Flags Fly Forever Fantasy Baseball
Mike Gianella and Jon Hegglund of Baseball Prospectus take a deep dive into current fantasy baseball topics.
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August 7, 2026 • 70 mins
We are back to being a fantasy baseball podcast! Mike and Jon discuss the fallout from the 2026 trade deadline, looking at the general shift that the additional wild cards have made to the timing if deal-making, as well as the specific weirdness of a Monday deadline when many leagues run their waivers on Sunday night.
Then we talk players. So many players.
We keep our starting pitching conversations limited to a...
Then we talk players. So many players.
We keep our starting pitching conversations limited to a...
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July 17, 2026 • 64 mins
This one's for the old heads. We have good friend and erstwhile producer Sam(uel) Hale on to chat about the beautiful game. Sam, as executive producer and host for FC Dallas Radio, talks about his up-close World Cup experience in Dallas, what it's like talking soccer on TV, and why you should never look down when you're in a green-screen room.
Mike also talks about his World Cup experience going to two games at the Lin...
Mike also talks about his World Cup experience going to two games at the Lin...
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May 29, 2026 • 39 mins
We're back for a discussion of one single category: yes, the famously tricky...batting average (though Jon thinks you should switch to OBP like a modern person of taste and intellect).
We talk about AVG vs. OBP, how to approach a team that is last in the category, and we go through a little exercise in thinking about the type of player you might add to strengthen your performance across the remaining four offensive categorie...
We talk about AVG vs. OBP, how to approach a team that is last in the category, and we go through a little exercise in thinking about the type of player you might add to strengthen your performance across the remaining four offensive categorie...
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May 12, 2026 • 61 mins
After sitting out April, your fearless Flags duo return to check in on the State of Things in early May.
We largely cover two topics, each based on a recent piece by Mike at Baseball Prospectus.
We largely cover two topics, each based on a recent piece by Mike at Baseball Prospectus.
- The saves landscape: is it different in 2026? or just variations on a theme that has been with us for the last decade? (Read the article: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/article/106614/why-saves/)
- Help! My best player st...
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March 29, 2026 • 62 mins
Alas, the real baseball is here! We chat about the misfire of Netflix's opening night before going through some topics related to both the draft season that has just ended and the real season just underway.
Flags Fly Forever is a Baseball Prospectus podcast. For more fantasy baseball information, visit baseballprospectus.com and click on "Fantasy."
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Flags Fly Forever is a Baseball Prospectus podcast. For more fantasy baseball information, visit baseballprospectus.com and click on "Fantasy."
You can find Flags Fly Forever on Bluesky (@flagsflyforever.bsky...
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March 6, 2026 • 58 mins
If you looked at the Tout Wars Mixed Draft, which took place on Tuesday, March 3rd, you may have noticed that your friendly neighborhood co-host avoided starting pitchers like they were germ-ridden toddlers, in effect conceding two of the ten roto categories. Why did he do this? What were his goals? Did he accomplish the plan to satisfaction? The first half of the pod covers these questions.
Then, rather than try to exhausti...
Then, rather than try to exhausti...
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February 27, 2026 • 73 mins
You think life is long, with endless opportunities that can always be postponed to a later date. And then you feel the cold breath of mortality on your neck and you find yourself drafting Dom Canzone as your third outfielder. Carpe diem, friends!
Flags Fly Forever is a Baseball Prospectus podcast. For more fantasy baseball information, visit baseballprospectus.com and click on "Fantasy."
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February 20, 2026 • 66 mins
Rather than go through the tiers of relief pitchers (yawn), we offer you a little intermezzo within our positional previews. We talk about the first 8 rounds of an NFBC Draft Champions league they are co-managing, highlighting the decisions they've made from the 15 spot (the notorious "wheel").
Then, we offer some more general, macro-level thoughts on drafting closers in an extremely volatile pool for 2026.
Then, we offer some more general, macro-level thoughts on drafting closers in an extremely volatile pool for 2026.
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February 13, 2026 • 64 mins
We talk about the top-heavy talent pool at the six this week. If you don't grab one of the top six shortstops, you're probably OK. But if you wait until after pick 200, there's not nearly the depth that there is at second base. So be careful out there!
Flags Fly Forever is a Baseball Prospectus podcast. For more fantasy baseball information, visit baseballprospectus.com and click on "Fantasy."
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Flags Fly Forever is a Baseball Prospectus podcast. For more fantasy baseball information, visit baseballprospectus.com and click on "Fantasy."
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February 6, 2026 • 67 mins
Tricky draft pool at third base this year. Beyond your obvious superstars (Ramírez, Caminero) it gets dicey, but there are a surprising number of players that give you more than just power. But, if it's power you want, we are both big Eugenio Suarez fans, particularly since he is going back to Cincinnati. Hopefully all that Skyline chili can keep him powered up!
Flags Fly Forever is a Baseball Prospectus podcast. For m...
Flags Fly Forever is a Baseball Prospectus podcast. For m...
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January 30, 2026 • 70 mins
Second base looks pretty barren at the top--only three players being drafted in the top 100!--but turns out to be a deep and diverse pool once you get beyond the first six or seven rounds. We look at players we are variously hot and cold on for 2026, and we talk strategy--particularly the pressure to draft a second baseman who can offer significant speed.
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January 23, 2026 • 61 mins
Catcher? Is interesting? For fantasy? Yes, it's true--it is a more interesting and varied position than in recent years, largely because the position has gotten much younger. Mike and Jon discuss whether (and which of) these young backstops are reason for excitement or caution. Also, a mild disagreement on Cal Raleigh, but we both think he's pretty awesome and should continue being awesome.
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January 16, 2026 • 63 mins
We are off and running with our 2026 positional previews, starting at first base. We talk about most of the cold corner performers that you are likely to draft this season, and we mostly (but not always!) agree. First base looks different than it did a decade or two ago (a 30-steal guy? really?) but is still one of the deeper positions in the fantasy landscape.
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Flags Fly Forever is a Baseball Prospectus podcast. For more fan...
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January 5, 2026 • 43 mins
We review outfielders from the 2025 season. You think this position is deep? Well, it's ~complicated~.
We refer to Mike's positional retrospective article, which you can find here: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/article/103300/fantasy-retrospective-2025-outfield/
Flags Fly Forever is a Baseball Prospectus podcast. For more fantasy baseball information, visit baseballprospectus.com and click on "Fantasy."
We refer to Mike's positional retrospective article, which you can find here: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/article/103300/fantasy-retrospective-2025-outfield/
Flags Fly Forever is a Baseball Prospectus podcast. For more fantasy baseball information, visit baseballprospectus.com and click on "Fantasy."
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December 12, 2025 • 53 mins
We review middle infielders from the 2025 season, looking at the landscape at each position.
We refer to Mike's positional retrospective articles, which you can find here:
Second Basemen: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/article/102736/fantasy-retrospective-2025-second-base/
Shortstops: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/article/103050/fantasy-retrospective-2025-shortstop/
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We refer to Mike's positional retrospective articles, which you can find here:
Second Basemen: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/article/102736/fantasy-retrospective-2025-second-base/
Shortstops: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/article/103050/fantasy-retrospective-2025-shortstop/
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November 21, 2025 • 45 mins
After a summer sabbatical, Flags is back for the offseason!
We review catchers, third basemen, and first basemen from the 2025 season, looking at the landscape at each position.
We refer to Mike's positional retrospective articles, which you can find here:
Catchers: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/article/102493/fantasy-retrospective-2025-catchers/
First Basemen: https://www.baseballprospect...
We review catchers, third basemen, and first basemen from the 2025 season, looking at the landscape at each position.
We refer to Mike's positional retrospective articles, which you can find here:
Catchers: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/article/102493/fantasy-retrospective-2025-catchers/
First Basemen: https://www.baseballprospect...
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June 1, 2025 • 48 mins
Hello strangers! After a two-month hiatus, Flags is back. I'm sure the anticipation was not nearly at the level of the follow-up to My Bloody Valentine's epochal 1991 release, Loveless, but Jon tortures that analogy anyway.
We do a general check-in of things at the thirdway point of the season, zeroing on the starting pitching leaderboard, as well as discussing the many call-ups and how one might budget FAAB accordingly shou...
We do a general check-in of things at the thirdway point of the season, zeroing on the starting pitching leaderboard, as well as discussing the many call-ups and how one might budget FAAB accordingly shou...
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March 23, 2025 • 46 mins
Instead of a granular, detailed look at the starting pitching tiers, we take a 50,000-foot view of the landscape, identifying three large "chunks" of the draft: the early rounds (1-6), the middle rounds (7-18), and the late rounds (19-end). We tackle some strategic questions, based on the latest ADP data from NFBC Main Event drafts (though what we discuss applies broadly to most leagues).
We discuss how essential it is...
We discuss how essential it is...
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March 1, 2025 • 75 mins
Mike and Jon talk about two recent drafts they were in: Mike in the LABR Mixed Draft, and Jon in the WERF draft (one of the leagues in the overal EARTH competition). We make some observations about starters, relievers, and drafting speed.
Then we get to the second half of our outfield preview, containing a lot of flawed but interesting bats.
Flags Fly Forever is a Baseball Prospectus podcast. For more fant...
Then we get to the second half of our outfield preview, containing a lot of flawed but interesting bats.
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February 14, 2025 • 66 mins
We get through the top 2.5 tiers of Mike's outfield rankings, spending a bit of time on the Ronald Acuña Dilemma. Elsewhere, we weigh in on the robust group of promising young outfielders in the five- and four-star tiers (Chourio! Duran! Merrill! Langford! Wood! Butler!), are back in again on Corbin Carroll, hopeful for a J-Rod bounceback, and remain impressed with Yordan Alvarez.
In the top half of the three-star tier, ther...
In the top half of the three-star tier, ther...
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