Episode 341: Draft Retrospective and Season Preview

About this episode

The episode discusses the recent draft season and the start of the real baseball season, along with a critique of Netflix's opening night.

Alas, the real baseball is here! We chat about the misfire of Netflix's opening night before going through some topics related to both the draft season that has just ended and the real season just underway. Flags Fly Forever is a Baseball Prospectus podcast. For more fantasy baseball information, visit baseballprospectus.com and click on "Fantasy." You can find Flags Fly Forever on Bluesky (@flagsflyforever.bsky.social). The hosts of Flags Fly Forever are Mike Gianella(@mikegianella.bsky.social) and Jon Hegglund(@jonhegglund.bsky.social). The producer of Flags Fly Forever is Jon Hegglund. Special thanks to the awesome and generous Petite League for permission to use their track "Mets" for the intro and break music. Find their sweet lo-fi indie-pop sounds at petiteleague.com.

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike Gianella, Jon Hegglund

Topics covered

• draft retrospective
• season preview
• real baseball
• Netflix opening night
• fantasy baseball

Keywords

• fantasy baseball
• draft season
• real baseball
• Netflix
• Mets
• Baseball Prospectus
• Petite League

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Baseball Prospectus, Netflix, Petite League, petiteleague.com, baseballprospectus.com

Books & works: Mets

Places: Bluesky

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