflin Michael Wacha Ross Stripling Brady Singer Alex Kirilloff Oscar Gonzalez Jack Suwinski Lane Thomas Luis Garcia (Nationals) Jon Berti Jose Trevino Cal Raleigh Curt Casali Spec Save Claims--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-samulski/support