Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) is joined by FTN colleague and dynasty/prospect guru Eric Cross (@EricCross04). Eric talks about growing up around minor league baseball in Maine and how it's shaped his career as a prospects analyst. Vlad and Eric dive into this year's crop of rookie pitchers, their innings limits, rest-of-season fantasy value and some predictions on who from this group will rise above the rest. They conclude this episode with some interesting answers to questions like "J-Rod or Carroll?"...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 119
Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) is joined by two great fantasy managers -- Daniel Prepas (@StudSterkelFan) and Drew Forte (@Drew_Forte) who are both at the top of the NFBC Online Championship overall standings, battling it out for the $150,000 grand prize. The trio review their rosters strengths and weaknesses, discuss lessons for 2024 drafts, share a dozen breakout 2nd half fantasy players and predict the division winners. Players Mentioned: - Framber Valdez - Spencer Strider - Zack Wheeler - C.J. Cron ...
Jul 12, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 118
On this week's episode, Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) is joined by 2x FSWA fantasy baseball award winner and host of the Reid 'Em and Weep poker podcast, Sammy Reid (@SammyReidFI). They run through the top hitters at each position through the first half of the season and make some predictions about the second half. Vlad and Sammy chop it up about "accumulators", "Beta" Ohtani faders, Preller's micromanaging and how hitting is truly contagious. Players mentioned and surprising facts about: - Luke Raley ...
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 117
Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) is joined by the always jubilant Grey Albright (@razzball), co-founder of Razzball.com. Grey discusses his days as a joke writer for comedians, how the first WGA writers' strike led to him launching a fantasy baseball website and his old beef with fantasy's biggest personality. Vlad and Grey go off the rails in a speed round game on 90's pop culture with some Macarena, Groundhog Day, Kelly Kapowski and Biggie vs. Tupac mixed in. Oh, and they talk a little fantasy baseball ...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 116
Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) is joined by NFBC Hall of Famer and former Main Event champion John Pausma (@jpausma) to discuss a variety of fantasy baseball topics from game theory to FAAB management. Most importantly, John discusses how he inputs weekly stats and sets category parameters with conditional formatting in Excel each week to help him make decisions. If you think you grind hard, wait until you hear this. At the time of this recording, each of John's five Main Event teams are in the top-65 o...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 115
Welcome to the 11th episode of "Mondays with mattywood". Matthew Davis (@mattywood) is joined by Derek Carty (@DerekCarty). Derek is the creator and curator of THE BAT and THE BAT X Projections. You can find all of Derek's work on Twitter as he provides content in MLB/NFL for season long fantasy, DFS and sports betting. Matthew and Derek discuss Elly De La Cruz, SPs that might have regression looming when looking at THE BAT (RoS) projections in ERA and K-BB%. Topics Include - @TheNFBC FAAB Resul...
Jun 12, 2023•33 min•Ep. 114
Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) is joined by baseball author and journalist, Travis Sawchik (@Travis_Sawchik). Vlad interviews Travis about growing up as a Cleveland baseball fan, working in traditional media, being a pro baseball beat writer and what it was like writing books about baseball. They touch on Travis' Main Event squad and discuss the Guardians' rotation in depth. Oh, and they exuded optimism about Jacob deGrom at the exact time when the deGrom Tommy John news was announced. It's a fantastic ...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 113
Why are we so attracted to shiny new toys and upside in fantasy baseball? If boring wins, why don't we all do it more often? What is roto DNA? How did we all miss on Adolis Garcia in back to back years? Why is there little difference between Bryce Miller and Ryne Nelson? These are all questions answered when NFBC Hall of Famer and 2x Milly Maker baseball winner Dave Potts (@davepotts2) joins Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) in this hour-long conversation. Link to FTN Fantasy Baseball Tools: https://www.ft...
May 31, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 112
Welcome to the 10th episode of "Mondays with mattywood". Matthew Davis (@mattywood) is joined by Nelson Sousa (@The_Franchise12). Nelson is one of the GOATs in the fantasy football industry and provides content for FTN Fantasy. He's also a co-host of the Primetime Fantasy Football Podcast. This season Nelson is competing in the NFBC Main Event for the first time in nearly a decade. Matthew and Nelson go over recent news and discuss last night's NFBC FAAB results. Topics Include - Recent News - @...
May 29, 2023•49 min•Ep. 111
Matthew Davis (@mattywood) and Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) catch up, talking about recent news and what's going on around the league. After that they discuss personal bias and how it can impact decisions made when it comes to FAAB or setting lineups. - Catching Up - Taylor Ward vs. Mickey Moniak - Tyler O'Neill? - RP in LAD - Bobby Miller - Gavin Stone - Separating Our Bias' Link to FTN Fantasy Baseball Tools: https://www.ftnfantasy.com/mlb/tools USE PROMO CODE "FTNPOD" for 20% OFF! please subscribe/...
May 24, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 110
Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) is joined by Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) and Sammy Reid (@SammyReidFI) in a riveting discussion about fantasy baseball game theory. They discuss their analysis and process with this weekly influx of starting pitcher prospect call-ups, explain exactly what the heck is wrong with Jose Abreu and break down the rest-of-season prospects of breakout darlings Brent Rooker, James Outman and Josh Lowe. Vlad, Eric and Sammy also touch on time management between work, fantasy and fami...
May 17, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 109
FTN's Todd Whitestone (@telestar7) goes through some of the most notable moves in the NFBC Main Event's FAAB period and reviews the moves made by some of fantasy baseball's top managers. Topics Include - YTD Stats - Most Common FAAB Pickups - The Century Club - Wow Bid of the Week - FAAB Summary - The Colosseum - Main Event Overall Leaderboad - Champions Update - League of Legends - Shout-Outs Link to Whitestone's Waiver Watch (FREE): https://www.ftnfantasy.com/articles/FTN/93533/whitestones-wai...
May 16, 2023•15 min•Ep. 108
Matthew Davis (@mattywood) and Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) talk about current struggles and how to get through the bad days of fantasy baseball. They also discuss recency bias and how it can impact decision making. The duo caps it off by going over recent news around the league and what's potentially up ahead. - Taking Our Lumps - Recency Bias - Managing the Bad Days - Gavin Stone's Second Chance? - Jared Shuster Time? - Chase Silseth..yay or nay? - Top-12 @Razzball Player Rater Link to FTN Fantasy B...
May 10, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 107
FTN's Todd Whitestone (@telestar7) goes through some of the most notable moves in the NFBC Main Event's FAAB period and reviews the moves made by some of fantasy baseball's top managers. Topics Include - Speed Categories - Most Common FAAB Pickups - The Century Club - Wow Bid of the Week - FAAB Summary - The Colosseum - Main Event Overall Leaderboad - Champions Update - League of Legends - Shout-Outs Link to Whitestone's Waiver Watch (FREE): https://www.ftnfantasy.com/articles/FTN/93533/whitesto...
May 09, 2023•16 min•Ep. 106
Welcome to the ninth episode of "Mondays with mattywood". Matthew Davis (@mattywood) is joined by Zachary Waxman (@zackwaxx), the 2021 NFBC Online Auction Champion and Hose of the Draft Champions podcast. Matthew and Zach go over recent news and discuss last night's NFBC FAAB results. Topics Include - Recent News - @TheNFBC FAAB Results - Yoan Moncada - José Suarez - Chase Silseth - Astros Rotation - Bryce Miller - Matt Mervis - Maikel Garcia - Michael King Use promo code "davis" for 20% off the...
May 08, 2023•36 min•Ep. 105
Matthew Davis (@mattywood) and Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) talk about the youth movement for starting pitchers, sustainability with current success and provide their top-10 SP for the remainder of the season (ROS). Mentioned - Bryce Harper - Tyrone Taylor - Maikel Garcia - White Sox Bullpen - Bryce Miller - Early Season Success - Top-10 SP ROS Link to FTN Fantasy Baseball Tools: https://www.ftnfantasy.com/mlb/tools Link to Matthew's Bullpen Report: https://www.ftnfantasy.com/articles/FTN/93552/fantas...
May 03, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 104
FTN's Todd Whitestone (@telestar7) goes through some of the most notable moves in the NFBC Main Event's FAAB period and reviews the moves made by some of fantasy baseball's top managers. Topics Include - Interesting Takeaways - Most Common FAAB Pickups - The Century Club - Wow Bid of the Week - FAAB Summary - Main Event Overall Leaderboad - Champions Update - League of Legends - Shout-outs Link to Whitestone's Waiver Watch (FREE): https://www.ftnfantasy.com/articles/FTN/93533/whitestones-waiver-...
May 02, 2023•14 min•Ep. 103
Welcome to the eighth episode of "Mondays with mattywood". Matthew Davis (@mattywood) is joined by Andrew Geller (@The_Gildz), the 2022 NFBC RotoWire Online Champion. Matthew and The Gildz go over recent news, discuss last night's NFBC FAAB results and upcoming two-start pitchers. Topics Include - Recent News - @TheNFBC FAAB Results - Tim Anderson - Bryce Harper - Raisel Iglesias - Julio Rodríguez/Jarred Kelenic - Tanner Bibee - Logan Allen - Louie Varland - Two-Start Pitchers Use promo code "da...
May 01, 2023•44 min•Ep. 102
Matthew Davis (@mattywood) and Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) catch up on recent news around the league. They also dive into rookie starting pitchers, the reliever market and Matthew's Bullpen Report. Mentioned - Taj Bradley - Logan Allen/Tanner Bibbe/Gavin Williams - Sam Hilliard - Vaughn Grissom/Orlando Arcia - Mason Miller - José Alvarado - Yennier Cano - RPs with Seven Games - Looking Ahead Link to FTN Fantasy Baseball Tools: https://www.ftnfantasy.com/mlb/tools Link to Matthew's Bullpen Report: htt...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 101
FTN's Todd Whitestone (@telestar7) goes through some of the most notable moves in the NFBC Main Event's FAAB period and reviews the moves made by some of fantasy baseball's top managers. Topics Include - YTD Stats & Averages - Most Common FAAB Pickups - The Century Club - Wow Bid of the Week - FAAB Summary - Main Event Overall Leaderboad - Champions Update - League of Legends - Shout-outs Link to Whitestone's Waiver Watch (FREE): https://www.ftnfantasy.com/articles/FTN/93533/whitestones-waiv...
Apr 25, 2023•15 min•Ep. 100
Welcome to the seventh episode of "Mondays with mattywood". Matthew Davis (@mattywood) is joined by Griffin Benger (@GriffinBenger). Matthew and Griffin go over recent news, discuss last night's NFBC FAAB results and upcoming two-start pitchers. Topics Include - Recent News/Notes - NFBC FAAB Results - MJ Melendez - Will Smith (C/LAD) - Yu Darvish - Tony Gonsolin - Mason Miller - Jarren Duran - Bryan Abreu/Ryan Pressly - Finding relief in relief pitchers - Two-Start Pitchers Use promo code "davis...
Apr 24, 2023•36 min•Ep. 99
Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) is joined by surly attorney and high stakes veteran Daniel Prepas (@studsterkelfan) to discuss a variety of fantasy baseball topics. Vlad and Dan go over draft day flagplants and talked go in-depth about why certain draft helium can be easy to avoid. They dive into some AL East offenses and rant about why Angels rookie shortstop Zach Neto will be a bust. An entertaining hour for the eardrums. Players Discussed: - Clarke Schmidt - Zach Neto - Taj Bradley - C.J. Cron - James...
Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 98
FTN's Todd Whitestone (@telestar7) goes through some of the most notable moves in the NFBC Main Event's FAAB period and reviews the moves made by some of fantasy baseball's top managers. Topics Include - Stolen Base success rates - Most Common Main Event Pickups - Highest FAAB Bids - Wow Bid of the Week - FAAB Summary - Main Event Overall Leaderboad Link to Whitestone's Waiver Watch (FREE): https://www.ftnfantasy.com/articles/FTN/92668/whitestones-waiver-watch-nfbc-main-event use promo code "FTN...
Apr 19, 2023•14 min•Ep. 97
Welcome to the sixth episode of "Mondays with mattywood". Matthew Davis (@mattywood) is joined by Dave McDonald (@RunDMcD). Matthew and Dave go over recent news, discuss last night's NFBC FAAB results and upcoming two-start pitchers. Topics Include - Recent News/Notes - NFBC FAAB Results - Kris Bubic - Will Smith (C/LAD) - Shohei Ohtani - Taj Bradley - Edouard Julien - Zach Neto - Two-Start Pitchers Use promo code "davis" for 20% off the FTN Fantasy Baseball in-season content please subscribe/ra...
Apr 17, 2023•38 min•Ep. 96
Matthew Davis (@mattywood) and Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) catch up on recent injuries and news around the league. They discuss the potential fantasy impacts regarding the injuries/news and look ahead at the upcoming MLB schedule. Mentioned - Tim Anderson - Brandon Woodruff - Edouard Julien - Alex Kirilloff - Daniel Bard - Ranger Suárez - MJ Melendez - Looking Ahead Link to FTN Fantasy Baseball Tools: https://www.ftnfantasy.com/mlb/tools USE PROMO CODE "FTNPOD" for 20% OFF! please subscribe/rate/revi...
Apr 12, 2023•58 min•Ep. 95
Welcome to the fifth episode of "Mondays with mattywood". Matthew Davis (@mattywood) is joined by John Laghezza (@JohnLaghezza). Matthew and Big John go over recent news, discuss last night's NFBC FAAB results and upcoming two-start pitchers. Topics Include - Recent News/Notes - NFBC FAAB Results - Oneil Cruz - Drey Jameson - Mariners Bullpen - Cardinals Offensive Depth - Kris Bubic - Francisco Álvarez - MLB Bets - Two-Start Pitchers Use promo code "davis" for 20% off the FTN Fantasy Baseball in...
Apr 10, 2023•46 min•Ep. 94
Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) is joined by veteran NFBC player and multi high stakes league winner Emmett Ruland (@EmmettR) to discuss the first week of the MLB season. They touch on draft strategy review, the catcher pool, bats that have started off hot and the volatility of saves and relief pitchers. Players Discussed: - James Outman - Drey Jameson - Yasmani Grandal - Max Scherzer - Jacob deGrom Use promo code "FTNPOD" for 20% off the FTN Fantasy Baseball in-season content Link to FTN Fantasy Basebal...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 93
Welcome to the fourth episode of "Mondays with mattywood". Matthew Davis (@mattywood) is joined by Peter Christensen (@draftcheat) of Run Pure Sports (@RunPureSports). Matthew and Peter go over recent news and discuss last night's NFBC FAAB results. Topics Include - Recent News/Notes - NFBC FAAB Results - Diamondbacks Rotation - Jhony Brito - Rangers Bullpen - A's Bullpen - Rockies Bullpen - Bretty Baty - Tylor Megill - Two-Start Pitchers Use promo cod "FTNPOD" for 20% off the FTN Fantasy Baseba...
Apr 03, 2023•37 min•Ep. 92
Matthew Davis (@mattywood) and Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) reunite after spending time in Las Vegas for their high stakes drafts and auctions. They cover recent news and the fantasy impacts. Then close things out by each giving three bold thoughts on the season. Mentioned - Triston McKenzie - Anthony Volpe - Alex Cobb - Grayson Rodriguez - Daniel Hudson - Brice Turang - Kyle Tucker - PLUS MORE Link to FTN Fantasy Baseball Tools: https://www.ftnfantasy.com/mlb/tools USE PROMO CODE "FTNPOD" for 20% OFF...
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 91
Welcome to the third episode of "Mondays with mattywood". Matthew Davis (@mattywood) has a cup of coffee with Ben Tidd (@BreakingBen_T) as they talk about everything recent in the fantasy baseball world. Topics Include - Ben's NFBC History - Recent News/Notes - NFBC Main Event - Triston McKenzie - Wander Franco - Anthony Volpe - Oscar Colas - David Robertson Use promo cod "FTNPOD" for 20% off the FTN Fantasy Baseball in-season content please subscribe/rate/review...
Mar 27, 2023•27 min•Ep. 90
