The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1462 – Talking The Process ft. Jeff Zimmerman

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January 11, 2026

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The Process 

How to value rookies coming up like Jonah Tong last season? (27:53)

Kyren Paris Rule (30:46)

Pete Crow-Armstrong and the aging curve (35:05)

The Xavier Edwards Rule (44:30)

FAAB vs Draft Capital (50:00)

How to balance safe/boring over lottery/upside picks (53:45)

What should fantasy managers be looking for in pitchers who Dan Madigan called low-velocity successes? What skills or profile did those pitchers have which allowed them to succeed in this era of big fastballs? (57:30)

If you had to take 5 pitching metrics to a deserted island and only do your rankings and analysis on those 5, what are they? Do they differ for SP or RP? (1:00:00)

How to handle injury return pitchers like Zack Wheeler, Gerrit Cole, and Robert Stephenson (1:00:12)

How do you handle pitcher regression for guys like Nick Pivetta, Matthew Boyd, or Gavin Williams? Guys who all had solid 2025s after checkered success track records? (1:08:30)

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Justin is the co-host on The Sleeper and The Bust Podcast and writes for Rotographs covering the Roto Riteup as well as other periodic articles. In addition to his work at Rotographs, Justin is the lead fantasy writer/analyst and co-owner for FriendswithFantasyBenefits.com, and the owner of The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational. He is also a certified addiction treatment counselor. Follow Justin on Twitter @JustinMasonFWFB.

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