WEBVTT - Points League Mock Draft (Ep. 478) 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:16.400 Points League mock Let's talk to the pros. Welcome in 0:00:16.440 --> 0:00:19.759 everybody to Fantasy Prose. This is the Fantasy Baseball Podcast. 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:22.279 It is me, Joey b Joe Piezapia, and with me 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:26.040 today is my co host of the Welsh and special guest, 0:00:26.160 --> 0:00:30.319 our own Mike Mayer from Fantasy Pros. That's right, he 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:32.640 is now a full time troll. Here just goes to 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:35.159 show you everybody, if you start out on the YouTube comments, 0:00:35.560 --> 0:00:38.400 look where you could end up someday. And today we're 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:41.479 doing another mock draft episode and I'm listening to you 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:44.760 are Peanuts and our Cracker Jacks, and we are gonna 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:47.120 be using our multi user draft software today for a 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:50.840 points league draft. Welsh hates points leagues. I love them. 0:00:51.200 --> 0:00:53.520 I don't care about Mayor's feelings. So this is gonna 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:55.240 be a great show here today, and I know a 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:56.560 lot of you have been waiting for that content. So 0:00:56.600 --> 0:00:58.520 we're gonna talk a little bit about the strategy before 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:01.920 we kick things off. But Welsh, we're coming off the 0:01:01.920 --> 0:01:03.840 big Fantasy Fest, which if you miss it, you could 0:01:03.880 --> 0:01:06.639 check it out on our YouTube channel, Fantasy Pro's MLB, 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:09.000 which you should subscribe to because Welsh and I are 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:11.880 just basically a week away from starting leading off here 0:01:11.959 --> 0:01:16.120 right here, live every single day. I believe at noon 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:19.160 is when we're gonna start. Whenever Welsh has his coffee 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:21.640 over on the West Coast of Things or whatever the 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:24.200 heck Arizona time for him is. But Welsh, how are 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:26.480 you doing after the Fantasy Fest? You you enjoy your 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:29.040 time there mock drafting with Bagman and myself. 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:31.920 I've done my own version of the Fantasy Fest just 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:34.640 in my own content across the board. But you killed 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:36.920 it on the Fantasy Fest man, you know, don't don't 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:37.840 give us anything. 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:39.520 It was just Bogmin and I. 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:43.679 I was laughing too because Bogmin and I got description 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:46.480 love in the episode too. It was like join the 0:01:46.520 --> 0:01:49.040 Fantasy Fest with Joe, Piece of Pia, Chris Welsh and 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:50.960 Scott Bogman and Bogmin and I were on for like 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:53.200 one hour, so I was like, look at us, we're 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:54.160 getting all the extra love. 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:54.360 Now. 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:56.120 You killed it man. He did a great job. 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:58.880 Also a podcast version of some of the best clips, 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:01.040 which everyone should go to this too if they have not, 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:04.200 if they don't have time to go and consume four hours, 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:07.360 but I highly suggest you do, especially. 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:08.080 Our three of course. 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:12.600 Yes, well we conveniently left the mock draft off of 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:15.640 the best of because, let me tell you, it was 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:17.960 definitely animal house by that point in time, the show 0:02:18.000 --> 0:02:20.720 with the three of us and speaking of crazy animals, 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:23.720 Mike Mayor who I'm just very exciting. You know, Mike 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:26.040 has worked for me this past year in the Baseball 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:28.919 Black Books. You can check out his work there. Mike 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:32.560 has been a huge part behind the scenes and a 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:34.640 bit more in front of the scenes of late of 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:37.240 Fantasy Pros and all joking aside for all of the 0:02:38.320 --> 0:02:40.720 all the funny quips back and forth that we do. 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:42.440 I am super excited that you are part of this 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:44.040 team on a full time basis this year. 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:44.320 Mike. 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:46.239 You were so helpful last year and the leading off 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:48.440 and doing so many other things in terms of baseball 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:51.240 and football content here at Fantasy Pros. So what's it 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:54.160 like to like be a star now? I mean, have 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:57.680 you changed your lifestyle? Do you upgrade your vehicle? Like? 0:02:58.000 --> 0:02:59.919 I don't know how how has this kind of impact 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:02.160 your your lifestyle here in Jersey. 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:04.640 Well, I'm still kind of figuring that out, But the 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:07.240 biggest impact is that I now have like one job 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:10.280 instead of two, and so it's like I'm still staying 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:12.320 up till one am, which I shouldn't do, and working 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:15.720 on like Fantasy Pro stuff. But it's it's fun. Now, 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:17.680 this is like the first time I'm doing a podcast 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:19.919 with you that I'm not like sneaking away from another 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:22.200 job and like checking my email on the side while 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:24.160 like while doing a podcast. So it'll be interesting to 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:25.440 see how much I can actually focus. 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:28.760 Now. Well, I now that just means that if you 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:30.800 were doing two jobs and you should do twice as 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:32.760 much work for us, Well, isn't that kind of like 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:33.520 the ratio that. 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:35.600 Yeah? 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:38.520 Yeah, Well you know, Freedoman is a smart guy, so 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:40.880 clearly we see eye to eye on that. And today, 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:43.840 as I said, we're gonna be going through a points league. Mok. 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:47.040 We're very excited about this. Give a little differentiation, and 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:50.200 we're gonna be using that mock draft Lobby multi user 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:53.000 draft software over a fantasypros dot Com slash draft Wizard. 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:54.960 I know you guys know about the Draft Wizard by now, 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:57.040 but I'm telling you it's the greatest tool to get 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:59.120 you prepared. They have so many bells and whistles and 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:01.880 when you're a premium member here at Fantasy Pros, you 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:05.480 have access to amazing features we're talking about, like if 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:08.120 you've got keepers already in your league, you could set 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:12.920 those names and then run the mock draft software. It's unbelievable. 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:15.840 I mean, there's so many little kind of you know, 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:18.520 perks and things like that that are available here. You 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:20.160 can back out picks if you don't like the way 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:22.760 that team's going, which is something I may or may 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:25.240 not have done once or twice because I'm a perfectionist 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:26.840 and I want to try to get everything right as 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:29.320 much as I can. But what's so great about the 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:31.520 multi user draft software is you can send the link 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:33.560 to friends, you can mock with some people. You could 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:35.920 still use the computer opponents as well, and it's an 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:39.760 easy to use interface along with our draft simulator, which 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:42.080 obviously you know, we have so many tools right now, 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:45.240 including that free draft kit as well that's available on 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:47.960 Fantasy Pros and a big thing too. I want to 0:04:48.040 --> 0:04:49.880 keep stressing this. You know, a lot of paces will 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:52.240 give you. They'll give you a one or two baseball 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:55.080 shows a week, maybe three. We're gonna be here every 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:57.360 single day breaking it down for you on leading off 0:04:57.360 --> 0:04:59.039 and that's going to start April six, So we're gonna 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:00.840 start the day before the season and because we can 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:03.800 and we will, and then every single day we're gonna 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:06.440 take you through Fantasy Baseball. We're gonna throw a little 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:08.279 DFS in there, We're gonna throw a little prop bets 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:10.400 because Welsh is so great at that. So we're gonna 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:12.359 do a whole bunch of that. But we want to 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:15.480 encourage you right now, we're already past five thousand subscribers. 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:18.560 It's a fantastic time to be alive. Go to YouTube 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:21.520 dot com slash Fantasy Pros MLB again, it's on the 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:24.360 MLB channel specifically, you got to be a part of it, 0:05:24.600 --> 0:05:27.159 and that's where that's all going to happen. And as 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:29.680 Welsh mentioned before, you can go watch the Fantasy Baseball 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:31.640 Fest or just skip ahead to Welsh and Bogman of 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:33.480 course if you want to do that. And all of 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:35.760 our podcasts are gonna be on there too, and a 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:38.840 lot of short form videos we're gonna be working on also. Now, gentlemen, 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:41.520 when it comes to points leagues, in the past, I 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:44.240 have been very very pitching heavy. What's happened in the 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:47.840 last five years is this de evolution of pitching. We've 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:49.840 gone through ten years ago where there were forty plus 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:52.640 guys making two hundred innings a year. Now we have 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:55.480 like four or five guys who might hit that mark. 0:05:55.839 --> 0:06:00.159 So the quality of pitching, the volume of pitching, it's 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:03.840 really changed. And I do use the word devolved because 0:06:03.880 --> 0:06:06.440 I really feel that's what's happened. Now. I'm of the 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:08.880 mind I'm still gonna go pitching early. It's something that 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:10.919 I'm going to approach with Welsh. I know you're not 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:13.200 the biggest Points League guy, but I think you'll support 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:16.320 my theory on this, which is it's very important to 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:19.880 make sure you get a really strong offensive base and 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:23.320 then target where the pitching market really lies in terms 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:26.119 of value. And for me, that pitching market really lies 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:28.960 in that one a number two starter grouping that's out 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:31.240 there that I feel like, that elite tier comes with 0:06:31.279 --> 0:06:33.919 a lot of risk and a big price tag. But 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:36.080 if I can get a whole staff of maybe two 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:38.480 or three guys that I feel really good that can 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:41.599 have those those number one ace like starts from time 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:44.280 to time. To me, that's my approach for twenty twenty two. 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:46.640 How do you see the player pool when it comes 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:48.400 to Points League specifically. 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:50.400 Yeah, I mean, and the one big points that I'm 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:53.279 in is taut and I just did this this past weekend, 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:56.279 and I did first of it's an auction, so I 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:59.479 did like a studs and scrubs. But my literal construction 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:02.200 to what you're saying was, I got a couple studs. 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:05.240 I got Vladimir Gerer, Junior, Bryce Harper and Shohyo Tani. 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:06.320 It's a pretty good start. 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:09.200 And I also paired them not with the elite elite 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:11.520 pitching because someone else went hard on it. But I 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:13.640 still got de Gram when he was a little bit 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:17.520 cheaper wheeler Freddie Peralta and the Points League gave a 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.360 good boost for relief pitchers as far as what they 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:22.680 were getting. So I'd also got Emmanuel Classe and Trinin 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:26.520 and I built my core around that. I'm gonna probably 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:28.800 be pitching heavy. I think that's one of the best 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:30.960 plays to go. I'm always looking for boppers as well. 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:34.800 I'm in the third spot here. There's a chance the 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:36.920 computer might throw Vladimir Guerrero to me, and if that 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:40.160 would be the case, I would take him. Shoho Tani 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:42.320 is another one of those that I actually think is 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:45.200 an extra even boost in this platform, especially if you 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:47.760 can have one player and you can move him, you know, 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:50.360 as a pitcher or you can align him as a hitter, 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.240 whichever one you want to do. But I'm gonna still 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:55.920 go pitching heavy regardless of the de evolving of it, 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:59.320 because I think what you led to is as it's getting, 0:07:59.400 --> 0:08:02.480 you know, get your big boppers, get the pictures that 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:05.400 you know are locked down right now. Injuries are happening, 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:07.640 Guys are getting moved. You know, Tyler Molly looks a 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:09.920 little less interesting right now as he continues to be 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:12.680 a red Luis Castillo been a little bit banged up. 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:15.320 Same reason that get the guys you're assured of the 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:17.640 same strategy you would we're having for closers with like 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:19.640 roto and head to head. I want to get that 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:22.840 to pictures like give me my lockdown guys early and 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:25.800 I can focus on big bats, guys like Hunter Renfro 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:28.680 and Joey Gallo are even more enticing in this format 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:31.200 later and I can put them in because it's a 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:34.680 you know, we're de evolving the names and we're just 0:08:34.720 --> 0:08:37.599 boosting up categories, and that's that's how I'm going to 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:39.720 approach it, probably in this draft at three, so it's 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:41.200 for me, it's gonna be this is gonna be Coler 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:42.240 Vladimir row Junior. 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:43.199 It's gonna be one of those two. 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:46.800 Well, if shoey Otani qualifies a picture and hitter in 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:49.560 the format that you've you're playing it in points easier 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:51.880 one to one period because you're getting two players like that. 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:54.480 It's it's not it's not even a debate as far 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:57.240 as I'm concerned any head to head, especially where you 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:59.600 have this guy who is two players in one it's 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:01.600 just Stu, but not to take him. The other thing 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:04.959 is Mike mahyor knowing your points system that you're playing in. 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:07.959 I always push to make sure that saves are not 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:10.880 the same amount of points as wins are. I hate that. 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:12.800 You know, we're a little limited here what we can 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:14.960 do in points leagues on the draft software in terms 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:17.599 of tweaking certain things. But the point I want to 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:19.960 drive home is, you know, if you're setting up a 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:23.679 points league, value everything appropriately. You know, I've spent about 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:26.440 ten years trying to get the perfect point system where 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:28.560 hitting and pitching is really kind of right there with 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:31.319 each other pitching. Always in those you know, weekly head 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:33.600 to head formats, when you can have those elite guys 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:36.680 going twice, that's a huge deal. But Mayor, it's so 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:39.560 important to me that you really make sure, especially that 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:42.920 the relief pitching is weighted appropriately, because the last thing 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:44.079 you want is a guy to come in and get 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:46.120 three outs and get ten points, which is the same 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:50.160 as a win potentially. To me, that's just bad form. 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:52.440 Yeah, for sure. And it's funny you say that because 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:55.720 you know, you launched your Black Book Challenge league and 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:57.760 there was an issue with the points initially, and I 0:09:57.760 --> 0:10:00.760 think like because of the issue, I think there were 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:06.280 like nine players projected to like score positive points and 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:08.280 everyone else is the negative. So that was a fun 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:11.000 kind of like example, they missed the minus. 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:13.679 It was not minus five, it was minus point five 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:17.080 for a strikeout, and we quickly fix that and by 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:19.240 the way, we click, we filled that. We filled one 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:21.679 hundred and twenty spots in that league in twenty four hours. 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:24.160 So thank you to everybody who joined and signed up, 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:27.679 especially our people in Discord, because our Discord people had 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:29.840 first crack at it. So if you're hanging out with 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:32.280 the cool kids, you get you know, cool perks like that. 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:34.079 But continue on, Mike Bear. 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:35.240 Now, what are our points here? 0:10:36.559 --> 0:10:38.160 Our points here? How they're set up? 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:38.360 Again? 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:41.120 You can only pick these categories of how it is. 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:43.000 So we've picked through the category. So it's gonna give 0:10:43.040 --> 0:10:46.440 us at least a range and an idea of the outcomes. 0:10:46.480 --> 0:10:48.760 But I also recommend for those people who are trying 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:52.160 to spice things up the hybrid that I talk about 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:53.960 in the Black Book this year, where you play head 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:56.960 to head points, you give everything proper weight, that way 0:10:57.000 --> 0:11:00.199 everything matters, and then you can play all plays as 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:02.640 a season long feel to it, and you can reward 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:05.559 the teams that have a good week every single week 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:07.800 over time. And I think that to me is the 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:10.200 that is the future of fantasy baseball and how we're 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:12.680 gonna get people to come back and continue to grow 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:15.480 our game. It's not the old school proto stuff. It's 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:17.920 doing something. Yeah, we all play head to head point 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:22.839 sixteen teams. It's magnificent. We reward the number one best 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:25.199 record for the year with a bonus money. Then we 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:27.840 chop right after the All Star break, go to eight 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:31.199 teams in the playoffs, and we play three weeks three 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:34.000 rounds two weeks each and then we're done by Labor Day, 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:37.480 so you can get your football on. It's magnificent, it's great. 0:11:37.600 --> 0:11:39.080 You can read all about it in the Black Book 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:41.080 if you want. All right, let's kick things off here. 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:45.000 We're gonna start it off. Team three is the Welsh 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.080 mayor decided to go in the middle at one eight. 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:50.720 I'm gonna be the one to twelve year pick. So 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:54.200 as Welsh was saying before, we've got a good set 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:56.719 up here. He knows his targets, so we're gonna kick 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:59.560 things off here in a few seconds. So Welsh, what again, 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:01.160 are you home before makes it to you? 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:04.760 Yeah, I mean this is Coal or Vlad for me, 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:06.400 I guess because we're not. 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:09.640 We don't have like, you know, distinct details. 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:12.160 I'll probably not take a Tani in the top three, 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:14.880 even though I completely agree O Tani in a points 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:17.840 format is like right near the top, especially when you 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:20.760 get both spots for him. But I'm I mean, unless 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:23.880 you tell me different, I'm not assuming this isn't like nope, 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:24.400 and we've. 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:27.440 Kicked things off here. So Turner Ramirez go one two 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:31.400 and this isn't like ahead type of thing, right, No, 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:33.640 it's it's weekly head to head points. Again, these are 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:36.600 the rosters I want to construct here. What the grades are, 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:38.880 I'm less caring about. I want to help the people 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:40.720 who are playing in points leagues this year with roster 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:44.320 construction and thought process there. So let's attach it like that. 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:47.199 We've got our five starting pitchers, two relief spots for 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:49.720 outfielders to utility. We're not going to do bench, no 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:52.720 corner spots, no middle infield spots. Again, this is the 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:55.520 fun fantasy baseball. So well, you went ahead and you 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:56.960 selected who at won three. 0:12:57.040 --> 0:12:57.800 I took Vlad. 0:12:57.920 --> 0:12:59.760 I really kind of wanted to sit here and take 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:03.320 care because I think that is maybe the play. But 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:07.040 to your point what you said earlier, getting elite, elite 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:11.560 hitters in points formats is a distinct advantage because there's 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:13.560 a point where things are really going to drop into 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:14.400 the same pool. 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:16.400 So having a distinctly. 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:20.240 High end hitter like Vlad with a big home run hitter, 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:21.679 this's where I wanted to go, and that's where I 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:22.520 went with the third pick. 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:26.360 Okay, and look, sometimes that happens where you have a 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:28.560 league that, even though it's a points league, they still 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:30.800 want to go very heavy offense early on, and I 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.839 don't blame them. That's what I would do nowadays as well, 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.679 because the days of Randy Johnson and Page Martinez are 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:41.440 long gone. After Vlad's Sodo, Bobaschet Shohel Tani goes, Tatisko's 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:43.280 one to seven, and then Mike Mayer, you're up for 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:45.359 the one oh eight with ten seconds left. 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:47.240 So I'm going with Kyle Tucker for a lot of 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:49.319 the reasons we're talking about. So it's points leagues, and 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:51.720 he's a guy that can contribute kind of across the border. 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:53.280 I can get thirty home runs out of him. I 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:55.040 might get twenty steals out of him. And I think 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:58.120 he's going to be you know, last year, I grabbed 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:00.520 him a lot like in the middle kind of rounds 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:02.360 where he was going with the idea, especially like a 0:14:02.440 --> 0:14:04.199 keeper dynasty, with the idea that he's probably going to 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:06.640 be a first round pick this year. And here he is, 0:14:06.679 --> 0:14:09.160 and I think he's only going to get better. And 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:11.040 I love that pick in the first round. 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:14.120 All right. Garrett Cole goes next than Corbyn burns now 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:16.640 the pitchers are starting to fly. Bryce Harper goes. Now 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:18.199 I have a choice to make I can take a 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:21.040 Bets or a Trout, or I can double up because 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:23.240 there are two starting pitchers that I do have first 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:25.720 round grades on. Walker Bueller is one of them. So 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:28.680 I'm definitely taking Walker Buller with one of these picks. Now, 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:31.240 for all this stuff that I talked about, it's always 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:33.080 about what the draft board is coming to you. So 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:35.560 I have my theory. I am ready to go, but 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:38.760 I have to pivot because every draft is different. If 0:14:38.800 --> 0:14:41.320 I get Max Scherzer and Walker Buller to start ahead 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:44.000 to head Points League, I'm gonna take that every day 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:46.280 of the week. Both of those guys shouldn't be there. 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:49.160 That is legitimately my cutoff of guys with the grade 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:52.040 of one. The other ones were Corbin Burns and Garrett Cole. 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:55.240 After that, I'm pivoting to that one a group. But 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:57.080 I'm gonna go ahead and start and double up on the pitching. 0:14:57.120 --> 0:15:00.960 Here Akunya Trout, Mookie Bets to mayor here with a 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:01.720 two zero five. 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:04.360 Pick, I'm gonna go here. I'm gona double dip on 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:06.520 hitting and go with Freddy Freeman. I like the fit 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:09.280 in LA. I don't kind of like some of the 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:12.760 middle first boun first base options, and so I'm gonna 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:17.160 lock in that power production from Freddy Freeman in Los Angeles. 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:19.360 And remember, because we're not playing with the corner of 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:22.000 middle endfields spots too, it's a little bit more of 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:24.240 a wider berth for some of these hitting choices we 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:26.440 can make. So the board changes quite a bit when 0:15:26.520 --> 0:15:30.000 you take those two spots out. Woodroff goes, I'm sorry. 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:32.240 After Freeman, we got Rafield Devers at two oh six, 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:35.000 then Woodroff two o seven to Grom too eight Starling 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:36.680 marte a two o nine. Wells, you're on the clock 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:37.280 at two ten. 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:38.320 Oh man. 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:41.960 I wanted to Grom like, you don't know so close, 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:45.560 hissed at Team five that. 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:45.840 That dirt bag Team five. 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:49.560 I like some of the pictures here, but I think 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:52.280 it's gonna swing back to me. So I'm gonna take 0:15:52.480 --> 0:15:56.440 one of the better hitters, and I'm gonna go with mine. Robert, 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:59.000 you know what, you thought it might have been Assie Albi's, 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:01.800 But for everything that mayor is talking about with Tucker, 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:05.920 I think that is Robert to you know, the copied degree. 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:07.840 So I'm very excited about that. 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:10.400 But then stupid Zach Wheeler goes, and these guys are 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:12.080 ruining all of my fun. 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:16.160 Oh yeah, you had Albi's go right after Robert then 0:16:16.200 --> 0:16:19.240 at two twelve into the turn, but shadow Zach Wheeler 0:16:19.320 --> 0:16:22.320 start the third, Shane Bieber right before you. That's got 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:24.680 a sting cotton. Where do you go next? Three to 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:25.120 oh three? 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:29.080 Well, I cannot put myself in a situation, especially in 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:32.600 this format, where I go another hitter and just avoid pitching. 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:34.800 I'm just not going to do that. You could do that. 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:37.640 I think there's a fantastic pick and Jordan Alver is 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:39.960 sitting there, but I'm gonna go with pitching. 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:46.200 And do I want to do all right, Well, you 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:46.880 know what, we'll go. 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:49.360 With top lift here. I like Julio Arias. We want 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:51.320 to play for wins a little bit more. There's a 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:53.480 picture I was kind of contemplating, but we will go 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:57.360 with Julio Arias. Wins are important, Okay, yeah they are. 0:16:57.440 --> 0:16:59.520 And so Urius, I think, is another one of those 0:16:59.560 --> 0:17:01.200 guys you can you can bank on his an ace. 0:17:01.240 --> 0:17:02.960 You feel good, you know he's gonna get run support. 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:08.000 You like the environment obviously, I think win potential is 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:10.160 going to be there, so that's a big bonus quality 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:14.280 starts nw's as a huge bust boom there. Excuse me. Also, 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:16.840 by the way, speaking of Robert, I just today put 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:18.720 some money on him. I want to talk about him 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:21.719 for a second for MVP because the odds are really interesting. 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:24.040 I'm gonna pull those up in a second. In the meantime, 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:27.200 let's look more after Shane Bieber and Urias, Cedric Mullens, 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:29.199 Wander Franco. Who's great in a points league? With that 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:31.840 obp Jordan Alvarez I was hoping makes it to me. 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:34.520