Fantasy Baseball 101, Explaining Analytics & Frank's First Real Draft! (12/7 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
CBS Sports
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2021
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Before we get to actual Fantasy Baseball talk, it turns out Scott is awesome at wrapping Christmas gifts (1:30)! ... Unfortunately, MLB is now in a lockout (4:35). What does this mean? ... Frank just started his first real offseason draft (8:16). How is it coming along? ... News and notes (19:40): it turns out Justin Verlander wasn't signed by the Astros before the lockout. ... Fantasy Baseball 101 (29:43)! What is Rotisserie aka Roto? ... How would we describe the H2H points format (33:46)? ... Is H2H categories the best of both worlds (39:55). ... Analytics (43:30)! ... What are ERA estimators (47:11) and how do we use them? ... Which hitting analytics do we use (56:30)?
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| 0:55.6 | Frank Scott, Chris and Adam. |
| 1:25.6 | We've got some beginner stuff to talk about. |
| 1:55.6 | I enjoy it for the most part. |
| 2:14.5 | I've made it a throughout my life. |
| 2:27.5 | I think I'm finally there. |
| 2:29.2 | I actually posted a thread on Twitter last year with some tips on gift-grapping for those who struggle with it. |
| 2:35.5 | I may retweet it this year because there seems to be a lot of angst about it. |
| 2:40.0 | Understandably, it's shameful to have to shot a gift. |
| 2:47.3 | That's why it was so important to me to get good at it. |
| 2:50.8 | I always felt this insecurity about it. |
| 2:53.3 | My dad was amazing at wrapping gifts. |
| 2:56.1 | He'd always get it so tight with such sharp folds. |
| 2:59.3 | I won't say this. |
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