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Paul and Jason discuss the latest moves including the SD/MIL trade, SD signing Pomeranz, the catcher market and much more! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-757-padres-busy-trade-urias-sign-pomeranz/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss some minor roster news, Justin's PL Mock performance, and then get interrupted by massive breaking news regarding a big signing! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-756-mock-review-grandal-signs/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Diving deep into the pitching pool in hopes of striking gold <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-755-looking-for-the-next-big-arm/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss a bit of news before diving into Steamer's pitching projections <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-754-steamer-pitching-projections/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss some interesting hitters from the 2020Steamer Projections <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-753-steamer-hitting-projections/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul is joined by Rotowire's Ian Kahn to discuss the latest dynasty rankings including interesting names like Vlad Jr., Shohei Ohtani, Kyle Tucker, Tim Anderson, and more! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-752-dynasty-talk-with-ian-kahn/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul invites Dusty Wagner of ArbourPro to the show to discuss his decade-long involvement in NFBC leagues and the two dig into the ins and outs of the format. Wagner also shares some early fades and buys for 2020. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-751-high-stakes-leagues-w-dusty-wagner/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick discuss Nick's too early 2020 SP Top 100 <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-750-fireside-chat-nicks-rankings/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin a bit of early offseason news and then take a closer look how to best gameplan in the offseason. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-749-offseason-gameplanning/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul dives in on OF with his top 25, AVG-first guys, and combo guys, covering a total of 66 guys <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-748-2020-outfielders/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin review Game 1 of the World Series, David Ross to the Cubs, and Paul's 3B ranks for 2020 <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-747-2020-third-basemen/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss some recent manager news and the first half of their AFL drafts from this past weekend. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-746-2020-afl-drafts/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

The whole crew is together for a live show at the Arizona Fall League! Paul, Justin, Nick, and Jason discuss the changes in the playoff ball and then dive in on 6 SP battles for 2020. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-745-live-from-first-pitch-arizona/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin reconvene for a lengthy pod to discuss the first round of the playoffs and Paul's recent SS rankings. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-744-shortstop-rankings-review/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

In part 1 of his positional postmortems, Paul reviews catcher and first base, investigating what drove the breakouts and falloffs at each position <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-743-positional-reviews-c-and-1b/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick convene by the fire to discuss six arms finishing strong and their 2020 outlook <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-742-fireside-chat-late-season-surgers-for-2020/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul tackles the 2-start arms and potential platoon advantages for the last week of the regular season 😢 <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-741-the-final-countdown/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin cover some comings and goings for players and then dive into the 2020 SB market <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-740-assessing-the-sb-market/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul reviews what's under the hood for 10 guys sputtering in the second half <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-739-sputtering-second-halves/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick analyze the starting pitcher market from Justin's Too Early Mock Draft series. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-737-fireside-chat-too-early-mock-sp-market-analysis/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

A look at next week's schedule <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-738-2-starts-platoons-for-week-of-sept-16th/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul investigates a group of hitters going off since the All-Star break <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-736-8-sneaky-2h-standouts/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin cover some recent call ups and look at Justin's #TooEarlyMocks in detail <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-735-2020-too-early-mock-analysis/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

A look at next week's schedule <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-735-two-starts-and-platoons-for-next-week/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul discusses where he's likely to draft 7 of the biggest disappointments from 2019. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-734-2019-falloffs-in-2020/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick judge the pitching pool through the prism of the September schedule <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-733-fireside-chat-playing-the-schedule/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss a group of 2019 surprise breakouts and their 2020 outlook <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-732-2019-breakouts-for-2020/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul highlights 10 potential hitting call-ups for the September stretch run <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-731-10-potential-hitter-call-ups/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick talk about how the 2020 SP pool is shaping up as we enter the homestretch of 2019. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-730-fireside-chat-the-2020-sp-pool/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul, Justin, and guest Vlad Sedler mock draft the first three rounds of a 2020 draft. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-729-2020-draft-ft-vlad-sedler/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss a group of under the radar arms pitching very well since the All-Star break. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-728-surging-second-half-sps/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin cover a lot of injury news and surging performances while also spinning to the 2020 outlook on several of the players in question including Jeff McNeil, Josh Bell, Rafael Devers, Fernando Tatis Jr., and others! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-727-news-and-2020-outlooks/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul discusses the 50 arms he considered for his top 30 SPs next year <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-726-top-30-sps-for-2020/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin look at some hot and cold players at each position since July 1st and discuss their rest of season outlook <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-725-spicy-and-icy/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Highlight some potential pickups for the rest of August based on schedule <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-724-playing-the-schedule/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul, Justin, and Jason discuss some recent news tidbits and then J&J grill Paul on his recent SP rankings <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-723-news-and-notes-aug-sp-rankings/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin review a busy Deadline Day including the moves of Greinke, Bauer, Greene, Castellanos, Gallen, and many, many more!! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-722-trade-deadline-breakdown/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss the latest flurry of small deals, the outlook C Will Smith, and then make some guesses about Wednesday's impending Trade Deadline. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-721-trade-deadline-eve/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin are joined by Baseball HQ's Ray Murphy to discuss where the deadline pitching candidates could go or if they'll be dealt at all. Plus, Ray highlights the benefits of attending FPAZ. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-720-deadline-pitchers-w-ray-murphy-of-baseballhq/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin look at the exciting rookie class we've had and discuss their outlook the rest of the way while looking at the 2020 draft costs of many including Yordan Alvarez, Vlad Jr., Pete Alonso, and Keston Hiura, among others! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-719-the-rookie-review/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick discuss a quartet of pitchers throwing well of late and potentially interesting going forward. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-718-fireside-chat-arms-on-the-rise/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Justin and Jason discuss the week's biggest potential FA pickups. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-717/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul, Justin, and Jason discuss the two small SP trades over the weekend, the latest interesting pickups, and a group of Unsung Heroes thus far including Max Kepler, Jorge Soler, Lance Lynn, and Taylor Rogers among others! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-716-unsung-heroes/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick sit by the fire to discuss a group of second half buy low candidates including Griffin Canning and Zack Wheeler. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-715-fireside-chat-2h-buy-low-candidates/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin identify a group of bouncebacks and fades for the 2nd half including the likes of A.J. Pollock, Blake Snell, Fernando Tatis Jr., and Zack Greinke among others! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-714-bouncebacks-fades/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Justin and Jason cover the latest transactions and then deep-dive the best pickups of the week. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-713-crossing-streams-with-a-j-slater/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Some thoughts about the recently-released SP rankings. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-712-july-sp-rankings/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick break down the struggling ace to calm the fears of those worried about his 5.01 ERA. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-711-fireside-chat-the-blake-snell-situation/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul peruses the bottom of the ERA leaderboard looking for this year's potential second half studs. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-710-finding-2h-gem-sps/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin cover all the recent closer news including Jordan Hicks' torn UCL and then dive into the week's top waiver wire pick-ups, highlighting Zac Gallen, Ross Stripling, Logan Allen, Zach Davies, and Chris Taylor among others. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-709-wild-waiver-weekend/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>