Ep. 71: The One About Eric Thames
Baseball Prospectus signature fantasy podcast, Flags Fly Forever covers the vast fantasy landscape in greater detail than a replacement-level podcast. Bret Sayre, Mike Gianella and George Bissell take a deep dive into current fantasy topics, combining traditional scouting with statistical analysis to provide fantasy owners with an unparalleled perspective.
This week’s topics include:
Listener Emails
- Jung-Ho Kang or Trea Turner in 2016?
- What round should fantasy owners target Carlos Correa and Francisco Lindor next season?
Offseason Transaction Analysis
- Zack Greinke
- David Price
- Jordan Zimmermann
- Jeff Samardzija
- John Lackey
- Hisashi Iwakuma
- J.A. Happ
- Wade Miley
- Rich Hill
- Mark Trumbo
- Cameron Maybin
- Byung-ho Park
American League - Retrospective Player Valuations
Our second installment, recapping Mike Gianella’s 2015 Retrospective Player Valuation series with an extensive look at the junior circuit’s top earning hitters and pitcher, highlighting a few of the biggest surprises and disappointments. A few of the names we hit on include: Manny Machado, Josh Donaldson, Mookie Betts, Dallas Keuchel, Chris Archer, Carlos Carrasco, Masahiro Tanaka, Eric Hosmer and Yu Darvish.
This week’s topics include:
Listener Emails
- Jung-Ho Kang or Trea Turner in 2016?
- What round should fantasy owners target Carlos Correa and Francisco Lindor next season?
Offseason Transaction Analysis
- Zack Greinke
- David Price
- Jordan Zimmermann
- Jeff Samardzija
- John Lackey
- Hisashi Iwakuma
- J.A. Happ
- Wade Miley
- Rich Hill
- Mark Trumbo
- Cameron Maybin
- Byung-ho Park
American League - Retrospective Player Valuations
Our second installment, recapping Mike Gianella’s 2015 Retrospective Player Valuation series with an extensive look at the junior circuit’s top earning hitters and pitcher, highlighting a few of the biggest surprises and disappointments. A few of the names we hit on include: Manny Machado, Josh Donaldson, Mookie Betts, Dallas Keuchel, Chris Archer, Carlos Carrasco, Masahiro Tanaka, Eric Hosmer and Yu Darvish.
