RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast
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A popular draft strategy in snake draft leagues is to go with "Pocket Aces," i.e. drafting elite starting pitchers with your first two picks. Derek VanRiper did so in the LABR Mixed Draft League, beginning his draft with Spencer Strider and Corbin Burnes. He and Jeff Erickson talk about the nuances, strengths and weaknesses of the strategy.
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00:00 - News & Notes
01:00 - Bello extension, Red Sox rotation
08:00 - Rodon velocity down, gets hit hard
12:00 - Michael King, Johnny Brito, Will Warren
17:00 - TB/CLE/LAD pitching development
20:00 - DL Hall
25:00 - Pocket Aces - Defined, Reason for Going that route
26:00 - Who qualifies as an "ace" for such purposes?
34:45 - How to follow it up
43:00 - When do you next go into the SP pool?
45:00 - Applied - DVR’s LABR draft, Jeff’s TGFBI draft
1:01:00 - Draft position matter?
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