Roto 101 Extravaganza! (05/13 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
CBS Sports
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Today we're dedicating the show to the rotisserie format but first, Adam reveals our special guest for Thursday! We know Carlos Santana is Mr. H2H but which players gain the most value in the Roto format (4:00)? Stolen bases seem to be a common trait. ... Introducing Roto 101 (13:51). What are the categories? How does the scoring work? ... What do the rosters look like in a Roto league (17:15)? Should we play with two catchers? Do elite catchers like JT Realmuto and Gary Sanchez gain or lose value in this format? ... What is your typical Roto draft strategy and has it changed in 2020 (23:42)? Scott reveals what he's doing differently this season. How does Frank like to attack hitters in this format? ... Pocket Aces (Adam Aizer) is known for his world famous pitching strategy known as TAP-HAP-AMC (34:40). What is it? ... We've heard about punting in H2H category leagues but can you punt in Roto (42:36)? If you do punt, where do you need to finish in the other categories? ... What should you be targeting in each category for an 80-game season (52:00)? Last but not least, a quick prospect dive on Sherten Apostel (1:01:00). ... Email us at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the fantasy baseball today podcast from CBS Sports |
| 0:11.4 | Got a fantasy question email fantasy baseball at CBS I dot com get ready to win your lead |
| 0:21.4 | Now here's Frank Scott, Chris and Adam happy Humpty everybody. Welcome to fantasy baseball today |
| 0:27.4 | Wednesday, May 13th Frank Stamford here with |
| 0:30.8 | Now I was excited because I thought we were gonna have an entire week of the full team together |
| 0:36.4 | but |
| 0:37.4 | Alas, we're here with pocket aces and Scotty dubs Adam Azer. What's going on buddy? |
| 0:43.8 | Well, you forgot I'm not gonna be on the show tomorrow. You're kicking me off for a special guest |
| 0:47.4 | So even if Chris had been on the show today |
| 0:50.0 | Although Chris is not gonna be on tomorrow, right? So yeah, you could join us |
| 0:53.2 | So maybe I can come back on for the special guest, you know, the special guest is somebody that I have a pretty good |
| 0:58.4 | On air chemistry with me and I've had some some good segments. So I would like to be part of that show |
| 1:04.3 | Adam may need to sit in the host seat again. Maybe Frank should sit this one out. I don't know |
| 1:09.7 | When we when he and I finally met in person for the first time because we had always done these |
| 1:15.2 | I was in Connecticut. He was in Florida when we finally met in the in print. It's like our eyes lit up |
| 1:20.2 | We had this moment like oh, it's so good to finally meet you former Marlon's president David Samson who's coming on the show tomorrow |
| 1:28.9 | There you go the special guest is revealed he'll be on the show tomorrow to talk about he wrote what his proposal would look like |
| 1:35.6 | For major league baseballs will have him on we'll talk about whether or not he thinks baseball is gonna happen this season at all |
| 1:40.9 | So we'll get his thoughts from someone who used to be part of the game |
| 1:45.0 | Scott White is also here. What's going on Scott? What can you tell me about shirt and a puzzle? |
| 1:51.0 | Or can I jump right into shirt and a postal? We're gonna say you for later on, but I just wanted to give you a little |
| 1:57.2 | Difficult name to say it is really a shirt and a postal |
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