Fantasy Draft Strategy: Finalize Before Tokyo Series

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00:00All right, George, here it is, opening day, sort of, is coming next week, it's here.

00:14So you know, basically there are going to be a series of games that are going to count

00:18probably toward the standings in your rotisserie league, but you have to make that call as

00:24a commissioner.

00:25So let's play this by ourselves.

00:27All fantasy drafts should take place before this Tokyo series coming up next week.

00:32George, dare I say, you got about 72 hours to get this done.

00:38I definitely prefer my leagues to get done before the Tokyo series.

00:41I do.

00:42I know it's only two games, but it does bother me if I, as I, you know, sometimes you see

00:47a league that plays after the first Thursday night football game, they do their draft on

00:50the Friday, which nowadays you can't even do that because it's a game Friday.

00:52That bothers me.

00:53You know, I don't like, because, you know, someone's going to score four touchdowns,

00:57you're going to draft that guy worse than you should.

00:59Someone in this Tokyo series is going to hit three homers that we didn't expect.

01:01Oh, I got to draft this guy to get ahead.

01:03It's just if you're in a weekly league, oh, I'm sorry, a head-to-head, right, where you

01:07want, oh, I can win because so-and-so stole four bases, you know, and that sort of bothers

01:12me here.

01:13So yes, I'm going to buy this.

01:15I think they all should take place before game one here.

01:17We may not like it, but you've had all year long, oh my God, we knew this, it was on the

01:22schedule here.

01:23There was a week make here.

01:25So yes, I think you should draft before the Tokyo series.

01:28I'll buy.

01:29All right.

01:30Now let's get to, you know, for me, you know, actually, let me answer this myself.

01:34I'll sell.

01:35Come on.

01:36I'll sell.

01:37I'm going to wait till next weekend.

01:40Hit that red button for me, Sam.

01:42I don't know.

01:43I just feel like it's too soon.

01:45I get it.

01:46I understand it.

01:47But maybe the answer is those stats shouldn't count.

01:51Maybe that's my answer, but I'm going to sell this.

01:53I don't think you have to do this.

01:55Just do it next weekend.

01:56All right.

01:57Spring training.

01:58Do you recall the history of spring training and stats?

02:02Do you remember when Trevor's story hit all those home runs?

02:05Do you remember when players end up getting crushed as pitchers in spring training and

02:09then they have a Cy Young season?

02:11Buy or sell?

02:12Spring training statistics are overhyped in the fantasy community, George.

02:18They're overhyped everywhere.

02:20That's a definite buy.

02:21All right.

02:22They're always overhyped here.

02:23Listen.

02:24Young players, sure.

02:25That's important.

02:26If a young player is batting 120 or giving up nine runs in an inning, not going to make

02:31the team.

02:32So that's important.

02:33But for veteran players, we all know the pitchers are working on things.

02:36Oh, they're working on their curveball today.

02:38They're changing.

02:39They're throwing 18 of these things in a row.

02:40Here's the work.

02:41I don't care if they get hit.

02:42Just get to working and getting out of there.

02:44So it's not important to me.

02:47A hitter may just try to get his swing down.

02:49Maybe try to hit the ball to the right side.

02:51Hit the ball to the left.

02:52Get the loft on the ball.

02:53Right?

02:54That's the big thing now.

02:55Get the ball up in the air here and hit those home runs here.

02:57So for players or guys coming back from injury, that would be a little bit more important

03:02to me as well.

03:03I might pay attention to those stats.

03:04But for a regular player, I don't give a damn.

03:06Yeah.

03:07I'm going to say that not only are they supremely overhyped, but I think that people, you know,

03:14honestly, overdraft players.

03:16I'm going to buy this too.

03:18Like there are some players that are rookies that I'm paying attention to this too, because

03:22George, this is the first time they're facing major league pitching.

03:26There's a significant difference between AAA and the majors.

03:29So somebody as example, like Roman Anthony, I'm paying attention.

03:33But generally speaking, yes, they are the most overhyped.

03:36It's like the NFL preseason.

03:38You can't pay any attention to it whatsoever.

03:41Although Trevor Story is going to yell at me and remember this conversation that I had

03:45on shows like this several years ago, and he was great.

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