The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational

Episode 118- End of Season Episode
Guests – Justin Mason
Season Recap
Most memorable moment of the baseball season
Most memorable moment of the fantasy baseball season
Strategy Section
Fantasy MVPs
Offensive MVP
Cy Young
Middle Relief Pitcher values
First Round 2021
Top 5 ADP in 2021 drafts
Top 5 Players for 2021
What will you do differently in 2021?
Mailbag – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Thank Yous
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Episode 117- Lessons Learned Episode
Guests – Ryan Hallam & Andrea LaMont
Strategy Section
Tout Wars & LABR Recap
What went right & what went wrong
Most profitable players that you drafted in 2020.
Biggest busts from the players that you drafted in 2020.
Best waiver wire pickup of 2020.
Most disappointing waiver wire pickup in 2020.
Best strategy that you implemented in 2020.
Biggest regret of the 2020 fantasy season.
Lessons Learned
Lessons learned in 2020.
Waiver Wire Section - The team gives a few waiver wire suggestions for the coming week
Pitcher Preview - The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Mailbag – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Episode 116- Smoke & Mirrors Episode
Guest – Pierre Camus
Strategy Section
Smoke & Mirrors
Players that disappointed in 2020 that will bounce back
Players that disappointed in 2020 that won’t bounce back
Players that were successful in 2020 that will come back to earth
Players that were successful in 2020 that will stay in the sky
Waiver Wire Section - The team gives a few waiver wire suggestions for the coming week
Pitcher Preview - The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Home Stretch Episode
Guest – Patrick Davitt
Strategy Section
Home Stretch
Waiver Wire
How do you manage waiver acquisitions in the home stretch?
Does it matter whether you are at the top of the standings, middle, or bottom of the standings?
What should you save up for the final FAAB of the year?
Lineups
How do you manage starting pitching down the stretch?
What factors do you consider?
Do you utilize 2-start pitchers down the stretch?
How do you account for the last week of the season, where rotations are iffy?
How do you manage offense down the stretch?
In a typical season, do you utilize September call-ups?
Stolen bases are more plentiful in September. Does that ever factor into how you set lineups during the season, or in the home stretch run?
Trades
Changing Roles / Playing Time
Which players should exhibit an increase in value from the trade deadline deals?
Which players should exhibit an decrease in value from the trade deadline deals?
Waiver Wire Section - The team gives a few waiver wire suggestions for the coming week
Pitcher Preview - The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Mailbag – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Middle Relievers who could save games next season
Saves + Holds leagues
Inactive or injured players in 2020
Weighting the 2020 season
Catcher Framing
Robo umps vs. human umpires
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Episode 114- Dynasty Episode
Guest – Eric Cross
Strategy Section
Dynasty
How do dynasty leagues differ from keeper leagues (and from redraft leagues)?
How does trading differ in dynasty leagues?
How do in-season acquisitions differ in dynasty leagues?
How does this short season affect future dynasty value evaluation?
Do you consider a player’s organization when evaluating a player?
Drafting - What balance do you have between current season and future value?
Should dynasty rankings be dependent upon time frame?
Dynasty Players
Kyle Lewis
Jarred Kelenic
James Karinchak
Luis Robert
Joey Bart
Trent Grisham
Dustin May
Waiver Wire Section - The team gives a few waiver wire suggestions for the coming week
Pitcher Preview - The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Mailbag – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Casey Mize
Potential Call ups
Relief pitchers in dynasty
Amed Rosario
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Episode 113- What to do with Episode
Guest – Scott White
Tatis Section
Tatis & Unwritten rules of baseball
Unwritten rules of fantasy baseball
Strategy Section
Trading
General Trading Philosophy
How to evaluate your roster to know what to trade for, and what you can trade away?
How do you know when you should look for a trade vs. just playing the waiver wire?
Doubleheaders
Which players are helped or hurt by this format?
Should you stay away from STL Cardinals players because of the large number of DHs?
What to do with ??
Mike Clevinger / Zach Plesac
Craig Kimbrel
Zach Britton
Tommy Pham / Bo Bichette
Matt Boyd
Mitch Garver
Waiver Wire Section - The team gives a few waiver wire suggestions for the coming week
Pitcher Preview - The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Mailbag – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Episode 112- Trading Episode
Guest – Nando Di Fino
Strategy Section
Trading Philosophy
General Trading Philosophy
2 for 1 trades - Is it best to acquire the best player in the deal?
Can both sides of a trade be winners?
Is it right for a last place team to trade late in the season?
Trading/Negotiation Tactics
Lowball or Final Offer?
Send offers out to everyone, vs. only to 1 or 2 parties?
Other tactics
Sinkers or Floaters
Hot Starts
Mike Yastremski
Dansby Swanson
Renato Nunez
Randy Dobnak
Cold Starts
Rafael Devers
Marcus Semien
Mitch Garver
Andrew Benintendi
Matthew Boyd
Waiver Wire Section - The team gives a few waiver wire suggestions for the coming week
Pitcher Preview - The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Mailbag – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Episode 111- Fast Episode
Guest – Alex Fast
Strategy Section
Rule Changes
Would you allow mid-season fantasy league rule changes?
i.e. games minimum per MLB team, QS point changes, extra roster slots, extra FAAB periods, extra lineup periods, etc.
Managing Lineup in Short Season & COVID
How do you handle games shut down for COVID mid-week?
Starters not going deep into games - Play more RPs?
Quicker hook for poor performance?
More FAAB on the hot starters?
Closers
Going Deep: We’re Drafting Saves wrong / The Case for the 2nd Tier closer
What has been the optimal draft strategy for closers so far this season?
Has that corresponded to your research?
CSW
What is it, how can we use it?
2020 Gainers / Faders / Surprises
wPDI
Dylan Bundy
Waiver Wire Section - The team gives a few waiver wire suggestions for the coming week
Pitcher Preview - The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Mailbag – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Episode 110- MetsMerized Episode

Guest – Michael Mayer

Mets Section
Is Cespedes going to be the everyday DH? Will he play any OF?
How much does the DH help the Mets vs. other teams in baseball?
Will the Mets employ a lefty/righty platoon anywhere?
What is the pecking order for closers?
Stolen Bases - What is Luis Rojas’s approach?

Injured players
Marcus Stroman
Jed Lowrie
Jake Marisnick
Robert Gsellman / Brad Brach
How will the artificial crowd noise affect performance?
Trades - Will the Mets be Buyers or Seller?

NL East Section

Predictions for the final NL East standings.

Waiver Wire Section - The team gives a few waiver wire suggestions for the coming week

Mailbag – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.

Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Episode 109- Predictions Episode
Guest – Fred Zinkie
Strategy Section
Ultimate Strategy for building a winning fantasy team
Get one ace
Fade SP early
Fade high value closers
Don’t get cute with speedsters
Fade BA
Target high-k pitchers
Counting stats
Go younger with position players
Stack a team
Predictions
Awards
AL MVP
NL MVP
AL Cy Young
NL Cy Young
AL RoY
NL RoY
Bold Predictions
Hitter Prediction
Pitcher Prediction
Team Prediction
World Series
Prediction
Mailbag – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.