Flags Fly Forever, Episode 265: The Macro and The Micro

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 260: Of Success And Regrets, Also FAAB: Back to whatever constitutes normal for the podcast this week Mike, Jon, and Samuel start the show with a discussion on the art of FAAB. They then tackle players that they feel are succeeding early, and players that are not showing out as expected and... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

88 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 267: The One Featuring Crypto, Sticky Stuff, and Shohei Ohtani's Pants: Mike, Jon, and Samuel try out something a little different this week where they go around the horn and discuss whatever baseball topic comes to mind. This hardball roulette brings them to Shohei Ohtani's talents and trousers, the recent MLB crypto... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

75 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 261: Normalcy and Questions: Another week, another podcast. On the show this week Mike, Jon, and Samuel talk a return to normalcy both baseball and in life with the rising numbers of vaccinations. Then after that, it's your questions! They talk trading strategies early in the... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

78 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 225: Touting Our Baseball Thoughts: After a brief sojourn into dad discussions Mike, Jon, and Samuel are back this week with more normal content. It's a thorough discussion of Tout Wars, with Mike and Jon going back and forth quizzing each other on their draft and teams. If you enjoy... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

63 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 259: We Talk About Stuff: Look, we're going to level with you this week. Our options were this, or just reading all the injuries that seem to keep happening. So we made our call. Mike, Jon, and Samuel each bring a topic to the show and they kick it around. Today's topics... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

73 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 218: The Rule of Third (Base): Our positional series has taken us to the hot corner. One of the more varied positions in fantasy this year, there's a good amount of interesting discussion this week. From three top tier players to some who maybe should have been, to a whole bunch of... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

86 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 262: How To Lead TGFBI ft BP's Nathan Grimm: We got ourselves a guest this week! Mike, Jon, and Samuel welcome in Baseball Prospectus colleague and current TGFBI overall leader Nate Grimm onto the show. The lads go through how Nate put together his team, how much good fortune has played in his... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

59 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 286: Don't Come Up Short: It's shortstop week on Flags Fly Forever. Mike, Jon, and a large number of fans at Mike's house are here to close out the infield portion of our series. There's a lot of big names in this spot, a lot of things to consider when drafting, but fear not.... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

53 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 236: Week One and Not Done: It's a week into the new season and what a busy week it is. Mike and Jon(Samuel is on assignment this week) break down the week that was in the majors. They touch on the Marlins situation, go over some call ups that are worth your consideration, and... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

63 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 268: Titles Are Hard, So Is Baseball: Mike, Jon, and Samuel are back after a week off. They start the show with a conversation about how MLB's ineptitude on players like Trevor Bauer is harmful for the fantasy community both now and in the future. They then transition to a discussion of... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

69 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 283: The Gang's Back Together (Talking First Base): Don't call it a comeback, we've been here for like two days. Mike Gianella, Jon Hegglund, and Samuel Hale are back in the saddle talking all about fantasy baseball once again. It's positional series time, and this week they tackle first base with a... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

60 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 247: Our Trendiest Episode: Mike, Jon, and Samuel continue to get ready for Positional Week by breaking down a couple adds in the reliever market this week. They then get to the meat of the week's show, where they break down trends they're seeing for the 2021 season in early... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

64 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 263: Injuries, Prospects, Expansions, and Neil Young: If you're looking for a heater episode, this is probably it. Mike, Jon, and Samuel have a lot to say this week. They start with the recent rash of injuries(aka all of 2021), before moving onto prospect call ups and how to handle those, and finish with... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

85 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 284: Second (Base) Is The New First by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

67 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 240: No Business Like Trade Deadline Business: The gang's all here! Mike, Jon, and Samuel reconvene for a big episode on the 2020 trade deadline. They dive into a fair amount of discussion on the lesser known deals with fantasy implications. Not unlike the trade deadline itself, there's a lot of... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

72 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 214: New Year, Same Us: We're back! After an extended New Years absence Mike, Jon, and Samuel come back with the first show of the decade. This one is a bit of a primer for the upcoming season, with some macro topics discussed when it comes to team planning. Jon also leads... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

62 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 223: A Sigh of Relief: The final positional week podcast is here, with relief pitchers closing out the series. Mike, Jon, and Samuel go through the most varied of positions breaking down what to and not to do when it comes to drafting a closer. They go through the top line... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

57 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 216: Three Men Get to First Base: Our position episodes for 2020 roll on, this week tackling first base. Mike, Jon, and Samuel talk about an interesting field of players that features a lot of variance within the tiers themselves. Topics of note include: The future of Josh Bell, how... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

79 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 229: Rudy Gamble of Razzball: Mike, Jon, and Samuel are joined by Razzball's projection wizard Rudy Gamble from Razzball this week. It's a rousing discussion about the potential plans for baseball to return, followed by a discussion about the historical draft Mike and Rudy are in... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

70 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 221: Life's A Pitch(er), Then You Draft One: Starting pitcher week is here, and do we have a lot to talk about. Mike, Jon, and Samuel break things down in a slightly different format this week using ADP as opposed to the tier rankings you're used to. That doesn't mean the conversation is any... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

86 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 272: REAL Fantasy Baseball with BP's Mark Berry and Howard Megdal: When the fantasy experts are away, the producer will play. Samuel takes over hosting this week with Mike and Jon out. He brings in BP fantasy team members Mark Berry and Howard Megdal for a unique fantasy baseball thought experiment. Gone are the... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

86 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 256: Post Draft Vibes: With the draft season drawing to a close Mike, Jon, and Samuel take stock of how their respective drafts went. There's a good amount of injury talk, Tout discussion, and just general winding down from the stressful selection season. Fret not, as we're... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

78 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 226: Shining Monument To Your Penis: So I know what you're thinking. Skip to minute 58 on the episode, and the title will make sense. Then skip back, or just wait until then, to enjoy this week's episode. Mike, Jon, and Samuel didn't have much of a plan, so they started talking. They... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

72 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 241: Insert Catchy Title Here: Mike, Jon, and Samuel return for a more abstract episode of the podcast this week. Jon has some interesting fantasy performers that were all either super sleepers or undrafted that Mike and Samuel try to guess. One does better than the other, you can... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

59 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 233: Designating Hitters: Baseball was not back, but now it is again. It might not be back by the time you hear this, because pandemics don't care about baseball. However, we know what baseball will look like this year if/when it comes back. The big thing that involves is... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

76 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 258: 4(0) Injuries And Sponsored Funerals: It's a baseball podcast! With the season a week or so old Mike, Jon, and Samuel talk through what feels like(but maybe isn't) a large amount of injuries to open the 2021 season. The lads talk you through how to handle that from a FAAB and season... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

66 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 246: Linds Go(es to the) Mets!: After some issues last week, the lads are back in 2021! The first episode sees Mike, Jon, and Samuel break down the big Mets-Cleveland deal sending Francisco Lindor to the Big Apple. In the second half of the program, Samuel asks the lads for tips on... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

62 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 211: November Free Agent Draft: With the off-season in full swing and the content creek down to a small trickle, Mike Gianella and Jon Hegglund go through drafting the top free agents on the market by fantasy relevance. They also give them new teams for an added twist! Flags Fly... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

84 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 235: Opening Day Is Here!: After many moons, labor fights, and general chaos around the world the 2020 baseball season begins today. Mike, Jon, and Samuel talk first about fantasy baseball strategies that are good and bad ideas during the shortened 2020 season, before spending... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

98 min listen

Flags Fly Forever, Episode 224: DadCast 2020 with The Athletic's Levi Weaver: With baseball and life on hiatus because of Covid-19, we decided to do something different this week. Mike, Jon, and Samuel welcomed in Levi Weaver for an honest and unfiltered discussion about life. With three dads on the pod, there's a lot of talk... by The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

72 min listen

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