The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1444 – Reviewing the Meatball Draft Pt. 1

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🗓️ 22 August 2025

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to episode 1444. I'm The Sleeper in the Bus.
0:21.7	It is Thursday.
0:23.1	August 21st, I'm your host, Paul Spore, joined by my J&J cohorts.
0:28.6	Justin and Joe, what's going on, guys?
0:31.2	Been a while, guys.
0:32.4	It's going to be back in the saddle.
0:34.2	It's driving too long.
0:36.2	It finally got hot.
0:37.4	It's hot. It's been so too long. It finally got hot. It's hot.
0:38.3	It's been so long that A, A, it's hot.
0:43.8	And B, we have a 2026 draft.
0:46.9	Yes. Yeah, it is.
0:49.0	Oh, wait, it's still just August.
0:51.3	Never mind. It hasn't been that long to have a 2026 draft, but we do.
0:55.6	The meatball draft conducted by Mr. Rob DiPietro with a lot of fantasy friends, including my buddy
1:04.7	Greg. Jenny Butler, Bubba in the Bloom, Ryan Roof, among others. I don't need to name them all, but
1:13.5	11 rounds done now. And again, this counts. It's a standalone league, so we'll get to that.
1:19.2	When we get to the relievers, there's a huge difference there. So you can't really glean anything
1:22.9	about the like overall reliever markets because it doesn't play the same.
1:28.4	The first one went in the fourth round.
1:30.0	But it is a standalone money legit league rife with recency by.
1:36.3	So what we're going to try to do is get around to every position.
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