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Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) and Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) are they're joined by Mastersball creator Todd Zola (@toddzola), contributor to ESPN, Rotowire, and the curator of the Tout Wars Tout Table each Monday to break down the "impact" every team should see from the flurry of trades at or before the MLB trade deadline, and how that may influence your FAAB bidding. In addition, we pick Todd's brain about his experience in NL- and AL-only style leagues and how the bidding process differs from mixed formats.

AL East (5:08)

NL East (21:44)

AL Central (37.16)

NL Central (50:01)

AL West (59:08)

NL West (1:10:04)

Power (1:30:11)

Speed (1:32:55)

Opportunity and Schedule Notes (1:35:29)

Wins and K’s (1:39:17)

Saves (1:49:38)

Kevin's parting words (1:52:26)

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Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) returns alongside Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin), and they're joined by Tout Wars competitor Greg Jewett (@gjewett9), contributor to The Athletic, Fantasy Alarm, and the creator of Coffee and Closers, to break down this week’s FAAB period, as well to talk about how drafting closers may change in 2022, trade deadline speculations, and of course, more closers talk.

Welcome Greg (1:48)

Minnesotta shake up (3:14)

Catching up on catchers (4:47)

Royals talk (8:55)

Tampa trades away pitching (11:22)

Checking in on the Cincinnati outfield (14:57)

Warm bodies in Atlanta (16:40)

Closer values now and beyond (32:48)

Power (50:31)

Speed (55:26)

Opportunity (1:01:11)

Wins and K’s (1:05:31)

Saves (1:15:34)

Kevin's parting words (1:38:09)

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Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) is joined by KC Bubba (@bdentrek), contributor to RotoBaller.com and FantasySportsDegens.com, to break down this week’s FAAB period, as well to talk about what to realistically look at while analyzing our standings by category.

Welcome Bubba (1:04)

Jarren Duran finally plays for the Red Sox (1:58)

Tanner Houck up in Boston as well(4:57)

Joc Jams to Atlanta (6:48)

Adam Eaton an Angel (8:26)

Two-catcher lineup in Seattle (9:51)

Multiple Tiger moves (11:46)

Category maintenance and realistic expectations (14:10)

Power (20:25)

Speed (27:52)

Opportunity (34:15)

Wins and K’s (37:59)

Saves (45:31)

Bubba's parting words (53:39)

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2020 TGFBI Champion Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) is joined by Lou Landers (@LandersTalks) from SiriusXM Sports Overnight America and the Director of Baseball Content on Dr. Roto's new site (coming soon) to discuss this week’s FAAB options and much more. Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) is on vacation.

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Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) and 2020 TGFBI Champion Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) are joined by Paul Sporer (@sporer), fantasy editor at Rotographs, host of the Sleeper and the Bust, and a seemingly constant twitch stream. We discuss this week’s FAAB options, starting pitcher workload concerns, possible closer trade candidates, and how Paul and Kevin deal with the stress of finding themselves on the top of the mountain

Welcome Paul Sporer (1:45)

Replacing Kyle Schwarber (3:31)

Dropping Zac Gallen? (5:15)

Arizona rotation options, or lack there of (7:38)

Cleveland check in (9:40)

Kolton Wong. to the IL....again (14:15)

Cleveland's new look rotation (16:05)

Brusdar Graterol's role in LA (16:02)

White Sox have a new DH? (18:09)

A few bats returning from injury (23:23)

Power (45:38)

Speed (49:55)

Opportunity (58:26)

Wins and K’s (1:04:12)

Ratios (1:20:43)

Saves (1:26:39)

Kevin's parting words: Go to First Pitch Arizona (1:45:47)

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Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) and 2020 TGFBI Champion Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) discuss this week’s FAAB options as well as Adam’s process behind streaming stolen bases, Kevin’s tips on avoiding summer distractions, and an overall hesitation to stash prospects the rest of the way.

Bidding on Wander (0:32)

Brandon Belt to IL (3:23)

Time to stash Joey Bart? (5:13)

Angels outfield options (6:53)

Is Keston Hiura any different? (10:20)

Return of Daulton Varsho, sort of (13:38)

Cleveland's new look rotation (16:05)

Dodgers get some bats back (18:41)

Jesse Winker pulled from Saturday's game (20:26)

Avoiding distractions through the summer (22:41)

Power (28:33)

Speed (34:47)

Opportunity (43:04)

Wins and K’s (46:35)

Ratios (54:23)

Saves (57:03)

Kevin's parting words (1:11:20)

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Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) and 2020 TGFBI Champion Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) are joined by Vlad Sedler (@rotogut), contributor to FantasyGuru.com and EliteFantasy.com, to break down this week’s FAAB period, as well to talk about the things he's learned over the years that has allowed him to be nicknamed the "FAAB Whisperer".

Welcome Vlad (1:25)

Miguel Rojas and Cody Poteet back in Miami (3:44)

What's the deal with Edward Olivares? (4:58)

Minnesota's infield situation (6:03)

Jean Segura out for a while (7:50)

Thoughts on Abraham Toro (9:04)

Zac Gallen returns to Arizona (11:01)

Building your bench with arms vs bats? (12:10)

Assuming the worst for Chris Sale? (14:04)

Jose Ramirez' foot hurts (16:28)

Power (25:41)

Speed (33:34)

Opportunity (39:19)

Wins and K’s (45:02)

Ratios (51:56)

Saves (53:23)

Kevin's parting words (56:05)

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Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) and 2020 TGFBI Champion Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) are joined by Lucas Biery (@lucasbiery33), co-host of the the LouCas Baseball Podcast through the Sports Crew Radio Network and writer for Fantasy Sports Degens, to break down this week’s FAAB period, as well to talk about how he manages FAAB across multiple leagues, formats, and platforms.

Welcome Lucas (2:55)

Daniel Vogelbach is playing every day...again (5:57)

Do we care that Dylan Moore is back in Seattle? (7:23)

Trent Grisham back in San Diego (8:16)

Pittsburgh rotation swap (9:42)

Is the Miami rotation taking another hit? (11:24)

Will Max Scherzer miss any starts? (13:26)

Mets' bats on their way back (14:25)

Kendall Graveman back in the Seattle bullpen (16:33)

Who plays second base with Nick Madrigal on the shelf? (19:11)

Cincinnati bullpen check in (20:46)

Power (39:24)

Speed (44:28)

Opportunity (51:03)

Wins and K’s (55:12)

Ratios (1:08:48)

Saves (1:12:28)

Kevin's parting words (1:23:34)

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Hosts: Adam Howe | Kevin Hasting

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Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) and 2020 TGFBI Champion Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) are joined by Chris (@baseballpods), creator of Baseball-Pods.com and the annual Fantasy Baseball Podcast Bracketology event, to break down this week’s FAAB period, as well to talk about the things he looks for in a good fantasy baseball podcast.

Welcome Chris (2:15)

Max Muncy missing time? (11:34)

Tony Gonsolin must start next week? (13:39)

Miami rotation questions (15:50)

Kolton Wong down again (19:28)

Should we care about Jon Duplantier? (21:40)

Will Kyle Lewis play again this season? (23:26)

Seattle rotation changes (26:38)

Do we care about Tucker Davidson? (28:49)

Who does Lance McCullers end up kicking out of the Houston rotation (30:50)

Spencer Turnbull out in Detroit, who's in? (33:20)

Power (57:53)

Speed (1:00:59)

Opportunity (1:06:26)

Wins and K’s: (1:10:40)

Ratios (1:20:13)

Saves (1:24:47)

Kevin's parting words (1:40:15)

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Adam Howe (@EightyGrade) and 2020 TGFBI Champion Kevin Hasting (@HastingKevin) are joined by Steve Gesuele (@stav8818), host of the Wins Above Fantasy podcast, to break down this week’s FAAB period, as well to talk about how to utilize in season research that applies to his teams.

Welcome Steve (1:30)

Filling in the Michael Brantley (3:50)

Owen Miller vs Tyler Nevin (5:05)

Miami injuries (9:05)

Kansas City bullpen situation (10:55)

Should we care about Victor Carantini? (14:06)

Voit back to IL (16:54)

Opening in San Francisco? (19:04)

Line up additions in LA (19:04)

Trevor Story to the IL (23:24)

Couple of Saturday hamstring issues (24:56)

Power (46:13)

Speed (52:03)

Opportunity (55:40)

Wins and K’s: (1:00:59)

Ratios (1:17:42)

Saves (1:22:05)

Kevin's parting words (1:37:59)

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