IDP Drafts

Feb 26 2025 10 ep. 56 mins 12

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It's true: you don't win your IDP leagues at the draft... unless it's best ball! When all you have is the draft, it's critical to know which IDPs to take, when to select certain positions, and how to construct your roster so it's optimized for upside and longevity. Join host Scott Soltis and other expert drafters you know and love as they mock draft, discuss strategy, test out theories, and seek to ace their IDP drafts. Rankings, articles, and resources available at: theIDPshow.com

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20 IDP Best Ball Lessons to Dominate 2025 Drafts

Feb 26 2025 67 mins

Hosts Jake Kohlhagen and Scott Soltis look back at 2024 IDP best ball draft ADP and discuss 20 insights and trends that can be used to help in your 2025 drafts. Thank you for joining us for the first episode of IDP Drafts in 2025. We will see you in the draft room!Subscribe to our YouTube channel for our other shows, The IDP Show, The IDP After Show, The IDP Trade Show, and IDP Bet

Coming Up on IDP Drafts

Feb 16 2025 1 mins

New hosts Jake Kohlhagen and Scott Soltis stop by to preview the offseason podcast plans for IDP Drafts. New episodes start at the end of February.Download FastDraft and use code IDPSHOW for a $25 deposit match on your first deposit:https://fastdraft.app/Subscribe to our YouTube channel for our other shows, The IDP Show, The IDP After Show,The IDP Trade Show, and IDP Bets.The IDP S

When Should You Draft IDP? (Plus Our Favorite Values)

Aug 20 2024 55 mins

Up until this episode, we've talked about IDP only best ball. In this episode, Scott Soltis and Eric Harms are diving into combined best ball (offense + IDP) to answer the question that stumps so many folks who are new to IDP: when should you start drafting defensive players? Scott and Eric offer their opinion, share their strategies for both types of drafts, and finish the epi

8 IDPs We Can't Stop Drafting

Aug 13 2024 44 mins

One of the tenets of IDP best ball is player exposure: how many shares of an IDP you have across all your drafts. You have to carefully manage that exposure so that your teams aren't sunk if a player under-performs or gets hurt; but on the flip side, you want to be overweight on the studs who will leagues in the upcoming season. In this episode, Evan Ringler and Jackson Schwam

IDP Madness Mock Draft: Rounds 17-24

Aug 05 2024 70 mins

With the first 16 rounds of our IDP Madness mock draft in the books, it's time to see how the final 8 rounds shake out! Join Johny the Greek, Mike Woellert, Bobby Reynolds, and Jackson Schwam as they navigate rounds 17-24 of our mock draft. There's still some meat left on the bone and value to be had, so how will our drafters attack the final third of the draft to round out

How to (Best) Construct Your IDP Best Ball Rosters

Jul 30 2024 46 mins

When all you have is the draft, how you construct your rosters is critical to success. If you're too light on one position or too heavy on another, it can totally sink your chances of taking home the prize. While our knowledge of IDP best ball in general and roster construction specifically is still evolving, it's important to react according to the data we have right now.

IDP Madness Mock Draft: Rounds 9-16

Jul 23 2024 97 mins

With the first 8 rounds of our IDP Madness mock draft in the books, it's time to see how the middle rounds shake out! Join Jeff Pomazal, Kyle Bellefeuil, Jake Kohlhagen, and Adam Marcum as they navigate rounds 9-16 of our mock draft, which is where drafters truly earn their money. With DBs being sprinkled in more often in the early rounds, how will that affect the strategies de

4 IDP Best Ball Fades (And Who to Target Instead)

Jul 16 2024 67 mins

Understanding ADP is critical to success in IDP best ball, especially when it comes to players who are being over-drafted. In this episode of IDP Drafts, Josh Raymer is joined by Professor IDP himself, Scott Soltis, to look at 4 IDPs that Scott is fading in drafts -- and who he's taking instead. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for our other shows, The IDP Show, The IDP After S

IDP Madness Mock Draft: Rounds 1-8

Jul 09 2024 110 mins

Join Josh Raymer, Evan Ringler, Eric Harms, and David Kelly for the debut episode of IDP Drafts! The fellas are joined by 8 of their peers from The IDP Show for the first 8 rounds of an IDP Madness mock draft. (Rounds 9-16 and 17-24 will be featured on future episodes.) Given the different format of IDP Madness, how will everyone's draft strategy differ? Tune in to find out! Su

An Important Update: IDP Drafts is Coming!

Jul 02 2024 2 mins

Josh Raymer from The IDP Show drops by with an important announcement about this podcast feed. Starting next week, it'll become the home for IDP Drafts, a new show focused on IDP best ball. We hope you'll check it out!