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.