THE TOP TWO SEEDS ARE OUT,
INCLUDING SECOND SEEDED DUKE
WHO DIDN'T EVEN MAKE THE SWEET
16.
NOW TO BASEBALL, AND OF
COURSE THE SEASON IS COMING UP
VERY SOON MEANING YOUR FANTASY
BASEBALL DRAFT IS AROUND THE
CORNER.
IF YOU LISTENED LAST YEAR WITH
ME AND ADAM, YOU KNOW GEORGE
SPRINGER WAS IN FOR A BIG YEAR
TO ALSO GRAB COREY SINGER AS A
SHORTSTOP WHEN HIS PRICE WAS
LOW.
HE WARNED YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM
CARLOS GOMEZ WHO ENDED UP
GETTING CUT.
THIS YEAR WE ARE STARTING OUT
OUR ALL IMPORTANT CONVERSATION
TALKING ABOUT THE POSITIONS YOU
HAVE TO HAVE ON YOUR ROSTER BY
ROUND 6.
BY THE MIDDLE ROUNDS, THE
SIXTH ROUND AND BEYOND, YOU
HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE
STARTING PITCHER.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET MY SECOND
STARTING PITCHER, AND THEN A
SECOND TIER GUY LIKE A CHRIS
ARCHER AND COLE HAMELS.
NOT GREAT BUT MAYBE LIKE CHRIS
ARCHER, AND SOMEONE IN THE 15
TO 20 RANGE AS THE NUMBER TWO
STARTING PITCHER, AND I WANT 2
BY THE 6th ROUND, AT LEAST ONE
OUTFIELDER EARLY IN THE FIRST
THREE ROUNDS, AND OUTFIELD IS A
TOP-HEAVY POSITION.
YOU TO GET A STUD, AND YOU WAIT
UNTIL LATER IN THE DRAFT.
BY THE FIFTH OR SIXTH ROUND,
I'M LOOKING AT A GUY LIKE
POLANCO, THE NUMBER TWO
OUTFIELDER.
IN THE MIDDLE ROUNDS A THIRD
STARTING PITCHER, AND YOU MAY
GET INFIELDERS.
THERE'S A GREAT VALUE AT 3rd
BASE AND 2nd BASE.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE HAS
BEEN CHASING POWER OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS, BUT IF THERE'S
ONE ATTRIBUTE THAT IS LACKING
AT THE END OF THE SEASON WE ARE
TRYING TO GO GET IS SPEED.
DO WE NEED TO PAY CLOSER
ATTENTION TO TRAYING TO GRAB
THE SPEED -- TRYING TO GRAB THE
SPEED GUYS EARLIER?
STEALS AND DECLINE AND
DECLINING.
NO ONE WANTS TO RUN INTO A HIT.
IN THE EARLY ROUNDS, THE BEST
HITTERS WITH STEALS, GUYS LIKE
BLACKMAN AND TURNER, THEY GO
EARLY, AND A LOT GIVE YOU POWER
AS WELL.
THEY ARE VALUABLE PLAYERS TO
GET.
IF YOU CAN'T GET THEM N A
CATEGORIES LEAGUE, THERE'S
TIMES I HAVE DONE THE DRAFTS
FOR THE HEAD-TO-HEAD CATEGORY
LEAGUE, AND I HAVE NOT BEEN
ABLE TO GET THEM, AND I KIND OF
PUNT STEELS.
I DON'T WANT TO DO IT, BUT IF
YOU DON'T PRIORITIZE IT EARLY,
YOU WILL DRAFT NUNEZ, THE GUYS
WHO DON'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT
THE STEALS, AND THEY CAN
REALLY HURT YOU.
BILLYHAMILTON CAME ON LATE, AND
THAT'S A TERRIBLE PICK IF YOU
GET HIM IN THE SIXTH ROUND.
GET A POWER SPEED GUY IF YOU
CAN.
ABSOLUTELY.
EVERY YEAR THERE'S GUYS WHO
JUMP OFF THE BOARDS EVEN WITH A
SMALL SAMPLE SIZE.
TURNER AND SANCHEZ, TWO
EXAMPLES OF THE GUYS GONE BY
ROUND 5 OR SO THIS YEAR.
IS THAT A MISTAKE TO IGNORE THE
SOPHOMORE SLUMP?
NOT SEEING WHAT THEY COULD
POSSIBLY DO THIS YEAR?
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL
HAPPEN WITH THE SOPHOMORE
SLUMP.
COREY SEGGAR LAST YEAR WITH A
GREAT SEASON.
YOU EXPECT TREY TURNER TO BE
WORSE.
BY THE FIRST WEEK OF THE
SEASON, HE WILL BE ELIGIBLE AT
2nd, SHORT, AND OUTFIELD.
HE STEALS SO MANY BASES,
HITTING AT THE TOP OF THE ORDER
FOR A GREAT TIME.
EVEN IF HE REGRETS HIS BATTING
AVERAGE, AND HE WILL, HE SHOULD
BE FINE.
GARY SANCHEZ, THE SOPHOMORE
SLUMP IN YEN, CONFORTO, RIZZO,
HAYWARD, GOING BACK, AND
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GUYS.
YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE
SOPHOMORE GUYS, EXPECTING
REGRESSION.
YOU MENTIONED VERSATILITY.
YOU LIKE THE 3rd BASE SHORTSTOP
VERSATILITY.
IF YOU HAVE MANNY PLAYING HIM
AT 3rd BASE BECAUSE YOU GOT
ANOTHER SHORTSTOP, I MEAN HIS
NUMBERS ARE GREAT FOR A 3rd
BASEMAN, BUT THEY ARE AMAZING
IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER 3rd BASEMAN
BEHIND HIM AS WELL.
AS LONG AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
EVERY YEAR AND TRYING TO GET
THE GUYS WHO ARE CONSISTENT
YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, WHAT DO
YOU THINK OF THE GUYS WITH
CAREER YEARS?
MARK TREMBLE WITH A CAREER YEAR
LAST YEAR.
A GUY WHO IS TRENDING UP OR AN
ANOMALY?
I WOULD NOT EXPECT HIM TO DO
WHAT HE DID LAST YEAR.
SHOULD BE A TOP 20 OUTFIELDER,
BEING DRAFTED THAT WAY.
I THINK WE GOT TO THE POINT IN
THE FANTASY COMMUNITY, THERE'S
SO MUCH RESEARCH TO DO, AND WE
HAVE SEEN SO MUCH, WHEN A GUY
HAS A CAREER YEAR, IT'S NOT
GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
YOU GET A GUY LIKE GREG
PORCELLO.
LIKE THE 18th PITCH EVERY OFF
THE BOARD ON DRAFT DAY.
I GUESS I'M TRYING TO SAY
THERE'S ENOUGH BAKED IN DOUBT,
THE GUYS ARE NOT GOING TOO HIGH
IN DRAFTS, AND MARK SHOULD BE A
THIRD ROUND PICK.
IF YOU GET HIM IN THE SIXTH
ROUND IN A 12-TEAM LEAGUE,
THAT'S FINE.
YOU SHOULD EXPECT A LOT OF
POWER.
I SEE A LOT OF DEPTH,
DEEPER IN THE DRAFT, AND IT'S A
LOT OFRIFFIC AND REWARD GUYS
LATER IN THE DRAFT, AND IF
THERE IS, IF YOU DO AGREE,
THERE IS A TON OF DEPTH, LATER
IN THE DRAFT IN THE OUTFIELD,
WOULD THAT INSPIRE YOU TO
REALLY TRY TO TARGET THE
INFIELDERS EARLIER?
DEPENDS HOW EARLY.
HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE OUTFIELD
IS THE SAME AS HOW I FEEL ABOUT
THE STARTING PITCHER.
YOU DON'T WANT TO FILL UP THE
POSITION TOO EARLY BILLING YOUR
ROSTER.
THE TWO POSITIONS YOU GET THE
BEST VALUE AT LATE IN THE
DRAFT, STARTING PITCHER AND
OUTFIELD.
YOU WILL GET A GUY LIKE JASON
HAYWARD, AND BYRON YOU CAN TAKE
A SHOT ON.
MITCH IS LATER THAN THAT.
MICHAEL BRANTLEY 13th OR 14th
ROUND.
YOU REALLY WANT TO GO
MICHAEL BRANTLEY?
THE 13th OR 14th ROUND.
I WASTED A ROSTER SPOT ON
THIS GUY LAST YEAR!
IT'S ALL ABOUT UPSIDE AT
THAT POINT.
A FEW YEARS AGO HE WAS ONE OF
THE BEST HITTERS IN BASEBALL,
AND I FEEL YOU THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS.
THAT'S THE POINT.
THE 3-OUTFIELDER LEAGUE, AND
YOU DON'T WANT TO GET ALL THREE
BY THE 7th ROUND.
DON'T TAKE MORE THAN 2 IN YOUR
FIRST 7 PICKS.
RELIEF PITCHER ALWAYS A
FLUID SITUATION, AND IT IS
THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, AND
SAVES ARE KIND OF LIKE STEALS A
CATEGORY WHERE A LOT OF OWNERS
TEND TO PUNT ON.
WHERE DO YOU LAND ON SAVES?
HOW DO YOU ATTACK YOUR DRAFT
WITH RELIEF PITCHERS?
DON'T PUNT SAVES.
YOU WILL BE IN A WORLD OF
HURT IF YOU DO.
IF YOU HUNT SAVES, AND YOU
GET A STARTING PITCHER WITH 200
INNINGS, AND 200 INNINGS IS A
LOT BY THE WAY.
THERE'S NOT THAT.
MANY YOU WILL GET LIKE 170
STRIKEOUTS, AND YOU GET KENLEY
JANSON, AND YOU WILL GET 110 OR
120 STRIKEOUTS.
DON'T PUNT SAVES.
THE RELIEF PITCHER IS THE ONE
POSITION I'M DRAFTING MORE
DIFFERENTLY THAN I HAVE IN THE
PAST.
THERE'S 14 RELIEF CLOSERS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE ALL
ELITE, BUT THEY COULD BE ELITE.
THEY CAN STRIKE OUT A LOT OF
BATTERS AND GET A LOT OF SAVES.
I WANT AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE
GUYS.
IN THE LAST DRAFT AT AUCTION,
GOAT TWO OF THOSE GUYS, AND
THEN FELIZ FOR SAVES LATER.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THE GUY
WITH FELIZ AND MAUER.
YOU WANT ONE OF THE TOP 14
BECAUSE YOU'RE IN A BIG
DISADVANTAGE IN THE LEAGUE IF
YOU DON'T.
THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTION
MARKS AFTER THE TOP 15 CLOSERS,
AND IT SHOULD BE INTERESTING.
EVERY YEAR WE ASK YOU TO
IDENTIFY A PLAY CHORE WILL GO
UP TO THE NEXT YEAR, AND LAST
YEAR YOU IDENTIFIED GEORGE
SPRINGER WHOSE DRAFT POSITION
WAS AROUND 75.
HE IMPROVED TO 30.
WHO IS YOUR GUY THIS YEAR?
WHO WILL JUMP INTO A TOP TIER.
GREGORY POLANCO.
I LOVE GREGORY POLANCO THIS
YEAR.
HE WAS BREAKING OUT LAST YEAR.
HE WOULD BE LIKE SOMEONE FROM
THE SECOND ROUND OF A DRAFT.
HE PLAYED HALF OF THE SEASON
HURT, AND HIS NUMBERS TOOK A
DIVE.
THE BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR
POLANCO, A 25-25 GUY, AND HITS
FOR A RESPECTABLE BATTING
AVERAGE.
HE WILL SCORE A LOT OF RUNS,
AND HE COULD DRIVE IN 70 OR 80
RUNS.
I THINK GREGORY POLANCO WILL BE
A GREAT PICK.
I LIKE HIM BETTER THAN HIS
TEAMMATE.
HE'S DRAFTED A FEW SPOTS
AHEAD OF McCUTCHEN.
HE'S NOT GOING TO STEAL
BASES ANYMORE.
GET THE GUY LIKE POLANCO IN 5
OR 6, AND HE CAN HELP WITH
STEALS OR MORE.
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