EP2: Talking KDS

EP6: Planting Your Flags / Hardening your Rankings

This episode is all about hardening your own personal rankings, and then looking at the types of factors that would lead you to sway far enough from the consensus to plant your flag on a specific player.  (00:55) - Intro (03:54) - What we ‘know' / Whats been established in 2026 (07:36) - The Awakening of the Industry & Real-time updates (13:17) - Figuring out your guys & acting out the strategy to get them (23:40) - Strategy Flags & bad dad jokes (24:36) - Tool time - phantasea.io / @Stevoswervee (27:23) - Candy - Matt Chapman (Yum) / Ceddanne Rafaela (Sour) (29:43) - Wrap up @smms79 on twitterSearch “FBGT" on all major podcast platforms

EP5: Category Outlooks - The Hardest Stats to Find

Looking at the main roto categories to see how much depth exists. What stats might you need where, and which are the hardest to find? The results were fascinating!  (00:00) - Intro (02:14) - The Methodology  (04:09) - Hitting Categories  (10:59) - Pitching Categories (19:49) - Caveats and Closing thoughts (24:59) - TOOL TIME! Smartfantasybaseball.com projection aggregator (27:26) - CANDY - Rockies Hitters with AVG, SB Floors (29:41) - Wrap where I say iTunes again @smms79 on twitter.. Fantasy Baseball Game Theory on Youtube Search FBGT on your favorite podcast platform

EP4: Injury Risk

This episode is all about embracing the pain, particularly on the pitching side of things. The fantasy baseball community seems to be taking on more pitcher risk than ever; will you join them? And with so many special considerations on the pitching side, which types of injuries will you be willing to take on? (00:00) - Intro (02:36) - Our Injury Mantra / Groundrules, and a shift in mindset (05:34) - Buckets of risk - not all injuries are the same (21:45) - How does your league set up for injury tolerance?  (26:26) - Tool Time! Making your NFBC SGP sheets work for your home league (32:03) - Old People Candy (lemon drops? Yum) - Arenado, Josh Lowe (35:11) - Wrap where I say iTunes

EP3: Position Cliffs

When does each IF position fall off a cliff, and what can you do to prepare yourself for the fall? Grab your parachutes for this episode of FBGT and dont look down (..unless you want chapters) (00:00) - Introduction (01:18) - The Jumping off Point (03:56) - Catcher / CI Positional Tiers (09:46) - MI Tiers / Quick OF/P Lines( 15:25) - Navigating these Cliffs during drafts big and small (19:05) - TOOL TIME! Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit / App (23:30) - Candy (Gelati?) - Phillies / Crawford and Wheeler (26:32) - Wrap up twitter - smms79

EP2: Talking KDS

What if I told you there was a 15 minute window before every draft you do that can shape the entire makeup of your roster? We are talking about KDS today.. (00:00) - Intro (02:40) - Get to know KDS - Early thoughts (07:58) - Establishing your personal baseline (11:19) - Adapting this exercise for all league sizes (13:48) - Builds based on KDS location (25:20) - TOOL TIME! Bubba & The Bloom Draft Tools (29:53) - Seattle Candy (Cal & Andre) (33:10) - Wrap Up / What is to come @smms79 on twitter