Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

A popular draft strategy in snake draft leagues is to go with "Pocket Aces," i.e. drafting elite starting pitchers with your first two picks. Derek VanRiper did so in the LABR Mixed Draft League, beginning his draft with Spencer Strider and Corbin Burnes. He and Jeff Erickson talk about the nuances, strengths and weaknesses of the strategy. --- 00:00 - News & Notes 01:00 - Bello extension, Red Sox rotation 08:00 - Rodon velocity down, gets hit hard 12:00 - Michael King, Johnny Brito, Will Warren 17:00 - TB/CLE/LAD pitching development 20:00 - DL Hall 25:00 - Pocket Aces - Defined, Reason for Going that route 26:00 - Who qualifies as an "ace" for such purposes? 34:45 - How to follow it up 43:00 - When do you next go into the SP pool? 45:00 - Applied - DVR’s LABR draft, Jeff’s TGFBI draft 1:01:00 - Draft position matter? --- Fantrax Promotional Copy Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today.  Hyp