The Strategy Show! How To Handle Different Formats (3/9 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Fantasy Baseball Today

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4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Before we get to the strategy, we just realized that we are the official Myles Straw podcast. Who knew!? ... Let's start off with Rotisserie strategy, also known as Roto or the standard 5x5 format (3:22). What do you need to compete in each category? What is our draft strategy? How should you handle starting pitchers and relievers? ... Let's move on to H2H Points Leagues (20:32). Why is there such an emphasis on starting pitching in this format? What types of hitters should you target? ... I'm sorry we've neglected quality starts but here is everything you need to know about them (32:30)! ... On to H2H Categories leagues (36:54). What is the Marmol strategy? Should you punt categories? If so, which? ... Let's hit on some Salary Cap Draft strategies (47:50). Which players do you nominate? What's your favorite way to bid on players? ... We wrap up with some dynasty and FAB tips and tricks (57:50). ... Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday 'Fantasy Baseball Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our FBT team on Twitter: @FBTPod, @CTowersCBS, @CBSScottWhite, @Roto_Frank, @AdamAizer Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasybaseballtoday For more fantasy baseball coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ You can listen to Fantasy Baseball Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.0	For now, welcome to Fantasy Baseball.
1:06.8	This is our official strategy podcast.
1:09.5	Trying something new this year was a light day of spring training action so I wanted to dedicate an entire podcast to just game theory and strategy for all of the different formats.
1:19.8	We're going to try and get to everything today.
1:22.9	Head to Ed Point, Roto, Head to Ed categories, salary cap leagues, some AL only, NL only,
1:29.4	Dynasty, some in-season stuff as well.
1:32.1	We'll hit it all today.
1:33.1	This is our official strategy podcast, but before all of that, last year I would like to say that we were collectively the Cory Seeger podcast.
1:42.5	We were, that was official.
1:44.5	We were all in record.
1:45.4	We were very excited about Cory Seeger.
1:47.3	Upon talking, Zach Allen, we like Allen a lot as well.
1:50.4	We also liked Rich Hill so I mean, Ken, Ken only, Ken only pump up the things that we were right about.
1:55.6	So, upon talking to you guys before we got started,
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