About this episode
It's episode 22 of the 2024 FTN Fantasy Baseball podcast with Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and Jason Anthony (@booms62). They're joined this week by Brandon Waddell (@thehumnraindelay) aka CORKED WOOD, one of the top NFBC 12-team Online Championship (OC) players. Brandon has won a whopping 16 of 27 OC leagues since he started playing the contest in 2019, a 59% league win rate! They discuss a variety of draft and FAAB topics specifically related to the OC and 12-team formats. Towards the end, the trio plays a Rapid Fire ROS game involving James Wood, Noelvi Marte and Julio Rodriguez. Topics Discussed: Brandon Waddell's baseball and stats background Fading early SPs in the OC The Upside Drafting Theory in overall contests League-shopping and when to draft Diminishing returns with volume drafting Managing FAAB budgets; how much to save 2H The Low-Percentage Plays (aka The Toglia) Avoiding the Splash Bids When to shift to tracking overall standings James Wood vs. Noelvi Marte Julio Rodriguez vs. Jarren Duran Matt Olson vs. Josh Naylor Skubal/Kirby/Castillo vs. Burnes/Fried/P.Lopez Sign up for the best fantasy baseball roster construction, market and player analysis in the industry at www.FTNfantasy.com. Incredible content from our group of top-notch analysts along with industry-best projections (powered by FTN Data), Trust the Gut FAAB, Drops & Disasters, weekly rankings and a whole slew of useful tools. The FTN team will help you crush your leagues! Popular Links on https://ftnfantasy.com NFL Rankings Page: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/nfl/rankings Projections: https://ftnfantasy.com/nfl/projections ADP tool: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/nfl/adp-exploration Underdog ADP Tool: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/nfl/underdog-adp NFL Dynasty Fantasy Football: https://ftnfantasy.com/fantasy/nfl/nfl-dynasty MLB Homepage: https://ftnfantasy.com/mlb NFL Homepage: https://ftnfantasy.com/nfl PGA Homepage: https://ftnfantasy.com/pga NBA Homepage: https://ftnfantasy.com/nba Prizepicks Tool: https://ftnfantasy.com/dfs/nba/prizepicks-predictions-tool DFS Optimizer: https://ftnfantasy.com/dfs/nfl/optimizer Tools Page: https://ftnfantasy.com/tools/ Prop Shop : https://ftnfantasy.com/bets/prop-shop Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.