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" just become "bad"? hopefully we won't have to answer this!).  Also, find out who the player is that was inexplicably dropped in our league and our approach to FAABing for him. That's a tease, my friends! Flag ..read more

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 drafting (7th), and our experience in the draft (fast and furious).  While our team is off to a, ahem, slow start, we remain optimistic that good things will happen! (Watch this space for updates.) Before our ..read more

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 rewarding How preparation and strategy are different than a draft Why you should have a Plan A and a Plan B (and possibly a Plan C) The risks and rewards of price enforcement How to handle the endgame That One Time Mike Had a Perfect Auction We also talk about the Tout Wars NL-Only League, where friend of the show Grey Albright ..read more

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 discuss how to use them, and how not to use them. Finally, we talk about the risk of players who have not yet made their MLB debut, focusing in on three names for this draft season: Jackson Chourio, Wyatt Lang ..read more

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, visit baseballprospectus.com and click on "Fantasy" or visit our Twitter feed @baseballpro. You can find Flags Fly Forever on Twitter @FlagsFlyBP. The hosts of Flags Fly Forever are Mike Gianella(@mikegianella.bsky.s ..read more

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 when closers get pushed up, and so much more. (I would like to apologize to Nick Martinez for my unkind comment around the 39-minute mark. I'm sure you're a fun guy.) (And I would also like to apologize for my soun ..read more

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 Turner Francisco Lindor Corey Seager Elly De La Cruz Gunnar Henderson Bo Bichette CJ Abrams Oneil Cruz Xander Bogaerts Dansby Swanson Anthony Volpe Trevor Story (A Very Short Story, or Five Seconds of Regret for Jon) Willy Adames Ezequiel Tovar Vaughn Grissom Carlos Correa Zach Neto Extremely quick hits on Tim Anderson, Javier Báez, and Marco Luciano At some point, we Remembered Adalberto Mond ..read more

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 Ramírez Austin Riley Rafael Devers Royce Lewis Manny Machado Alex Bregman Nolan Arenado Josh Jung (with appropriately bad puns) Spencer Steer Jake Burger Ke'Bryan Hayes Noelvi Marte Alec Bohm Isaac Paredes Max Muncy Maikel García Jeimer Candelario Junior Caminero Eugenio Suárez Matt Chapman Colt Keith Wilmer Flores Tyler Black Isiah...Kiner-Falefa, really Mike? Flags Fly Forever is a Baseball Prospectus podcast. For more fantasy base ..read more

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 Betts Ozzie Albies Marcus Semien José Altuve Nico Hoerner (and the Problem of Stolen Bases) Matt McLain Ha-Seong Kim Gleyber Torres Group of Spidermen Pointing at Each Other (Stott, Giménez, Gelof, Estrada, Edman) Luis Arráez Nolan Gorman Ryan McMahon Jonathan India Luis Rengifo Jorge Polanco Brice Turang Jake Cronenworth Brendan Rodgers Davis Schneider Liover Peguero Mauricio Dubón Our Belov ..read more

The season is over, long live the season. Or something. Anyway the lads recorded what ended up being their final episode of the regular season during Game 5 of the World Series. Hear them react to a new champion being crowned. Before that, Mike and Samuel went back and forth on what they feel about this year's playoffs as a whole. It's a thoughtful discussion, which hey is nice! Got a content idea for the show? Shoot us an email at flagsflyforever@baseballprospectus.com or a message at our Twitter feed @FlagsFlyBP. Flags Fly Forever is a Baseball Prospectus podcast. For more fantasy baseball ..read more