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08 Apr 2023Fantasy Baseball Experts Roundtable00:24:37
DCN is joined by multiple notable industry experts to take in the first week of the season.
16 Feb 2021Interview with Brian O'Grady (BrianOGrady21) of the San Diego Padres 00:37:34

Zack talks to Brian O'Grady about the Reds, Rays, and now the Padres

We talk about plate discipline, stealing bases, influential teammates and coaches, and what players could break out this year besides himself. 

09 Feb 2020Half the Closers in half an hour: Zack does AL closers 00:29:43
30 minutes of everything American League relievers with @zackroto
17 Jan 2025NFBC Auction Round Table with Jenner, Delaney, and Maples02:01:22

-Feeling out the room

-$1 days

-who to nominate

-pivot players

-premium and discounts vs. ADP

-player debates

03 May 2024Corked Wood (@thehumanraindlay) talks Dominating OCs02:03:09

Brandon Waddell talks OCs. It's worth the wait through the BS because he's won 17 of 28 OCs which is complete insanity.

31 Jan 202020/20 Vision with John Bosch (@fourslot)01:16:57

Zack (@zackroto) talks to John Bosch (@fourslot) about 20/20 vision for the 2020 season (a new bold prediction segment).  We also discuss his stint in the minors, being Mike "The Mouth" Massotto's agent, draft day values, deep sleepers, and the potential impact of big names being traded like Mookie Betts and Kris Bryant.  We also tease 2 special announcements we have in the pipeline.

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10 Jan 2024Kansas City Royals Team Catcher Preview with @gialde01:17:12

Its catcher months (November - Jan). AG joins the podcast to discuss Royals catchers only and give us 5 bold predictions for fantasy baseball. Some jacking beforehand.

20 Feb 2020Best Ball Strategy with @MLBMovingAvg01:22:01
@zackroto and @cmagee523 talk to John L of @mlbmovingavg about everything best ball. Follow us on twitter @draftchampagne
21 Apr 2025Week 5 FAAB Review with Bart Parry and Dave McDonald01:22:58

Week 5 FAAB

21 Jun 20206 Reasons to Play 60 games 00:20:11
Zack plays devils advocate and gives some reasons why the fantasy season should play on !
27 May 2020Second Chances with Marc Winokur (@Marc_Winokur)02:10:33
@zackroto talks to long time NFBC veteran Marc Winokur about a recent 2nd Chance Draft Champions draft, players that are getting pushed way up the board and take some listener questions. Follow us at @draftchampagne
06 Jan 2021Rotonomics Episode 1: A Draft Champions Production with Rob DiPietro (@deadpullhitter) and Graham Blakelock02:48:48

Also dicusses "ownership" and "value" relative to risk, 

Also dicusses "ownership" and "value" relative to risk, many types  of biases related to fantasy baseball and a behavioral economics article by Jeff Zimmerman.

Some heated debates

- Moncada recency bias

- Sano Anchor bias

- Nelson Cruz Gamblers falacy

- Lamet loss aversion bias

- Vaughn vs. Donaldson's regret aversion bias

- Vaughn vs. Sanchez cognitive bias

13 Sep 2020NFFC Silver Bullet Post Mortem with Marc Winokur (@Marc_winokur)02:09:43

Marc and Zack discuss both NFFC Silver Bullets they were in, recent FAAB, cutline bye strategy, risers and fallers since June, and super late round targets

18 Dec 2019Hibernatorzzz with Todd Zola (@ToddZola)01:27:38

Mike and Zack pick Todd Zola's brain for a laundry list of sleepers outside the top 400 ADP. They also talk strategy and discuss Mastersball projections. 

You can find our hosts on Twitter:

Zack - @ ZackRoto

Mike - @Mike_Kurland

02 Dec 2020Victory Lapping with Mike "The Mouth" Massotto (@godfathernfbc)01:41:01

1:30 - Intro and Small Business Promotion and Listener giveaway

8:30 - MTM's Victory lap on last episode's rant and how many followers he's lost

11:45 - Sean Gilmartin is not in the Baseball Forecaster

12:45 - The Process review (Jeff Zimmerman)

15:00 - Top 10 NFBC Twitter follows that are under and MTM got the handle wrong - it's @ScottJenstad

20:00 - News and Notes (Cano is an idiot, Arozarena estimated suspension, Nelson Cruz and Big Papi Pharma) and teaser on the latest fast DC

25:00 - Zack lists the NFBC players he wants to avoid drafting with

26:00 - Zack calls out The Mouth on recruiting for his DC

28:45 - Zack rants on Group Chat guys

39:00 - Review one of his Fast DCs and why he took Bichette in Round 1

48:00 - over/under on Mike Mager's stolen bases on this team is 5.

50:00 - Wander/Vaughn/Kelenic and Matt Tantillo's risky squad

51:20 - MTM's 10 avoids

1:04:50 - Zack's 1 MAJOR avoid but MTM says he could go 20/20 at age 33 coming off 17 injuries

1:08 - Free agent market and early drafter advantages

1:12:40 - Kenley Jansen vs. Craig Kimbrel 

1:18:00 - Who will move up boards this year like Bichette did last year?

1:19:30 - Players with low min picks as an indication of ADP rising 

1:20:40 - Kim, Sugano, Arihara, and the Japanese Mallex Smith (calibrating the KBO)

1:25:00 - 112mph+ Barrels predicting sleepers

1:31:30 - MLB curse of changing your name and Dee Strange-Gordon's father

1:34:10 - Giving MTM some positive and negative feedback from our listeners

1:36:30 - MTM gives a heartfelt shout out to an industry guy 

1:38:00 - MTM discusses his Twitter groupies 





20 Jan 2021Battle of the Podcasts Recap with @mlbmovingavg and @mattwi77iams01:56:06

Zack is joined by John of Corked Stats and Matt Williams of the Turn Two Podcast

We discuss 

-the latest bombshell signings by the no so baby anymore Blue Jays

- strategy for the battle of the pods

- Matt defends his Tapia pick

- John defends his Dalbec pick

- Matt and John torch Zack's team


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20 Apr 2025Week 5 FAAB Preview with Marc Winokur02:07:35

Helping community

Making people better players

14 Oct 2020Recency Baez with Mike Kurland (@Mike_Kurland)01:22:11

This episode Mike and Zack are reunited and talk about Zack's Main Event and see what he did wrong and a few things he did right.  We discuss how some of the top players in the world overcame sub optimal drafts to cash.  We then shift gears to the first 2021 NFBC Draft Champions draft with several other high stakes players and talk about potential recency bias on busts such as Baez, Torres, Hiura, JDM, Paddack, Albies, Ketel Marte, Bryant, Donaldson, Altuve, etc.  We also discuss if the helium is warranted on players like Arozarena, Plesac, Kyle Lewis, Dansby Swanson, etc.

We also address covid as it relates to 2021 drafts.  It ain't over (i.e. how to treat David Price).

Finally we address the Statcast Microwave phenomenon.

26 Sep 2023Unedited Post 400 ADP from back in February01:34:01

Russell Zack Steve and Graham

26 Jan 2024Single Point of Failure with Seth Trachtman & Kris Reed with Russell Withers feat. MTM and The Gildz03:48:11

Gildz opens with this thoughts on the NFFC.


Kris Reed and Seth Trachtman talk the anotomy of a DC, auction strategy, and Russell Withers joins to draft an all post 500 ADP team. MTM joins to tear shit up at the end.

27 Oct 2020Champions Week - Episode 1: Battle of the Pods Champ Drew Morris (@commonsensefbb)01:44:46

Zack and Drew talk what you can expect with respect to early ADP in the early Draft Champions leagues with no ADP available.

- Arozarena

- Kyle Lewis

- Marlins Pitchers

- Top 4 rounds of SP

- Closer analysis

- Catcher analysis

- The forgotten - Puig, Domingo German, Mancini, Clase

- The Tommy John recoveries - Thor, Severino, Sale

- Prospects - Kelenic, Vaughn, Wander, Manning, Brujan

01 Sep 2023Talking Auctions and Mains with Brandon King (@BK1NG818)01:58:23

Brandon talks auction strategy and his top 10 overall Main Event team with Zack and Bjorn.


Marc Winokur, Matt Modica, John Fish, and Andrew Geller pop on at the end to review the early draft and talk shit.

23 Jan 2021Battle of the Podcasts Recap with @deadpullhitter and @baseballpods02:04:23

Zack talks with Rob DiPietro and Chris @baseballpods about the recently completed Battle of the Podcasts league discussing how to handle drafting free agents, how to use projections, minimum statistical targets, and discussing alternative strategies drafting.

Players Discussed:

- Dylan Moore

- Justin Turner

- Jarred Kelenic

- AJ Puk

- Marcus Semien

- Garrett Richards

- Noah Syndergaard

- Amir Garrett

- Jeter Downs

- JB Wendelken

- Ryan Yarbrough

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15 Dec 2020Up and Down in the AL Central with @fish248300:32:15

Zack and John discuss 1 up and 1 down for each bullpen and offensive position in the AL Central.

06 Mar 2024Sex Pigs and Sheep Sheets with Mike Kurland, Frank Ammirante and Tim Pamperin02:29:42
Mike, Frank, Zack, Tim, and Bjorn discuss the MLB Playing Time Website and the top 15 risers of 2024 drafts in Vegas
05 Feb 2021Battle of the Podcasts Recap with @EricCross04 and @mjgovier02:15:34
Zack, Eric, Michael, and Daniel discuss the Battle of the Pods We discuss Twitter putting a disputed claim on Bob Nightengale's tweets We talk about the Fowler signing and the implications on Adell, Marsh, and Tyler O'Neill  We take a listener question on Adell Eric defrends Cristian Javier and Michael defends Edwin Rios  We talk Scherzer, Stanton, Lamet, Kiriloff, and of course, Kelenic in our draft. We review post hype breakout candidates: Senzel, Dahl, Reyes, Rodgers, Matz We dicuss the catcher prospects in DC formats (Huff, Kirk, Stephenson, Bart) We talk the Rays pitching staff in redraft formats: Honeywell, McKay, McClanahan, Ryan, Patino Balazovic vs. Duran in redraft Rooker vs. Larnarch in redraft
08 Feb 2020In Depth with Jason Martinez of Roster Resource (@mlbdepthcharts)01:28:23
Zack and Craig talk to Jason Martinez of Roster Resource. We asked about the Betts trade, Domingo Santana, Puig, Pence, the Rockies mess, Sano batting 8th, the Braves and Orioles rotations, the Reds, Indians and Padres outfield, the Rays infield, AJ Puk and Dustin May. We also each make a bold prediction
12 May 2023The Regression Monster Episode01:39:26
Mike Kurland joins the podcast with a little bit of Daniel Prepas at the end. We talk stashing players, macro trends and play jeopardy. Rick and Bjorn join.
01 Nov 2020Champions Week - Episode 5: Sprint Main Event Champ Jim Tomony01:24:40

Jim talks about his 2020 victory, 2021 bouncebacks, managing FAAB leagues vs. draft and hold, managing team construct, reviews a recent DC in his honour as well as gives us 6 sleepers to draft after round 30.

04 Feb 2024Najemy Returns01:20:58
Adam Najemy returns to talk about our recent DC and his hitter heavy strategy. We talk about fairness at NFBC and take listener questions.
09 Feb 2020Did we Just Become Best Friends? with @MLBMovingAvg02:07:36

@zackroto talks to @MLBMovingAvg about recently joining The Athletic, a new metric replacing the quality start, a bold prediction, deep sleepers (Hibernators), how he uses projections and analyzes individual pitches.  There is minimal talk of The Dexter Kitty and Barry Bonds into the Hall of Fame.

1:00 - 20/20 Vision John's bold prediction about Gerrit Cole spinning in to Paxton tangent

5:10 - Tangent on Trevor Bauer

6:25 - Tangent on Liam Hendriks

7:00 - Zack's bold prediction (Red Sox talk)

12:50 - Can we stick a fork in Samardzija, Tanaka, and JA Happ and Brooks Baseball Primer on analyzing individual pitches

26:30 - Navigating conflicting data across Savant and Fangraphs

36:00 - Dexter Kitty makes his first appearance on the podcast and reading listener reviews

41:00 - @MLBMovingAvg big announcement that he has joined the Athletic and explains the revamped money start and plus quality start

1:04:00 - Projection discussion

1:12:30 - Late round selections are not dart throws (Zack throws out a Marlin and John throws out a White Sox player)

1:21:30 - Did we just become best friends? NFBC Moving Averages

1:56:30 - We ask someone who does not care about the Hall of Fame if Barry Bonds should be in it




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27 Oct 2023Rick P Tacks Hi Stacks with @PhilRobot and @BigPapi6901:28:59
Hi My Name is Rick Poundstone. I am the star of a fantasy bassball podcast talking to celebrity NBC players today I talk to Felipe Dassult and Jason Deputy. Thank you Dean Karn, you have changed my life. Let's make fantasy baseball fun again.
21 Jan 2020Finding the Honey Hole with Ray Butler of Prospects365.com (@prospects365)01:57:12

Zack and Mike talk prospects with Ray Butler of Prospects365.com about a recent Draft Champions contest that Zack and Ray competed in, Ray's prospects he likes for redraft leagues, his take on Luis Robert, and review a "prospects only" mock draft for NFBC Draft Champions Leagues which included this draft order:


1. Chris Blessing, Baseball HQ @C_Blessing

2. Ray Butler, Prospects 365 @prospects365

3. Colin Weatherwax, NFBC Main Event League Winner @cweatherwax13

4. Brian Ranney, Draft Champions Podcast follower @Bryan0316

5. Drew Morris, Common Sense Fantasy Baseball Podcast @commonsensefbb

6. Ryan Bloomfield, Baseball HQ @ryanBHQ

7. Ralph Lifshitz, Prospectslive, @prospectjesus

8. Eric Cross, Fantrax, @EricCross04

9. Zach Braff, Bases Loaded Podcast @braffz

10. Joe Gentile, SB Nation’s Faketeams @JoeGentileFT

11. Shelly Verougstraete, Rotographs, PitcherList, Prospects 365, Dynasty Guru, @ShellyV_643

12. Zack and Mike, Draft Champions Podcast, @zackroto @mike_kurland


19 Feb 2021Writers' Block with Chris Halicke (@ChrisHalicke) of the Texas Rangers00:50:42

Zack talks to Chris Halicke of SI Fan Nation about the Rangers rotation options, closer situation, and predicts the batting order on April 1 and July 1.

- Jung, Huff, Tejada ETA

-6 Man rotation?

- Kyle Cody and Dane Dunning

- Folty

- Calhoun and Khris Davis

- Taveras breakout

- Ronald Guzman

04 Jul 2020Battle of the Podcasts Mulligan review with @batflipcrazy00:55:10

Zack and Toby review the Battle of the Podcasts NFBC Draft Champions league through 13 rounds.


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06 Nov 2020Champions Week - Episode 6: Sprint Main Event Three Peaters Toby G (@batflipcrazy) and Phil Dussault (@PhilDussault27)01:43:39

Phil and Toby discuss winning individual Main Event leagues 3 times in 2020 and some 2021 strategy including pocket aces, a potential full house, some catcher love, roster construction, and how many batters a pitcher is worth. 

21 Dec 2024ADP Risers and Fallers Live Leadeboard01:40:24

Zack is in 9 DCs currently and compares the ADP of those 9 drafts currently ongoing to the previous 15 completed.

Also - owner quits mid league and mental health minute

26 Feb 2021Writer's Block with Scott Merkin (@ScottMerkin) of the Chicago White Sox00:36:48

We talk to Scott about 

- Michigan Iowa game

- Wrestlemania 2

- Cease's core velocity belt

-Rodon, Lopez, Stiever, Crochet

- Who's Hendrik's back up?

- Over Under .235 for Moncada, .255 for Robert, .310 for Madrigal

- Moncada bounce back?

- Did Robert's diving catch impact his second half?

- Vaughn ETA

-Projected batting order

07 Nov 2024Spectre and Dr. Dave's 5th Overall Main Event02:34:47

Post election coverage of Dave and Tony's 5th Overall Main Event team. We assess the Main Event and their team in detail, including draft decisions and FAAB. Lots of injury assessment.

19 Sep 2024Week 3 NFFC Primetime FAAB Review with Jeff Kozlowski01:47:10

2023 Primetime winner reviews Week 3 FAAB

20 Jan 2020Live $350 Rotowire Online Championship with Colin Weatherwax (@CWeatherwax13)01:49:02

Zack and Colin participate in the 3rd Rotowire Online Championship and do their best play by play during the draft.  Colin drafts a great 2020 squad while Zack drafts a great 2021 squad.  

Listen to hear how far Ryu falls and how early Hilliard goes.  

You can follow our hosts on Twitter:

Zack - @ZackRoto

Mike - @Mike_Kurland

17 Dec 2020Up and Down in the NL with @fish248301:00:18
Zack and John talk 1 up and 1 down in the NL for each team's bullpen and offense.  Also discuss possible free agent signings.
05 Mar 2020A Poor Man's Trent Grisham with Alex Fast (@AlexFast8) of PitcherList01:30:34

@zackroto and @commonsensefbb have Alex Fast of PitcherList on the show.  Discussion topics include

- undervalued hitters

- CSW metric

- RP that can turn into solid SPs

- innings caps on prospects and young pitchers in draft and hold formats

- Alex shares some deep sleepers (hibernators)

- Of course, we dive deep into the Baltimore rotation

28 Apr 2023James Maples (@jimbobmaples) and the In Season the Mail Bag01:39:58
James Maples, NFBC veteran, and highly accomplished player answers questions that will help in season. Rick Poundstone, Jeopardy and some surprise guests.
03 Jul 2020MLB Moving Averages Across a Smaller Sample Size with @mlbmovingavg01:32:24

A short season makes moving averages less relevant, but we need @mlbmovingavg more than ever

05 Aug 2024Week 20 FAAB Recap with Brian Jenner, Marc Winokur and Dr. Dave02:07:26

Week 20 FAAB recap

- global spend

- Mayo

-Holliday

-Springs

-Birdsong

- Closers

-Tipton's MEQ

- Live Chat

28 Jul 2020Pigscaping with Mike the Mouth (@godfathernfbc)01:35:42

MTM and Zack talk FAAB, the Main Event Boards and drafting with Hall of Famers, Kurland the FAAB whisperer and Manscaping Pigs

09 Feb 2021Battle of the Pods Recap with Bubba and the Batflip (@bdentrek and @batflipcrazy)01:59:37

Zack has Bubba and the Batflip on to discuss the battle of the pods

Bubba defends his closer and Toby defends his pitching.  We get deep into JT Realmuto and Keston Hiura.

24 Mar 2024Platinum League Review with John Fish and Dr. Dave 01:20:43
Platinum league review live from Las Vegas
10 Mar 2020Let's Get Ready to Rumble: Everything NFBC Main Events with Dusty Wagner (@wagner13454)01:10:47
@zackroto and high stakes NFBC pro Dusty Wagner talk everything NFBC Main Events leading up to the 2 weekends in NYC and Vegas.  They discuss, FAAB, Draft flow, targets, avoids, KDS, 2 start pitchers, etc.
26 Jan 2021Battle of the Podcasts Recap with @justinmasonFWFB and @RunDMcD and @TheDustmite02:22:29

Justin, Jake, Dave and Zack break down the Battle of the Pods.  We discuss Corbin, Varsho, Moore (again), Carlson, Civale, Bieber, Plesac, Quantill, Heaney and Dave actually gives you a dynasty league stash!  And tons of strategy!

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13 Feb 2020Shark Bytes with Justin Mason (@justinmasonfwfb)00:40:44

Zack sits down with Justin Mason (@justinmasonfwfb) of Fangraphs, The Sleeper and the Bust, and the TGFBI

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Draft Guide: on Amazon "The Fantasy Benefit" "Justin Mason" or "Friends with Fantasy Benefits"

- strategy guides

- ranks

- ATC projections by Ariel Cohen

- team prospect previews and team previews

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We talk BARF League, TGBI, a new TGFBI leaderboard, deep sleepers, handling the first FAAB run, strategy of boring rosters vs. upside, lessons learned from last TGFBI

We talk hoow draft strategy differs in waiver leagues vs. Draft Champions and drafting in January vs. March.

Zack and Justin put their avitar where their mouths are and lay down a big bet that involves Alex Cobb and Jeff Samardzija. 

100% Fantasy Baseball!

03 Mar 2020The Curious Case of Eric Heberlig with Mike "The Mouth" Massotto (@godfathernfbc)01:56:40

MTM and @zackroto sit down for round 5 to discuss

-spring training standouts

-managing the first FAAB run

-draft etiquette 

-draft horror stories

-a MLB combine 

-Planning for Live Events in NYC

-1980s movie trivia - will Mike get all 5 to force Zack into a Main event?

-Zack finds out something he doesnt know about Lisa Anne

17 Apr 2023Draft Champions Entertainment Podcast - Episode 3 Free Preview00:36:29

Zack, MTM and Frank - Free preview of episode 3

23 Aug 2024Betting on Ohtani with Jason Santeiu01:52:31
Review of Meatball draft Bjorns meatball draft Review of Jason's (currently) first overall team
07 Oct 20242025 Episode 1: Mike "The Mouth" Massotto 02:35:45

Mets

Godfather Games

2024 DC Champion review

First complete 2025 DC analysis

Presidential Election

08 Dec 2023Big Dick Nicholi Returns to the Unretirement Party01:18:28
Nicholi Knutson joins to talk some shit and DCs
17 Feb 2021Writers' Block with Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) of the Boston Red Sox00:35:23

Zack talks to Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com

We talk the projected batting order, starting rotation

When we can expect Jeter Downs, Jarren Duran, and Tristan Casas

We talk Sale's timetable, Houck's role, Pivetta's pitch mix, Perez's relationship with Cora, and Richard's health

JD Martinez and in game video

Marwin and Kike utility men

Dalbec's power

Franchy and Renfroe's upside

02 Jul 2020Put your Money Where the Mouth is with Mike "The Mouth" Massotto (@godfatherNFBC)01:47:17

MTM and Zack talk about strategic changes for the 60 game season including new bust candidates, NL DH options and more.  Mike assesses the NFBC decision and attempts to get Zack to join a main event and the first 20 minutes are complete non-sense as per usual...but only the first 20 minutes.

04 Aug 2020Fading the Frail with Dave McDonald (@RunDMcD) of High Stakes Heat 01:30:58

Dave McDonald of High Stakes Heat and Rotosaurus.com does a round of speed closers (30 closers in under 30 minutes) as well as talks fading frail players and FAABagedeon (aka week 3 of FAAB in the NFBC)

30 Jun 2024Week 15 FAAB Preview: Making You Better Players and Building the Community02:20:27

Marc Winokur joins to discuss Week 15 FAAB

- NFBC town hall questions

- stashes

- SP schedules next 2 weeks

- hitting streamers

- FAAB spend vs. last season

- Noelvi predictions

- 20 drops you should make

- Jo Adell sucks

- Butto vs. Christian Scott

- Bullpen specs and re-adds

- Padres and Phillies injury replacements

05 Jun 2020FOOTBALL ALERT: Football is back but after Baseball with Andy Saxton (@andy_saxton) and Marc Winokur (@marc_winokur)00:46:06

The inaugural DC NFL podcast simulating a draft where Marc Winokur picked 1st and Andy Saxton picked 12th in an NFFC Draft Champtions BUT both had to jump recent ADP by at least 10% to build their ideal squad (i.e. 24th pick can't draft above ADP 26.4)


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23 Aug 2024Fantasy Football? with Marc Winokur, The Gildz and Rob Giese01:16:26

some fantasy football chat

21 Mar 2023Reliever Recon Premium Content00:33:47

Patreon subs had early access.

28 Jul 2024Midnight Madness with Carter Gill and Marc Winokur02:40:12

Recorded at midnight (EST), the legendary Carter Gill makes his debut as he is positioned at the CLQ final table (on July 28th, knock on wood) and we talk the biggest FAAB period of the season. Marc compliments Carter nicely we talk adds, drops, stashes and more from their unique points of view.

03 Jul 2020Changing Gears for 60 Games with Matt Modica (@ctmbaseball)00:59:59

NFBC champ Matt Modica talks about the implications on draft strategy of a short season with Zack.  We talk about a lot of players!

22 Feb 2020Levels of Randomity with Mike "The Mouth" Massotto (@godfathernfbc)01:50:25

@zackroto and @mikemassotto at it again

0:00 - 8:50 Loverboy intro and greetings

8:50 - 14:20 - MTM guesses that movie line

14:20 - 45:20 - Mining the News with Jeff Zimmerman('s article).  MTM reviews the latest installment of an excellent recurring article by Jeff Zimmerman

45:20 - 49:05 -  the collapse of the 2nd tier of starting pitcher 

49:05 - 52:30 - more mining the news

52:30 - 54:15 -  Scott Pianowski timing out and other gems comments

54:15 - 1:02:30 - What grinds MTM's gears on twitter

1:02:30 - 1:17:30 - Game 163 counting in the NFBC

1:17:30 - 1:24:30 - MTM wild college years

1:24:30 - 1:29:40 -  Gifting someone Cole and DeGrom in a DC and draft prep tips with MTM

1:29:40 - 1:33:20 - Are the early draft values gone by the end of February?

1:33:20 - 1:38:30 - MTM discusses the advantages of being on the wheel in a 12 team league

1:38:30 - 1:41:50 - Zack asks why isn't speed being pushed up in the late rounds in a DC

1:41:50 - 1:50:25 - JAWS, changing MTM's twitter handle, more Loverboy...and Frankie Montas and Luzardo heating up


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17 Jan 2024Seattle Mariners Team Catcher Preview with Todd Hoppe01:14:58
13 time DC winner and 2 time Main Event Winner Hoppe talks Seattle catchers and DC strategy
24 Oct 2024Week 8 NFFC Primetime FAAB Review00:37:08

Week 8 FAAB review and a bone to pick re: transparency

08 Dec 2024Post 500 ADP team with Frank Ammirante, Bart Parry and Uncle Ted02:29:19

Micah notes

In memoriam

Skubal, McClanahan, Chourio

Loubob trade?

ADP Fatigue

Bounce backs

All post 500 ADP Team

Zack's post 750 Team

Playing time stability

31 Oct 2020Champions Week - Episode 4: Draft Champions Overall Champ Rob DiPietro (@deadpullhitter)01:22:48

Rob talks his DC win, some late round comps to Burnes and Javier, auction values, how to draft starting pitching, and team construct using "buckets".  We also discuss a main event league we were both in.

16 Feb 2025Helping the Community with @GekkoIndustries and @jimbobmaples02:33:26

Mark Srebro and James Maples talk about all kinds of stuff to help the community become better players. Featuring Rick and Bjorn

05 Apr 2025Week 2 FAAB Review and Week 3 Preview00:58:11

NFBC FAAB

19 Mar 2024Draft Boards?00:35:22
Some spring training velo notes and auction reserve picks then thoughts on sharing boards
02 Jul 2024Week 15 FAAB Review with Mike Kurland (Part 2)01:31:00

Got disconnected but continued here (nice timing for a break). The remainder of the episode is going into detail on all the week 15 adds

- Noelvi Marte

- Festa

- Davis Daniel

- Noel

- etc.

05 May 2020The New Fantasy Baseball Universe with John Fish (@fish2483) feat. Donald (Donnie Baseball) Trump02:16:33

@zackroto and @cmagee523 talk with John Fish of ArbourPro about the Second Chance Draft Champions League he and Zack are currently drafting, and the implications on various unknowns of the new fantasy baseball universe.  Each of us survey the new landscape and give a sleeper, bust, comeback, early season whiff, and favorite closer target with a guest appearance from the President of the United States, Donnie Baseball himself.


Donnie Trump chimes in at the 1:30:00 mark

12 Aug 2024Dr. Dave Diagnoses Week 21 FAAB00:55:30

Dave McDonald reviews Week 21 FAAB and helps you become a better player setting your lineups this week.

26 Feb 2020Strategically Placing Darts in Round 50 with John Fish (@fish4283)01:00:08

@zackroto and John Fish (@fish4283) talk the very last round of your Draft and Hold NFBC Draft Champion leagues.  Who should you target.  

Don't throw darts.  Place darts carefully.  

We also talk again about the Oakland As Monopoly board of infielders, Luis Robert, Tommy Pham, Mallex Smith, Miguel Sano, and the Astros backups.

Why isn't speed getting pushed up after round 30?

Do you handcuff your first round pick in round 50?

Are you concerned they will pitch around Juan Soto?

Who do you Target in Round 1?

Who are your top 3 hitters you want up with the game on the line?

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19 Dec 2020The American League Starting Pitching Market with Micah Henry (@fantasycentral1)01:02:47

Zack talks with Micah Henry of the Fantasy Insiders about 1 starting pitcher on each team in the AL they are high and and low on.

26 Sep 2023Draft Champions Entertainment Podcast - Episode 8 Free Preview00:36:48

Mike wants me to make these descriptions better. So here it goes. This is 37 minutes of Mike and I talking before Justin Mason smokes 15 cigarettes


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06 Jul 2020Battle of the Podcasts Mulligan Review with Mike Kurland from the Internet (@Mike_Kurland)01:31:54
Zack and Mike discuss players opting out and the Battle of the Podcasts. Follow @draftchampagne and Kurland's @Basesloadedpod and his contributions to @3Bsofbaseball
03 Feb 2020Don’t F**k with Cats: Hunting a Baseball Analyst with Mike “The Mouth” Massotto (@godfathernfbc)02:02:40

Zack (@zackroto) talks to MTM about ADP risers and who can be this year’s Yordan Alvarez, Chris Paddack, Lucas Giolito etc. Mike also talks about working in the movie theatres in the 80s and the state of cat accounts on twitter. He reviews 2 teams in what he’s marketing as the “moron package”. Stay tuned for his bold prediction near the end after he’s taught what a bold prediction actually is.

04 Dec 2024Live Gladiator with Tim Pamperin and Marc Winokur01:30:27

Live Gladiator

24 Apr 2024Draft Champions Entertainment Podcast Returns03:02:33
MTM, Frank and Zack are back to talk, mainly to each other, recap some drafts, sheep picks, and talk about all the funny stuff going on.
09 Oct 2020This is not a Mock: The First Draft Champions Draft of 202100:50:21

The first 10 mins is an intro, the last 40 is the draft recap through 18 rounds of the first NFBC DC of 2021


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16 May 2023RoboGut with Vlad Sedler and Phil Dussault02:00:24

Psychology of FAAB

Jake Buger

Mickey Moniak

DL Hall

Bo Naylor (what?)

Luis Ortiz (Pittsburgh)

Jose Abreu


special segments

-in memoriam

-Dr. Daves Decimals

-Jeopardy


24 Jan 2020Going to Bat for the NFBC with Matt Modica (@ctmbaseball)01:10:23

Zack and Mike talk to high stakes fantasy baseball champion Matt Modica.  We review 2 NFBC Draft Champion leagues, talk player evaluation, and growing your bankroll.

23 Jun 2024Week 14 FAAB Preview02:21:36

We start out with Dr. Dave's Objections (new segment), then head into big drops from Week 13 and then at the request of Bubba, we preview week 14 FAAB without mentioning any player names.

28 Feb 2020Pretty Fly for a White Guy with Mike Alexander (@Roto_Wan)01:07:39

@zackroto and FSWA award winner @roto_wan of Razzball and Fantasy Alarm delve into the Razzslam, the Best Ball format and his new Fly Index.

They also talk TGFBI, Yasiel Puig, the injured yankees, Griffin Canning, and Chris Sale.

Zack asks Mike Alexander if he sees a resurgence from Smyly, King Felix and dare I say Ubaldo Jimenez.  There is an obligatory Bartolo Colon reference in there.

Mike gives his post 700 ADP sleeper.

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25 Jan 2020The Most Interesting Man in the NFBC with Mike “The Mouth” Massotto (@godfathernfbc)01:55:15
Zack let’s Mike Massotto run his infamous mouth on high stakes fantasy baseball, huge tournaments he’s founded, the NFBC and players he’s avoiding this year.
07 Nov 2023Rick Poundstone talks DCs with Eric Albright and Thomas Olownia02:00:57

Eric Albright has won 6 figure in the NFBC. Thomas Olownia was the 2021 overall Draft Champions Winner. We discuss DCs, projections, 80th percentile targets This year's: Justin Steele (outstanding pitcher post 250) Hunter Greene (helium from round 8-9 to round 5-6) Anthony Volpe (early draft post 500 to pre-100 in Mains) Yandy/Kim/Stott/Paredes (hitteres post 250 that were underappreciated) under the radar press conference quotes for early drafters. Jeopardy

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20 Aug 2024Week 22 Main Event FAAB Recap with AG01:08:38

Zack, AG, FAAB Recap with chat roll

19 Dec 2019A Visit From Fantasy Guru Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut)00:51:51

Mike and Zack talk high stakes, draft values and draft strategy with Vlad Sedler of Fantasy Guru. 

You can follow our hosts on Twitter:

Zack - @ZackRoto

Mike - @Mike_Kurland

17 Jan 2025Live Gladiator with Spencer Thurmond02:17:57

Live Gladiator (and OLAC)

17 Jul 2020The Only Fish in the NFBC Main Event with @fish248301:04:42

John Fish talks about the NFBC Main Event in terms of preparation, sharing a team, players he's avoiding, and how the 60 game season impacts the draft.  We also take a fairly in depth look at the ADP of the first 2 mains.


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07 Jul 2023Growing the Fantasy Baseball Community with Trevor Tipton (@FFCULater)02:07:25

Trevor Tipton, highly successful sports bettor, talks to Zack and Bjorn about the applications of betting in season long, growing the community, and we deep dive into 8 of the biggest gainers in the Main Event over the last 2 months.

20 Jun 2024Week 13 FAAB Review00:47:31
Week 13 FAAB recap plus burner or not a burner
07 Apr 2025Week 3 NFBC FAAB Review01:51:51

Marc Winokur

Bart Parry

Andrew Geller

29 Dec 2023Draft Champions, Disrupted01:04:05
Adam Najemy joins the pod to discuss his unique strategies.
23 Jan 2025It's a Bold Strategy Cotton with GP Churchill and Steve Oswervy02:01:21

GP Churchill and Steve talk

- punting SP in Gladiator

- OC strategy

- CLQ odds for all 15 players

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