Draft Champions Podcast

Zack sits down with Justin Mason (@justinmasonfwfb) of Fangraphs, The Sleeper and the Bust, and the TGFBI

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Friends with Fantasy Benefits: @FantasyBenefits and friendswithfantasybenefits.com

TGFBI: @TGFBI and TGFBI.com

Draft Guide: on Amazon "The Fantasy Benefit" "Justin Mason" or "Friends with Fantasy Benefits"

- strategy guides

- ranks

- ATC projections by Ariel Cohen

- team prospect previews and team previews

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We talk BARF League, TGBI, a new TGFBI leaderboard, deep sleepers, handling the first FAAB run, strategy of boring rosters vs. upside, lessons learned from last TGFBI

We talk hoow draft strategy differs in waiver leagues vs. Draft Champions and drafting in January vs. March.

Zack and Justin put their avitar where their mouths are and lay down a big bet that involves Alex Cobb and Jeff Samardzija. 

100% Fantasy Baseball!

MTM is back again for a 3rd round and you'll need time stamps on this bad boy, but there is a ton of fantasy baseball content (in CAPS) and non-fantasy baseball content (in non-caps)

0:00-5:10 - Introduction and MTM attempts to lose the entire audience by using a soundboard and making obscure references

5:10 - 9:50 - SHOUTOUTS AND OBSERVATIONS: A KIND MTM SHARES WHAT HIS FAVORITE FANTASY BASEBALL PODCASTS AND MATERIAL ARE.

9:50 - 14:20 - THE INTANGIBLES THAT MAKE A GOOD FANTASY BASEBALL PLAYER

14:20 - 16:40 - MTM DISCUSSES HIS FAVORITE FORMATS

16:40 - 22:05 -  RECENT NFBC TRENDS

22:05 - 25:35 - mtm rips on home leagues

25:35 - 32:10 MORE RECENT DRAFT TREND OBSERVATIONS AND ADAPTING TO CHANGING ADP - WHO IS THE LAST 1B MTM FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH AND HIS FEELINGS ON JOSH BELL

32:10 -43:40 - PLAYERS THAT WERE GREAT VALUE LAST YEAR AND IF THEY CAN CONTINUE TO YIELD VALUE IN 2020 - WE DISCUSS KETEL MARTE, FLAHERTY, TORRES, RENDON, AND MORE

43:40 - 48:00 - DEGROM OR COLE 

48:00 - 1:06:30 - mailbag mostly non-fantasy relevant 

1:06:30 - 1:09:05 -  LAST MAILBAG QUESTION ON NELSON CRUZ THEN A DISCUSSION ON UTIL ONLY ELIGIBLE PLAYERS

1:09:05 - 1:11:00 - 3 GUYS WHO HAVE NEVER PLAYED BEST BALL TRY TO TALK BEST BALL STRATEGY

1:13:00 - 1:18:15 -  MIXED LABR REVIEW

EVERYTHING FROM THIS POINT ON IS NON-FANTASY RELEVANT 

1:18:15 - 1:31:20 -  The infamous movie theater brawl

1:31:20 - 1:46:00 - Zack and Mike react to the movie theater brawl and assess how to format MTM episodes and the 3 of us get to know each other a bit better

1:46:00 - 1:56:13 - Zack and MTM introduce Kurland to Dexter the Cat

@zackroto talks to @MLBMovingAvg about recently joining The Athletic, a new metric replacing the quality start, a bold prediction, deep sleepers (Hibernators), how he uses projections and analyzes individual pitches.  There is minimal talk of The Dexter Kitty and Barry Bonds into the Hall of Fame.

1:00 - 20/20 Vision John's bold prediction about Gerrit Cole spinning in to Paxton tangent

5:10 - Tangent on Trevor Bauer

6:25 - Tangent on Liam Hendriks

7:00 - Zack's bold prediction (Red Sox talk)

12:50 - Can we stick a fork in Samardzija, Tanaka, and JA Happ and Brooks Baseball Primer on analyzing individual pitches

26:30 - Navigating conflicting data across Savant and Fangraphs

36:00 - Dexter Kitty makes his first appearance on the podcast and reading listener reviews

41:00 - @MLBMovingAvg big announcement that he has joined the Athletic and explains the revamped money start and plus quality start

1:04:00 - Projection discussion

1:12:30 - Late round selections are not dart throws (Zack throws out a Marlin and John throws out a White Sox player)

1:21:30 - Did we just become best friends? NFBC Moving Averages

1:56:30 - We ask someone who does not care about the Hall of Fame if Barry Bonds should be in it

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Zack (@zackroto) talks to MTM about ADP risers and who can be this year’s Yordan Alvarez, Chris Paddack, Lucas Giolito etc. Mike also talks about working in the movie theatres in the 80s and the state of cat accounts on twitter. He reviews 2 teams in what he’s marketing as the “moron package”. Stay tuned for his bold prediction near the end after he’s taught what a bold prediction actually is.

Zack (@zackroto) talks to John Bosch (@fourslot) about 20/20 vision for the 2020 season (a new bold prediction segment).  We also discuss his stint in the minors, being Mike "The Mouth" Massotto's agent, draft day values, deep sleepers, and the potential impact of big names being traded like Mookie Betts and Kris Bryant.  We also tease 2 special announcements we have in the pipeline.

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