Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast

On 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 look at some of the players who had unexpected seasons, like the Twins' Byron Buxton, Kenta Maeda and Nelson Cruz, J.D. Martinez and Andrew Benintendi in Boston, the Yankees' Luke Voit, and Corey Seager and A.J. Pollock in Los Angeles. And we wrap up the year with our World Series predictions, and draft our favorite Wisconsinite athletes. Please remember to rate, review and subscribe on your podcast provider of choice and send us your questions for future episodes on Twitter@YahooFantasy [https://twitter.com/YahooFantasy]. Follow Scott@Scott_Pianowski [https://twitter.com/scott_pianowski] Follow Derek@DerekVanRiper [https://twitter.com/DerekVanRiper] Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports Podcast family athttps://apple.co/2Abi8jk [https://apple.co/2Abi8jk]or atyahoosports.com/podcasts [http://yahoosports.com/podcasts] See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

On 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 and starting pitchers who go 6 or 7 innings? Or will the 2020 season be a turning point in how baseball is played? Please remember to rate, review and subscribe on your podcast provider of choice and send us your questions for future episodes on Twitter@YahooFantasy [https://twitter.com/YahooFantasy]. Follow Scott@Scott_Pianowski [https://twitter.com/scott_pianowski] Follow Steve@SteveAGardner [https://twitter.com/SteveAGardner?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports Podcast family athttps://apple.co/2Abi8jk [https://apple.co/2Abi8jk]or atyahoosports.com/podcasts [http://yahoosports.com/podcasts] See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

On 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!] [https://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/] 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 leagues, tips for those of you in the playoffs and wrap up the show by paying homage to Cubs Starter Alec Mills no-hitter by drafting our favorite no-hitters in history. Please remember to rate, review and subscribe on your podcast provider of choice and send us your questions for future episodes on Twitter@YahooFantasy [https://twitter.com/YahooFantasy]. Follow Scott@Scott_Pianowski [https://twitter.com/scott_pianowski] Follow Fred@FredZinkieMLB [https://twitter.com/fredzinkiemlb] Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports Podcast family athttps://apple.co/2Abi8jk [https://apple.co/2Abi8jk]or atyahoosports.com/podcasts [http://yahoosports.com/podcasts] See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

On 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 [https://yhoo.it/349E6Bh]] 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 Rockies hitter) from trade season. And it's not just you (well, it is sort of you) but trades seem to be declining in fantasy baseball leagues this season. Scott and Jeff share their tips to pull off trades with your league mates. Hint: the other team has to benefit too. We tip our caps to the immortal Nelson Cruz who's putting up his highest OPS in a season in his career at the age of 40. And in honor of trading for everyone, we wrap up the show with a draft of our favorite San Diego Padres of all time. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on your podcast provider of choice and send us your questions for future episodes on Twitter @YahooFantasy. Follow Scott: @Scott_Pianowski [https://twitter.com/scott_pianowski] Follow Jeff: @Jeff_Erickson [https://twitter.com/Jeff_Erickson] Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports Podcast family athttps://apple.co/2Abi8jk [https://apple.co/2Abi8jk]or atyahoosports.com/podcasts [http://yahoosports.com/podcasts] See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Yahoo's Scott Pianowski [https://twitter.com/scott_pianowski]and Dalton Del Don [https://twitter.com/daltondeldon]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 [https://yhoo.it/349E6Bh]] 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 deal with the short year (02:25). And, it's not just you, saves have been really, really difficult to find this year. It seems that no matter who looks to be the next breakout reliever, they soon crumble in the role. Is it time to give up on saves and focus on middle relievers and wins (07:50)? We take a look at some changing park effects in San Francisco, and Buffalo, aka "Coors Light" (32:00), and we wrap up the show by drafting our favorite Radiohead songs (46:00). No, we will not play Creep. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on your podcast provider of choice and send us your questions for future episodes on Twitter @YahooFantasy. Follow Scott: @Scott_Pianowski [https://twitter.com/scott_pianowski] Follow Dalton: @Dalton Del Don [https://twitter.com/daltondeldon] Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports Podcast family athttps://apple.co/2Abi8jk [https://apple.co/2Abi8jk]or atyahoosports.com/podcasts [http://yahoosports.com/podcasts] See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information.