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Critical insight into Fantasy Baseball and how to dominate your competition. Join Lou Blasi, Schuyler Dombroske, Brandon Kamerman, and Anthony Perri as they get you ready for your draft and help you manage your team throughout the MLB season.

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    May 28, 2025 - National Day of Potential Concern

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 66:10


    Lou Blasi and Schuyler Dombroske present the annual National Day of Potential Concern, analyzing players who have raised concerns thus far this season to determine whether that concern is justified. The players discussed include: José Altuve, Brenton Doyle, Christian Yelich, Marcus Semien, Sandy Alcantara, Brandon Pfaadt, Dylan Cease, and Cole Ragans.

    May 21, 2025 - xFIP v. ERA

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 64:19


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske talk about pitchers with high deltas between their ERA and xFIP, both for the better and the worse, and theorize what that might mean going forward. In this episode, they break down MacKenzie Gore, Max Meyer, Dylan Cease, Jesus Luzardo, Griffen Canning, Kris Bubic, and Corbin Burnes, among others.

    May 8, 2025 - Contact Rate

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 74:38


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske discuss players whose contact percentage in 2025 is higher or lower compared to last year, noting that this isn't necessarily a negative trend. Among the players they talk about are Brendan Donovan, Maikel Garcia, Alec Bohm, Gleyber Torres, Freddie Freeman, Corbin Carroll, and George Springer.

    May 2, 2025 - Ground Ball Rates for SPs.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 75:44


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske discuss several starting pitchers who have experienced changes in their ground ball rates this spring and what those changes could indicate for their performance moving forward. Pitchers featured in this episode include Max Meyer, Pablo Lopez, Sonny Gray, Brady Singer, Reese Olson, and Brandon Pfaaat.

    April 12, 2025 - Early Exit Velocity Stars

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2025 81:32


    It is all small sample, of course, but Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman look at the early exit velocity (EV ) leaderboards for hitters and pitchers and see what insights they can find. Players discussed include Pete Alonso, Ben Rice, Matt Mervis, Rafael Devers, Hunter Brown, Jacob DeGrom, and Kris Bubic

    April 10, 2025 - Early Season Stars

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 67:45


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske analyze several players who have had strong starts to the season and speculate on what the future may hold for them. The players discussed in this episode include Tyler Soderstrom, Kyren Paris, Ben Rice, Wilyer Abreu, Kristian Campbell, Hunter Greene, MacKenzie Gore, and Kris Bubic.

    March 29, 2025 - Fast Starters

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 96:32


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman discuss several players who typically perform well in April and how you can benefit from this trend. Among those mentioned are Zach Gallen, Carlos Rodón, MacKenzie Gore, Freddie Peralta, Byron Buxton, Adley Rutschman, and Brandon Marsh, among others.

    March 23, 2025 - Sky's Guys

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 80:20


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske review Sky's favorite draft values as we close out the draft season. Players talked about in the episode include Matt Shaw, Christopher Sanchez, Sandy Alcantara, Jasson Dominguez, Brandon Pfaadt, Jordan Westburg, and Oneil Cruz.

    March 19, 2025 - You Are Over-Drafting These Guys

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 81:57


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske talk about players that the Draft Advisory Program at Insiderbaseball.com says you may be over-drafting. Players discussed include Ronald Acuna Jr., Kyle Schwarber, Luis Castillo, Baily Oberr, Tanner Bibee, Jake Burger, and Sal Perez, among others

    March 12, 2025 - Draft Advisory Program Sleepers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 81:13


    Lou Blasi and Schuyler Dombroske breakdown some hitters that the Fantistics Draft Advisory Program likes considerably better than current ADP. Players in this edition include Vinny Paquantino, Alec Bohm, Dylan Crews, Anthony Volpe, Xander Bogaerts, and Nick Castellanos 

    March 2, 2025 - Early Round Values

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 80:01


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman find players going at a value price in the early rounds. Players discussed in the episode include Raffy Devers, James Wood, Lawrence Butler, Sonny Gray, Wyatt Langford, and Dylan Cease.

    January 31, 2025 - Welcome to the 2025 Season!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 92:21


    Lou Blasi and Anthony Perri open the 2025 season with a breakdown of players that the Draft Advisory Program ranks higher than their current industry ADP. Players talked about in this episode include Lawrence Butler, Junior Caminero, Bo Bichette, Jordan Westburg, Garrett Crochet, Logan Gilbert, Dylan Cease, Jared Jones, and Pablo Lopez.

    June 25, 2024 - Barrel Rate Leader Board

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 58:55


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman take a look at the Barrel% Leaderboards which is topped with zero surprises, but there are some interesting names not too far down the list! Player talked about in this episode include Aaron Judge, Oniel Cruz, Christian Walker, and Teoscar Hernandez among others!

    June 11, 2024 - Platoon Splits

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 59:58


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman look a little deeper into Platoon Splits to try and find some June strategy gains, Players broken down in this episode include Corey Seager, Luis Arraez, Joey Ortiz, Kyle Tucker, Andrew Rutschman, Ketel Marte, Matt Chapman and David Fry.

    May 14, 2024 EV Decliners for SPs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 59:57


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman discuss EV for pitchers and take a look at some SPs who, to this point in the season, have given up a higher average exit velocity than last year, including Jose Berrios, Corbin Burnes, Mitch Keller and Pablo Lopez, among others!

    May 11, 2024 - EV Gainers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2024 64:56


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske dive into some hitters who have shown significant EV gains this year. Players analyzed in this episode include, among others, Bobby Witt Jr., Cal Raleigh, Gunnar Henderson, Will Brennan, and Brian Turang ... Oh, and on an unrelated topic ... Paul Skenes, Curt Schilling, Nolan Ryan, Stephan Strasburg, and Chris Sale.

    April 25, 2024 - Sky's Player Notes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024


    Sky Dombroske went back-to-back nights recently on player analysis for our daily email to our Insiderbaseball.com subscribers and he and Lou Blasi dig into some of his breakdowns. Players talked about in this episode include Riley Greene, Jared Jones, Alec Bohm, and Ranger Suarez among others.

    April 22, 2024 - K:BB Ration Early SP Analysis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 60:06


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman look at the SPs leading in K:BB ratio and see what they can pull from their early season performance. SPs talked about in this episode include Freddy Peralta, Joe Ryan, Jared Jones, and Tanner Houck among others.

    April 13, 2024 - Max EV Leaderboard

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2024 57:53


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman visit the leaderboard on MaxEV to see what can be pulled from the early season samples. Players discussed in this episode include Giancarlo Stanton, Seiya Suzuki, Ketel Marte, and Micheal Harris II among others.

    April 9, 2024 - Hot Starts for SPs

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 55:42


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman breakdown some starting pitchers who are off to hot starts this month including Garrett Crochett, Jordan Hicks and Jared Jones among others. And they talk about various ways to maintain your staff during the year, including "riding the hot hand".

    March 31, 2024 - Bullpen Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2024 51:39


    As we approach our first waiver period, Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman check in on some shifting bullpen situations. Closer talked about in this episode include Abner Uribe, Griffin, Jax, and Kevin Ginkle, among others.

    March 15, 2024 - Under the Radar

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 62:23


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske discuss some players who, based on ADP are flying well under the radar this draft season. Players covered include Anthony Rizzo, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Colt Keith, Parker Meadows, and Christopher Sanchez among others!

    March 12, 2024 - Brandon's SiriusXM Fantasy Host Draft

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 60:22


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman go over Brandon's selections in his recent SiriusXM Fantasy Host League drafts, highlighting how format changes in your league can a huge impact on valuing players. Players talked about in this episode include Zack Wheeler, Kevin Gausman, Anthony Volpe, Bailey Ober, Gavin Williams, and Brandon Nimmo, among others.

    March 8, 2024 - Some Picks with Some Helium

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 55:21


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske take on some players who are being drafted a bit higher than anticipated and discuss whether they are worth it. The guys talk about Tarik Skubal, Carl Ragans, Gavin Williams, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, among others.

    March 6 2024 - Contact Rate Gainers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 61:09


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman look at players who saw significant gains in their contact rate in 2023 over the previous season and discuss how that affects their 2024 projects. Players broken down in this episode include George Springer, Gleyber Torres, Ronald Acuna, Clay Bellinger, and Michael Harris, among others.

    March 2, 2024 - SP Draft Strategy and Contract Year Players

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2024 57:37


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske talk about how changes in the game should lead to changes in our our approach towards draft starting pitchers before breaking down some players entering a contact year in 2024. Players discussed include Juan Soto, Corbin Burnes, Gleyber Torres and Shane Bieber among others.

    Feb 23, 2024 - Would You Rather? Some Close Calls

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 55:48


    Lou Blasi and Schuyler Dombroske look at pairings of players that are being drafted similarly in NFBC's first three rounds so far and ask which player you would rather draft. Player breakdowns include Corbin Carrol, Mookie Betts, Gerrit Cole, Zack Wheeler, Ellt De La Cruz, Ozzie Albies, Kevin Gausman and Luis Castillo.

    Feb 19, 2024 - Players Who Saw Gains or Losses in the Exit Velo Last Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 66:22


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman break down some hitters and pitchers who saw increases or decreases in their average exit velocity last year, projecting what it might mean for 2024. Players discussed in this episode include Ronald Acuna, J.D. Martinez, Dylan Carson, Jose Abreu, Zac Gallen, Dylan Cease.

    Feb 3, 2024 - Our First Look at the First Round

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2024 63:16


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman review current NFBC ADPs for 2024, discussing player movement from last year and the early first-round shakeout. Players discussed include Corbin Carroll, Bobby Whitt, Freddie Freeman, and Spencer Strider.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer January 26, 2024 - Pitchers, Catchers, and Insiderbaseball Report to Camp!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 65:18


    Well ok, maybe just us at the Insider Baseball Podcast! ... Anthony Perri and Lou Blasi of Fantistics open the 2024 podcast season with a look at the '3 Pillars of Starting Pitching" to help you effectively fill out your staff this year (with some relevant SP breakdowns, like George Kirby, Blake Snell, and Logan Webb). Then they look at the new features of the 2024 edition of the Draft Advisory Program and ask, who do you keep? Marcus Semien or Elly De La Cruz?

    Fantasy Baseball Primer June 28, 2023 - The Top 15 Picks of 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 63:27


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman started looking ahead as they wrapped up their season on Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Radio (They'll be here all year though!) and Brandon identified his top 15 picks of the 2024 Draft, at least as of today! Players examined include Corbin Carroll, Elly De La Cruz, Randy Arozarena, and Fernando Tatis.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer June 22, 2023 - Sky's Player Notes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 65:14


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske, talk Bill Burr and the last few days of MLB action as they explore Sky's recent player notes for Fantistics and Insiderbaseball.com. Players broken down in this episode include Gavin Williams, Triston Casas, Andrew Abbott, Josh Naylor, Reese Olsen, and Garrett Whitlock.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer June 13, 2023 - Under the Radar Hitters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2023 55:25


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman break down a few under-the-radar hitters that could help your offense via claim or trade. Hitters in the episode include Leody Taveras, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Tommy Pham, Josh Naylor, Keibert Ruiz, and Dansby Swanson.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer June 7, 2023 - Profit and Problems

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 54:10


    After talking about new arrivals Elly De La Cruz and Luken Baker, Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske take a look at some players who have overperformed and underperformed their ADP by wide margins so far this year. Players in this episode include Orlando Arcia, LaMonte Wade, Spencer Steer, JD Davis Jarren Duran, Gunnar Henderson, Brendon Donovan, and Yasmani Grandal.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer May 30, 2023 - June Breakouts.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 58:15


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman look at some hitters with a history of breaking out offensively in June! Hitters we talk about in this episode include Yordan Alvarez, Fernando Tatis Jr., Shohei Ohtani, Bryan Reynolds, Ryan Mountcastle, Cedric Mullins, and Carlos Correa.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer May 25, 2023 - The National Day of Potential Concern

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 53:08


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombrokse host their annual "National Day of Potential Concern" episode signaling that it's now ok to express some legitimate concern over some players who are off to slow starts in 2023. With others though, it may still be too early. Players discussed in this episode include Jose Abreu, CJ Cron, George Springer, Michael Kopech, Alex Manoah, and Corbin Burnes.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer May 22, 2023 - Young Guns

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 54:05


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman dive into the huge pool of talented young starting pitchers who are establishing themselves as fantasy assets, and assess their potential value and 2023 ceilings for redraft leagues. Pitchers discussed in this episode include Hunter Brown, Grayson Rodriguez, Logan Allen, Bryce Miller, Taj Bradley, and Tanner Bibee.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer May 14, 2023 - Are We Buying or Selling on These Pitchers?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2023 53:11


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman look at some pitchers who are controlling their quality of contact and ask if we are buying or selling on them. Pitchers talked about in this episode include Jordan Romano, AJ Puk, Justin Steele, Mitch Keller, Eduardo Rodriguez, and Drew Smyly.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer May 9, 2023 - Splits!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 58:02


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman look at hitters with predominantly good splits against LHP. Of course, that's helpful in DFS play but Brandon and Lou also explain how best to leverage this kind of info for season-long fantasy. Players discussed in this episode include Matt Chapman, Jesus Aguilar, Josh Jung, Connor Joe, and Rodolfo Castro.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer May 5, 2023 - Stabilizing Stats and Contact Rate

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 63:46


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske first talk about a group of four pitchers who are giving us mixed signals and how to project them going forward (Heaney, Lodolo, Elder, and Ashcraft). Then it's on to the Contact Rate Leader Board to see who is getting their bat to the ball! Players talked about here include Luis Arraez, Will Smith, Nico Hoener, Bryson Stott, Alex Verdugo, and Ke'Bryan Hayes among others...

    Fantasy Baseball Primer April 29, 2023 - xSLG% vs SLG%

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2023 53:58


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske take a look at Expected Slugging% and identify some hitters that are getting better results than they may have earned so far and some who may have performed a little better than the results stats say they have. Players in this episode include: Josh Naylor, Juan Soto, Ryan Mountcastle, Alex Bregman, Julio Mateo, Harold Ramirez, Gomes, and James Outman

    Fantasy Baseball Primer April 25, 2023 - xERA vs ERA

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 60:38


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman compare the xERA and ERA for some starting pitchers whose ERA is higher than their xERA indicating that they've pitched a bit better than their current result stats lead us to believe they have. Pitchers discussed in this episode include ... Kyle Wright, Jameson Taillon, Nathan Eovaldi, Zack Wheeler, Nick Lodolo, and Jacob deGrom.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer April 21, 2023 - Statcast Leaderboard

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023 62:02


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroski check out the current Statcast leaderboard in average exit velocity and find as many different stories and breakdowns as there are names! Players talked about in this podcast include Joc Pederson, Franmil Reyes, Nolan Gorman, Jack Suwinski, Christian Bethancourt, and Brent Rooker.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer - April 18, 2023 - Sky's Notes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 62:56


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske review Sky's most recent player notes for Insiderbaseball.com and break down their recent performances. This episode includes Cody Bellinger, Andrew McCutchen, Jack Flaherty, Dustin May, Bryan Bello, and Juan Soto.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer, April 16, 2023 - Early Season Role Flux

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2023 59:15


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman go over some early season playing role changes and how they may change the value outlook for some players. Players discussed in this episode include Anthony Volpe, James Outman, Vaughn Grissom, Bryan De La Cruz, Grayson Rodriguez, Brayan, Bello, Taj Bradley, and Aroldis Chapman.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer, April 10, 2023 - Hitters Being Loud Early

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 58:36


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman look at Brandon's list of hitters leading baseball early in loud contact, in this case hitters with the most batted balls over 95 mph. In some cases, the results stats reflect what we are seeing, in others the loud contact suggests more is coming. Player discussed in this episode include Tim Anderson, Orlando Arcia, Jordan Walker, Alec Bohm, Juan Soto, Wander Franco, and Spencer Torkelson.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer April 7, 2023 - Knee-Jerk Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 63:43


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske share some knee-jerk reactions to some early starting pitching performances! Pitchers discussed in this episode include Andrew Heaney, Logan Webb, Merrill Kelly, Graham Ashcraft, Shane Bieber, and Jeffrey Springs.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer - April 4, 2023 - Sky's Guys - Finding Profit Early

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 66:53


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske reveal "Sky's Guys" a lineup of hitters and pitchers that Sky feels has been undervalued early and are potentially solid profit centers. Players talked about in this episode include Graham Ashcraft, Andrew Heaney, Wander Franco, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Kyle Isbel, Austin Meadows, and Logan O'Hoppe.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer - March 27, 2023 - Late Spring Roster, Playing Time, and Role Battles

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 59:45


    Lou Blasi and Schuyler Dombroske talk about late spring news flow and roster decisions, and how it affects the value of some higher-profile kids. Players talked about in this episode include Miguel Vargas and Anthony Volpe of course, as well as Jared Shuster, Dylan Dodd, Oscar Colas, James Outman, Blake Sabol, and Jordan Walker.

    Fantasy Baseball Primer - March 22, 2023 - Sky's Tout Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2023 62:00


    Lou Blasi and Sky Dombroske talk about Sky's auction in the Tout Wars Head to Head points league, discussing auction and points strategies and breaking down players. We talk about Sanday Alcantara, Shane McClanahan, Dustin May, Austin Meadows, Rowdy Tellez, Gunnar Henderson, Christian Yelich, and Wander Franco, among others!

    Fantasy Baseball Primer - March 15, 2023 - Players Having a Hot Spring. What Does it All Mean?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 59:30


    Lou Blasi and Brandon Kamerman take a look at some players that are off to a hot start in Spring Training and explore what it might mean for their draft value. Players included in this episode include Jarred Kelenic, Darick Hall, Edward Rodriguez, Kris Bryant, and Alec Bohm.

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