Vlad Sedler and Jason Anthony are joined by the best fantasy baseball player in the world, Phil Dussault. The trio break down the first NFBC 12-team OC of the fantasy season that both Phil and Vlad were in. This episode went off outline, covering a variety of interesting topics related to early draft strategy, player analysis, roster construction, and assessing market value. If you love talking about fantasy baseball year-round, this episode is for you. It's also guaranteed to immediately bolster your fantasy baseball IQ.
Topics Discussed:
- Drafting before setting our own projections and rankings
- The early OC with Vlad and Phil (a Waxman sandwich)
- Avoiding biases from setting in (aka, Pfaadtology)
- The early catcher strategy
- Playing time for the young Cardinals
- Surf or Turf for TON in Toronto
- Correa vs. the MI field
- Gladiator closers vs. DC closers (not a Marvel movie)
- Pivetta or Flaherty on the Nationals
- Jordan Romano is big mad, but is he healthy?
- The Rays have 27 starting pitchers going 3-4 innings each
- "Why draft Reliever X in Round 10 when you can draft Reliever Y in Round 45" - The Robot