FTN Fantasy's Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) is joined by renowned MLB insider, Hall of Fame voter and USA Today columnist Bob Nightengale to discuss a variety of offseason baseball and 2025 fantasy related topics.

• Background on Bob
• The Guiding Light of reporting for the 2022 lockout scare
• Maintaining relationships in MLB
• The state of pitchers in the max velocity era
• The deal with Roki Sasaki
• Fantasy expectations for Lawrence Butler and Brent Rooker in Sacramento
• Yandy Diaz and Brandon Lowe - what do the Rays know?
• Where Juan Soto should ultimately sign
• Yankees' backup plans if Soto doesn't sign
• Alex Bregman's presumed landing spot
• A Paul Goldschmidt bounceback?
• Tyler O'Neill (of course)
• Expectations for Jurickson Profar and Walker Buehler
• Who among Verlander, Scherzer, Lynn, Morton, Cobb, Boyd, Clevinger are worth drafting?
• Kenley Jansen's last hurrah (and potential landing spot)
• Closers in 2025? Clay Holmes, Kirby Yates, Carlos Estevez, Blake Treinen
• 2025 Hall of Fame ballots
• Bob Nightengale's 2025 Yelich!

Vlad Sedler and Jason Anthony are back for a brand new season of the FTN Fantasy Baseball podcast! Will the Mets sign Juan Soto and Corbin Burnes? Where do Pete Alonso and Christian Walker land? Why does Vlad think Roki Sasaki will 100% join the Dodgers? Who among Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw does Jason believe is still worth drafting? Which late-round starting pitcher is an absolute steal in early drafts? All of these questions are answered in this week's episode.

Time Stamped Discussions:

• 6:00 -Trade-off with early drafting; Bo Bichette and Christian Walker
• 10:00 - Market values of Matt McLain, Josh Jung, Christian Encarnacion-Strand
• 14:00 - VDP Preseason Projections results!
• 16:00 - Juan Soto and Willy Adames
• 25:20 - Pete Alonso to the Mariners?
• 28:00 - FA Pitcher Discussion
  • Corbin Burnes, Blake Snell, Max Fried
  • Sean Manaea, Yusei Kikuchi and...Matthew Boyd?
  • Nick Pivetta's fabulously shrinking walk rate
• 38:50 - Market Values of Andrew Painter and Shane McClanahan
• 43:10 - Brandon Woodruff
• 44:40 - Why Roki Sasaki will be a Dodger
• 47:50 - How to value Dodgers pitchers in a 6-man
• 51:30 - Shohei Ohtani 2025 Hot Takes
• 57:18 - A late-round pitcher you should be drafting before his price soars

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Vlad Sedler (@rotogut, FTN) and Joe Orrico (@JoeOrrico99, Fantasy Pros) record live from the Baseball HQ First Pitch Arizona 2024 conference. Vlad and Joe provide tips on navigating early fantasy drafts, discuss players of similar early ADP, and host a trivia contest with special guests Nick Pollack (Pitcher List), Paul Sporer (Fangraphs), Sam Wirsching (Pallazzo Podcast), and FTN's Lucas Biery.

Topics Discussed:

• Joe being a trooper
• FTN Draft Guide release date
• Late-Round Profitable Hitter trends (Rooker, Doyle, Profar, etc.)
• Navigating early Average Draft Position (ADP)
• Devers vs. Olson vs. Riley
• Chisholm vs. Merrill vs. Oneil Cruz
• McClanahan vs. Alcantara vs. Woodruff
• Trivia Game!

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