Fantasy Baseball Today

Are you Team SCAM (Scott and Adam) or Team CREATH (Chris and Heath)? It might depend on how important SP is to you on Draft Day. We get into a thorough discussion about how to approach drafts (10:20) keeping in mind different formats ... Starting the show with news and analysis on Nelson Cruz (3:20), Zack Greinke (6:10) and Yoenis Cespedes (8:20) ... Players we often draft (31:00), players we avoid (35:00) and RP news and strategies (37:15). Plus more Spring Training storylines (44:55) you need to know ... 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'll help you with the start of your drafts, but first we've got a Josh Donaldson update (2:00) and rankings risers (4:55) and fallers (9:15) as we react to news on the CHW bullpen and NYM OF ... Who are the prospects you need to know about this season (15:15)? Scott White has a thorough list for you ... How to start your draft in H2H Points Leagues (27:45)! Don't worry, much of this content will help Roto/Categories owners as well. We discuss our Top 24 including when to draft the Bryce Harper (29:15) and the Super Aces (33:43). Also, we end the show with some Buy or Sell (53:55) from the listeners ... 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

Which players are rising up the rankings? Heath and Scott give their risers (1:50) including a couple of CHC hitters and Ronald Acuna. Then they tell you who they are downgrading (10:40) which includes a bullpen update and some Miguel Sano concerns ... We look at some small sample sizes from last season and decide if they mean anything. Carlos Correa, George Springer and Corey Seager (25:50) crushed it before suffering injuries and Francisco Lindor (30:56) was having a somewhat disappointing season before his final 40 games ... Debating W vs. QS again (39:00) with a new perspective, enjoying some Team Name Tuesday (41:30) and unleashing the Crazyometer (43:05). Will Billy Hamilton hit well? Can Miggy be an MVP candidate? Can Aaron Judge stay healthy and somehow hit fewer than 35 HRs? ... 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

What's the most important and underrated thing you may have missed over the weekend? Scott (2:24) and Heath (5:03) each give an interesting Fantasy note. Then we discuss who to take with the #3 pick in a roto or categories league (8:40) ... Thoughts on Jake Arrieta (13:10), Lance Lynn (18:40), Jonathan Lucroy (25:23) and more ... Find out how to join the Podcast League (36:50)! And find out which Spring Training standouts (41:45) are moving up draft boards and who we are concerned about (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

We've got a 12-team points league draft for you to follow! Check out how we build our teams and how our listeners build theirs ... When SPs go earlier than you expect, how do you adjust? Should you take the hitter values or follow the draft trends? ... Find out when the RPs started going off the board and why it pays to wait for C ... 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

Busy show today as we finish up our SP preview with SPs 50-80 in ADP (1:00). Talking Aaron Sanchez, Mike Clevinger, Sean Manaea and more ... Now that position previews are finished, let's give a quick overview of each position with overdrafted and underdrafted payers (22:55). We also discuss different strategies for different formats (41:16) including more on the RP-heavy approach in a categories leagues and how your strategies change in daily vs. weekly leagues ... It's Team Name Tuesday on a Thursday (53:35)! We've also got Spring risers like Matt Harvey, Jason Kipnis and Ian Happ and fallers including a few injured players (55:05). Plus we have the best emails from a disgruntled listener (1:02:50) ... 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

Before we get into average draft position, let's further discuss how SP strategy changes in different formats (2:00), specifically how to draft in H2H Categories leagues. Can you punt categories in that format? Can you punt in standard Roto leagues? ... Complete ADP review for the Top 50 SPs (10:30) with more coming on tomorrow's show. We spend a lot of time on the Round 7-8 SPs (29:30) like James Paxton, Aaron Nola, Shohei Ohtani and more ... Rounds 10 and later (45:00) in ADP give us intriguing bounceback players like Jon Lester and Johnny Cueto, a polarizing Jeff Samardzija, the huge potential of Lance McCullers and several other SPs with upside ... 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

A lot of strategy talk today (1:50) as we give you different ways to approach SP in your draft, and that will change depending on format. How many SPs are capable of being Fantasy aces (12:50)? Who do we draft often (18:41) and who do we avoid (26:15)? ... Sleepers (31:40), breakouts (34:50) and busts (37:31) ... Some interesting stats (44:31) on several of the top SPs and what they mean for 2018. Plus we talk a lot about the importance of innings ... 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

How much can you get from Spring Training performance? The guys discuss the early standouts, good and bad, and what it means (22:00). We also take your emails (1:00), compare pairs of players (38:00), and answer more of your emails (44:00)! 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

Join us for the first hour of our 12-team auction! Find out our nomination strategies, how much the elite players are going for and when to spend ... Should you adjust how you value players as the auction unfolds? If all of the elite players are overpriced, should you pay up for one or save your money and get the values later in the auction? ... We'll tell you why it's important to use tiers during auctions ... 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