High Stakes Heat - Fantasy Baseball – Details, episodes & analysis

The boys are back after less than a week to discuss many trade deadline possibilities and how they can effect different players in our fantasy game!

*Callups: Norby, McDermott, Festa, Nacho

*What happened to THAIRO? Fitzgerald is supplanting him

*Injury discussion on Yelich, Tucker, Trout, Buxton

***Dave takes you through every team and what they could do at the trade deadline. How do possible moves shake things up for fantasy?

*Special guest Dr. Bjorn Masterson (@analystBJMaster) joins the show! He plays Etymology of Baseball and also discusses a new business proposal for Dave

*GLARF still in first, no way! New EARTH overall leader, Joe McHugh

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Dave McDonald and Jake Halusker are consistently successful high stakes players in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship, and they share with listeners their strategies and experiences of competing in the highest levels of fantasy baseball. Listen to the guys who have done it before to learn how to win your leagues! Please take a few moments to rate and review the podcast on your platform of choice; we really want your feedback. Thank you so much to those of you all-stars who have done so already!

Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠RotoSaurus.com/merch⁠⁠⁠⁠ to support the pod!

Follow Dave (⁠⁠⁠⁠@RunDMcD⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Jake (⁠⁠⁠⁠@TheDustmite⁠⁠⁠⁠) on Xwitter; be sure to send them your barbs and accolades.

Logo Designs - the great Matt Krysiak (⁠⁠⁠⁠www.coroflot.com/krysiart⁠⁠⁠⁠)

Show Tune - The 126ers - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Black Moons

WAKE UP! It's time for the second half!!!

*The Consortium is having a strong year thus far in the Main Event

*Check-ins on Dave's and Jake's Vegas leagues

*Strengths and weaknesses, where we can improve our standing in the leagues

*What we did right and wrong in draft season, having seen 3.5 months of baseball

*Why do teams and players keep lying to us?

*Hunter Greene remains from the Opening Day flamethrowers

*Was drafting Wyatt Langford correct process?

*Players whose value will likely change at the trade deadline

*April victory laps can lead to May injuries

*Underrated Main Event competitor shout-outs

*Etymology of Baseball

*GLARF maintains its position at the top of the EARTH

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Dave McDonald and Jake Halusker are consistently successful high stakes players in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship, and they share with listeners their strategies and experiences of competing in the highest levels of fantasy baseball. Listen to the guys who have done it before to learn how to win your leagues! Please take a few moments to rate and review the podcast on your platform of choice; we really want your feedback. Thank you so much to those of you all-stars who have done so already!

Check out ⁠⁠⁠RotoSaurus.com/merch⁠⁠⁠ to support the pod!

Follow Dave (⁠⁠⁠@RunDMcD⁠⁠⁠) and Jake (⁠⁠⁠@TheDustmite⁠⁠⁠) on Xwitter; be sure to send them your barbs and accolades.

Logo Designs - the great Matt Krysiak (⁠⁠⁠www.coroflot.com/krysiart⁠⁠⁠)

Show Tune - The 126ers - ⁠⁠⁠Black Moons

The commissioner has locked out the players because he "had to," but that won't stop us from commenting on the absolute flurry of activity in MLB leading up to this dreadful day.  Jake and Dave discuss the fantasy implication of tons of moves, and also laugh heartily at the teams that deserve it (we're looking at you, Guardians).

*Astros resign Justin Verlander, 2y/$50mil

*Cubs sign Marcus Stroman, 3y/$71mil

*Dodgers resign Chris Taylor, 4y/$60mil

*Max Muncy's injured elbow

*Twins resign Byron Buxton, 7y/$100mil

*Cards sign Steven Matz, 4y/$44mil

*Orioles sign Jordan Lyles, 1y/$7mil

*DBacks sign Mark Melancon, 2y/$14mil

*Phillies sign Corey Knebel, 1y/$10mil

*Padres sign Robert Suarez, 1y; Nick Martinez, 4y/$20mil

*Rays sign Corey Kluber, 1y/$8mil; extend Wander Franco, 11y/$182mil

*Marlins acquire Joey Wendle; extend Sandy Alcantara, 5y/$56mil; sign Avisail Garcia, 4y/$53mil

*Mariners sign Robbie Ray, 5y/$115mil; acquire Adam Frazier

*Jays resign Jose Berrios, 7y/$131mil; sign Kevin Gausman, 5y/$110mil

*Would you rather draft deGrom or Gausman?

*Red Sox sign Rich Hill, 1y/$5mil; sign Michael Wacha, 1y/$7mil; sign James Paxton, 1y/$10mil w option

*Brewers acquire Hunter Renfroe from Red Sox for Jackie Bradley, Jr.

*Angels resign Raisel Iglesias, 4y/$100mil; sign Noah Syndergaard, 1y/$21mil; Michael Lorenzen, 1y/$7mil

*Giants resign Anthony DeSclafani, 3y/$36mil; resign Alex Wood, 2y/$25mil; sign Alex Cobb, 2y/$20mil

*Tigers sign Javier Baez, 6y/$140mil; sign Eduardo Rodriguez, 5y/$77mil

*Rangers sign Corey Seager, 10y/$325mil; sign Marcus Semien, 7y/$175mil; sign Jon Gray, 4y/$56mil; sign Kole Calhoun, 1y/$5.2mil

*Mets sign Eduardo Escobar, 2y/$20mil; sign Mark Canha, 2y/$25.5mil; sign Starling Marte, 4y/$78mil; sign Max Scherzer, 3y/$130mil

*Marcell Ozuna's suspension is over, where should you draft him?

*Our slow drafting plans

*Should you have a strategy for drafting from every single draft slot?  NFBC vs lower stakes

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Dave McDonald and Jake Halusker are consistently successful high stakes players in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship, and they share with listeners their strategies and experiences of competing in the highest levels of fantasy baseball.  Listen to the guys who have done it before to learn how to win your leagues!  Please take a few moments to rate and review the podcast on your platform of choice; we really want your feedback.  Thank you so much to those of you all-stars who have done so already!

Check out RotoSaurus.com/merch to support the pod!

Follow Dave (@RunDMcD) and Jake (@TheDustmite) on Twitter; be sure to send them your barbs and accolades.

Logo Designs - the great Matt Krysiak (www.coroflot.com/krysiart)

Show Tune - The 126ers - Black Moons

The illustrious SPStreamer Michael Simione (@SPStreamer) lends his talents to High Stakes Heat tonight as he walks the boys through his growth both as a player and as an analysis brand. 

*The FPAZ experience: people, panels, and poker

*A look at the FPAZ draft from mid-October with many fantasy analyst participants

*Michael's journey to high stakes

*Learning from 2021 and moving forward to 2022

*The TURF League, members of EARTH

*Does a league have to have an entry fee to be a priority for all?

*The method of the Stream

*Michael's 2021 record for streaming

*Early overvalued/undervalued starters

Make sure to check out Michael and the crew over at SPStreamer.com!

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Dave McDonald and Jake Halusker are consistently successful high stakes players in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship, and they share with listeners their strategies and experiences of competing in the highest levels of fantasy baseball.  Listen to the guys who have done it before to learn how to win your leagues!  Please take a few moments to rate and review the podcast on your platform of choice; we really want your feedback.  Thank you so much to those of you all-stars who have done so already!

Check out RotoSaurus.com/merch to support the pod!

Follow Dave (@RunDMcD) and Jake (@TheDustmite) on Twitter; be sure to send them your barbs and accolades.

Logo Designs - the great Matt Krysiak (www.coroflot.com/krysiart)

Show Tune - The 126ers - Black Moons

Today on High Stakes Heat, we take a detailed look at Jake's 2021 fantasy season, with all its ups and more frequent downs.  Strap in and get ready to learn from his trials and tribulations...

*Dave recounts his GLARF league and EARTH overall championships

*A quick look at Dave's season; check out the FWFB pod #718-719 for more details

*A detailed rundown of Jake's 2021 teams

*Major trends and practices that contributed to his downfall

*Mea culpa session on players like Corbin Burnes and Lance McCullers, Jr.

*How to move on and grow from a season that isn't up to your standards

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Dave McDonald and Jake Halusker are consistently successful high stakes players in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship, and they share with listeners their strategies and experiences of competing in the highest levels of fantasy baseball.  Listen to the guys who have done it before to learn how to win your leagues!  Please take a few moments to rate and review the podcast on your platform of choice; we really want your feedback.  Thank you so much to those of you all-stars who have done so already!

Check out RotoSaurus.com/merch to support the pod!

Follow Dave (@RunDMcD) and Jake (@TheDustmite) on Twitter; be sure to send them your barbs and accolades.

Logo Designs - the great Matt Krysiak (www.coroflot.com/krysiart)

Show Tune - The 126ers - Black Moons

Dave, Jake, and Tony @Spectre14 all together IN THE SAME STUDIO!  What better way could there be to jump start High Stakes Heat again!?  

*An update on our high dollar and industry league teams

*Players that each of us has gotten right and wrong, as we currently stand

*Some players that look due for a good or improved second half

*A speculative saves list of ten relievers from Dave

*A look at possible innings limits in the second half

*What should you be doing right now if you're in an overall competition? (Hint: NOT GIVING UP)

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Dave McDonald and Jake Halusker are consistently successful high  stakes players in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship, and  they share with listeners their strategies and experiences of competing  in the highest levels of fantasy baseball.  Listen to the guys who have  done it before to learn how to win your leagues!  Please take a few  moments to rate and review the podcast on your platform of choice; we  really want your feedback.  Thank you so much to those of you all-stars  who have done so already!

Check out RotoSaurus.com/merch to support the pod!

Follow Dave (@RunDMcD) and Jake (@TheDustmite) on Twitter; be sure to send them your barbs and accolades.

Logo Designs - the great Matt Krysiak (www.coroflot.com/krysiart)

Show Tune - The 126ers - Black Moons

We are one week from another beautiful (full) baseball season, and Jake and Tony @Spectre14 are here to give you an evergreen draft strategy pod for the ages!  This episode is essentially devoid of specific player analysis, and it is meant for you to use as a comprehensive strategy primer for any of your drafts this last week of March, and even beyond to other seasons.  

*Why drafting live is just plain awesome

*What to do to prepare for your live draft (with us in Vegas)

*What to expect at the live draft table, and how it's different from drafting from your home computer

*Overarching strategy for 12 team Roto, like the $350 NFBC Rotowire Online Championship

*Overarching strategy for 15 team Roto, like the $1700 NFBC Main Event

*15 team auction strategy from the 2019 $1400 NFBC Auction Overall Champion

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Dave McDonald and Jake Halusker are consistently successful high stakes players in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship, and they share with listeners their strategies and experiences of competing in the highest levels of fantasy baseball.  Listen to the guys who have done it before to learn how to win your leagues!  Please take a few moments to rate and review the podcast on your platform of choice; we really want your feedback.  Thank you so much to those of you all-stars who have done so already!

Check out RotoSaurus.com/merch to support the pod!

Follow Dave (@RunDMcD) and Jake (@TheDustmite) on Twitter; be sure to send them your barbs and accolades.

Logo Designs - the great Matt Krysiak (www.coroflot.com/krysiart)

Show Tune - The 126ers - Black Moons

Big Sexy John L @MLBMovingAvg is back for Round 2 with Dave and Jake, and the heat does not stop until the outro plays!  

*The @baseballpods Podcast Bracket "controversy"

*John breaks down the NFBC Tag Team draft and doesn't hold back...Check the DRAFT BOARD

*Checking in on our TGFBI drafts after one week (John #19, Dave #3, Jake #2)

*The Great Lakes Area Roto Fantasy (GLARF) League update, Dave's and Jake's teams

*Differences when approaching a QS/OBP league as opposed to the norm

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Dave McDonald and Jake Halusker are consistently successful high stakes players in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship, and they share with listeners their strategies and experiences of competing in the highest levels of fantasy baseball.  Listen to the guys who have done it before to learn how to win your leagues!  Please take a few moments to rate and review the podcast on your platform of choice; we really want your feedback.  Thank you so much to those of you all-stars who have done so already!

Check out RotoSaurus.com/merch to support the pod!

Follow Dave (@RunDMcD) and Jake (@TheDustmite) on Twitter; be sure to send them your barbs and accolades.

Logo Designs - the great Matt Krysiak (www.coroflot.com/krysiart)

Show Tune - The 126ers - Black Moons

Big John Stud @MLBMovingAvg joins the boys and there's no stopping this train!  We went for a whopping 225 minutes, so we slashed this episode in two; look for the second part to drop Tuesday.

*Injuries to Calhoun, Bogaerts, Woodruff, Kelenic

*John's feeling on the Yankees rotation

*Aaron Civale has new mechanics

*How do we feel about Bellinger's recovery?

*Kimbrel and Colome got blasted

*Flaherty looked better the second time around

*John's background and start in fantasy

*It's all an investment; gotta make that money

*Diversifying your portfolio

*How did John change his process coming into the 2021 draft season?

*The Trout vs. Soto debate finally happens

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Dave McDonald and Jake Halusker are consistently successful high stakes players in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship, and they share with listeners their strategies and experiences of competing in the highest levels of fantasy baseball.  Listen to the guys who have done it before to learn how to win your leagues!  Please take a few moments to rate and review the podcast on your platform of choice; we really want your feedback.  Thank you so much to those of you all-stars who have done so already!

Check out RotoSaurus.com/merch to support the pod!

Follow Dave (@RunDMcD) and Jake (@TheDustmite) on Twitter; be sure to send them your barbs and accolades.

Logo Designs - the great Matt Krysiak (www.coroflot.com/krysiart)

Show Tune - The 126ers - Black Moons

Check this behemoth!  Shout out to the Dingers pod for our epic first round battle in the Baseballpods Tourney!

*Justin Mason's Podapolooza this Saturday/Sunday Feb. 27-28

*When will the Blue Jays migrate back to Buffalo?

*COVID cases, news, and signings

*How can you determine who closes in a murky backend bullpen situation?

*Do people still think that Mondesi hits second?  Referencing this tweet

*Jacob deGrom is a first round talent, but we're not comfortable drafting him

*Just stop listening and trust yourself

*Dave and Tony break down their NFBC Tag Team Tournament draft from Feb. 22; the live analysis from John L and others here!

*Our leagues in TGFBI

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Dave McDonald and Jake Halusker are consistently successful high stakes players in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship, and they share with listeners their strategies and experiences of competing in the highest levels of fantasy baseball.  Listen to the guys who have done it before to learn how to win your leagues!  Please take a few moments to rate and review the podcast on your platform of choice; we really want your feedback.  Thank you so much to those of you all-stars who have done so already!

Check out RotoSaurus.com/merch to support the pod!

Follow Dave (@RunDMcD) and Jake (@TheDustmite) on Twitter; be sure to send them your barbs and accolades.

Logo Designs - the great Matt Krysiak (www.coroflot.com/krysiart)

Show Tune - The 126ers - Black Moons