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Rundown
8:40 Late Night Calls to Draft Justin Upton
13:23 Buying Aaron Judge as Healthy When Things Resume?
19:57 Nando Finds Value with Christin Stewart & Rich Hill
23:36 Rebound Potential for Jake Bauers?
31:00 Targeting Yusei Kikuchi in 2020?
39:36 Nicky Lopez is Tearing Up OOTP
47:08 DVR's NL Auction Plan
52:53 One Drawback of Acting
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1:06 Kirby Yates Joins the Show
1:57 Yates' Mastery of the Splitter
4:24 Chasing Out of the Zone vs. A Swing-and-Miss in the Zone
7:14 How the Arizona Plan Could Affect Pitchers
9:19 Who on the Padres Could Surprise Us?
11:36 Organizational Differences in Coaching and Player Development
13:23 'F-Bomb Moms'
16:21 DVR on Oliver Drake Following the Yates Example
21:11 Could We See More Splitter from Yu Darvish?
27:22 Tyler Mahle a Sleeper in Cincinnati
31:25 The Dodgers Love Changeups
36:30 How Luke Weaver Can Build on 2019
39:08 Beller is All-In on Lucas Giolito
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1:04 Impressions of the AL-Only Auction
3:30 Values Galore Early On
5:15 Balanced Spending Across Jeff's Roster
7:21 Closers in Mono Leagues
9:39 Lessons Learned for the NL-Only Auction
11:24 Any Love for Saves+Holds?
13:10 Accounting for the Unknowns in 2020
15:40 Doubling Down on Players We Bought in the Mixed League
17:28 Frankie Montas and Other Great Buys by Jeff
20:20 Jose Urquidy and Ryan Yarbrough
25:30 Excitement in the Reserve Rounds
27:19 A Few Cincinnati-Based Tossups
Auction Results: https://www.rtsports.com/triple-crown-al
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1:04 Ian and Nando Join Forces in Triple Crown League
8:40 What Exactly is a Praline?
11:42 Choosing a League Construct
16:17 OOTP Check-In
25:59 Ian Makes His Case for The Last Dance
35:56 Re-Watching The Godfather
44:34 Yasiel Puig and Miami?
47:27 Taking the Wonderlic Test
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3:03 The Challenges of Building a Fantasy Team in the Current Moment
8:34 Beller Dove in on Kris Bryant and Mike Trout Early
13:21 The Importance of Nomination Order
16:01 Pete Alonso vs. Rhys Hoskins
21:46 Looking at DVR's Team
27:20 Lack of Aggressiveness in the Room
31:26 Pricing on Acuña, Trout and Yelich
34:49 Picking on the Ends of a Draft
40:00 Surprising Price on Julio Urîas
42:24 Beller's a Big Tim Anderson Fan
44:21 Which Players Do We Wish We Went +1 On?
Auction results: https://rtsports.com/triple-crown-mixed
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Rundown
1:40 OOTP Update
7:13 Did We Overlook Adam Haseley?
13:16 It's Just Like Watching Golf
17:16 Ranking Padres in Dynasty Leagues
22:40 Does Ian Know DVR's Dog's Name?
31:30 Michael Brantley is Still Underrated
39:18 Preferred Reds Combo
45:24 How Often Does Ian Eat Breakfast?
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3:37 Blake Snell Takes the Top 50's Biggest Fall
6:19 Justin Verlander Also Takes a Fall
10:35 Yordan Alvarez Drops Half a Round
15:49 Clayton Kershaw Is the Top 50's Greatest Riser
22:09 Ketel Marte and a Trend at Second Base
29:53 The Guys Wax Poetic on Keston Hiura
34:48 Yankees Outfielders Lead the Top-100 Fallers
37:12 Finding a Spot for Miguel Andujar's Bat
41:14 Why is Victor Robles Falling?
48:08 A Difference of Opinion on Jose Berrios' Ceiling
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Rundown
1:02 Dealing with Johnny Midwest
4:44 Signing Puig in the OOTP Simulation
10:37 Ian Pushes More Chips In
18:05 The MLB Arizona Plan
26:06 Appreciation for 'Some Good News'
33:04 Mailbag Dynasty Question
42:56 Nando's Barber Shop
49:28 Several Questions for Ian
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Rundown
3:29 What is Put-Away Rate?
5:56 Chris Paddack and PAR
7:42 How Sticky is PAR?
10:18 Fastball PAR
11:39 Trevor Bauer and PAR
13:15 How Best to Use PAR
15:19 Matthew Boyd and PAR
17:47 Surprises Lurking on the PAR Leaderboard
19:15 Organizations That Do Well with PAR
21:02 Why Are We Drafting Saves All Wrong?
22:37 How Should We Approach Closers in a Shortened Season?
28:36 Organizational Trends Related to Closers
32:33 Favorite Closers-in-Waiting
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'Why you should care about put-away rate'
'We've drafted saves wrong again'
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Rundown
4:32 Baseball Pod Bracket
11:02 OOTP Wheeling and Dealing
15:46 Did We Overlook Josh Naylor?
23:17 Franklin Barreto vs. Jorge Mateo
27:08 More Frustration with Astros' Handling of Kyle Tucker
33:50 The Strat-O-Matic 2020 Sim
40:53 A Scouting Report on Ian's Draft Tendencies
47:06 Does Jerry Maguire Hold Up?
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