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Paul missed the J&J catcher preview so he did his own! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-636-pauls-preview-catcher/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin bring Joe Pisapia on to discuss the 2019 Fantasy Black Book including the RPV system and players the system likes and dislikes. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-635-the-fantasy-black-book-w-joe-pisapia/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Justin and Jason breakdown the game's weakest position in Catcher as it appears to be worst it's ever been! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-634-positional-preview-catcher/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin cover the A.J. Pollock-to-LA move plus a couple small pitching moves. Then they go deeeep on arguably the infield's best position, shortstop. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-633-positional-preview-shortstop/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick analyze a group of starters capable of adding to their strikeout rate in 2019. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-632-fireside-chat-potential-k-rate-risers/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul solicits your ⚾️ baseball-related ⚾️ unpopular opinions, scorching hot takes, and thought-provoking questions **about the Hall of Fame** and responds to them! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-631-call-your-shot-ep-9-hall-of-fame-edition/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss the Garcia, Ottavino, Allen, and Flores moves, check in on Gray trade rumors, and then analyze a group of potential breakout hitters being drafted 300 or later in early drafts. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-630-post-300-adp-breakout-hitters/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Ian Kahn returns to the show and joins Paul & Justin to discuss the recent moves and the thought process in drafting UT-Only players. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-628-drafting-ut-only-players-w-ian-kahn/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick continue down the NFBC ADP highlighting starting pitchers they like from the 50-125 range (excluding RPs). <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-629-fireside-chat-sps-outside-the-top-50/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin welcome colleague Jeff Zimmerman to the show to discuss a few recent moves and dive into his new book called "The Process". <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-627-the-process-with-jeff-zimmerman/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick discuss the top 50 SPs they're running away from at their current price. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-626-fireside-chat-top-50-sp-fades/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin cover a few transactions including Tulo in the Bronx and Kikuchi landing stateside. Then they dive in on six buyback pitchers carrying a 200+ ADP. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-625-buyback-pitchers/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul runs through the best pitches of 2018 using Pitch Values and Nick Pollack's "Money Pitch" theory. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-624-best-pitches-of-2018/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Justin and Jason are back for a near-2 hr epic remembering our friend Lawr Michaels, discussing the latest transactions, and introducing a new segment called "Jason's Judgments"! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-623-jj-hot-stove-jasons-judgments/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick finish their review of the PL Experts Mock, diving in on the likes of Hunter Renfroe, Tyler O'Neill, Mike Soroka, Ryan O'Hearn, Joshua James, Cole Hamels, and many others! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-622-fireside-chat-plexpertsmock-review-17-23/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin break down the Hot Stove moves and finish up the Post-Hype Hitters analysis. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-621-winter-meetings-moves-post-hype-pt-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul solicits your ⚾️ baseball-related ⚾️ unpopular opinions, scorching hot takes, and thought-provoking questions **about the MLB offseason (signings, trades, HOF, etc...)** and responds to them! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-620-call-your-shot-ep-8-winter-edition/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin are back to dissect a bevy of Hot Stove moves and then dive into part 1 of their Post-Hype Hitters for 2019. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-619-post-hype-hitters-pt-1/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Justin and Jason run through the latest Hot Stove moves and give their thoughts. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-618-jj-hot-stove-chatter/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick review rounds 10-16 of the PitchersList Expert Mock draft and discuss players including Jose Leclerc, Max Muncy, J.A. Happ, Kyle Freeland, Ender Inciarte, Ramon Laureano, and more! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-617-fireside-chat-plexpertsmock-review-10-16/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

It's Justin's birthday and we celebrate by discussing his team in the PitcherList mock and then dive into a group of pitchers from the backend of my Top 100 SP ranks. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-616-happy-birthday-justin/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick review the first 9 rounds of the on-going PitcherList Mock Draft. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-615-fireside-chat-mock-draft-review-rds-1-9/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Ian Kahn (TURN, Billions, Homeland) returns to discuss the offseason with Justin and Jason, including thoughts on Harper, Machado, Corbin, and more! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-614-ian-kahn-returns/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin are back together talking about some league news before diving into some more draft chatter including thoughts on Kyle Freeland, Corey Seager, Jonathan Villar, Miguel Cabrera, and many more! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-613-paul-cries-about-a-twitter-poll/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

The band is back together! Paul, Eno, and Jason are live from the AFL talking baseball!! They're joined by Emily Waldon to discuss prospects, then get into some interesting draft picks from Paul's draft earlier that night. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-612-live-from-the-afl/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin get together to discuss some SPs that Justin found most interesting in Paul's Top 100 <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-611-more-top-100-sp-chatter/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick deep dive their recently released Top 100 SP Rankings. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-610-fireside-chat-top-100-review/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul rolls solo and discusses his recently released top 100 SP rankings. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-609-talking-top-100-sps/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin analyze a group of young hitters who haven't fulfilled their prospect status just yet and decide whether or not to buy back in for 2019. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-608-last-chance-saloon-hitting-prospects-were-waiting-on/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin deep dive some guys outside of the top 100 from the #2EarlyMocks <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-606-2earlymock-interesting-picks-outside-the-top-100/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Tackling your ⚾️ postseason-related ⚾️ unpopular opinions, blistering hot takes, and thought-provoking questions! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-607-call-your-shot-postseason-edition/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick discuss the key arms among starters and relievers for each playoff team. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-605-fireside-chat-playoff-x-factors/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Some streamer advice for the final week of the season! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-604-fireside-chat-the-final-week/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Justin and Jason discuss the largest ADP gaps in the #2EarlyMocks <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-603-jj-talkin-adps/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin deep dive the early rounds of the Too Early Mocks that Justin setup. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-602-early-rounds-of-the-2earlymocks/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick highlight a group of top 25 SPs who could fall back as far 50 or worse in 2019. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-601-top-25-sp-falloffs-in-19/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

The band is back together with Paul, Justin, and Jason getting together to discuss some injury news, Trout as an Angel for life, and then the three debate a group of 2H studs vs. some established-but-sputtering duds. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-600-new-studs-v-established-duds/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul breaks down the rookie hitting class and their outlook for 2019. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-599-the-rookie-hitters-in-2019/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Justin and Jason take a closer look at some of the bigger 2018 disappointments <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-598-2018-disappointments-in-2019-drafts/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss the latest on Shohei Ohtani and then analyze the potential draft slots of some 2018 breakouts. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-597-2018-breakouts-in-2019/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick tackle the September schedule to mine for studs and duds. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-596-schedulecast-fireside-chat/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin are joined by Bogman & The Welsh of In This League for a super-sized show! They discuss the 2019 outlook of several disappointing players in a series of player battles and then give some favorites to watch in this year's Arizona Fall League. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-595-so-much-fun-w-itl/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss a host of potential September call ups who could impact your fantasy races down the stretch. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-594-september-call-up-special/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick discuss the four intriguing young guns on the White Sox rotation <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-593-soxcast-fireside-chat/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss the latest transaction and injury news. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-592-news-notes-edition/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Justin and Jason discuss Ohtani's bullpen and run through a host of surging players. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-590-ohtani-throws-a-pen/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Nick assess the skills of three faltering aces and project their 2019 outlook <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-591-broken-ace-fireside-chat/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin cover the latest injury news and then discuss surprising standouts since the break. <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-589-unexpected-second-half-standouts/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

It's the 6th installment of "Call Your Shot" where I respond to your ⚾️ baseball-related ⚾️ unpopular opinions, blistering hot takes, and thought-provoking questions! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-588-call-your-shot-ep-6/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul & Nick each dive deeper on an over- and under-rated arm for the final run <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-587-over-undercast-fireside-chat/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>