FTN's Dan Thompson (@redfoxroto) breaks down the latest news in the world of MLB bullpens, relief pitchers, and save opportunities. On today's show, Dan highlights the free agency implications from early action in the bullpens in St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, San Francisco, and Texas. Then, he spotlights the best free agents that may be available for saves off the waiver wire.
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<description>&lt;p&gt;FTN's Dan Thompson (@redfoxroto) breaks down the latest news in the world of MLB bullpens, relief pitchers, and save opportunities. On today's show, Dan highlights the free agency implications from early action in the bullpens in St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, San Francisco, and Texas. Then, he spotlights the best free agents that may be available for saves off the waiver wire.&lt;/p&gt;
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FTN's Dan Thompson breaks down the latest news in the world of MLB bullpens, relief pitchers, and save opportunities. On today's show, Dan highlights the free agency implications from early action in the bullpens in St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, San Francisco, and Texas. Then, he spotlights the best free agents that may be available for saves off the waiver wire.

Red Fox Bullpen Report, Saturday April 4

Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Jason Anthony (@booms62) discuss their Vegas Main Event drafts, small sample size madness, hot starts to the season, Konnor Griffin expectations, and provide early-season waivers and FAAB advice.
Review of Vegas Main Event draft results and a well-deserved Wilyer Abreu lap
No victory laps, we're growns up and we're growns up
Early Season panic, FOMO and reactions to small sample sizes
When to start caring about underlying metrics and the power of confirmation bias
The NFBC website redesign
Konnor Griffin is here!
Cody Ponce, Carlos Estevez, Nick Lodolo, Zack Wheeler and...Tyler Freeman?
Hot starts - Jose Fernandez, Joey Wiemer, Liam Hicks
Hot starts that aren't all that surprising: Shea Langeliers, Sal Stewart, Yordan Alvarez
Weekend Matchup Previews and Hitters to Bench
Week 3 FAAB Preview
<a href="https://x.com/RotoGut/status/2039820307222212975?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer">LINK to the livestream version</a> of this episode on X/Twitter
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Jason Anthony (@booms62) discuss their Vegas Main Event drafts, small sample size madness, hot starts to the season, Konnor Griffin expectations, and provide early-season waivers and FAAB advice.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Review of Vegas Main Event draft results and a well-deserved Wilyer Abreu lap&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No victory laps, we're growns up and we're growns up&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Early Season panic, FOMO and reactions to small sample sizes&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When to start caring about underlying metrics and the power of confirmation bias&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The NFBC website redesign&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Konnor Griffin is here!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cody Ponce, Carlos Estevez, Nick Lodolo, Zack Wheeler and...Tyler Freeman?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hot starts - Jose Fernandez, Joey Wiemer, Liam Hicks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hot starts that aren't all that surprising: Shea Langeliers, Sal Stewart, Yordan Alvarez&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Weekend Matchup Previews and Hitters to Bench&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Week 3 FAAB Preview&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://x.com/RotoGut/status/2039820307222212975?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;LINK to the livestream version&lt;/a&gt; of this episode on X/Twitter&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n_4eAsAdKo" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;LINK to the livestream version&lt;/a&gt; of this episode on YouTube&lt;/p&gt;
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Vlad Sedler and Jason Anthony discuss their Vegas Main Event drafts, small sample size madness, hot starts to the season, Konnor Griffin expectations, and provide early-season waivers and FAAB advice.

FTN Fantasy Baseball - Week 2 LIVE

FTN's Dan Thompson (@redfoxroto) breaks down the latest news in the world of MLB bullpens, relief pitchers, and save opportunities. On today's show, Dan highlights the biggest bids on relievers from Sunday's FAAB and looks at the early save opportunities from teams that had uncertain hierarchies or questionable closers.
The FTN website is loaded with the best fantasy baseball content, rankings, projections, and tools! Join us this season at www.FTNFantasy.com. No team of analysts is better equipped to help you dominate your leagues, featuring three NFBC overall champions!
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<description>&lt;p&gt;FTN's Dan Thompson (@redfoxroto) breaks down the latest news in the world of MLB bullpens, relief pitchers, and save opportunities. On today's show, Dan highlights the biggest bids on relievers from Sunday's FAAB and looks at the early save opportunities from teams that had uncertain hierarchies or questionable closers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The FTN website is loaded with the best fantasy baseball content, rankings, projections, and tools! Join us this season at www.FTNFantasy.com. No team of analysts is better equipped to help you dominate your leagues, featuring three NFBC overall champions!&lt;/p&gt;
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FTN's Dan Thompson breaks down the latest news in the world of MLB bullpens, relief pitchers, and save opportunities. On today's show, Dan highlights the biggest bids on relievers from Sunday's FAAB and looks at the early save opportunities from teams that had uncertain hierarchies or questionable closers.

Red Fox Bullpen Report, Tuesday March 31

FTN's Dan Thompson (@redfoxroto) breaks down the latest news in the world of MLB bullpens, relief pitchers and save opportunities. On today's show, Dan kicks off the season with the first free agency preview of the year. Who's out there on waiver wires to help us bank early saves?
The FTN website is loaded with the best fantasy baseball content, rankings, projections and tools! Join us this season at www.FTNFantasy.com. No team of analysts is better equipped to help you dominate your leagues, featuring three NFBC overall champions!
Your fantasy baseball cheat code: <a href="https://ftnfantasy.com/pricing?sport=mlb" rel="noopener noreferrer">FTN Fantasy Baseball</a> Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;FTN's Dan Thompson (@redfoxroto) breaks down the latest news in the world of MLB bullpens, relief pitchers and save opportunities. On today's show, Dan kicks off the season with the first free agency preview of the year. Who's out there on waiver wires to help us bank early saves?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The FTN website is loaded with the best fantasy baseball content, rankings, projections and tools! Join us this season at www.FTNFantasy.com. No team of analysts is better equipped to help you dominate your leagues, featuring three NFBC overall champions!&lt;/p&gt;
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FTN's Dan Thompson breaks down the latest news in the world of MLB bullpens, relief pitchers and save opportunities. On today's show, Dan kicks off the season with the first free agency preview of the year. Who's out there on waiver wires to help us bank early saves?

Red Fox Bullpen Report March 22

In this week's episode, Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Jason Anthony (@booms62) are joined by FTN's resident bullpen expert, Dan Thompson (@redfoxroto) to break down the top 50 relievers for the 2026 fantasy baseball season.
Why Closers are important in the NFBC
Strategies and Game Theory
Tier 1 - Mason Miller vs. Edwin Diaz vs....Cade Smith?
Tier 2 - Thoughts on Devin Williams, Aroldis Chapman and David Bednar
Tier 3 - Breaking down Iglesias vs. Suarez, liking Jeff Hoffman, not trusting Carlos Estevez
Tier 4 - Tampa's committee, Megill vs. Uribe, Dan likes a mid-range guy here a lot
Tier 5 - Fading Riley O'Brien? Kirby Yates becomes interesting, Chris Martin but not from Coldplay
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Rankings: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/mlb/rankings
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<description>&lt;p&gt;In this week's episode, Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Jason Anthony (@booms62) are joined by FTN's resident bullpen expert, Dan Thompson (@redfoxroto) to break down the top 50 relievers for the 2026 fantasy baseball season.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Why Closers are important in the NFBC&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Strategies and Game Theory&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tier 1 - Mason Miller vs. Edwin Diaz vs....Cade Smith?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tier 2 - Thoughts on Devin Williams, Aroldis Chapman and David Bednar&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tier 3 - Breaking down Iglesias vs. Suarez, liking Jeff Hoffman, not trusting Carlos Estevez&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tier 4 - Tampa's committee, Megill vs. Uribe, Dan likes a mid-range guy here a lot&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tier 5 - Fading Riley O'Brien? Kirby Yates becomes interesting, Chris Martin but not from Coldplay&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Join &lt;a href="https://ftnfantasy.com/pricing?sport=mlb" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;FTN FANTASY BASEBALL for 2026&lt;/a&gt; as we help you crush your fantasy leagues! In addition to our Custom Projections, Roto and Underdog Rankings and incredible tools and content, we will be introducing amazing, new stuff such as our Top 500 Dynasty Rankings, Points Rankings, Customizable PDF Cheat Sheets and various versions for different formats of Vlad's popular GRID RANKINGS.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Draft Content Hub&lt;/strong&gt;: https://ftnfantasy.com/mlb/fantasy-baseball-draft-content-hub&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rankings&lt;/strong&gt;: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/mlb/rankings&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Projections&lt;/strong&gt;: https://ftnfantasy.com/mlb/custom-rankings-and-projections&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cheat Sheets&lt;/strong&gt;: https://ftnfantasy.com/mlb/fantasy-baseball-cheat-sheets&lt;/p&gt;
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In this week's episode, Vlad and Booms are joined by FTN's resident bullpen expert, Dan Thompson to break down the top 50 relievers for the 2026 fantasy baseball season. Dan crushes it as always! Hope you enjoy the episode!

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The FTN Fantasy Baseball Podcast is your ultimate weekly strategy session to dominate your fantasy baseball leagues! Join hosts Vlad Sedler and Jason Anthony as they deliver expert analysis, insider tips, and in-depth breakdowns to give you a winning edge. From player evaluations to waiver wire gems, trade advice to lineup optimization, Vlad and Jason cover it all with precision and passion. Tune in each week to stay ahead of the competition and transform your fantasy baseball experience with actionable insights and winning strategies. Elevate your fantasy game and WIN MORE with this podcast.

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