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Is Maikel Garcia This Year's Nico Hoerner? Kyle Harrison Undervalued? (Fantasy Baseball Today in 5 Podcast) Feb 24, 2024

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Can Maikel Garcia be this year's Nico Hoerner? He should provide batting average and steals if everything works out. Kyle Harrison is one of the top pitching prospects in baseball and might be undervalued in redraft leagues.

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Kodai Senga Injury Reaction, Ricky Tiedemann Spotlight & Mailbag Questions! (2/23 Fantasy Baseball Podcast) Feb 23, 2024

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Kodai Senga has a shoulder injury and will start the season on the IL (3:12). How far does he move down the rankings? ... This week's prospect spotlight is Ricky Tiedemann from the Blue Jays (10:32). ... Tim Anderson signed a one-year deal with the Marlins (17:51). ... We have injury news on Aaron Judge, Matt McLain and Josh Jung (27:44). ... What happened in the first spring training game (35:34)? ... We kick off the mailbag with three Apple Podcast questions (40:30). ... Do we devalue pitching in H2H categories (45:23)? ... George Kirby or Eury Perez in a keeper league (48:57)? ... Let's talk auction/salary cap draft strategy (50:40). ... Thoughts on Jasson Dominguez in dynasty (56:43)? ... What is the case against Shōta Imanaga (1:00:00)?

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2024 Relief Pitcher Preview! Strategy, Predicting Each Bullpen & Favorite Targets! (2/22 Fantasy Baseball Podcast) Feb 22, 2024

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Before we get into our relief pitcher preview, we have a spring training game today (2:48)! What are we watching for? ... What is the state of saves and closers in Fantasy Baseball (7:29)? ... What is our strategy in Roto and H2H categories (11:05)? ... How to handle H2H points leagues and SPARPs (16:37)? ... What do we do in saves plus holds leagues (26:40)? ... Let's predict each team's bullpen, starting with the NL East (33:50). ... Is Adbert Alzolay the Cubs' closer (38:55)? ... Who will lead the Rockies and Padres in saves (42:43)? ... Craig Kimbrel signed with the Orioles this offseason (50:06)? ... What's up with the White Sox and does it matter (55:16)? ... The Astros brought in Josh Hader this offseason (1:01:46). ... Let's talk sleepers, breakouts, busts and favorite to draft at the position (1:10:46). ... We wrap up with the rest of relief pitcher ADP (1:18:20).

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2024 Starting Pitcher Preview Part 3! Sleepers, Breakouts, Busts & the Rest of ADP! (2/21 Fantasy Baseball Podcast) Feb 21, 2024

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Hunter Greene is working on a splitter and curveball (2:35). ... Shane Bieber went to Driveline Baseball and his velocity is up (7:36). ... Michael King and Bailey Ober have upside at their ADP (13:05). ... Will Carlos Rodon bounce back (21:05)? ... What's the case for and against Bryce Miller (28:20)? ... Nick Pivetta looks like a new pitcher (35:16). ... Gavin Williams is going too late (43:27). ... Let's get into our top sleepers, breakouts and busts (48:01). ... Ryan Pepiot was traded to the Rays this offseason (1:09:50). ... Triston McKenzie is one year removed from a great season (1:12:00). ... Brandon Pfaadt and Andrew Abbott are similar (1:13:20). ... Is Nick Lodolo a post-hype sleeper (1:15:14)? ... We wrap up with the rest of SP ADP, prospects and injury stashes (1:17:44).

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2024 Starting Pitcher Preview Part 2! Top-36 ADP & Favorite Targets! (2/20 Fantasy Baseball Podcast) Feb 20, 2024

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Tarik Skubal for Cy Young (2:30)?? ... Any concern over Framber Valdez's second half (6:03)? ... Freddy Peralta has huge strikeout upside but hasn't been able to stay healthy (10:09). ... What do we do with Blake Snell (15:55)? ... Who ya gonna call, KODAI SENGA (24:39)! ... Does Logan Gilbert have another level (27:18)? ... Should Grayson Rodriguez go ahead of Eury Perez (31:20)? ... Is Zach Eflin undervalued (35:44)? ... What do we make of Jesus Luzardo (40:02)? ... Why didn't Bobby Miller get more strikeouts (46:27)? ... Joe Ryan is a polarizing pitcher (51:32)! ... Can Justin Steele do it again (57:00)? ... Can Dylan Cease bounce back (1:01:55)? ... How healthy is Joe Musgrove (1:06:02)? ... How far did we drop Kyle Bradish (1:07:48)? ... Eury Perez has massive upside (1:09:44). ... So does Cole Ragans (1:15:08)! ... Pay attention to Tanner Bibee's velocity (1:20:00). ... Do we target Sonny Gray in drafts (1:22:17)? ... Justin Verlander is entering his age-41 season (1:24:45). ... Chris Bassitt continues to do Chris Bassitt things (1:27:12). ... How far is Walker Buehler dropping in ADP (1:28:41)? ... We wrap up with three of our favorite pitchers to draft (1:31:40).

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2024 Starting Pitcher Preview Part 1! Trends, Strategy & Top-15 in ADP! (2/19 Fantasy Baseball Podcast) Feb 19, 2024

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What does the state of starting pitching look like (2:50)? What is THE GLOB and where does it start in ADP (8:55)? ... Is there a starting pitcher dead zone (24:48)? ... What is our starting pitcher strategy in 2024 (27:22)? ... Should Spencer Strider be the SP1 (39:26)? ... Any concern with Gerrit Cole (43:15)? ... Is Corbin Burnes the clear-cut SP3 (48:06)? ... Zack Wheeler feels like the sweet spot in drafts (50:43). ... How much concern with Kevin Gausman's WHIP (52:29)? ... Any concern with Luis Castillo (56:30)? ... Zac Gallen threw a ton of innings last year (58:53). ... How early should Pablo Lopez go (1:03:12)? ... Let's have the George Kirby talk (1:06:39). ... Is Tyler Glasnow worth the risk (1:11:07)? ... Is Aaron Nola overvalued (1:17:32)? ... How many innings will Max Fried provide (1:20:42)? ... Are we comfortable with Yoshinobu Yamamoto as our SP1 (1:24:20)? ... We wrap up with our thoughts on Logan Webb (1:28:46).

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Evaluating Spencer Torkelson and Taj Bradley! (Fantasy Baseball Today in 5 Podcast) Feb 17, 2024

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Let's talk about players we haven't spent enough time on. First up, Spencer Torkelson. Is he a first base target for Chris? Next up, Taj Bradley. What went wrong last year and and how can he get better?

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Kyle Bradish Injury Reaction, Prospect Spotlight & Mailbag Questions! (2/16 Fantasy Baseball Podcast) Feb 16, 2024

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What happened to the Orioles?? First up, Kyle Bradish has a sprained UCL (2:35). ... John Means is a month behind (9:35). Is Tyler Wells a sleeper? ... Gunnar Henderson has an oblique injury (12:48). ... Let's get to our latest prospect spotlight, this time Colson Montgomery of the White Sox (15:35). ... News (22:13): Justin Verlander is weeks behind with a shoulder hiccup. ... Let's get into our mailbag questions, starting with a Jose Altuve dynasty trade (35:40). ... Which players can you stash in keeper leagues (38:16)? ... How do you combat streaming in a daily league (40:15)? ... Trade Julio Rodriguez for Strider (46:15)? ... What do we make of hitters with extreme splits (48:32)? ... Could Mike Trout play more DH (51:05)? ... Is the contract year thing real (54:36)? ... What's the strategy in leagues with no bench spots (58:25)?

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2024 Outfield Preview Part 2! Sleepers, Breakouts & The Rest of ADP! (2/15 Fantasy Baseball Podcast) Feb 15, 2024

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Let's pick things back up with ADP. First up Kyle Schwarber, Nolan Jones and Christian Yelich (3:15). ... Jazz Chisholm has not been able to stay healthy (7:35). ... What do we expect from Nick Castellanos, George Springer and Seiya Suzuki (16:55)? ... Is Evan Carter undervalued (22:35)? ... What do we make of Teoscar Hernandez on the Dodgers (30:25)? ... What can Masataka Yoshida offer (36:45)? ... Brandon Nimmo is a solid H2H points player (44:33). ... What do we expect from Jorge Soler on the Giants (50:44)? ... Will Wyatt Langford be on the Rangers Opening Day roster (55:36)? ... Let's get to some sleepers, breakouts and favorites to target (1:01:10)! ... We wrap up with the rest of outfield ADP (1:14:55).

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Players We Love! 8 Must Draft Targets! (2/14 Fantasy Baseball Podcast) Feb 14, 2024

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We all know Scott loves him some Cole Ragans this year (4:00). ... But he also has the wandering eye for Erick Fedde (12:25)! ... Eury Perez has nasty stuff but how many innings will we get (22:15)? ... What will Michael King do with the Padres (32:33)? ... Bryan Woo has an interesting arsenal and the Mariners have great development (42:32). ... Chris has Riley Greene ranked as a top-24 outfielder (47:18). ... Who's Scott's beefcake this year (51:03)? ... We're back in on Oneil Cruz (54:52)! ... We wrap up with love for an early-round hitter (59:40).

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