Wins Above Fantasy

WAF 227 - Labor Day Lessons Learned

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) look back at five early-season Wins Above Fantasy episodes to see which lessons, calls, and

WAF 226 - Under The Radar August Performances

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) talk hitters and pitchers who have quietly put together impressive August performances, exp

WAF 225 - Guys We Haven’t Talked About

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) highlight productive hitters and pitchers who have flown under their radar this season, exp

WAF 224 - Post All-Star Break Skills We Believe In

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss players who have performed best since the All-Star break, identifying the underlyin

WAF 223 - Drafting the 2027 First Round w/ Dan Weber

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) and special guest Dan Weber (@DTWeb313) look ahead to 2027 fantasy baseball drafts by conductin

WAF 222 - Draft Misses & Lessons Learned

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) look back at the biggest players they missed during draft season, what changed, what they got r

WAF 221 - Finding Value in Rest of Season Strength of Schedule

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) break down the rest-of-season strength of schedule landscape, highlighting the best team schedu

WAF 220 - First-Half Pitching Risers

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) break down a group of pitchers who have made meaningful improvements over the course of the sea

WAF 219 - Rising Hitter Trends

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) break down a group of hitters who have made meaningful improvements from the first part of the

WAF 218 - Biggest First-Half Surprises

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss the biggest surprises of the 2026 fantasy baseball season so far. They break down unexp

WAF 217 - Buy, Sell, Hold

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss several notable first-half breakouts and disappointments, examining whether fantasy man

WAF 216 - Preseason Prediction Check-In

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) revisit their biggest preseason calls—bold predictions, Chalkboard bets, and SP sleepers—to see

WAF 215 - Priority Stashes for Redraft Leagues

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) break down the top priority hitting and pitching prospect stashes for the rest of the fantasy b

WAF 214 - Under The Radar SPs

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) dig through the waiver wire pitching landscape, discussing several under-rostered starters show

WAF 213 - Buy-Low Hitters

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) discuss fantasy baseball buy-low hitters by focusing on expected stats, fastball performance, d

WAF 212 - Barrel Rate Standouts & Surprises

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) break down early-season barrel rate trends now that batted ball data has begun to stabilize. Th

WAF 211 - K-BB% Standouts with Dan Weber

Wins Above Fantasy – Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) and special guest Dan Weber (@DTWeb313) look at early-season meaningful hitter changes, focusing on metrics that stabilize

WAF 210 - Early-Season Hitter Changes That Matter

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) look at early-season meaningful hitter changes, focusing on metrics that stabilize quickly

WAF 209 - Waiver Wire Watches and Adds

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 p

WAF 208 - Actionable Early Season Observations

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 sam