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Episode 015: Fantasy Baseball Dan Strafford

Episode 015: The Fantasy Coach Podcast

Fantasy Baseball Edition: For the week of July 28th to August 3rd

Featuring Dan Strafford (@DanStrafford) of The Fantasy Black Book

Dan Strafford

About My Guest:  Dan Strafford is the Co-Host of The Fantasy Black Book show on Sirius XM Fantasy and is also the co-author of The Fantasy Football Black Book 2014 Edition.  Before co-hosting with Joe Pisapia on Saturday nights, Dan was co-hosting the Going 9 show on Sirius XM Fantasy with Mark Healey.  Dan also co-hosts a podcast for FantasyInsiders.com and is becoming one of the great voices in the fantasy industry.

Episode Summary: Dan and I discuss some of the recent trades in major league baseball and how they may affect the fantasy baseball landscape moving forward.  We get to know Dan a bit better and find out how covering a losing Rutgers team in the early 2000’s helped him prepare for the ups and downs of fantasy sports.

 

 

 

 

Episode Breakdown:

  • Intro
  • We get to know Dan Strafford and find out about all the things he’s currently doing in the fantasy sports industry.
  • News and Notes: Dan Uggla, Darwin Barney, Jake Peavy, Troy Tulowitzki, Allen Webster, Chase Headley, Carlos Santana, Matt Kemp, James Paxton
  • 2 Start Starting Pitchers-Streamers we like
  • Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pick Ups
  • The Coach’s Office: Five Listener’s Questions are answered.
  • Outro

 

You can Download this episode as well as the previous three on Itunes and Stitcher Radio.

Thank Yous For Episode 015:  I want to thank my buddy, Dan Strafford, for coming on the podcast and sharing his fantasy baseball knowledge with me, and especially with my audience.  I would also like to thank C-Quel for providing the intro music as well as the outro beat.  You can Find all of C-Quel’s current music available here.

Episode 014: Fantasy Football C.D. Carter

Episode 014: The Fantasy Coach Podcast

Fantasy Football Edition:  Daily Fantasy Football Strategies

Featuring Denny Carter (@CDCarter13) of XNSports.com

Denny Carter of XNSports.com

About My Guest: C.D. Carter is a journalist, author of various novellas, and fantasy football writer for XNSports, 4for4.com, and The Fake Football.  He’s also a contributor to The New York Times.  He is also the author of How To Think Like A Daily Fantasy Football Winner available on Amazon.com and in your Kindle Stores.  Denny is also the owner of Draft Day Consultants Inc.

Episode Summary:  Denny and I talk about how he is able to divide his attention among all of the different outlets that he writes for.  I also ask him about his most recent work.  We talk at length about his new book about Daily Fantasy Football.  We also discuss 80’s slasher movies.  Fun stuff people!

 

 

 

Episode Breakdown:

  • Intro
  • We get to know Denny and talk about the various sites he writes about fantasy football for.  We discuss his new venture at Draft Day Consultants Inc.  We also discuss his podcast Living The Stream that he co-hosts with J.J. Zachariason of NumberFire.
  • News and Notes:  David Wilson cleared, Bishop Sankey and the RBBC rumor, Vernon Davis’s hold out and slide in ADP, Andre Johnson’s showing up to camp on time, Aaron Dobson starts training camp on the NFI list and Rob Gronkowski is cleared, Jamaal Charles with the world’s shortest hold out.
  • Denny’s All Equity Score Team at XNSports
  • Denny’s New Book:  How To Think Like a Daily Fantasy Football Winner and some of the highlights that deal with daily fantasy football strategy.
  • The Coach’s Office:  Surprise questions from the audience.
  • Let’s go top the movies:  Denny and I discuss the timelessness of Friday The 13th and other classic slasher flicks.
  • Outro

 

You can Download this episode as well as the previous three on Itunes and Stitcher Radio.

Thank Yous For Episode 014:  I want to thank Denny Carter for coming on the podcast and discussing his approach to daily fantasy football and regular fantasy football with me.  The slasher movie talk was just an added bonus.  I would also like to thank C-Quel for providing the intro music as well as the outro beat.  You can Find all of C-Quel’s current music available here.

Fantasy Basketball: Rookies Fighting For Minutes

NBA Summer League

Two weeks ago I went over the rookies that were the best fit for their respective organizations and talked about how they might fare in their rookie season.  This week I will talk about some draftees that will be fighting for minutes in a rotational role that could see them having occasional daily fantasy value and or spot start value in deeper fantasy basketball leagues.  Most of these rookies that I will discuss could still be affected by trades and or late signings in free agency.

Aaron Gordon: Orlando Magic 4th Pick- Aaron Gordon was a bit of a surprise with the fourth overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft.  Gordon was looked at as a bit of a raw prospect that could go off the board from the 6th to 10th pick of the first round, but instead found himself picked by a young rebuilding Magic team.  Many fantasy basketball players were hoping the Magic would finally hand the keys to the power forward spot over to Tobias Harris full-time, but it looks like Harris will once again be a part of a rotation with the athletically gifted Gordon.  Gordon was touted for his explosive athleticism in the draft process, but his shaky shooting, including from the free throw line, had him as a bit of an offensive project.  He will have to learn how to contribute on the defensive end if he’s going to get big minutes, but his speed and ability to finish in transition could have him carving out a role off the bench fairly early.

Marcus Smart: Boston Celtics 6th Pick- Many basketball fans believe that Marcus Smart cost himself a lot of money by going back to school after his stellar season in 2012 at Oklahoma State.  While that may be true as he found himself in the middle of one of the strongest draft classes in recent memory in 2014, he still managed to become a lottery pick with a team that has a history of building winners.   Smart brings a ton of fight and leadership when he’s on the floor.  He can make his teammates better and should be one of the better defenders in the league right away.  He has excellent hands with a strong frame that allows him to body up point guards or shooting guards.  Smart should be in the back court rotation right away and could even see some time on the court with Rajon Rondo.  He needs to become a better shooter if he wants to really grab big minutes and you should keep an eye on his efficiency.

Nik Stauskas: Sacramento Kings 8th Pick- Stauskas was billed as the best shooter in this draft with a superior competitiveness that should see him become a valuable member of an NBA rotation right away.  Stauskas found himself taken by a team that drafted a shooting guard just last year.  Stauskas will be in a training camp and preseason fight for shooting guard minutes with Ben McLemore.  The two of them may also have some competition from Marshon Brooks who played well with Sacramento’s summer league team.  Stauskas has an edge on both shooting guards as he is a better shooter in both catch and shoot situations and when he is forced to handle the basketball.

Noah Vonleh: Charlotte Hornets 9th Pick- Vonleh looked to be the late riser of the 2014 NBA draft as analysts started projecting him as high as the 3rd overall pick in the days leading up to the draft.  His enormous wingspan and nice outside touch had scouts and GM’s dreaming about two or three years down the road and the possibility of a super star on the lower blocks.  The Charlotte Hornets finally lucked out in a draft as Vonleh fell all the way to the ninth overall pick to a team that had their best season in recent memory.  The Hornets lost Josh McRoberts in free agency to the Miami Heat so Vonleh will at least get a portion of those minutes if he can provide energy and defense off of the bench.  I believe he will see more early minutes than Cody Zeller saw last season and should be looked at as a late round flier in redraft leagues.

Zach LaVine: Minnesota Timberwolves 13th Pick- LaVine is a 6’6″ combo guard who can jump out of the gym and shoot from deep.  He’s skinny and didn’t play a ton last season at UCLA,  but could see minutes early in Minny if does indeed trade away Kevin Love.  If Love stays then I doubt we see much of LaVine until the latter parts of the season, but if Love is moved I think the Timberwolves may try to get him some run and see what pieces they will want to move forward with.  I like LaVine a lot more in dynasty leagues than redraft leagues this year.

T.J. Warren: Phoenix Suns 15th Pick- Warren is slashing scorer from the wing who can contribute right away on the offensive end of the court.  He has all the tools to be a solid wing defender, but asking rookies to take on too much responsibility can lead to disaster and the Suns are ready to compete right now.  I expect Warren to see run fairly early and would love if the Suns eventually moved either Marcus Morris or P.J. Tucker.  Warren has ton of scoring potential for dynasty formats and may be a nice late round flier in deeper redraft leagues.

Mitch McGary: Oklahoma City Thunder 21st Pick- McGary was facing a drug suspension at the University of Michigan so he decided to come out for the draft early.  Initially I thought it was a mistake and could be one of those cautionary tales you hear year after year, but McGary proved to be NBA rady in the draft process.  McGary is big and can run.  He should be able to carve out minutes for himself off of the bench for the Thunder and a few years down the road he could end up being one of their key players.  He’s an excellent shooter and plays with a ton of energy.  I’m going to keep an eye out to see how they intend to rotate their front court to see if he should be on the redraft radar.

Rodney Hood: Utah Jazz 23rd Pick- The Jazz had an excellent draft in 2014.  First they got a potential explosive force in Dante Exum with the 5th pick and then they got Hood with the 23rd pick.  If Hood had been drafted in any of the previous two to three drafts he would have been a lottery pick.  You just don’t find shooters with his wingspan and height every year.  This draft just happened to be chock full of talent.  Hood still should have gone a bit earlier than he did, but landing in Utah is not a bad spot for him.  The Jazz were a poor shooting team from 3 point range last season and their wings failed to be consistent catch and shoot threats.  Hood brings and NBA ready three point shot and his size is perfect for the NBA wing.

Damien Inglis: Milwaukee Bucks 1st Pick 2nd Round- The Bucks are the perfect landing spot for Inglis as they have a very unsettled front court.  He has a huge wing span (7’3″) on a 6’8″ body and should be able to play on the defensive end of the court right away.  He will give you defensive stats right away, but you shouldn’t count on offensive production right away.  A nice stash for dynasty leagues.  We’ll see if he can evolve into an offensive player.

Nick Johnson: Houston Rockets 12th Pick 2nd Round- I’m not sure why Nick Johnson fell in the 2014 NBA draft, but it looks like the Rockets got an absolute steal in the 2nd round.  Johnson was the best player on a very good Arizona team last season.  He can shoot it from outside and from the line.  He has unbelievable hops on a 6’3″ frame and is an excellent finisher when he drives to the basket.  His height made him more of a combo guard and perhaps the metrics said he wouldn’t be able to defend either position in the NBA.  I’m just guessing because this is the type of player any fan should want on their team and he has the potential to be a very valuable fantasy asset down the road.  He gets a bump with the Rockets clearing cap space and trading away Jeremy Lin to the Lakers as it opens up some minutes off of the bench.

Honorable Mentions:

Gary Harris Jr.: Denver Nuggets

Adreian Payne: Atlanta Hawks

Bruno Caboclo: Toronto Raptor

For my thoughts on the best fits that may play right away go here.

Episode 013: Fantasy Baseball Joe Pisapia

Episode 013: The Fantasy Coach Podcast

Fantasy Baseball Edition: All Star Break Special

Featuring Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) Fantasy Black Book

Joe Pisapia

About My Guest: Joe Pisapia is the author of the #1 Best Selling Fantasy Baseball book in the Kindle store three years running, and is launching his new Fantasy Football series this season called The Fantasy Football Black Book 2014 Edition. He is also the co-host, with Dan Strafford, of The Fantasy Black Book Show on SiriusXM Fantasy Channel from 10 PM to 1 AM every Saturday night.

Episode Summary:  Joe and I talk about some of the most important story lines in fantasy baseball at the All Star Break.  We cover everything from players we expect big second halves from to former Cy-Young winners we may want to stay away from.  This episode is loaded with excellent fantasy takes as well as examining why some players may be struggling this year because of things that happened last year.

 

 

 

 

 

Episode Breakdown:

  • Intro
  • We get to know Joe and talk about his show on Sirius XM as well get into some of the ways RPV can help fantasy sports players.
  • Players Discussed: Cliff Lee, Shelby Miller, Andrew McCutchen, Andrew Cashner, and many, many more.
  • The Coach’s Office:  Will Eric Hosmer be a top 10 first baseman in the second half?  Will Tim Lincecum keep up his recent form?  Can I drop Shelby Miller for Jake Odorizzi or Kevin Gausman?  Who should I trade away: Jared Weaver or Jake Shields?
  • Waiver Wire Adds for the second half of the fantasy baseball season
  • Outro

 

You can Download this episode as well as the previous three on Itunes and Stitcher Radio.

 

Thank Yous For Episode 013:  I want to thank my buddy, Joe Pisapia, for coming on the podcast and sharing his fantasy baseball knowledge with me, and especially with my audience.  I would also like to thank C-Quel for providing the intro music as well as the outro beat.  You can Find all of C-Quel’s current music available here.

Episode 012: Fantasy Football Marc Hava

EpMarc Havaisode 012: The Fantasy Coach Podcast

Fantasy Football Edition: Best Ball Leagues (MFL 10s)

Featuring Marc Hava (MegatronFF) SportableNFL

About My Guest:  Marc Hava is a pillar of the MFL 10 Twitter community and has probably done more in the last year to grow the popularity of the genre of Fantasy Football than any other person I know.  Marc previously wrote for BlindsideFootball.com before joining Salvatore Stefanile at SportableNFL.  Marc’s expertise in best ball formats have had him featured on quite a few podcasts.  His sharp eye for ADP discrepancies and changes patterns has his advice sought after on Twitter. Where you can find some of his work and appearances:

Recent Podcasts:

RotoViz Radio: http://t.co/BeEzOHdnAq

Fantasy Revelations: http://t.co/oULqPWthii


Recent work at SportableNFL: 

MFL10 ADP- http://t.co/DD6KivqHut Pierre Thomas- http://t.co/kNHjL2m77k Reggie Bush / Joique Bell- http://t.co/B2VBf0l37M

One of my picks in my MFL10 that had some late round MFL10 strategy- http://t.co/n2irLgZVUo
Articles Referenced: J.J. Zachariason’s (@LateRoundQB) Bust % Work at NumberFire
Kevin Cole’s (@ColeKev_FF) RotoViz article on Optimal MFL 10 construction.
Episode Summary:  Marc and I talk about best ball fantasy football leagues and in particular MFL 10s on MyFantasyLeague.com.  We talk about all the positions, trends, strategies, and new evidence that may have us changing our ways.
Episode Breakdown:
  • Intro
  • Get to know Marc Hava a little.
  • Quarterback theories and strategies for best ball leagues.
  • Running back theories and strategies for best ball leagues.
  • Wide Receiver theories and strategies for best ball leagues.
  • Tight End theories and strategies for best ball leagues.
  • Kickers and Defenses for  best ball leagues.
  • The Coach’s Office:  Should you diversify your picks in MFL10s if you do multiple leagues?  How do you keep track?  One stud versus two or three middle tier guys?
  • Outro

You can Download this episode as well as the previous three on Itunes and Stitcher Radio.

Thank Yous for Episode 012:  I want to thank my good friend Marc Hava (@MegatronFF) for coming on the podcast and talking about best ball fantasy football strategies as well as the best ways to make a buck or two in MFL 10s.

I would also like to thank C-Quel for providing the intro music as well as the outro beat.  You can Find all of C-Quel’s current music available here.

Fantasy Football Mock Draft 2014

My early years playing fantasy football were spent doing tedious tasks.  Writing down fantasy scoring out of the USA Today on Mondays and Tuesdays and hoping there weren’t any corrections in the Wednesday edition.  (Damn you backwards swing passes!)  Scoring during the fantasy football year was tedious, but draft preparation was even worse.  The only way to do a fantasy football mock draft in the 1990s was to breakout the old spiral notebook and try use your knowledge of the drafting habits of your league mates to do a proper predictive mock.  This method was of course flawed as it was hard to do anything, but go round by round using your personal rankings and always being left unhappy because your favorite guys wouldn’t fall to you.

The bad preparation would inevitably lead to me being unprepared on draft day as my friends would reach for rookies or seem like they were drafting off of magazines printed three years before.  In the years that followed strategies and technologies seemed to grow by leaps and bounds.  More and more league mates were showing up with customized cheat sheets from FootballGuys.com and 4for4.com.  I was tough for the average fantasy football player to keep up with the fantasy “Joneses”.  I would do my best using the free tools that were on the internet at the time, but mock drafting with a computer with bad artificial intelligence and outdated rankings always made it a process that almost wasn’t worth the effort.

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That all changed when the Draft Wizard was invented.  The Draft Wizard is the single best tool a fantasy football player can use to prepare themselves for a Fantasy Football draft.  You draft side by side with artificial owners that are using the strategies and rankings of the best in fantasy sports.  You also get the added benefit of draft pick suggestions based on what real pro fantasy football players would do.  All of this can be done in minutes instead of hours.

Do you want to see what your team would look like if you tried to go late round quarterback, but only have 20 minutes before your train gets to your stop? No problem.  Do you get frustrated after you make a bad pick because you felt rushed?  Don’t worry about it.  You can jump out and start all over without frustrating eleven other fantasy owners.  What are you waiting for?  Try it today and let me know what you think.

 

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Is Theo Riddick the Next Darren Sproles?

Fans of Darren Sproles may be a little offended by the headline, but we are forced to ask the question after ProFootballTalk made a story out of Detroit Lions’ back up quarterback, Dan Orlovsky, compared Riddick to Sproles in an interview on The Ross Tucker Football Podcast.

This kid, he wasn’t covered a single time in OTAs and minicamp,” Orlovsky said on the Ross Tucker Football Podcast, via the Detroit Free Press. “And I think that it’s even going to be easier for him when he gets pads on because, once linebackers just try to start colliding him, and that’s what teams started to do with Sproles sometimes. … You hit the home run once every 10 plays, and then 9 out of 10 times, Sproles wins. And that’s what I think Theo’s going to do for us. Theo’s that kind of guy where he has a really good feel, a really good vision, really good suddenness. If he doesn’t have 50 catches this year, I’ll be surprised. He’s going to have opportunities and he’s really talented at it.

I have been a fan of Theo Riddick since before he even stepped foot on a high school football field.  Theo grew up in the town right next to the town I live in, Somerville, New Jersey.  There was great debate about where he would attend high school and for a time it was thought that he may come to Somerville High School where I was coaching football at the time.  He ended up at perennial powerhouse Immaculatta  High School right in the same town and even shared a football field.  So instead of getting to coach him I was forced to try and help devise ways to stop him.

Theo getting ready to play the team I coached in Somerville.

Theo getting ready to play the team I coached in Somerville.

Needless to say, but my efforts to devise a plan to stop Riddick were in vain.  He was an exceptional high school running back with great balance and packed a punch at the point of attack.  He did lack that breakaway speed that all really great high school running backs seem to have.  Even though he wasn’t quite Reggie Bush in high school he was an absolute winner and leader.  He even led Immaculatta High School to a state title in Basketball his senior year. He went on to be all everything here in the state of New Jersey and eventually his exploits lead to a scholarship to attend Notre Dame.  Even as a rival coach, I was so excited for Theo to get a chance to show his skills on such a major stage.

The Fantasy Football Black Book

While at Notre Dame, Riddick bounced back and forth from running back to slot wide receiver and back again.  His senior year Notre Dame finally decided to lean on him as a runner and he showed he was a capable running back.  He topped 900 yards rushing while also catching 36 passes out of the backfield and split out wide.  Those statistics were nice, but were pretty pedestrian when compared to players that go onto NFL success.  Those stats alone should have meant he would at least get a look as a possible 3rd down running back in the NFL, but it all would be decided in his stats at the combine.

Sadly his combine was extremely underwhelming and it mirrored what everyone saw on tape.  He had great hands and was a tough runner, but lacked elite athleticism and speed.  These are the main points that one must remember when talking about Theo Reddick possibly being the next Darren Sproles.  Even with his bad combine, Riddick was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 6th round of the 2013 draft.  Even if Riddick didn’t pan out as a runner they knew he would be a great character guy with a chance to help on special teams and on the scout team.

Darren Sproles K-State

In contrast the guy Riddick has been compared to the most this off season, Darren Sproles, had a tremendously productive college career at Kansas State.  He scored 48 touchdowns in the three years he was featured at running back and ran for 1,986 yards in 2003.  His height was always scrutinized as going to be his downfall in the NFL, but it actually became a strength as linebackers and safeties couldn’t set their sights on him as he came out of the backfield on passing plays and rushed the ball on draw plays.  His amazing combine should have convinced more teams to figure out a way to use him as an offensive weapon, but it took until the San Diego Chargers in the 4th round for a team to take a chance.  Check out Sproles’s 20 yard shuttle time.

Theo Reddick Lions

This off-season some buzz has been building around Riddick in fantasy circles and I think it’s time to temper the expectations a bit.  He definitely deserves to be looked at in full PPR dynasty leagues because I doubt Reggie Bush is a Lion after the 2014 season, but his redraft value is next to zero for me.  There are just too many mouths to feed in Detroit this season for Riddick to make an impact, but things could change if there are some unfortunate preseason   injuries.  If Bush is cut after 2014 than Riddick gets a big boost as the compliment to Joique Bell in the Lions’ backfield.  Just don’t do a bat flip like you hit a home run next off season when Bush gets cut.  It’s more of a seeing eye single in my book if he gets to share the 3rd down duties in Detroit.

Darren Sproles on the other hand still has some value in redraft leagues, especially full PPR redraft leagues.  The Eagles should be able to up the tempo even more in year two of the Chip Kelly era and Sproles could surprise with a bounce back year in Philadelphia.  He will probably never approach the running back two status he once had in full PPR leagues, but he could surprise in some best ball formats and as a running back four in PPR leagues.  It should be a fun off season to see how things develop for both Sproles and Reddick in fantasy football.

Make sure you Subscribe to The Fantasy Coach Podcast on Itunes or Stitcher Radio so you don’t miss any of the great Fantasy Football off season talk.  For the last episode featuring @2QBFFB head here to listen now.

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Episode 011: Fantasy Football Salvatore Stefanile

Episode 011: The Fantasy Coach Podcast

Fantasy Football Edition: Two Quarterback Leagues

Featuring Salvatore Stefanile (@2QBFFB) SportableNFL

 

Salvatore Stefanile joins me to clown around and talk some Fantasy Football.

Salvatore Stefanile joins me to clown around and talk some Fantasy Football.

About My Guest: “Salvatore Stefanile, the winner of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association’s award for Best Fantasy Football On-Going Series in 2013, is a big proponent of the 2-QB fantasy football movement . You can find his 2-QB musings at XNSports.com and on Twitter @2QBFFB. He’s also the content manager for Sportable — your place for interactive, bite-sized football news and fantasy football resources.” Articles and Posts referenced in the Podcast:

2-QB draft project for Sportable:  http://www.sportable.is/?c17889/fantasy-football/sportable-2-qb-draft-recap/  

http://www.sportable.is/?t17889/tag/sportable-2-qb-draft/

Recent 2-QB ADP (goes over some draft strategies)http://www.xnsports.com/2014/06/23/2-qb-fantasy-football-adp-post-2014-nfl-draft-edition/

                                                                                               http://www.xnsports.com/2014/07/06/look-quarterbacks-drafted-2-qb-fantasy-football-mocks-2014/

Top 250 overall 2-QB rankingshttp://www.xnsports.com/2014/06/23/top-250-overall-2-qb-fantasy-football-redraft-rankings/

Tiered QB rankings for 2-QB leagueshttp://www.xnsports.com/2014/06/23/tiered-qb-rankings-2-qb-fantasy-football-leagues-june/

Primer on 2-QB leagueshttp://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nfl/47389/404/the-two-qb-mindset

Fanium Fantasy Football: http://splash.fanium.com/

Episode Summary:  Sal and I discuss all of his current work as well as get to know everything about SportableNFL.  We delve into two quarterback leagues Vs. traditional leagues as well as strategy and specific player targets.  We may or may not discuss the movies Heavyweights, Good Burger and Youngblood.

Episode Breakdown:

  • Intro
  • Get to know Salvatore Stefanile and find out where all of his work can be found on the internet.
  • 2QB Vs. Tradional Fantasy Football Leagues and how the strategy differs.
  • Where’s the drop off for the top scoring QB’s this year?
  • What RB’s and WR’s should be looked at in the first two rounds of 2QB Fantasy Football Drafts?
  • How important is the tight end position in 2QB leagues?
  • Which QB2 in the current rankings has a chance to be a top 8 QB in Fantasy Football?
  • Which QB3 should we target as a bye week fill in/ trade piece?
  • Some 2QB Daily Fantasy Talk
  • Outro

 

You can Download this episode as well as the previous three on Itunes and Stitcher Radio.

Thanks For Episode 011:  I want to thank the guru of two quarterback fantasy football, Salvatore Stefanile, (@2QBFFB) for coming on The Fantasy Coach Podcast and enlightening me and my audience on the nuances and strategies that go into preparing for a two quarterback draft.  

I would also like to thank C-Quel for providing the intro music as well as the outro beat.  You can Find all of C-Quel’s current music available here.

 

Episode 010: Fantasy Baseball with Seth Klein

Episode 010: The Fantasy Coach Podcast

Fantasy Baseball Edition for the week of July 7th

Featuring Seth Klein (@SethDaSportsMan)

 

Seth Klein of FakePigskin.com and Razzball.com

Seth Klein of FakePigskin.com and Razzball.com

About My Guest:  Seth has been playing fantasy sports for over 17 years.  He is the Editor-In-Chief of FakePigskin.com and also covers Fantasy Baseball, Football, and Basketball at Razzball.com.  You can find his rankings on FantasyPros.com.  He has been featured on many podcasts and radio show including the Dear Mr. fantasy Podcast and The Fantasy Black Book on Sirius XM.  He is currently featured in the 2014 Fantasy Football Preview issue of Lindy’s Sports Magazine.  You can purchase the FakePigskin.com 2014 Fantasy Football Draft Guide by going HERE.   Episode Summary:  Seth and I talk about the week that was and the upcoming week of fantasy baseball as well as answer some listeners’ questions in The Coach’s Office. Episode Breakdown:

  • Intro-Here I somehow forget the spelling of Seth’s Twitter handle as I see Ryan Braun get injured on my computer.  It gets better, I swear.
  • Get to know our guest Seth Klein a little.
  • News and Notes.  Fantasy analysis and reaction to these topics:  Big A’s and Cubs Trade.  Brandon Belt returns from the DL for the Giants.  Corey Hart comes off the DL for the Mariners.  Nolan Arenado came back Thursday for the Rockies.  Joey Votto looks hobbled and isn’t hitting for any power.  Chris Davis’s Batting Average almost dips below .200.  David Wright was supposed to return on Friday, but wasn’t able to.  Joe Smith has a decent week as the Angels closer.  Hanley Ramirez finally returns to the Dodgers lineup.  Solarte gets sent to the minors and Zelous Wheeler gets called up. Kike Hernandez and Domingo Santana get the call for the Astros.  Oscar Taveras returns to the Cards from the Minors.  Xander Bogaerts struggling offensively since the move to 3B.  
  • 2 Start Starting Pitcher Streaming Options
  • The Coach’s Office: Q1) Is Chris Davis a buy low or should I look elsewhere for upside?  Q2) Do we think Jason Grilli gets a shot to close? 16 Team 5 x 5 Roto.                Q3)  What’s your thoughts on cock blocking trades?  A listener feels like one guy in his league only gets involved in trades when he’s almost sealed a deal.
  • Outro

 

You can Download this episode as well as the previous three on Itunes and Stitcher Radio.

Thanks For Episode 010:  I want to thank Seth Klein (@SethDaSportsMan) for taking the time on a Saturday to come on the podcast and talk some Fantasy Baseball.  I look forward to having him on again real soon.   I would also like to thank C-Quel for providing the intro music as well as the outro beat.  You can Find all of C-Quel’s current music available here.

Fantasy Football: LevelUpFantasy Podcast Visit

LevelUpFantasy Podcast Visit

I talk AFC West Fantasy Football with Brandon Di Silvestro and Dennis Wayne

AFC West

I stopped by the Level Up Fantasy Podcast this past Wednesday to talk about the AFC East from a Fantasy Football perspective with Brandon Di Silvestro (@DaFantasySavior) and Dennis Wayne (@LevelUpFF_D) of LevelUpFantasy.com.

We Answer Questions Such As:

Can Ryan Matthews better his 2013 season?

Is this the year to draft Ladarius Green in redraft leagues?

Which Denver wide receiver is being over drafted?

Can Montee Ball match Knowshon Moreno’s 2013 production?

Is Alex Smith under rated?

Is Travis Kelce a late round tight end target?

Which Oakland Raider players are Fantasy worthy?

Take a listen on Itunes and visit LevelUpFantasy.com to delve deeper into their fantasy football thoughts.

 

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