It's been a while since we sat down and talked fantasy baseball, but our very own @OpenBarBen is killin it in 2020 and it's for all the reasons we described in the offseason. In this podcast, we highlight players that we're heavily invested in to illustrate why we're doing so well. VICTORY LAPS, BABY! Who told ya about Ian Happ? WE DID! Who told ya about Luke Voit? WE DID! Who's heavily invested in Mike Yastrzemski? WE ARE! There's some method to the Open Bar Dudes madness and it's paying off in 2020. 

We brought on the dudes from Exit Velocity podcast, Brent Herzog and Hey, It's Enrico Pallazzo pod, Michael Govier to square off against our own @Openbarben in a series of fantasy baseball questions of current events. 

Topics include:

Combustible closers

Fire and Ice, Who's hot and cold

Cy Bieber

The Joe Kelly suspension

More Rona news

Kyle Tucker vs Garrett Hampson

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Tired and weary from a long weekend of boozing and drafting, @openbarben and I got on the mics to discuss our first TGFBI FAAB period and our recent drafts. There were some very shocking bids as managers spend over half their allotted FAAB in the first week of play for ONE player in some instances!

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Quite simply, this is as much fun as I've had doing a podcast. With a gameshow theme for points and a win, we navigated through the agreement of MLB and the players union of 60 games and followed up with the fantasy baseball relevance of a shortened season. Follow Rotoballer Mets writer Nick Ritrivi @nickytapas71 on twitter, Rotoballer and On The Bump host Doug Ishikawa @coachingish for all your fantasy baseball needs. As always, please follow us @OpenBarDudes and @openbarben on twitter. We're also now live streaming on Youtube and Twitch @OpenBarDudes. Subscribe and enjoy! Thanks for listening!

In this episode, one of the best in the business, Toby @batflipcrazy, sat down with us to discuss his famous Pocket Aces drafting strategy in regards to roster construction and risk aversion. We used his TGFBI squad to reference this strategy and how you adjust to the room during a draft. Later, we dove into the super sophomores Victor Robles, Vlad Jr, Cavan Biggio, and Garrett Hampson vs their ADP's. The fantasy baseball community believes, but I'm not so sure I do. Listen to us break down each player with arguments on both sides. 

With baseball and fantasy baseball in disarray, we had a little fun thinking back to our most memorable player or team performances as fantasy baseball manager. 

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It was a rise and grind episode with guest Dave Swan where we discussed current negotiations between MLB and the players union and then dove into fantasy baseball. Dave has a contrarian take on drafting starting pitchers now as compared to March that you need to hear! Later we discuss some arguably "disrespected" veteran hitters going late in drafts including Joey Votto, Matt Carpenter, AND JAKE LAMB!??? 

As always thanks for listening! Please follow Dave @Davithius on Twitter and us @OpenBarDudes and @openbarben. 

This episode was highlighted by our first attempt at a live stream fantasy baseball podcast and it went off without a hitch. We appreciate the comments from our viewers and if you'd like to watch the replay it's available on YouTube @OpenBarFantasyBaseball

News and Notes included reports from Ken Rosenthal regarding proposals from MLB to the players union and a recent tidbit on COVID testing within MLB organizations players and personnel. 

CLOSERS!

In an ever changing world of closers, we discussed the RP's that we prefer heading into 2020. 

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Ben and I took part in #Podopolooza and helped donate over $6000 to Meals on Wheels, BUT our first live performance was a complete bust with our nerves getting the best of us! We're both thankful to have been a small part of it nonetheless. 

Listen League announcement 

xwoBACON explained

Universal DH

The industry has discussed the Colorado Rockies profiles outside of Coor's, We took a stab at the hits and misses of the Giants playing outside of Oracle.

New division proposal from MLB

Random player profiles

BOLD predictions

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