FTN Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Matthew and Matt sit down to talk shop with one of fantasy's best players, someone who has excelled both in the Main Event and Cutline events, Jenny Butler! Specifically, Jenny talks about: *Grabbing a Round One ace *Having the fortitude to draft Fernando Tatis *J.T. Realmuto SZN *Closer strategy *The cutline format, her success, and what makes it different *How she's thinking about players in 202...

Matthew and Matt return to tickle your ears and discuss what is likely to be a massive week in Free Agent Acquisition Bidding (FAAB). Topics, besides Matthew's terrifying cough, include: *Prospect SZN (Joey Bart, Tarik Skubal, Sixto Sanchez, Casey Mize, Triston McKenzie) *Landmines in two-steps? *Some massive reliever arms available like Josh Staumont and Gregory Soto *How much do we spend on Jake...

Matthew comes back after having a beautiful baby and we sort through a number of topics, including: *Mets with two COVID-19 positive tests. *Cardinals struggles on their return. *A plethora of Yankee injuries. *The Astros are hammered their own roster problems. *Prospects are arriving, including Keibert Ruiz, Tarik Skubal and Casey Mize, Brendan Rodgers and Joey Bart. Please rate, review and subsc...

Matt is joined by one of the best players in high stakes fantasy baseball, Bryan Vogel! Bryan owns a third place overall finish in the Online Championship (2018) - a league he was winning nearly all year. Bryan has numerous league championships and top finishes and he shares his thoughts on: *Draft Prep starting in September -- 9 months before the season starts! The Premature Draft sets the table....

Matthew and Matt run through their weekday podcast on a variety of topics, including: *The Cardinals may be back this weekend *Alec Bohm is up! *Yordan Alvarez and those creaky knees *Keona Kela: new Pirates closer *CJ Cron hits the IL with all of the sads *Stanton (and Judge?) hit the IL // who would have guessed? *Andrew Benitendi hits the IL *Jeff McNeil hits the IL and the Mets two-step shuffl...

Matthew and Matt are joined by one of the best players and analysts in the industry, Scott Jenstad (@ScottJenstad) of Rotowire. Scott discusses his past strong finishes (5 Main Event league wins, 3 Top-10 finishes between the Main and Online Championship) to discuss how it's shaped his strategy. Topics include: *Dealing with FAAB in the 60-game sprint *Scott's closer strategy *Positional pockets h...

After a power outage delayed things, Matthew and Matt try to make sense of a wild week in fantasy baseball, including digesting last week's FAAB-A-Palooza. We discuss how to think about the current STL Cardinals conversation during the COVID-19 crisis, including their current schedule against the Pittsburgh Pirates early in the week and a make-up DH against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday. Don't fo...

Matthew and Matt debut their new strategy series by inviting one of the best minds in the game, Toby Guevin better known as Bat Flip Crazy, on to the podcast. Toby finished 9th overall in the NFBC Main Event in 2019 -- his first time playing in the Main or Online Championships! He won that league and followed that up with two (2) second-place finishes and two (2) third-place finishes in the OC, wi...

Matthew and Matt try to make sense of a wacky start to Week 3 in fantasy baseball, touching on: **Ozzie Albies hitting the DL **The Cardinals returning to play this weekend, including Matthew and Matt prediction Kim's return to the rotation (Ryan Helsley SZN) **Which outfielders do we trust to continue their growth? **Can we really trust Rockies pitchers? **Is Spencer Turnbull ready to explode? To...

Matthew and Matt discuss FAAB for week three, including a wild closer carousel and some interesting bidding patterns from Week 2. **Closer situations to monitor: Houston, Chicago, Seattle **Low-priced hitters that caught our eye: the Giants, Matt Adams, Ben Gamel **Higher-priced hitters: Colin Moran, Maikel Franco, JaCoby Jones **Low-priced pitchers: Alec Mills, Jonathan Hernandez (shout out to To...

Matthew and Matt try to make sense of all of this craziness and the many changes in this season. **Marlins talk **Mike Moustakas and Nick Senzel appear poised to return **St. Louis Cardinals and the change to their staff and bullpen with Miles Mikolas forearm injury **Bullpen chatter: how do we make sense of Tampa / New York Mets / San Diego / Kansas City / Oakland / Chicago / Pittsburgh **Other s...

Matthew and Matt discuss the first few games of the MLB 2020 60-game sprint, and look to your bidding decisions for FAAB this evening. **News and notes: Stephen Strasburg nerve issue, closing situations in TB/SF/KC and blown saves by Edwin Diaz and Liam Hendriks. **Pay attention to the schedule -- Cardinals, Rangers and Rockies with only five games in Week Three. **Kike Hernandez leads the way, bu...

Matthew and Matt discuss current topics, including the Toronto Blue Jays playing home games in PNC Park (Pittsburgh) and what that means using Derek Carty's Park Factors. They also touch on Mookie's monster extension, play Buy-Hold-Sell, give their picks for awards, and then announce the t-shirt winners! *0:02: Blue Jays move: what does it mean? *0:07: Mookie Betts getting paid *0:10: Buy-Hold Sel...

Matthew and Matt run through the first week of free agent acquisition bidding (FAAB), highlighting strategy and what to consider. **Hitters (5:30) **Pitchers (16:40) **Two step starters for Week 2 (26:05) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Matthew and Matt run down the latest news and notes around the MLB, including catching up on player news affecting Austin Meadows, Franchy Cordero, Jacob deGrom, Walker Buehler, Keston Hiura, Yoan Moncada, and Aaron Civale before wrapping up with listener questions. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for adver...

Matthew Davis and Matt Kupferle host some of the industry's biggest names in recapping the first two 2020 NFBC Main Draft podcasts of the 60-game sprint. Guests include: **Scott Jenstad, Jeff Erickson & Justin Mason **Eno Sarris & Ryan Bloomfield **Derek Carty and Dave Potts **Dusty Wagner **Toby Guerin (Batflip Crazy), Brian Slack & Justin returns Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz comp...