Fantasy Baseball Today

Forgive the enthusiasm but we are PUMPED UP for Opening Day! We're even debuting our personalized walk up music (1:40)! Then we'll discuss the Salvador Perez injury and how to replace him (4:30) and more bullpen news (7:05) for NYM, TEX and SF ... Recapping Wednesday's Podcast For the People League draft (11:15) with a commissioner controversy. Then we'll tell you players we are keeping an eye on (17:31) early in the season. Who are we going to pick up if we see good production? ... Batting order news (31:00), bold predictions (37:40), MLB picks (43:43) and Jonah Keri joins the show (52:00)! ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com Today's episode is brought to you by www.ziprecruiter.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Spring Training concludes, which players have jumped up in our rankings (2:30)? Scott, Heath and Chris talk about their biggest risers, mostly players you can add as free agents including Daniel Vogelbach (4:26), Ryan McMahon (6:53) and Lewis Brinson (14:30) .... Humidor news (16:32), bullpen updates (20:00), important MLB notes (28:40) and thoughts on H2H Categories leagues (34:10) ... More Spring Training risers (41:30) like Yasmani Grandal and Sean Newcomb and a look ahead to Week 1 (50:50). And we do some Start or Sit for Thursday's games (55:00) ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Blake Parker is the favorite for LAA saves (4:30), now where do we rank him? And that leads us into some Draft Day Dilemmas (10:00) including what to do about Greg Holland, when to draft Trea Turner in Points leagues (14:45), when SP depth gets ugly (18:05) and the RP-heavy strategy in categories leagues .. We discuss which players are "Most Likely To (34:01)" break out, regress, provide great draft value, get traded and lose their jobs ... Recapping our Podcast League draft (41:45)! Four different SP approaches from the four of us, plus some surprises from the listeners. Oh, and it's Team Name Tuesday (56:12) and we discuss some players we've barely mentioned on the show (56:50) ... Email us at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com *This episode is sponsored by www.ziprecruiter.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Madison Bumgarner, Scott Kingery and Greg Bird we've got some big news (and a lot of smaller news items) to get to, but first we'll tell you the important things you may have missed over the weekend including STL bullpen news (1:25), the MIL rotation (3:41) and more ... Where are the injured players being drafted now (6:42)? Kingery vs. Yoan Moncada (16:00), plus Closer updates (28:35) ... ADP risers (31:31) including Starling Marte, Matt Carpenter and a group of SPs (39:50). ADP fallers (43:10) including Gerrit Cole for some reason ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To make sure you're ready for your drafts, we'll go through Average Draft Position with our thoughts on each of the first 10 rounds. But first we'll cover the major MLB news (4:35) including Jeff Samardzija's injury, noteworthy Spring Training performances and more ... How to draft in shallow leagues (16:32) and players we want more shares of (18:18) ... We're debuting the brand new Fantasy Baseball Syllable Game (24:40) before getting into ADP (26:26). Find out who is going too early and who is going too late. Plus, we announce the Podcast for the People League contestants (1:00:30)! ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we're reviewing a 12-team H2H Points mock draft which featured some experimentation. But first, we compare Carlos Correa/Manny Machado to Corey Seager (2:48), wonder why Cody Bellinger feels a little risky (7:16), discuss 1B depth (10:00), SP tiers (11:33) and Willson Contreras' breakout potential (16:16) ... Reviewing yesterday's draft (22:55)! Adam and Scott tried new approaches and didn't like the results. We also review when to draft injured players (34:41) ... Spring risers and fallers (49:16) and we announce the Podcast League contestants (55:49)! ... Email us at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Beginning with a strategy question, how do you approach SP if you have the second pick in the draft or a similarly early pick (1:20)? Then we get into our deep league strategies (5:30)! How much does position scarcity matter? And who are some potential saves guys that are worth drafting in these formats (11:08)? ... Thoughts on Steven Matz and Matt Harvey (18:41), Blake Snell's outlook (21:32), Gregory Polanco's potential (22:30) and whether a quesadilla is a sandwich ... Scott gives us his sleepers (27:14) including Marco Estrada and Jason Kipnis and breakouts (35:35) including Kevin Gausman ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We start the show with big news as Ronald Acuna heads to the minors (1:30) and Justin Turner (5:50) will be out with a broken hand. When are we drafting these guys? Who replaces Turner for LAD? ... Looking at Heath's sleepers (13:10) including Jeff Samardzija and Taijuan Walker, breakouts (22:00) including a couple of young studs who are being drafted around 40th overall and busts (36:15) including Marcell Ozuna and two interesting 3B ... We evaluate a pitching staff of a H2H Categories league that has no proven ace but plenty of upside (42:35). Is it good enough to win a league? ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who is moving up or down in average draft position? We'll cover that after we tell you what you may have missed over the weekend (1:00) including Shohei Ohtani's struggles (7:45). And we'll update you on Zack Greinke, Marcus Stroman and more injured players (13:00) ... Taking a look at ADP after a busy weekend of drafting (18:40). NYM SPs are on the rise! Why are Corey Knebel and Roberto Osuna falling (24:00)? And find out the deep league targets (36:30) who are seeing changes in their ADP including Delino DeShields (38:30) which leads to an impromptu steals discussion ... We're discussing our 15-team roto league (48:36) to help our listeners who play in deep formats, and we're looking at the standout performers of Spring Training (53:00) ... Email us at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Getting ready to draft? We've got some underdrafted and overdrafted players you need to know about, including which players have very different ADPs in Yahoo or ESPN. Is Justin Turner going too early now (7:35)? Are people overlooking Matt Carpenter (10:38)? ... Make or Break players and when to draft them (24:55)! We discuss Noah Syndergaard, Josh Donaldson, a trio of 3B (28:55), David Price and more ... Who do we look for late in drafts (38:30)? And how do our strategies change in AL-Only and NL-Only leagues (45:30)? ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices