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Paul and Justin discuss the Top 5s at SS and 3B along with some notable disappointments and other key players <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1420-top-5-rankings-at-ss-and-3b/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

5/25/25 The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!! Follow us on Twitter Jason Collette – Co-Host Justin Mason – Host/Producer PATREON Join our Patreon for live video feeds of each show Watch the video feed replay on YouTube Notable Transactions/News/Rumors Justin Martinez […] <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1419-news-and-week-10-faab/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss next week's projected 2-start pitchers while Paul has some strong feelings about his favorite app making some unnecessary changes this year! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1418-2-start-pitchers-for-week-9/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Joe's back! He joins Paul and Justin to discuss the top players so far this season at Catcher, First Base, and Second Base <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1417-top-5-rankings-at-c-1b-and-2b/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Justin Mason and Jason Collette discuss news and this week's FAAB! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1416-news-and-week-9-faab/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss the playing time outlook for Dalton Rushing after his call-up from AAA before diving into next week's projected 2-start pitchers <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1415-2-start-pitchers-for-week-8/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss Jordan Lawlar's outlook after his recall from AAA before diving into the $100+ pickups from this year's Main Event and how they've performed since being picked up <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1414-100-faab-buys-in-the-main-event/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin review next week's expected 2-start pitchers <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1413-2-start-pitchers-for-week-7/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss the emergence of Ben Casparius, the return of Evan Carter, and the uninspired start of Sandy Alcantara before diving into their main topic of K% improvers on the mound including MacKenzie Gore, Max Meyer, and more! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1412-biggest-k-rate-improvers-pitcher-edition/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Justin Mason and Jason Collette are joined by Eric Samulski of Rotoworld to discuss this week's FAAB! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1411-news-and-week-7-faab-ft-eric-samulski/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss the shocking demotion of Jake Burger before diving into next week's 2-step starters including a shaky Zac Gallen and Sandy Alcantara, neither of whom are must-starts these days <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1410-2-start-pitchers-for-week-6/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin dive into the biggest improvers in K% and BB% as we reach the point where both metrics start to stabilize <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1409-biggest-k-and-bb-rate-improvers-hitter-edition/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Justin Mason and Jason Collette discuss news and this week's FAAB! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1408-news-and-week-6-faab/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss the expected 2-start pitchers for next week while also checking in on some pitchers who are struggling a bit through 4-5 starts <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1407-2-start-pitchers-for-week-5/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul, Justin, and Joe get together some blazing hot hitters and decide if this just a fast start or something more tangible to buy into the rest of the way <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1406-hot-streak-or-new-peak/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss some recent call-ups including Nick Kurtz and Agustín Ramírez before diving into a group of struggling hitters like Yainer Diaz, Marcus Semien, Alec Bohm, Jake Burger, and more! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1405-time-to-panic-hitter-edition/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin give their thoughts on the projected 2-start pitchers for next week <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1404-2-start-pitchers-for-week-4/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul, Justin, and Joe turn their attention to some blazing hot bats to assess their viability going forward including Tyler Soderstrom, Ben Rice, Geraldo Perdomo, Gabriel Arias, and more <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1403-hot-start-hitters/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss a group of pitchers with some concerning metrics and discuss if it's an issue in the long-term <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1402-are-these-sps-in-trouble/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Justin Mason and Jason Collette are joined by James Schiano of Rotoworld to disucss this week's FAAB! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1401-news-and-faab/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin put Kyren Paris's fast start into perspective, discuss the draft season price drop of Robert Suarez, and then dive into next week's debatable 2-start arms <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1400-2-start-pitchers-for-week-3/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss some OF injury news along with a big prospect call-up before getting into their main topic: mid-and-late round SPs off to a fast start thru 2-3 starts <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1399-fast-start-sp-buy-or-sell/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

4/6/25 The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!! Follow us on Twitter Jason Collette – Co-Host Justin Mason – Host/Producer PATREON Join our Patreon for live video feeds of each show Watch the video feed replay on YouTube Notable Transactions/News/Rumors Ketel Marte to […] <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1398-news-and-faab/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin give their thoughts on the streamable starters in line for 2 starts next week <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1397-2-star-pitchers-for-week-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Joe discuss some recent news including Profar's suspension and Bednar's demotion before diving into a series of other unsettled closer situations around the league <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1396-unsettled-closer-situations/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Justin Mason and Paul Sporer are joined by Gregg Martin to discuss their Main Event drafts from the back end of the draft <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1395-main-event-review-ft-gregg-martin/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin break down Opening Day including the numerous closer crashouts and what they mean going forward <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1394-opening-day-closer-crashouts/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin open the show reviewing another injury-filled weekend before diving into their final part of the SP preview by going team-by-team with thoughts on the remaining notable arms <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1393-sp-preview-pt-6/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

3/21/25 The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!! Follow Our Socials Paul Sporer | Twitter | Bluesky – Host Justin Mason | Twitter | Bluesky – Co-Host/Producer PATREON Join our Patreon for live video feeds of each show Watch the video feed replay […] <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1392-sp-preview-pt-5/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul, Justin, and Joe continue their tour of the pitching ranks with several intriguing mid-tier arms including some of the biggest spring risers in recent drafts <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1391-sp-preview-pt-4/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Joe continue the SP preview with part 3, covering a group of compelling #2-#3 starters including several with some lingering injury concerns <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1390-sp-preview-pt-3/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin found some time to drop an impromptu 2nd ep of the week with Justin before he heads to NYC! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1388-sp-preview-pt-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Justin Mason is joined by Paul Sporer, Jason Collette, and Nick Pollack to discuss starting pitchers to lead off Day 2 of Podapallooza 2025! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1389-podapallooza-sp-discussion-ft-nick-pollack/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin start their tour of the starting pitcher ranks with part 1 covering the aces! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1387-sp-preview-pt-1/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin drop their first mega-pod of the season spending over 2 hours running through 60 OFs to finish up their preview of the position <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1386-of-preview-pt-4/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul, Justin, and Joe run through part 3 of the OF preview, covering some quality mid-round stars including rookies on the rise like Dylan Crews and Jasson Dominguez as well as bankable vets like Ian Happ and Nick Castellanos <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1385-of-preview-pt-3/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss some key injury news and then continue their outfield preview with Tiers 3 and 4 that include a bunch of superstar- and star-level players <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1384-of-preview-pt-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Justin Mason and Jason Collette discuss recent injuries and Jason's AL LABR team! <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1383-news-and-al-labr-recap/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

The prospect deep-dives are back! After a year off, Paul is joined by Eric Longenhagen to go team-by-team and discussing any and all fantasy relevant prospects and prospect-adjacent players <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1382-team-by-team-prospect-review-al-east-ft-eric-longenhagen/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin are joined by Joe Orrico to start their OF preview, assessing the Top 10 guys at the position <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1381-of-preview-pt-1/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss their EARTH leagues to open the show since Paul missed the discussion w/Justin & Jason. Then they finish off their 3B preview with the deep league tiers and lottery tickets <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1380-3b-preview-pt-3/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

2/23/25 The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!! Follow us on Twitter Jason Collette – Co-Host Justin Mason – Host/Producer PATREON Join our Patreon for live video feeds of each show Watch the video feed replay on YouTube Notable Transactions/News/Rumors Mark Canha […] <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1379-earth-leagues-recap/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin continue their look at the hot corner looking at three more tiers from Lucas Kelly's rankings <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1378-3b-preview-pt-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin revisit their Jordan Lawlar discussion after the Geraldo Perdomo extension before diving into the start of their 3B preview <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1377-3b-preview-pt-1/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss a few small news tidbits before finishing off their SS preview with the last couple tiers <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1376-ss-preview-pt-3/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

2/16/25 The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!! Follow us on Twitter @justinmasonfwfb – Host/Producer @joeorrico99 – Co-Host PATREON Join our Patreon for live video feeds of each show Watch the video feed replay on YouTube Notable Transactions/News/Rumors Paul deJong to the […] <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1375-targets-after-pick-300/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin discuss the big Bregman and Pivetta signings and then dive back into their SS preview with 12 mid-rounders to discuss <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1374-ss-preview-pt-2/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin return to start their preview of shortstop with the top 12 at the position, plus Kenley Jansen signs with the Angels <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1373-ss-preview-pt-1/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

Paul and Justin are back after some time off as Paul's been battling a wicked flu. They dive into the Alonso and Flaherty signings before finishing up their 2B preview <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1372-2b-preview-pt-3/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>

2/3/25 The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!! Follow us on Twitter Jason Collette – Co-Host Justin Mason – Host/Producer PATREON Join our Patreon for live video feeds of each show Watch the video feed replay on YouTube Notable Transactions/News/Rumors Max Scherzer to […] <p><a href="https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1371-nl-closer-preview/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>