Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast
61 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsHuman sports encyclopedia Scott Pianowski is joined friends, pundits and Yahoo Sports' cast of experts for a lively, informative and not-too-serious weekly discussion on fantasy strategy and the major happenings in the world of baseball. The award-winning Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast drops every Monday throughout the baseball season.
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The biggest questions heading into 2021
September 30, 2020 02:30 - 1 hour - 64 MBOn this season's final episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast, The Athletic's Derek VanRiper joins Scott Pianowski to look back at the 2020 MLB Season and the big questions we have heading into next season. We lead off with a look back at the 2020 season and how the Universal DH changed fantasy baseball strategy going into the season. Will the bullpen breakout of 2020 remain here in baseball for good? Scott and Derek share their thoughts on drafting relievers next year. We l...
Lessons learned from an abnormal baseball season
September 22, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBOn this episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast, USA Today's Steve Gardner joins Scott Pianowski to look back at the 2020 MLB Season and discuss where baseball goes from here. We're not the first people to notice that the 2020 MLB Season was unlike any other as the regular season winds to a close. But that got us wondering, what will the 2021 baseball season look like? Will we see the return of the traditional 8-team playoff format, designated hitters who live only in the AL ...
Tips for your playoff run
September 15, 2020 15:26 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBOn this episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Yahoo's Fred Zinkie joins Scott Pianowski to talk playoff strategy, pickups and our favorite no-hitters in history. [Create or Join a 2020 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball League for free today!] Congrats to those of you who made your head-to-head playoffs! Fred and Scott get you prepped for the next two weeks with ideas for pickups and schedules to exploit (the Cardinals play *TEN* times this week), end-of-season strategy for roto leag...
Trade deadline winners and losers, tips for trading in your fantasy league
September 01, 2020 07:37 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBOn this episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Rotowire's Jeff Erickson joins Scott Pianowski to discuss the fallout from MLB's trade deadline, keys to make trades in your own fantasy league and their favorite San Diego Padres of all time! [Create or join a 2020 Yahoo Fantasy Football League for free today] With 2020's MLB Trade Deadline behind us, Scott and Jeff look at the winners (Mike Clevinger, Bobby Dalbec) and losers (Francisco Mejia, pretty much every fringe Rocki...
FAB strategy, the trouble with closers and best Radiohead songs
August 25, 2020 03:31 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBOn this episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Yahoo's Scott Pianowski and Dalton Del Don discuss how they're handling free-agent pickups, why the struggle for saves is even more difficult this year and their favorite Radiohead songs in our silly draft. [Create or join a 2020 Yahoo Fantasy Football League for free today] Scott and Dalton look at the FAB waiver period that typically goes through Sunday night in their leagues to see if they should shift their strategy to de...
Players you should cut, breaking down break outs and more with Paul Sporer
August 18, 2020 03:18 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBOn this episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Yahoo's Scott Pianowski chats with Paul Sporer of Fangraphs about the renewed sense of optimism surrounding baseball completing a season, players you should consider cutting and why we missed some of the biggest breakouts in 2020. [Create or join a 2020 Yahoo Fantasy Football League for free today] If you're debating whether or not you should hold onto players that have been lackluster so far in 2020 like Andrew Benintendi or...
Tatis, Nuñez, Aguilar — Are we buying their hot starts?
August 11, 2020 02:44 - 1 hour - 61 MBOn this episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Yahoo's Fred Zinkie joins Scott Pianowski to discuss the hot starts and strategy changes that have jumped out in the early part of the 2020 MLB season. [Create or Join a 2020 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball League for free today!] The early few weeks of the 2020 MLB season has brought us 7-inning doubleheaders, middle relievers stealing wins from starters, dwindling steals and relievers splitting up the saves. Scott and Fred discuss ho...
What to learn from small sample sizes and finding the next edge
August 04, 2020 07:20 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBHello and welcome to the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast! Yahoo's Scott Pianowski and fantasy baseball pioneer Ron Shandler discuss what to focus on and what to ignore when it comes to stats in a short season, what predictions get wrong and their favorite out of nowhere fantasy seasons.. [Create or Join a 2020 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball League for free today!] Since the season is 60% shorter, it's tough to ignore early slumps when it comes to players. Scott and Ron discuss what to focu...
Early returns, closer conundrums, and baseball is back, but for how long?
July 29, 2020 03:38 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBHello and welcome to the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast! Yahoo's Scott Pianowski and baseball writer Joe Sheehan from Sports Illustrated and Baseball America discuss the first (only?) week of the 2020 MLB Season, what the Miami Marlins situation could mean for the rest of baseball, what teams stand out early and whether the closer role is slowly going away for good. [Create or Join a 2020 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball League for free today!] Is it over before it began? With the Miami Mar...
Season Preview: 30 teams in 30ish minutes
July 21, 2020 15:20 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBOn this episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Yahoo's Scott Pianowski and Dalton Del Don take a trip around the horn to preview every single team in Major League Baseball for opening week. [Create or Join a 2020 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball League for free today!] NL East, are we undervaluing the defending champions in Washington? (02:10) NL Central, Ryan Braun is not the only sleeper hitter in Milwaukee. (10:00) NL West, even in a short season, the Dodgers look like a lock f...
Cold feet around starting pitching and injury-prone players
July 14, 2020 02:39 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBOn this episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Yahoo's Fred Zinkie joins Scott Pianowski as we make our way toward opening day of the 2020 MLB Season to talk rule changes they're implementing in a short season, why the recent focus on starting pitching early in drafts might be wrong and how they'll handle players who are recently injured. [Create or Join a 2020 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball League for free today!] To re-draft or not re-draft your leagues, that is the question. Sc...
Ranking Mike Trout, league changes, pitching strategy and bold predictions
July 07, 2020 11:09 - 54 minutes - 50 MBOn this week's episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podast, Yahoo’s Andy Behrens sits in for Scott PIanowski and is joined by Razzball's B_Don to discuss what to do about Mike Trout in the rankings, league rules to consider changing during a shortened season, why relievers might be more valuable in 2020 and a few bold predictions. [Create or Join a 2020 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball League for free today!] With the news that perennial MVP candidate Mike Trout could miss at least a porti...
Winners and losers in a short season
June 30, 2020 03:55 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBOn this week's episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Yahoo’s Scott Pianowski and Mike Oz, Yahoo Baseball Writer and proud Fresno resident, discuss the winners and losers from a proposed short baseball season, how they're shuffling the top of their starting pitching rankings, Mike's Old Baseball Card series, and more. And with a nod to Mike Oz's radio show, we’ll wrap up the show with a draft of our favorite rap artists in history. Please remember to rate, review and subsc...
Can baseball be fixed?
June 23, 2020 00:53 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBOn this week's episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Scott Pianowski and Yahoo's national baseball writer Hannah Keyser discuss the long and winding road to the 2020 MLB season, whether the increased focus on home runs is ruining the sport, why starting extra innings with a runner on second base is a terrible idea and how Sex and the City exemplifies our relationship with baseball And we’ll wrap up the show with a draft of our favorite condiments. Do not be fooled by ketch...
Baseball's elephant in the room and greatest letters draft
June 16, 2020 15:30 - 1 hour - 56 MBOn this week's episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Yahoo’s Scott Pianowski and D.B. Firstman, author of Hall of Name, discuss how they got started in their writing careers and broke into writing about baseball, fantasy baseball alternatives like scoresheet, how baseball can be more inclusive toward people of all genders and whether or not we'll see baseball before the year 2022 at this point. And we’ll wrap up the show with a draft of our favorite letters. We promise it'...
Short season debates, what to learn from football and best sports gear
June 08, 2020 22:36 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBOn this week's episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Yahoo’s Scott Pianowski and Dalton Del Don have a few debates around the (hopefully upcoming) 2020 MLB season. First up, Dalton and Scott discuss the elephant in the room, what's our confidence level on Major League Baseball settling its labor dispute and starting a season this year? (03:00) And, should we worry about the randomness and small sample size a shorter season will bring? (06:00) Should we focus on pitching ...
Baseball's labor dispute and retro draft strategy
June 02, 2020 07:31 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBOn this episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Fred Zinkie stops by to discuss baseball's ongoing labor dispute and what they've learned about fantasy baseball strategy from their recent retro season fantasy drafts. Scott and Fred also talk in depth about the current state of affairs and standoff between MLB and its players. Will we have an MLB season? And if so, with a likely season being shortened in some form or fashion, what are some strategies fantasy players can imple...
Dissecting Moneyball's legacy and the best Philip Seymour Hoffman movies
May 19, 2020 01:06 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBAs Major League Baseball inches closer to a return to the field, we're taking a quick break from our usual focus on fantasy baseball for a class on sports films and baseball history. Yahoo's Scott Pianowski and Andy Behrens recently watched Moneyball, the Michael Lewis book turned Aaron Sorkin film about the 2002 Oakland Athletics and its General Manager, Billy Beane. It's worth your time if you haven't seen it, but there is a lot the book and film get wrong about the team and the ...
The 'Greatest League' and the less great siblings
May 14, 2020 02:34 - 1 hour - 55 MBWe got a bit of a throwback episode for you baseball history buffs, Yahoo’s Andy Behrens joins Scott Pianowski to talk about their draft with our friends over at Rotoworld for ‘The Greatest League.’ If you haven’t heard about the concept already, the basic idea is that you can draft the best individual seasons of any baseball player since 1980. Any player, any season, but a player can only be drafted once. Once rosters are set, Rotoworld plans on simulating an entire season on What...
A universal DH, the Rockies outside Coors, and fav fantasy strategies
May 05, 2020 00:31 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBYahoo’s Scott Pianowski chats with Elite Fantasy’s Vlad Sedler about the growing optimism around a 2020 MLB season, how rumors of a universal DH could impact the fantasy landscape, and some of the big picture fantasy baseball strategies they’ve relied on over the years. Leading off, Scott and Vlad look at some of the players they might bump up their draft boards if the National League adopts a designated hitter — either for the 2020 season or permanently. (01:17) If baseball adopt...
Guys I like and don't like with Rotowire's Scott Jenstad
April 28, 2020 01:14 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBRotowire's Scott Jenstad joins Scott Pianowski to talk over how a baseball season in flux is changing his draft rankings, some of the guys he likes and doesn't like at their current price tags, and debates who are the best coaches in sports since 1990 — apologies to Red Auerbach fans. Scott's standouts include a trifecta of mid-tier third basemen: Matt Chapman, Josh Donaldson and Mike Moustakas (8:00), podcast fav Cavan Biggio (13:10), former fantasy first-rounder Javier Baez (27:3...
20 players to target in your fantasy drafts
April 20, 2020 23:36 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBLast week, we told you about the players to eschew at each position in your upcoming baseball drafts. This week, Yahoo's Scott Pianowski and Fangraphs Editor (+ avid Twitch streamer) Paul Sporer discuss the best values on the draft board at each position. We know we don't need to tell you that Mike Trout is worth drafting, this episode is all about the mid-to-late round guys that have a chance to provide a healthy ROI on your draft pick. First Basemen (04:47) Second Basemen (09:20...
20 players to avoid in your fantasy drafts
April 13, 2020 23:37 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBScott Pianowski is joined this week by Yahoo's fantasy expert (and resident TV and film critic) Dalton Del Don to talk about players at every position you should consider not drafting at their current ADPs in fantasy drafts. Apologies in advance to Houston Astros fans. Starting Pitchers (02:55) First Basemen (11:31) Second Basemen (15:18) Shortstops (18:36) Third Basemen (20:56) Catchers (25:10) Closers (28:47) Outfield (33:57) The guys close out the show by drafting their ...
Punting saves, SS saviors, and Toronto's Youth Movement
April 06, 2020 22:27 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBScott Pianowski is joined this week by friend of the pod Fred Zinkie to talk about shifting strategy in a likely shortened baseball season, a quandry most fantasy owners are facing, and Fred's recent Tout Wars and Yahoo Friends and Family drafts. The guys discuss how a shorter season could put pressure on older players who might get off to a slow start. (2:30) Fred recently wrapped up an NL-only auction draft for Tout Wars and went heavy on shortstops, drafting Trevor Story, Ferna...
The greatest seasons of all time, short season strategy, and more
March 31, 2020 03:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBYahoo's very own Andy Behrens joins Scott Pianowski to talk over their recent Tout Wars auction draft, how to approach prospects with the possibility of a shorter season, and why Scooby Doo would make an excellent companion during isolation. The guys first talk about Andy's recent Tout Wars auction draft, a 12-team points league. Even though Andy isn't the biggest fan of points leagues, he shares why he targeted premium corner infielders like Freddie Freeman and Kris Bryant going i...
Breaking down auction drafts, the Coors effect and more
March 23, 2020 22:49 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBOn this episode, Gene McCaffrey from The Athletic joins our own Scott Pianowski to break down their recent Tout Wars auction draft, how to approach advanced stats and the increase in power, the Colorado Rockies latest attempt to soothe their Coors hangover on the road, and more. The guys begin with breaking down the results of their recent Tout Wars auction, a 15-team mixed league draft. Gene made a big move early taking Mets pitcher Jacob DeGrom for $50. That was $10 more than fel...
Drafting Pitchers & Players Who Benefit From the Delayed Season
March 17, 2020 02:21 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBOn this episode, Alex Fast of PitcherList.com joins our own Scott Pianowski to break down all things pitchers. The guys begin with their draft strategy with a delayed and truncated season and how it affects the player pool. Which guys should rise up your draft board and benefit from the delay? (3:35) Alex and Scott move to the mound and ask what is their pitcher type in fantasy? (7:50) Also, what is the best stat to evaluate pitchers and how has CSW rate changed the analytics gam...
2020 win total over/under best bets and Cy Young & MVP long-shots
March 09, 2020 07:01 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBIn a Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast first, Scott Pianowski enlists Dalton Del Don to take a brief detour from their regularly scheduled fantasy advice into the world of betting and MLB futures – just in time for the 2020 regular season. The guys go division-by-division, breaking down each team's over/under win totals as put out by our partners at BetMGM. Mixing in some fantasy advice with some betting prognostication, they give their thoughts on which teams are likely to beat those...
DeGrom vs. Cole, Yankees lineup uncertainty & Dodgers' dual closers
March 03, 2020 00:30 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBFantasy Baseball draft season continues and Scott Pianowski is joined this week by Rotoworld's D.J. Short to talk about a conundrum many fantasy owners are facing in the first round of their drafts: should Jacob DeGrom or Gerrit Cole be the first starting pitcher off the board? The guys discuss the case for each of the two New York pitchers and the other starters you may consider in the first round (1:45). The conversation naturally turns to the other star Mets pitcher, Noah Synder...
Spring training fantasy questions: avoiding the Astros & Nolan Arenado?
February 24, 2020 23:19 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBSpring training play has begun in Florida and Arizona and Scott Pianowski is joined by Fred Zinkie to kick off fantasy baseball season by checking in on a disastrous offseason for the Houston Astros and Major League Baseball. Before they dive into the 2020 season in earnest, Scott & Fred discuss a change in the winds of fantasy baseball: how more and more leagues are ditching the classic rotisserie scoring and adopting head-to-head rules. Should you give a head-to-head league a try...
Closing out the season, playoffs preview and top 10 Yankees
September 30, 2019 18:47 - 59 minutes - 54 MB162 games for each team are in the books and most fantasy trophies have been handed out; the only suspense left in the 2019 season is who will take the World Series? Joe Sheehan of Sports Illustrated joins Scott Pianowski for a final debrief of the 2019 season. They begin by questioning the shape of the game in 2019 as well as the shape of the baseball (1:25). Is the juiced-ball era a blip on the radar or an evolution towards something different? Moving from real-life baseball to ...
2019 takeaways and a 2020 mock draft
September 16, 2019 18:33 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBAs the 2019 MLB regular season and most fantasy leagues draw to a close, Scott Pianowski is joined by Gene McCaffrey of The Athletic to take a look back at the year that was and set sights on the year ahead. This episode, Scott & Gene deliver some of their major takeaways from the 2019 season including: - why you shouldn't over-react to off years from good pitchers (3:50) - taking note of the growing divide between the good teams and bad teams (8:00) - why you should potentiall...
Verlander's no-hitter and projecting next year's best pitchers
September 02, 2019 19:54 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBIn a crazy holiday weekend across sports as pro and college football began their autumn grasp of the American sports fan's psyche, the performance of the weekend was on the mound. Scott Pianowski is joined by Paul Sporer of Fangraphs to discuss Justin Verlander's no-hitter on Sunday in Toronto (0:50). The pitcher talk continues as Scott asks Paul to run through his preliminary top 30 pitchers list for 2020 and in addition to Verlander, the guys discuss Max Scherzer, Gerrit Cole, No...
Combating late August fantasy fatigue and replacing José Ramírez
August 26, 2019 18:36 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBWe're a week away from Labor Day and for lots of fantasy owners, football is becoming more top of mind. Inspired by the boredom the Los Angeles Dodgers displayed over the weekend against the New York Yankees, Scott Pianowski is joined by Yahoo's own Fred Zinkie to discuss ways to combat the late-summer boredom that strikes fantasy baseball owners (2:50). Next, Scott & Fred chat about the Indians' José Ramírez and his broken hand that will sideline him for the rest of the season. Ho...
Toronto's young bats & Kershaw's old arm
August 19, 2019 18:57 - 1 hour - 57 MBWith the 2019 regular season winding to a close and September call-ups looming, Scott Pianowski is joined by Rob Silver of Baseball Prospectus and the Launch Angle Podcast to look back at the year's most discussed rookie: Vlad Guerrero, Jr. The guys talk about how his draft value panned out for fantasy owners, what his 2020 could look like and also take a look at the Blue Jay's emerging young bats in Bo Bichette, Cavan Biggio and Lourdes Gurriel, Jr. (10:00) Transitioning to the N...
Evaluating Statcast numbers and updating projections for Leake, Greinke and Bauer
August 12, 2019 19:00 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBWith Scott Pianowski hitting the links this weekend on a much-needed vacation, Yahoo Fantasy's ultimate utility guy Dalton Del Don takes over the podcast for the week. He's joined by Derek Carty of ESPN and RotoGrinders and the creator of The Bat projection system to talk about some of the trends he's been seeing this season and how he's updated some of his projections since his last podcast appearance. First, they chat about the crazy numbers put up this weekend by Lucas Giolito ...
Recapping the trade deadline, plus boons and banes from both leagues
August 05, 2019 19:27 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBWith the trade deadline in the rear view mirror, fantasy owners can focus on their own league trade deadlines (if they haven't passed already) and settle in for the home stretch of the season. Patrick Davitt of BaseballHQ joins Scott Pianowski this week to discuss how the majors reshuffled last week and then gives some hitters and pitchers from both leagues that could be a boon or a bane this upcoming week. Before they dive into the players who actually moved this year, Scott and ...
"Selective aggression" and how to play fantasy baseball like a poker pro
July 29, 2019 19:34 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBDespite the fact that the 2019 MLB trade deadline is a mere days away, the teams have been suspiciously quiet on the transaction market. With far too few trades to report on, today's episode is devoted to the game theory aspect of fantasy baseball. Scott Pianowski is joined by Sammy Reid of RotoGrinders to talk about his experiences playing poker full-time and how all fantasy owners can apply poker strategy and game theory to their seasonal leagues (2:15). Next, Scott and Sammy ta...
Bay Area updates: A's pitching check-in and will the Giants buy or sell?
July 22, 2019 19:52 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBWith the trade deadline fast approaching for both major league teams and fantasy teams, Scott Pianowski welcomes Bay Area native and Rotowire columnist Scott Jenstad to the show to update on the Giants and A's, two teams that could be active as they make their final playoff pushes. Before they get to the NorCal teams, they first dip down to San Diego to chat about Manuel Margot, Wil Meyers and the crowded Padres outfield (2:30). Next Pianow talks about his rough summer on the Kevi...
Trading season is upon us and solving the anomaly of starting pitching in the juiced ball era
July 15, 2019 18:15 - 1 hour - 76 MBThe 2019 All-Star break is over, commemorating baseball's unofficial mid-way point and that means one thing for fantasy owners and real GMs alike: it's trading season. Scott Pianowski invites Yahoo Sports' very own lead NFL connoisseur Frank Schwab to shed the pigskin for the day and talk some fantasy baseball before the football season kicks into full gear. They start the conversation with the major strategic differences between fantasy baseball and football and why baseball tends...
First-half fantasy takeaways at the All-Star break
July 08, 2019 18:27 - 1 hour - 87.8 MBIt's the All-Star break, so with a few less games of actual baseball to focus on this week, Scott Pianowski is joined by Yahoo Sports' Fred Zinkie to look back at the trends, the swings, the misses and the big takeaways from 2019's first half. They start the show discussing the Toronto Blue Jays' Danny Jansen and some of their most regretful drops from the first half of the season (0:40). Next they talk about the players and trends they got right so far this season, including Kirby Yates a...
First-half fantasy takeaways at the All-Star break
July 08, 2019 18:27 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBIt's the All-Star break, so with a few less games of actual baseball to focus on this week, Scott Pianowski is joined by Yahoo Sports' Fred Zinkie to look back at the trends, the swings, the misses and the big takeaways from 2019's first half. They start the show discussing the Toronto Blue Jays' Danny Jansen and some of their most regretful drops from the first half of the season (0:40). Next they talk about the players and trends they got right so far this season, including Kirb...
Young pitchers, trade-bait pitchers and Yankees-Sox brings the rivalry to London
July 01, 2019 21:48 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBJust in time for the USA's yearly bash celebrating their independence from Britain, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox brought some fireworks to London. Rudy Gamble of Razzball joins Scott Pianowski to discuss the wacky series that saw 50 runs scored in two games and the rest of the week that was in baseball. First they chat about a trio of young pitchers in the Padres' Logan Allen, the Rays' Brendan McKay and White Sox' Dylan Cease (5:00). Later they hit on that monstrous Ya...
How to juggle sanity, strategy and FAAB half-way through the season, also lots of Dodger talk
June 24, 2019 18:41 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBBaseball teams will play their 81st games this week as the majors hit their official half-way point. As the All-Star break and the dog days of summer approach quickly, Vlad Sedler of Elite Fantasy joins Scott Pianowski on the the pod to talk about how to juggle sanity and strategy at this point in the season, especially when you're in multiple leagues and best ball leagues (1:30). Scott then asks Vlad to talk specifically about FAAB bidding strategy for mid-June (14:25) and what un...
Making sense of Encarnación to the Yankees and that Padres-Rockies series
June 17, 2019 18:19 - 55 minutes - 51 MBAfter the dust cleared in Coors Field, 131 hits and 92 runs were tallied in the mile high air this past weekend, adding up to the most runs ever scored in a four-game series in the modern era. A great weekend for any fantasy owners starting any Rockies or Padres and a sorrowful one if you happened to trade away Charlie Blackmon last week like a certain host of this podcast. Scott Pianowski is joined by SI's Michael Beller to discuss the latest happenings in the world of baseball, i...
MadBum's beef is good for baseball, Keuchel & Kimbrel finally sign & Cleveland is 'nothin'
June 11, 2019 01:14 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBYahoo Sports’ Scott Pianowski is joined by fellow Yahooligan Andy Behrens to bring you the latest fantasy baseball news and analysis. They kick the show off with a discussion about MadBum’s beef with Max Muncy and how it’s great for the game (2:00); With the Boston Bruins on the verge of winning the Stanley Cup, Scott talks about being oversaturated with championships as a Boston sports fan (18:00); The three hottest pitching prospects in baseball right now - A’s prospect Jesús L...
The Mets' rotation, Julio Teheran's upside and why the Twins will continue to dominate
June 03, 2019 18:33 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBThe NL East is not the greatest division in 2019, but what it lacks in great teams, it makes up for in intriguing fantasy options Scott Pianowski is joined by Michael Salfino of The Athletic to check in on the starting rotation of the New York Mets, a sub .500 team with a pair of top-20 starting pitchers in Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard (1:20). Michael discusses his latest column about teams with huge schedule advantages in the league-leading Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Br...
Second chance drafting the remainder of the 2019 season
May 28, 2019 19:06 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBComing out of the weekend that unofficially starts the summer, Yahoo Sports' Dalton Del Don joins Scott Pianowski the day after Memorial Day for a podcast about holidays and redrafting your league right as the MLB season hits full stride. For the bulk of the episode, Scott recounts his NFBC "Second Chance" draft which alters some rules in favor of starting a brand-new league from scratch with scoring starting on Memorial Day (0:40). They discuss the topsy-turvy first round where ...
Going FAAB-crazy and talking trade strategy with Fred Zinkie
May 20, 2019 21:13 - 55 minutes - 51 MBAfter a week of call-ups throughout the majors, fantasy owners likely have their heads spinning. Yahoo Sports' Scott Pianowski and Fred Zinkie try to make things easier this week by discussing two major aspects of in-season fantasy management: FAAB bidding and trading. But first, the guys check in on Bryce Harper. Remember him? The guy who led every hot take from November until March? Scott and Fred talk about his early season performance and ask whether it's time to pump the brake...
Tigers & Twins check-in, FAAB strategy & the best Michigan athletes
May 13, 2019 18:28 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBIt's a mostly Michigan day on the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast. Michigan resident Scott Pianowski is joined by Michigan native Paul Sporer of Fangraphs and ESPN for some talk about the AL Central, FAAB strategy and some older guys calling good and bad attention to themselves in fantasy baseball. The guys start off discussing the Detroit Tigers and a couple intriguing players in pitcher Matthew Boyd and "utility knife" Ronny Rodriguez (2:50). Sticking with the Tigers, Scott and P...