FantasyPros - Fantasy Baseball Podcast

We've got another episode filled with your questions including a few thoughts on potential waiver wire pickups. Listen in as Bobby and guest, Jared Kwart of Fantasy Cruncher, answer all your questions such as what to make of Lindor's hot start (7:02), thoughts on picking up Dylan Bundy (17:55), if Joey Gallo is playing his way into a full-time role, and even a question that one of our own team members here at FantasyPros has regarding how much stock you should put into avoiding picking up closers within the same division (14:54). Sponsor: PlayDraft.com. Play one-week fantasy games with fast snake drafts. Use promo code fantasypros for a 100% deposit bonus!

Al Melchior of FanRagSports.com joins host, Bobby Sylvester for the first episode since Opening Day. The pair discusses Mad Bum's hitting (5:12) and some injuries before moving onto the Angels closer situation (8:41), whether Carlos Martinez is a legitimate ace (14:14) and if Dallas Keuchel is back. Eventually, Bobby throws some tough trivia questions at Al (18:18) including some amazing historical facts, then they close by answering questions from the listener mailbag (24:35) which included whether Kiermaier can compete for MVP, if Otani will eventually be used as a hitter and who the top five most talented pitchers are in baseball. Sponsor: PlayDraft.com. Play one-week fantasy games with fast snake drafts. Use promo code fantasypros for a 100% deposit bonus!

Baseball is finally here and so are the first DFS slates of the MLB season. We're joined by Justin MacMahan, co-founder of Daily Fantasy Insider to break down Sunday and Monday's matchups, FanDuel's new late-swap feature (12:09), give our value plays (22:01), and everything you can think of to help build your first lineups of the season. NOTES: Sponsor of today's show: www.InsideInjuries.com - Get the Inside Injuries mobile app today for injury news & predictions. Available on iOS and Android.

With the first pitch of the regular season right in front of us, Greg Smith of The Fake Baseball joins us to preview the MLB landscape. We're making predictions for each division starting with the AL East (3:41) and ending with the NL West (24:58). Listen in as we predict who will be the champions this season (31:43) and name all the individual award winners after 162 games (31:58).

After completing multiple drafts, we're analyzing trends in our picks by taking a look at our most commonly drafted players across multiple leagues. Our friend and FantasyPros writer, Dan Harris, joins us as we break down our roster construction and discuss the reasons of why names like Matt Carpenter (24:53), Anthony Rendon (30:02), Jean Segura (36:02) along with many others continue to make it on our rosters. NOTES: Sponsor of today's show: www.InsideInjuries.com - Get the Inside Injuries mobile app today for injury news & predictions. Available on iOS and Android.

We're wrapping up our mock draft series and this time we're starting with the 10th pick. Joining us for the fun is FantasyPros correspondent, Chris Bragg. Like all drafts, you'll need to be flexible based on how the cards are dealt and we're demonstrating that this time around with as the Marmol strategy makes an appearance (21:33). Get our thoughts on top-end players such as Josh Donaldson (7:00) and Bryce Harper (7:37) before we move onto a few names further down in your draft such as Yasmani Grandal (35:48) and Steven Matz (38:04). NOTES: Sponsor of today's show: https://insideinjuries.com/ - Get the Inside Injuries mobile app today for injury news & predictions. Available on iOS and Android.

We're back to get you ready for the start of the season and we've got Chris Meaney, host of FNTSY Sports Today, joining us to discuss players who carry a bit of extra risk when considering them in a fantasy draft. Listen in as we give our thoughts on over 20 players including some high-upside, low-cost names in David Peralta (34:47), Carter Capps (41:31) and Drew Smyly (44:17). NOTES: Sponsor of today's show: www.TeamStake.com - Manage your league's finances with TeamStake. It's free, secure, and easy to use.

We're mock drafting again and this time it's from an early round spot with our guest, Paul Sporer of FanGraphs. We'll be using our Draft Wizard Simulator to run a mock draft as we go pick-by-pick and talk through the different strategies around each turn. Listen in as we take different approaches to the number two pick starting with Nolan Arenado (5:47) and Clayton Kershaw (7:10). Get insight on whether you should be afraid of Jean Segura (19:01), who Paul likes in a surprisingly shallow field of first basemen (19:01), and much more including our grades at the end (47:40). NOTES: Sponsor of today's show: www.TeamStake.com - Manage your league's finances with TeamStake. It's free, secure, and easy to use.

Dalton Del Don of Yahoo! Sports joins us to give his hot takes for the season. We're making 10 bold predictions for you to consider when drafting and discussing some of Dalton's recent LABR picks. NOTES: Sponsor of today's show: www.TeamStake.com - Manage your league's finances with TeamStake. It's free, secure, and easy to use.

We're joined by Derek Carty, creator of THE BAT Projections System, and also champion of last year's NL-Only LABR League to talk about his picks for this year's league. If you're ever considering playing one of these types of formats, or have an upcoming draft with this setup, listen in to get our analysis of his draft as well as his breakdown on picking Clayton Kershaw (6:18), Yasiel Puig (12:46), Ryan Braun (22:00) and many other players.

We're hitting everyone's favorite topic with Scott Pianowski of Yahoo! Sports. That's right, it's an episode filled with sleepers picks from every position and with over 25 players named, there is no chance you'll be disappointed. C (9:08), 1B (11:18), 2B (13:22), 3B (15:50), SS (18:45), OF (20:27), SP (24:50), RP (30:07)

We're bringing you inside the mind of our special guest, Steve Gardner of USA Today, also known as one of the most accurate experts in the industry. We'll be using our Draft Wizard Simulator to run a mock draft as we go pick-by-pick and talk through the different strategies around each turn. Find out why we're not drafting George Springer (6:18), where we feel position scarcity comes into play at first base (7:21), who the first pitcher we're drafting is (10:51), and much more including taking Gregory Polanco ahead of Andrew McCutchen (13:49). Run your own mock draft simulation for free: http://draftwizard.fantasypros.com/baseball/mock-draft-simulator/

Join us along with guest, Greg Smith of The Fake Baseball, as we go down the expert consensus rankings (ECR) and discuss players that we hold differing opinions on compared to other experts. Now there are a few players we agree on with Greg, starting with Ian Desmond (4:00) and Jose Abreu (5:56), but there are definitely a few that we don't see eye-to-eye on such as Stephen Strasburg (18:43) and Jean Segura (21:25). View the consenus here: https://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/rankings/overall.php

The middle rounds are filled with players that can provide significant upside at reduced costs if you know who to target. We're chatting with Michael Waterloo of RotoExperts and discussing former top prospects with upside, high-floor players, and breakout candidates.

We're covering the latest news around baseball with FantasyPros correspondent Dan Harris. Listen up as we discuss the Matt Wieters signing, trade rumors that could have fantasy impact, how you should approach an auction draft, and what the ideal draft position is in a snake format. Article reference: https://www.fantasypros.com/2017/01/fantasy-baseball-auction-draft-primer/