Bases Loaded

Mike Kurland and Sp Streamer revisit their starting pitcher ranks and discuss how their evaluations may have changed on a few players. They finish up by talking about who got snubbed and who they are planting their flag on. Check it out and we hope you enjoy! Time Stamps 1:50 - Intros 2:50 - Plugging sites 4:00 - Diving into the content  4:45 - News & Notes and pitcher injuries 5:10 - A.J. Puk 7:05 - Tyler Beede 7:45 - Chris Sale 9:10 - Blake Snell 15:10 - With how injuries have piled for pitchers, how do we attack SP in drafts.  17:50 - Starting Pitcher risers  37:07 - AD  37:40 - Starting pitcher fallers 55:28 - Mike hates J.A. Happ 59:52 - Planting our flags (players we are completely in on and get everywhere) 1:06:30 - Miles Mikolas 1:08:12 - Snubs  You can follow our hosts: ⚾️ Mike Kurland @Mike_Kurland ⚾️ Jorge Montanez @Roto_Nino ⚾️ Zach Braff @BraffZ ⚾️ Sp Streamer (Mike 2.0) @SpStreamer  Please tweet us or comment with fantasy baseball questions! Please subscribe, rate & review the show in iTunes

Mike Kurland and Jorge Montanez revisit their third base ranks and discuss how their evaluations may have changed on a few players. They finish up by talking about sleepers at the position. Check it out and we hope you enjoy! You can follow our hosts: ⚾️ Mike Kurland @Mike_Kurland ⚾️ Jorge Montanez @Roto_Nino ⚾️ Zach Braff @BraffZ ⚾️ Sp Streamer (Mike 2.0) @SpStreamer  Please tweet us or comment with fantasy baseball questions! Please subscribe, rate & review the show in iTunes letting us know what you think and how we could improve!  As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Kurland and Matt Williams of the Turn Two Podcast come together for a new series called "Quality Start". This will be a joint effort and episodes will be found on Bases Loaded as well as the Turn Two Podcast. We are joined by Jorge Montanez as well for this one. We start off reviewing what we are watching for in spring training. We start with breaking down the NL. Check it out and we hope you enjoy. You can follow our hosts: ⚾️ Mike Kurland @Mike_Kurland ⚾️ Jorge Montanez @Roto_Nino ⚾️ Zach Braff @BraffZ ⚾️ Sp Streamer (Mike 2.0) @SpStreamer  As well as Matt Williams @MattWi77iams! Please tweet us or comment with fantasy baseball questions! Please subscribe, rate & review the show in iTunes letting us know what you think and how we could improve!  As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Kurland is joined by Sp Streamer and Zach Braff and they discuss all things happening in their TGFBI drafts, their draft strategy thought process through their picks as of now and much more. Quick show but packed with info. Enjoy! Time stamps  1:50 - Intro  3:30 - Draft strategy and mindset - Zach 6:13 - Getting into thought process for Zach’s next pick.  6:55 - Sp Streamer pick slot/strategy and thought process through picks  10:09 - Jose Ramirez and Mike shooting for the ceiling with what was left where he drafted. Also Mike’s mindset and thought process through his picks so far.  15:13 - AD 15:46 - Zach’s thought process for his 3rd round pick  17:24 - positional scarcity and flexibility and if it effects our early picks./ Taking the best available.  21:15 - Approaching closers and saves 24:10 - Early ADP data from the first couple rounds of TGFBI. Interesting min and max picks.  27:09 - when would we take Cole or deGrom 31:10 - Mike Clevinger 33:10 - Chris Sale You can follow our hosts: ⚾️ Mike Kur

Mike Kurland and Matt Williams of the Turn Two Podcast come together for a new series called "Quality Start". This will be a joint effort and episodes will be found on Bases Loaded as well as the Turn Two Podcast. We are joined by Jorge Montanez as well for this one. We start off reviewing what we are watching for in spring training. We start with breaking down the NL. Check it out and we hope you enjoy. You can follow our hosts: ⚾️ Mike Kurland @Mike_Kurland ⚾️ Jorge Montanez @Roto_Nino ⚾️ Zach Braff @BraffZ ⚾️ Sp Streamer (Mike 2.0) @SpStreamer  As well as Matt Williams @MattWi77iams! Please tweet us or comment with fantasy baseball questions! Please subscribe, rate & review the show in iTunes letting us know what you think and how we could improve!  As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Kurland and Matt Williams of the Turn Two Podcast come together for a new series called "Quality Start". This will be a joint effort and episodes will be found on Bases Loaded as well as the Turn Two Podcast. We are joined by Jorge Montanez as well for this one. We start off reviewing what we are watching for in spring training. We start with breaking down the NL. Check it out and we hope you enjoy. You can follow our hosts: ⚾️ Mike Kurland @Mike_Kurland ⚾️ Jorge Montanez @Roto_Nino ⚾️ Zach Braff @BraffZ ⚾️ Sp Streamer (Mike 2.0) @SpStreamer  As well as Matt Williams @MattWi77iams! Please tweet us or comment with fantasy baseball questions! Please subscribe, rate & review the show in iTunes letting us know what you think and how we could improve!  As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Kurland is joined by Nick Pollack (@PitcherList) and they discuss all things fantasy baseball! We touch on how he got started in the industry, his player valuations and we finish up with a few names he is targeting for the 2020 season. SO. MUCH. PITCHING. TALK. Time Stamps 1:50 - Intro 3:09 - Carlos Carrasco injury talk and Indians pitchers in general.  12:55 - All things Pitcher List 5.0 20:25 - How did Pitcher List get started and how did Nick Pollock get into fantasy baseball? 24:20 - Nick got shut down by the MLB?!?! 42:50 - How being a college pitcher helps being an analyst. Also, things that you can’t see in the numbers.  47:45 - DFS vs Season long success in our experience.  49:22 - What is a successful streamer?  52:00 - How Nick comes up with player valuations.  56:13 - Blake Snell 57:20 - Dinelson Lamet 57:45 - Luke Weaver and E-Rod  56:53 - Lance Lynn and Brandon Woodruff 1:01:17 - Corbin Burnes 1:05:50 - Freddy Peralta 1:07:08 - AD 1:08:50 - “Hate” for Splitters 1:13:55 - Lucas Giolito  1:16

Mike Kurland is joined by Jorge Montanez and Zach Braff and they discuss early round values. They go through and highlight a few players that are going inside the top 150 in ADP that offer a great chance to return profit. They finish off answering your fantasy baseball mailbag questions! Time stamps  1:50 - Intro 5:00 - Early round values (top 150 in NFBC ADP) 5:15 - Zac Gallen 7:20 - A few “Would you rather?” Questions surrounding Zac Gallen and others being drafted in a similar area.  10:00 - Lance Lynn 12:37 - Josh Donaldson  17:50 - A few “Would you rather?” Questions surrounding Josh Donaldson and others being drafted in a similar area.  18:10 - Nelson Cruz Tangent  23:00 - Josh Donaldson or Josh Bell and then that transitions into Josh Bell Talk 29:35 - Franmil Reyes 35:52 - Tommy Pham 41:08 - AD 42:45 - Rank them: Victor Robles, Luis Robert, Tommy Pham and Ramon Laureano 47:22 - Tim Anderson 53:30 - Amed Rosario 56:00 - Corey Seager 57:48 - Carlos Carrasco  59:40 - Twitter questions You can follow ou

Mike Kurland is joined by Zack (@ZackRoto) of the Draft Champions podcast discuss players they have had a change of heart on as the draft season has unfolded. Time Stamps: 1:50 - Intro 3:50 Nolan Arenado vs Bregman and Nolan Arenado becoming a value.  11:00 - Scott Kingery  15:45 - Ozzie Albies and Max Muncy 21:14 - Ozzie Albies or Starling Marte 21:30 - Mondesi vs Ozzie Albies 27:30 - Aldaberto Mondesi  29:49 - AD  30:30 - Julio Urias/ Mackenzie Gore/ Lance McCullers 36:46 - Edwin Encarnacion and Rhys Hoskins 41:32 - Tommy Pham 44:15 - Adam Eaton 49:09 - Eduardo Rodriguez/ Chris Archer/ Noah Syndergaard 55:30 - Ramon Laureano  You can follow our hosts: ⚾️ Mike Kurland @Mike_Kurland ⚾️ Jorge Montanez @Roto_Nino ⚾️ Zach Braff @BraffZ ⚾️ Sp Streamer (Mike 2.0) @SpStreamer  Please tweet us or comment with fantasy baseball questions! Please subscribe, rate & review the show in iTunes letting us know what you think and how we could improve!  As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show. Learn

Mike and Jorge are joined by Chris Towers to discuss all things fantasy baseball. We touch on how he got started in the industry, his player valuations and we finish up with a few names he is targeting for the 2020 season. You can follow our hosts: ⚾️ Mike Kurland @Mike_Kurland ⚾️ Jorge Montanez @Roto_Nino ⚾️ Zach Braff @BraffZ ⚾️ Sp Streamer (Mike 2.0) @SpStreamer  Please tweet us or comment with fantasy baseball questions! Please subscribe, rate & review the show in iTunes letting us know what you think and how we could improve!  As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Kurland and Jorge Montanez discuss their updated second base ranks. They get into second base risers, fallers and sleepers. There is a lot of quick hitting info in this episode. Check it out! Time Stamps: 1:50 - Intros and reviewing  5:50 - News and Notes/ Red Sox & Dodgers Trade 6:05 - Mookie Betts value as a Dodger 16:16 - Ross Stripling  18:45 - Kenta Maeda  21:13 - James Paxton 27:25 - AD  28:47 - 2B Rankings riders, fallers and sleepers 28:58 - Risers 29:07 - Ozzie Albies 32:48 - Starling Castro  34:48 - DJ LeMahieu  37:50 - Shed Long  38:18 - Carter Kieboom  42:28 - Fallers  42:44 - Dee Gordon 44:10 - Tommy LaStella 46:18 - Luis Urias  47:50 - Michael Chavis  52:08 - Howie Kendrick 53:13 - Nick Solak 54:52 Garrett Hampson 55:18 - Sleepers 55:24 - Ryan McMahon 57:02 - Jon Berti/ Isan Diaz 59:06 - Mauricio Dubon 1:02:38 - Nick Madrigal You can follow our hosts: ⚾️ Mike Kurland @Mike_Kurland ⚾️ Jorge Montanez @Roto_Nino ⚾️ Zach Braff @BraffZ ⚾️ Sp Streamer (Mike 2.0) @SpStreamer  Please tweet us

Mike and Jorge are joined by Justin Mason to discuss all things fantasy baseball. We touch on how he got started in the industry, TGFBI, all his various ventures and a few names he is targeting for the 2020 season. Time Stamps: 3:14 - Talking Giants and Marlins  8:11 - TGFBI and it’s beginnings  15:50 - Fantasy Curling?! (Thanks Scott Chu)  19:03 - How did Justin Mason get into the fantasy baseball industry  22:20 - Rotowear and Mason‘s relationship and just overall industry talk  37:37 - AD 39:25 - Justin Mason’s Fantasy Baseball Player Valuations  42:50 - Influence from others in the industry  51:00 - What is the thing we’ve been most wrong about and eventually royals talk. Yes it went that direction somehow.  1:01:54 - Player values Justine Mason likes entering 2020 1:02:50 - Max Muncy 1:04:50 -  Addressing any team biases in fantasy  1:07:50 - Nelson Cruz 1:10:43 - Zac Gallen 1:11:30 - Andrew Heaney You can follow our hosts: ⚾️ Mike Kurland - @Mike_Kurland ⚾️ Jorge Montanez - @Roto_Nino ⚾️ Zach Braff -

Mike is joined by Toby of BatFlip Crazy Podcast to discuss all things fantasy baseball. We touch on how he got started in the industry, how he goes about creating player valuations and a few names he is targeting for the 2020 season. You can follow our hosts: ⚾️ Mike Kurland - @Mike_Kurland ⚾️ Jorge Montanez - @JMontanez90 ⚾️ Zach Braff - @BraffZ ⚾️ Sp Streamer (Mike 2.0) - @SpStreamer  Please tweet us or comment with fantasy baseball questions! Please subscribe, rate & review the show in iTunes letting us know what you think and how we could improve!  As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are continuing our positional previews for the 2020 fantasy baseball season! Mike , Jorge, Zach and Mike (Sp Streamer) are breaking down and discussing the all things relief pitching. We get into who should be the next men up in certain situations and middle relievers to target as well. Enjoy! Episode 74 Time Stamps 1:50 - Intro 4:20 - Sp Streamer RP draft strategy 6:20 - Josh Hader/ Aroldis Chapman/ Kirby Yates 10:10 - Liam Hendricks 12:53 - Brad Hand 15:54 - Edwin Diaz 17:00 - Seth Lugo 20:44 - Taylor Rogers 21:43 - Raisel Iglesias 23:00 - Craig Kimbrel 23:42 - Kenley Jansen 24:53 - Taylor Rogers (part 2) 26:01 - Ken Giles 28:13 - Craig Kimbrel (part 2) 29:19 - Emilio Pagan 32:02 - Will Smith 34:30 - Brandon Workman 37:30 - AD  39:40 - Carlos Martinez  40:38 - Ian Kennedy 42:35 - Giovanni Gallegos  43:50 Next man up -highlighting various options who should be the next in line for save opportunities.  57:20 - Middle Relievers to target.  You can follow all the hosts twitter: ⚾️ Mike Kurland @Mike_Kurlan

Mike Kurland and Jorge Montanez discuss their updated first base ranks. They get into first base risers, fallers and sleepers. There is a lot of quick hitting info in this episode. Check it out! You can follow our hosts: ⚾️ Mike Kurland @Mike_Kurland ⚾️ Jorge Montanez @Roto_Nino ⚾️ Zach Braff @BraffZ ⚾️ Sp Streamer (Mike 2.0) @SpStreamer  Please tweet us or comment with fantasy baseball questions! Please subscribe, rate & review the show in iTunes letting us know what you think and how we could improve!  As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike is joined by Bubba of Benched with Bubba to discuss all things fantasy baseball. We touch on how he got started in the industry, how he goes about creating player valuations and a few names he is targeting for the 2020 season. Time Stamps: 1:50- Intros 5:45 - Thoughts on Marcelo Ozuna signing and expectations 9:55 - How did Bubba get started in the industry and taking about the industry as a whole. 22:21- player valuations 22:39 - Preferred sites to reference and preferred stats.  32:50 - favorite offensive stats to look at 37:48 - favorite pitching stats to look at 41:54- insert mid roll  43:25 - Bubba’s favorite players to target this draft season  43:30 - Matt Olson 46:00 - Tommy Pham 49:21 - Jose Ramirez/ Mike Moustakas/ Yoan Moncada 51:56 - Manny Machado or Yoan Moncada? 53:10 - Corey Seager outside the top 20 at shortstop? 55:30 - Didi Gregorius  57:22 - Gleyber Torres  59:23 - Yu Darvish 1:01:40 - James Paxton 1:02:47 - Brandon Workman You can follow our hosts: ⚾️ Mike Kurland @Mike_Kurland ⚾️ J

Join Mike, Jorge and Zach as they're diving into all things strategy. We discuss points leagues, Roto and category formats as well. Mike does dabble in auction strategies as well. We finish off answering listener questions. Check it out. Time Stamps: 2:20 - Overall roto strategy  8:29 - Don’t be a slave to the ADP/ Playing the ADP and address needs 11:36 - Tier based ranks 13:10 - Punting categories  16:50 - Trading 18:20 - Identifying strengths and weaknesses as an analyst and how it’s effects our drafts.  22:29 - Punting categories in a head to head categories formats - is it a good strategy? 22:46 - categories leagues vs roto league draft strategy differences.  26:10 - SP/ RP strategies for roto leagues 34:18 - RP Strategy 40:17 - Points League strategy  42:49 - Relief pitcher value in points formats 44:43 - Hitters to target and overall hitter profiles to target and avoid  48:33 - Auction talk  52:39 - Listener strategy questions  You can follow all the hosts twitter: ⚾️ Mike Kurland @Mike_Kurland ⚾️ Jo

Join Mike and Zach and they're joined by Eric Cross of Fantrax to discuss all things dynasty in this intro to dynasty formats podcast. We discuss everything from start-up strategies and deciding when to buy or sell, to talking about scouting and a few prospects we really like. Come and listen to this info filled episode as we transition into offering dynasty advice. Time Stamps: 0:01 - Opening AD 1:45 - Intro to pod 3:53 - Startup dynasty league approach and team building preferences. 7:07 - Thoughts on veteran players and strategy to drafting them. 12:10 - Prospect resources and how helpful twitter is and why.  16:43 - Quick review to pros and cons of win now vs drafting young.   18:15 - Deciding when to go for it or enter the rebuild phase. 23:49 - Mike, Eric and Zach share a couple of funny stories. 27:50 - Eric Cross process for scouting and coming up with his prospect valuations. 31:25 - Specific skills Eric looks for in pitching prospects.  34:32 - Specific skills Eric looks for in hitting prospects.  4

We are continuing our positional previews for the 2020 fantasy baseball season! Mike , Jorge and Mike (Sp Streamer) are breaking down and discussing the 51-100 starting pitchers in their ranks..They discuss rankings disputes and drop some starting pitcher sleepers to target as well. Check it out! You can follow all the hosts twitter: ⚾️ Mike Kurland @Mike_Kurland ⚾️ Jorge Montanez @Roto_Nino ⚾️ Zach Braff @BraffZ ⚾️ Sp Streamer (Mike 2.0) @SpStreamer  Please tweet us or comment with fantasy baseball questions! Please subscribe, rate & review the show in iTunes letting us know what you think and how we could improve!  As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are continuing our positional previews for the 2020 fantasy baseball season! Mike & Mike (Sp Streamer) are breaking down and discussing the top top 50 starting pitchers in their ranks.. Who are we higher and lower on than consensus? Who are our favorite targets? Come check out our thoughts on the position as a whole entering 2020. You can follow all the hosts twitter: ⚾️ Mike Kurland @Mike_Kurland ⚾️ Jorge Montanez @Roto_Nino ⚾️ Zach Braff @BraffZ ⚾️ Sp Streamer (Mike 2.0) @SpStreamer  Please tweet us or comment with fantasy baseball questions! Please subscribe, rate & review the show in iTunes letting us know what you think and how we could improve!  As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices