Kev Mahserejian (@RotoSurgeon) and Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) of FantasyGuru discuss opportunities presented to managers in the 2021 Fantasy Baseball season. Vlad, a seasoned high-stakes NFBC participant/winner, and creator of VDP is a veteran of the industry who has formed his strategy over the years to a low-risk, high-reward system.

Kev and Vlad discuss:

-Vlad's general draft strategy and VDP
-Mulligans for the 2020 season
-How much the short season skewed ADP
-SP inning limits/workload management
-Rookies
-Who Vlad is higher/lower on

Players mention include, but are not limited to:

-Shane Bieber, Randy Arozarena, Ian Anderson, Dylan Carlson, JT Realmuto, Gary Sanchez, Tyler Glasnow, Alec Bohm, Taylor Rogers, Kenta Maeda, Jameson Taillon, Jordan Montgomery, etc.

*Kev's microphone switched from a Yeti Blue to AirPods around the 33-minute mark*

Kev Mahserejian (@RotoSurgeon) and host of the RotoSaurus podcast, Dave McDonald (@RunDMcD), discuss the various draft strategies possible to winning your fantasy baseball league in 2021.

Dave, who has participated (and won) in high-stakes fantasy baseball leagues for over a decade, joins the show in hopes to share the wisdom that has come with playing with the best-of-the-best.

Kev and Dave cover:

-Dave's general draft strategy
-What types of players to avoid
-How worrisome preseason COVID diagnoses are
-Handcuffing closers

Players mention include:

-Jacob deGrom
-Zach Plesac
-Shane Bieber
-Corbin Burnes
-Nelson Cruz
-Kenley Jansen vs Kirby Yates
-Jordan Romano
-Frankie Montas

...and a whole lot more including 3 players Dave is higher/lower on!

Kev Mahserejian (@RotoSurgeon) is joined by RotoWire's Jeff Erickson (@Jeff_Erickson) to discuss the fantasy baseball impact of the MLB's offseason decisions and changes.

Kev and Jeff cover:

-How to navigate the "deadened" baseball
-New park factors via humidor additions
-Statcast. What it is and whether it should play into your draft strategy

Jeff closes us out with three players he is higher on and three he regards lower.

Kev Mahserejian (@RotoSurgeon) and fellow RotoBaller, host of the Bases Loaded Fantasy Baseball podcast, Mike Kurland (@Mike_Kurland), break down the blockbuster offseason moves that have occurred thus far in the MLB. Kev and Mike go over the real-life impact along with the fantasy angle of:

-Trevor Bauer to LAD
-Nolan Arenado to STL
-Francisco Lindor to NYM
-George Springer to TOR
-Marcell Ozuna to ATL

On top of this, Mike provides three fantasy baseball players he is higher on along with three he is lower on!

Kev Mahserejian (@RotoSurgeon) is joined by CBS Fantasy's Frank Stampfl (@Roto_Frank) to discuss the 2021 fantasy baseball season. This episode is a primer that covers the questions looming large across the fantasy landscape such as:

-How will the allegedly shortened season affect draft strategies?
-What to make of pitchers coming off of 2020's shortened year?
-When to start loading up on SPs?
-Is the uncertainty of the DH affecting your draft strategy?
-Roto vs H2H vs Points leagues

Players mentioned include:
-Carlos Correa
-Aaron Judge
-Zach Plesac
-Austin Meadows
-Giancarlo Stanton
-Dylan Bundy
-Dinelson Lamet
and many more

Host Kev Mahserejian (@RotoSurgeon) discusses three players in fantasy basketball that he views as "sell-high" candidates after performing at an unusually high level through the first six weeks of the NBA season.

Host Kev Mahserejian (@RotoSurgeon) covers every game for the NFL Divisional Weekend and gives his best bets for each spread and game-total.

Rams/Packers - 0:41
Bills/Ravens - 3:41
Browns/Chiefs - 5:27
Buccaneers/Saints - 6:57

In Episode 16 of The Operating Room, host Kev Mahserejian (@RotoSurgeon) goes solo to break down the James Harden trade that required four teams to complete.

Kev goes through each team and how their acquisitions and losses in this saga affect them for the short-term and rest-of-season.

Brooklyn - 1:12
Houston - 5:45
Indiana - 8:18
Cleveland - 10:27

Host Kev Mahserejian (@RotoSurgeon) discusses his four favorite early-season buy lows for the 2020-2021 fantasy basketball season.

Host Kev Mahserejian (@RotoSurgeon) and fellow RotoBaller Dan Palyo (@ThunderDanDFS) break down six fantasy basketball players whose early-season production is worth discussing for better or worse.

Players discussed include, but are not limited to: Myles Turner, Christian Wood, Gordon Hayward, Kelly Oubre, Deandre Ayton, and John Collins.