Hello, friends are welcome in to Rates and Berylls. It's a mid-March edition. I am Chris Welsh and there is no, you know,

there's no DVR. Even rates and barrels? I know. Some of you are having a big panic attack. I will try to hold down the fort and joining me today. We've got James Anderson from Roto Wire, one of my great friends, one of the best prospect minds out there as we are going to be talking about first year player drafts.

And we'll get to James here in just one second.

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on twitter at real jr anderson james what's up buddy oh man so much going on this time of your dude

but uh happy to be here with you you know i'm kind of curious about this i was talking with

eno me and you know we're kind of curious about this. I was talking with Eno. Me and Eno,

we're kind of planning this first year player conversation. And do you think it's too late to have it? I actually think we're in a really interesting time. And the reason I ask is, is like you and I doing, you know, you do the Rotowire prospect stuff. I have Prospect One. we're talking about first year player

in like November, we're talking about it in

December, January

season, wire prospect stuff. I have prospect one. We're talking about first year player in like

November. We're talking about it in December. January seems to be like the really big,

hot first year player spot, but we're doing this in early March. There's still dynasty

drafts that are going to start. We've also kind of got a little bit more information.

You know, we've got players that are out at camps now. We've got guys that might

even be running into games. I mean, we are getting more first year player stuff. Do you think it's

too late to really get into first year player in March? Or do you think it actually might be a little

secret weapon if you do your first year player or your, you know, your fresh new startup dynasties

in like late March? You know, obviously you're going to get your fresh new startup dynasties in like late March.

You know, obviously you're going to get a larger percentage of dynasty leagues to be able to use your content if you're doing it earlier than later.

You know, if you're doing it mid to late January, then that should pretty much cover every

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