The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational

Justin Mason (@JustinMasonFWFB) is joined by Matt Kupferle (@MKupferle) of NumberFire.com to discuss Matt's team in TGFBI and how he got his start in the fantasy industry!

Episode 47 – Thursday, May 16, 2019

Waiver Wire Episode

Guest – Steve Gardner

Strategy Section - Waiver Wire - Dealing with FAAB
Prospects vs. Closers vs. Injury/under-performer replacements
What to bid on FAAB.
Stolen bases FAAB Example - Oscar Mercado vs Mallex Smith
Call-Ups - AC RG & SG – The team talks about the many prospect call-ups this week.
Oscar Mercado (CLE)
Austin Riley (ATL)
Keston Hiura (MIL)
Nicky Lopez (KC)
Brendan Rodgers (COL)
Willie Calhoun (TEX)
Waiver Wire - AC RG & SG – The team talks about a few potential waiver wire pickups.
Pitcher Preview - RG AC & SG – The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Mailbag - RG AC & SG – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Injury Update - RG – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Episode 46 – Thursday, May 9, 2019
League Format Episode
Guest – Jeff Erickson
Strategy Section -
IL Slots in leagues vs no IL slots
Changes to League Formats for Fairness
Pitcher Risk vs Hitter Risk - First 6 weeks update
Waiver Wire - AC RG & JE – The team talks about a few potential waiver wire pickups.
Pitcher Preview - RG AC & JE – The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Mailbag - RG AC & JE – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Injury Update - RG – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Justin Mason (@JustinMasonFWFB) is joined by Toby (@BatFlipCrazy) to discuss his team in TGFBI as well as his life and start as a fantasy analyst.

One Month in Episode
Guest – Patrick Davitt
Strategy Section -
Team/Roster management one month into the season
Players who have gained/lost value due to in 2019’s Baseball Environment
Prospects/Rookies in the minors now
Waiver Wire - AC RG & PD – The team talks about a few potential waiver wire pickups.
Pitcher Preview - RG AC & PD – The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Mailbag - RG AC & PD – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Injury Update - RG – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Justin Mason (@JustinMasonFWFB) sits down with Rudy Gamble (@Rudygamble) to discuss his TGFBI team and how he got into the industry!

Episode 42

Buy Low / Sell High / Buy High Episode

Guest – Lenny Melnick

Strategy Section -

How do you decide on how much money to spend on FAAB on the waiver wire?

Top prospects

Middle of the road prospects

Players on hot streaks

When do you start to, or how often do you stream starting pitchers for wins / strikeouts?
When do you sell high on a player? When do you buy low? When do you buy high?

Buy Low / Sell High / Buy High - AC RG & LM – The team talks about a few buy low, sell high and buy high candidates.

Waiver Wire - AC RG & LM – The team talks about a few potential second week waiver wire pickups.

Pitcher Preview - RG AC & LM – The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.

Mailbag - RG AC & LM – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Injury Update - RG – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Justin Mason (@JustinMasonFWFB) sits down with Michael Alexander (@Roto_Wan) to discuss his TGFBI team and how he got into the industry!

Justin Mason (@JustinMasonFWFB) sits down with Ryan Hallam (@FightingChance) to discuss his TGFBI team and how he got into the industry!

Episode 11 – Thursday, April 11, 2019
Start Sit Decisions and Early Season Trades
Guest – Chris Towers
Strategy Section -
How do you decide on which batters to start in your lineup?
How do you decide on which pitchers to start
Trades
Waiver Wire - AC RG & CT – The team talks about a few potential second week waiver wire pickups.
Pitcher Preview - RG AC & CT – The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Mailbag - RG AC & CT – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Injury Update - RG – Reuven gives us the injury update.