Flags Fly Forever Fantasy Baseball

We're getting all T.S. Eliot on you, because for us, and for fantasy basebal content, April is kind of a dead zone. Rather than overreact to fast and slow starts, we discuss some process points in evaluating your early-season roster and negotiating FAAB at this time of year. We do this through the lens of our own underperforming Main Event team (at what point does "underperforming"

Hey, it's actual baseball season! After the whirlwind of positional previews and draft discussion, we put a cap on the 2024 draft season by discussing the NFBC Main Event team that Mike and Jon drafted. It was the first time either of us had participated in a Main Event, and we talk about our decision to ante up, our overall strategy, our focused strategy once we knew where we were

We take the occasion of the recent Tout Wars auction weekend to do a deep dive on auctions--what we prefer, how we prepare, and some strategies and advice for those new to the format. We love auctions!In this episode we discuss:Why in-person auctions are so fun and rewardingHow preparation and strategy are different than a draftWhy you should have a Plan A and a Plan B (and possibl

Bit of a mixed bag this week:We review Mike's Tout Wars Mixed League draft from earlier in the week. (You can see the draft board here: https://www.fantrax.com/fantasy/league/1ojcq64zltc8i9la/draft-results)We talk (again) about your strategy for drafting starting pitchers, and why Mike generally avoids the "blob" of mid-tier starters. We also introduce Mike's auction bid limits and

We talk outfielders this week, and given the size of the position, we did more of a strategy overview than deep dives on indivdual players. It's an interesting year at the position--great, five-category options up top but a fairly long tail of useful players deep into the 200s, and beyond. Flags Fly Forever is a Baseball Prospectus podcast. For more fantasy baseball information, vi

We step away from our positional previews to discuss the LABR Mixed League draft, which Mike took part in on Tuesday, February 20. We talk about the difference between stand-alone leagues and larger multi-league competitions, strategies for the first four rounds, how to respond to early spring training injury news, building drafts around your starting pitching strategy, what to do

We continue our march through the positions, spending this episode on the somewhat top-heavy position of shortstop. We go through our ADP tiers, discoursing on the following players:Bobby Witt Jr.Trea TurnerFrancisco LindorCorey SeagerElly De La CruzGunnar Henderson Bo BichetteCJ AbramsOneil CruzXander BogaertsDansby SwansonAnthony VolpeTrevor Story (A Very Short Story, or Five Sec

Our corners, we like them hot. Mike and Jon discuss just about every third baseman under the sun as we motor along with our positional previews. Featuring:José RamírezAustin RileyRafael DeversRoyce LewisManny MachadoAlex BregmanNolan ArenadoJosh Jung (with appropriately bad puns)Spencer SteerJake Burger Ke'Bryan HayesNoelvi MarteAlec BohmIsaac ParedesMax MuncyMaikel GarcíaJeimer

Hey friends, it's keystone time, and also stick around to find out why Mike utters the sentence, "second base is our kids." Before we go full Dadcast, however, we do discuss the following players:Mookie BettsOzzie AlbiesMarcus SemienJosé AltuveNico Hoerner (and the Problem of Stolen Bases)Matt McLainHa-Seong KimGleyber TorresGroup of Spidermen Pointing at Each Other (Stott, Gimén

New year, new producer, but your same old hosts are back. Mike and Jon talk first basemen for the upcoming 2024 season. We go through tiers of NFBC average draft position, and discuss the following players:Freddie FreemanShohei Ohtani (UT)Bryce HarperMatt OlsonPete AlonsoVladimir Guerrero, Jr.Cody BellingerPaul GoldschmidtTriston CasasSpencer TorkelsonJosh NaylorYandy DiazVinnie Pa