Auction Draft Strategy with Mike Mager! (2/4 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
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4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
We're joined by back-to-back NFBC Auction Championship overall winner Mike Mager to talk auction strategy! Why play in auctions (4:03)? ... How to prep for an auction (9:54)? ... What is Mike's typical hitter/pitcher split (20:40)? ... How to balance being rigid vs. being nimble throughout the auction (24:43)? ... Do you need to track your stats throughout the draft (29:56)? ... Which is better between spreading the wealth vs. stars and scrubs (33:53)? ... Why does Mike like to invest heavily in starting pitchers (38:30)? ... Let's talk nomination strategy (44:13)! ... What about bidding within the auction (51:38)? ... How to navigate the endgame of an auction (56:05)? ... How should we react to inflation on elite players early on (1:04:35)?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast from CBS Sports. |
| 0:04.5 | And first pitch watching deep left field. |
| 0:08.9 | This is why I want to walk them off. |
| 0:11.3 | Got a fantasy question, email Fantasy Baseball at CBSI.com. |
| 0:16.2 | Get ready to win your league. |
| 0:18.5 | Where fantasy becomes reality. |
| 0:21.5 | Now here's Frank Scott and Chris. |
| 0:23.7 | Hello there and welcome in tough fantasy baseball today on Wednesday, February 4th. |
| 0:28.6 | I am Frank Stamphle, joined by Scott White and a special guest today on the show. |
| 0:33.4 | Strategy Week continues and we will be breaking down all the ins and outs of auction drafts to help us do that. |
| 0:40.0 | We are joined by back-to-back NFBC auction championship overall winner, Mike Maeger. |
| 0:46.2 | Mike, welcome to the show. Thanks for hopping on, man. |
| 0:48.6 | Oh, my pleasure. Long-time listener, happy to talk auctions with you guys. |
| 0:52.3 | Yeah, so back-to- back, not just an NFB auction |
| 0:56.9 | league winner, the championship overall winner. So when I say that, we're talking last year |
| 1:02.9 | first out of 195 teams in 2024 first of 165 teams. So pretty impressive feat here. I would go as far as to say, Mike, you are probably |
| 1:13.2 | one of, if not the best auction player in the world right now. Well, I've had a couple of really good |
| 1:19.0 | years back to back and it's been a lot of fun. Love auctions. Yes. And with that success, |
| 1:24.5 | you will be inducted into the NFBC Hall of Fame out in Vegas on March 21st. So congrats to you on that. I know that you also write for FtN Fantasy. Make sure to give Mike a follow on X at Bronx Yankees 23. My kind of guy, Yankees, Jets in the background. Here we are. It's kind of a weird mix. You don't normally see Yankees and Jets together, but |
| 1:44.5 | we're two of not many. Yes, I know. It's usually Jets and Mets, Yankees Giants, but I know we're |
| 1:52.0 | the odd ones, right? We are the odd ones. Scott, you're here. What's up, man? How's it going? |
| 1:56.3 | I am here too. Yes, not a fan of either the Yankees or the Jets there was the opposite |
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