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Major League baseball fans, get ready for a close up look from the top step of the dugout. Welcome to the baseball classics podcast covering any season from 1901 to the present. We'll explore exciting pennant races, dive head first, analyzing and even doing some comparisons that are bound to settle an argument or start one up. And now, here's your host, Dean Patino. Hello again, everybody. Thanks so much for tuning in to this baseball classics diamond cast. So glad you are here. It is my pleasure to be with you, and in this episode, I'm going to be talking to you fantasy baseball players and also to major league baseball fans who have been considering it but haven't taken that leap yet. Did you know there are millions playing fantasy baseball each and every season. Now we know, of course, you know, most of us know sports fans know fantasy football, of course, gets the lion's share of fantasy players, but fantasy baseball has them as well, not as much as football, but still, millions of them, and the numbers in fantasy sports overall are projected to go absolutely even crazier over the coming years. So if you've been thinking about it, it's a good time to start getting into fantasy baseball. And of course, if you're already there, well this episode is for you as well. So again, this is going to be a fantasy baseball draft quiz, and the way it's going to work is I have 10 questions for you. I'm going to state each question, and there's four multiple choice answers for each question, then I'll give you the answer right after that question. So you'll want to have to wait to the end of this episode to get all the answers, I'd like to give it to you when it's fresh in your mind. All right, let's get started with this fantasy baseball draft quiz. So question number one, when drafting in the first round, what's the most important factor to consider again when drafting in the first round. What's the most important factor to consider? Four possibilities here, A, positional scarcity. B, Power slash, speed combination. C player consistency, or D ceiling, for breakout potential. Again, the question number one when drafting in the first round, what's the most important factor to consider? Is it a positional scarcity, B, Power slash, speed, combination, C, player consistency or C ceiling for breakout potential. Let's count it down. I'm gonna give you five seconds for each of these questions to come up with your answer. All right, so 54321, and of those choices, if you said B, Power slash speed combination, you got it right. A balanced player who contributes across multiple categories like home runs and stolen bases is crucial in fantasy baseball, especially in the early rounds. Okay, let's go to question number two, you're picking at the end of a snake draft in a 12 team league. What's your best strategy for your back to back picks in that snake draft? All right, so again, the question number two, you're picking at the end of a snake. Draft in a 12 team league. What's your best strategy for your back to back picks? Is it? A, grab the best available hitter and pitcher. B, focus on two elite hitters. C, target players from a shallow position. Or D, take two high upside players. Let's go over those answers again. Is it A, grab the best available hitter and pitcher. B, focus on two elite hitters. C, target players from a shallow position. Or D, take two high upside players. All right, let's count it down, 54321, if you said C target players from a shallow position, you got it right in snake drafts, securing talent at a shallow position. Gives you an advantage as the other teams will struggle to fill those gaps later. All right, let's go to question number three in the fantasy baseball draft quiz, what's the ideal round to draft your first starting pitcher in a standard League? Again, the question number three, what's the ideal round to draft your first starting pitcher in a standard League? Is it an A in rounds one to 2b, rounds three to 5c, round six to eight, or D after round eight? So again, it the ideal. What's the ideal round to draft your first starting pitcher in a standard League? A, rounds one to 2b, rounds three to 5c, rounds six to eight, or D after eight. Let's count it down, 54321, if you said b rounds three to five, congratulations. You got it right. This range balances getting a reliable ace without over committing to pitching early. However, it can vary depending on the league, size and format. Okay, let's get to question number four, which type of player should you avoid drafting early in the first five rounds? Question number four, which type of player should you avoid drafting early in the first five rounds? Is it a aging veterans with injury concerns. B, high upside rookies. C, relief pitchers or D, all of the above. You know, I have all the above answer into one of these. So again, question four, which type of players should you avoid drafting early in the first five rounds. A, aging veterans with injury concerns. B, high upside rookies. C, relief pitchers. D, all of the above. Let's count it down, 54321, if you answered D, all of the above. Congratulations. That is correct. Avoid risky players early. Prioritize consistency and production over uncertainty in the first five rounds. All right, let's get to question number five, when is it a good idea to draft a closer? Question number five, when is it a good idea to draft a closer Is it A, early rounds to secure an elite option? B, middle rounds for value picks, C, late rounds and focus on saves from waivers or D, never prioritize closers. Oh, okay. Question number five, when is it a good idea to draft a closer? A, early rounds to secure an elite option? B, middle rounds for value picks. C, late rounds and focus on saves from waivers or D, never prioritize closers. All right, let's count it down. Question number 554321, so when it's a good idea to draft a closer, if you said B, middle rounds for value picks, congratulations. The middle tier closers often provide excellent value without sacrificing early picks for position players or starting pitchers. All right, how you doing? We're halfway through. Let's get on to question number six. Give you a chance to kind of catch your breath. Here we go. What's the best strategy for filling your utility position? Question six, what's the best strategy for filling your utility position? Is it a draft a player with high power upside, B, focus on a hitter who provides balanced stats. C, choose a speed specialist to boost stolen bases or D, use it to stash your breakout pick. Question number six again, what is the best strategy for filling your utility position? A draft a player with high power upside. B, focus on a hitter who provides balance stats. C, choose a speed specialist to boost stolen bases or D, use it to stash your breakout pick. All right, let's count it down five. 4321, in question, six, the best strategy for filling your utility position. If you answered B, congratulations, you got it right. Focus on a hitter who provides balance stats. Utility spots are best filled with consistent, well rounded players to ensure contributions across categories. Look at this within fantasy baseball, these strategies that are thought out and used, and this will give you the edge as you get into your next fantasy baseball draft. So with that, let's get to question number seven, what's the best way to handle positional scarcity during your draft. Question seven, what's the best way to handle positional scarcity during your draft? Is it a target shallow positions early, even if it's a slight reach? B, ignore positional scarcity and draft the best available player, C, mix shallow and deep positions throughout the draft, or D, focus only on positions with strong offensive production. Let's go through that again for Question seven. What's the best way to handle positional scarcity during your draft. A, target shallow positions early, even if it's a slight reach. B, ignore positional scarcity and draft the best available player. C, mix shallow and deep positions throughout the draft. Or D, focus only on positions with strong offensive production. Again. Question seven, what did you say? All right, if you said, oh, let's count it down. Let's count it down first, so, 54321, again for the question of what's the best way to handle positional scarcity in your draft. If you answered a target shallow positions early, even if it's a slight reach, you got it right. Drafting shallow positions like catcher or second base early, can give you the competitive edge. This goes back to question number two, so you are getting that now between question two and question seven. All right, let's move on to question number eight. We have three questions left. What should you do if the top tier players at your draft position are gone? So what should you do if you the top two players at your draft position are gone. Uh oh. What should you do? So is it a draft the next highest ranked player, regardless of position B, reach for a player in a position of need, but consider value C, trade down or swap picks if your league allows or D, take the best available player who fits your team's needs. So again, question number eight, what should you do if the top tier players at your draft position are gone, a draft the next highest ranked player, regardless of position B, reach for a player in a position of need, but consider value C, trade down or swap picks if your league allows or D, take the best available player who fits your team's needs. All right, let's count it down, 54321, and for Question Eight, what should you do if the top tier players at your draft position are gone if you answered. D, congratulations. You got it right. Take the best available player who fits your team's needs. This option balances maintaining value while addressing positional or categorical gaps, a critical skill for successful drafting Okay. Question number nine, how should you approach drafting rookies? Question Nine, how should you approach drafting rookies? A, avoid drafting rookies entirely. B, take one as a high upside bench. Option C, draft them early to get a breakout star. Or D, wait until mid season and pick them up on waivers. So again, Question Nine, how should you approach drafting rookies? A, avoid drafting rookies entirely. B, take one as a high upside bench option. C, draft them early to get a breakout star. Or D, wait until the mid season and pick them up on waivers. All right, let's count it down. Five, four. 4321, and again. Question Nine, how should you draft? How should you approach drafting rookies in fantasy baseball? If you answered B, take one as a high upside bench option. Congratulations. You got it right. Rookies carry risk, so using them as bench players minimizes downside while keeping upside potential makes good sense. All right, the final question in the fantasy baseball quiz, here we go. Question 10. When should you start considering multi position players in your draft. Again. Question 10, when should you consider start considering rather multi position players in your draft? When should you start considering multi position players in your draft? A, early if they provide elite stats. B, mid draft for flexibility, C, only as late round depth picks or D, ignore multi position players entirely. Okay. Again, when should you start considering multi player positions? Multi position players in your draft? A, early if they provide elite stats. B, mid draft for flexibility, C only as late round depth picks or D, ignore multi player or multi position players entirely. I'm going to go through those answers one more time. A, early if they provide elite stats. B, mid draft for flexibility, C C, only is late round draft picks. D, ignore multi position players entirely. All right. Countdown, 5432, what if you said B, mid draft for flexibility. You got it right. Congratulations. Multi position players add valuable lineup flexibility, but it's rarely worth over paying for them early. So if you were keeping track of your answers and you got nine to 10 correct, you are a draft wizard. If you got seven to eight right, you're a strategic contender when it comes to fantasy baseball drafts, if you have five to six correct answers, you're a competitive manager, and less than that, you're still learning the ropes, but that's why we did this quiz, to help you out, give you again, the strategies that are used to optimize your fantasy baseball drafts. All right, before we wrap up, make sure you treat yourself to get our free service real time, diamond view over at baseball classics.com/diamond view we have. It's such a great site again. It's got all the latest and greatest that happens every single day in Major League Baseball. All consolidated, easy to to navigate through. Greater mobile, greater your desktop, all we've got a navigation system in there now. It makes it even easier to go through again. It's free, no login. Let all your friends know. Help everybody out. Spread the word baseball classics.com/diamond, view. Your friends will thank you. Will thank yourself. You'll love this every single day. All right, now that officially wraps up this episode of the baseball classics diamond cast again. I hope you have a fantastic day. We'll see you next time in the baseball classics. Diamond cast you.
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Major League baseball fans, get ready for a close up look from the top step of the dugout. Welcome to the baseball classics podcast covering any season from 1901 to the present. We'll explore exciting pennant races, dive head first, analyzing and even doing some comparisons that are bound to settle an argument or start one up. And now, here's your host, Dean Patino. Hello again, everybody. Thanks so much for tuning in to this baseball classics diamond cast. So glad you are here. It is my pleasure to be with you, and in this episode, I'm going to be talking to you fantasy baseball players and also to major league baseball fans who have been considering it but haven't taken that leap yet. Did you know there are millions playing fantasy baseball each and every season. Now we know, of course, you know, most of us know sports fans know fantasy football, of course, gets the lion's share of fantasy players, but fantasy baseball has them as well, not as much as football, but still, millions of them, and the numbers in fantasy sports overall are projected to go absolutely even crazier over the coming years. So if you've been thinking about it, it's a good time to start getting into fantasy baseball. And of course, if you're already there, well this episode is for you as well. So again, this is going to be a fantasy baseball draft quiz, and the way it's going to work is I have 10 questions for you. I'm going to state each question, and there's four multiple choice answers for each question, then I'll give you the answer right after that question. So you'll want to have to wait to the end of this episode to get all the answers, I'd like to give it to you when it's fresh in your mind. All right, let's get started with this fantasy baseball draft quiz. So question number one, when drafting in the first round, what's the most important factor to consider again when drafting in the first round. What's the most important factor to consider? Four possibilities here, A, positional scarcity. B, Power slash, speed combination. C player consistency, or D ceiling, for breakout potential. Again, the question number one when drafting in the first round, what's the most important factor to consider? Is it a positional scarcity, B, Power slash, speed, combination, C, player consistency or C ceiling for breakout potential. Let's count it down. I'm gonna give you five seconds for each of these questions to come up with your answer. All right, so 54321, and of those choices, if you said B, Power slash speed combination, you got it right. A balanced player who contributes across multiple categories like home runs and stolen bases is crucial in fantasy baseball, especially in the early rounds. Okay, let's go to question number two, you're picking at the end of a snake draft in a 12 team league. What's your best strategy for your back to back picks in that snake draft? All right, so again, the question number two, you're picking at the end of a snake. Draft in a 12 team league. What's your best strategy for your back to back picks? Is it? A, grab the best available hitter and pitcher. B, focus on two elite hitters. C, target players from a shallow position. Or D, take two high upside players. Let's go over those answers again. Is it A, grab the best available hitter and pitcher. B, focus on two elite hitters. C, target players from a shallow position. Or D, take two high upside players. All right, let's count it down, 54321, if you said C target players from a shallow position, you got it right in snake drafts, securing talent at a shallow position. Gives you an advantage as the other teams will struggle to fill those gaps later. All right, let's go to question number three in the fantasy baseball draft quiz, what's the ideal round to draft your first starting pitcher in a standard League? Again, the question number three, what's the ideal round to draft your first starting pitcher in a standard League? Is it an A in rounds one to 2b, rounds three to 5c, round six to eight, or D after round eight? So again, it the ideal. What's the ideal round to draft your first starting pitcher in a standard League? A, rounds one to 2b, rounds three to 5c, rounds six to eight, or D after eight. Let's count it down, 54321, if you said b rounds three to five, congratulations. You got it right. This range balances getting a reliable ace without over committing to pitching early. However, it can vary depending on the league, size and format. Okay, let's get to question number four, which type of player should you avoid drafting early in the first five rounds? Question number four, which type of player should you avoid drafting early in the first five rounds? Is it a aging veterans with injury concerns. B, high upside rookies. C, relief pitchers or D, all of the above. You know, I have all the above answer into one of these. So again, question four, which type of players should you avoid drafting early in the first five rounds. A, aging veterans with injury concerns. B, high upside rookies. C, relief pitchers. D, all of the above. Let's count it down, 54321, if you answered D, all of the above. Congratulations. That is correct. Avoid risky players early. Prioritize consistency and production over uncertainty in the first five rounds. All right, let's get to question number five, when is it a good idea to draft a closer? Question number five, when is it a good idea to draft a closer Is it A, early rounds to secure an elite option? B, middle rounds for value picks, C, late rounds and focus on saves from waivers or D, never prioritize closers. Oh, okay. Question number five, when is it a good idea to draft a closer? A, early rounds to secure an elite option? B, middle rounds for value picks. C, late rounds and focus on saves from waivers or D, never prioritize closers. All right, let's count it down. Question number 554321, so when it's a good idea to draft a closer, if you said B, middle rounds for value picks, congratulations. The middle tier closers often provide excellent value without sacrificing early picks for position players or starting pitchers. All right, how you doing? We're halfway through. Let's get on to question number six. Give you a chance to kind of catch your breath. Here we go. What's the best strategy for filling your utility position? Question six, what's the best strategy for filling your utility position? Is it a draft a player with high power upside, B, focus on a hitter who provides balanced stats. C, choose a speed specialist to boost stolen bases or D, use it to stash your breakout pick. Question number six again, what is the best strategy for filling your utility position? A draft a player with high power upside. B, focus on a hitter who provides balance stats. C, choose a speed specialist to boost stolen bases or D, use it to stash your breakout pick. All right, let's count it down five. 4321, in question, six, the best strategy for filling your utility position. If you answered B, congratulations, you got it right. Focus on a hitter who provides balance stats. Utility spots are best filled with consistent, well rounded players to ensure contributions across categories. Look at this within fantasy baseball, these strategies that are thought out and used, and this will give you the edge as you get into your next fantasy baseball draft. So with that, let's get to question number seven, what's the best way to handle positional scarcity during your draft. Question seven, what's the best way to handle positional scarcity during your draft? Is it a target shallow positions early, even if it's a slight reach? B, ignore positional scarcity and draft the best available player, C, mix shallow and deep positions throughout the draft, or D, focus only on positions with strong offensive production. Let's go through that again for Question seven. What's the best way to handle positional scarcity during your draft. A, target shallow positions early, even if it's a slight reach. B, ignore positional scarcity and draft the best available player. C, mix shallow and deep positions throughout the draft. Or D, focus only on positions with strong offensive production. Again. Question seven, what did you say? All right, if you said, oh, let's count it down. Let's count it down first, so, 54321, again for the question of what's the best way to handle positional scarcity in your draft. If you answered a target shallow positions early, even if it's a slight reach, you got it right. Drafting shallow positions like catcher or second base early, can give you the competitive edge. This goes back to question number two, so you are getting that now between question two and question seven. All right, let's move on to question number eight. We have three questions left. What should you do if the top tier players at your draft position are gone? So what should you do if you the top two players at your draft position are gone. Uh oh. What should you do? So is it a draft the next highest ranked player, regardless of position B, reach for a player in a position of need, but consider value C, trade down or swap picks if your league allows or D, take the best available player who fits your team's needs. So again, question number eight, what should you do if the top tier players at your draft position are gone, a draft the next highest ranked player, regardless of position B, reach for a player in a position of need, but consider value C, trade down or swap picks if your league allows or D, take the best available player who fits your team's needs. All right, let's count it down, 54321, and for Question Eight, what should you do if the top tier players at your draft position are gone if you answered. D, congratulations. You got it right. Take the best available player who fits your team's needs. This option balances maintaining value while addressing positional or categorical gaps, a critical skill for successful drafting Okay. Question number nine, how should you approach drafting rookies? Question Nine, how should you approach drafting rookies? A, avoid drafting rookies entirely. B, take one as a high upside bench. Option C, draft them early to get a breakout star. Or D, wait until mid season and pick them up on waivers. So again, Question Nine, how should you approach drafting rookies? A, avoid drafting rookies entirely. B, take one as a high upside bench option. C, draft them early to get a breakout star. Or D, wait until the mid season and pick them up on waivers. All right, let's count it down. Five, four. 4321, and again. Question Nine, how should you draft? How should you approach drafting rookies in fantasy baseball? If you answered B, take one as a high upside bench option. Congratulations. You got it right. Rookies carry risk, so using them as bench players minimizes downside while keeping upside potential makes good sense. All right, the final question in the fantasy baseball quiz, here we go. Question 10. When should you start considering multi position players in your draft. Again. Question 10, when should you consider start considering rather multi position players in your draft? When should you start considering multi position players in your draft? A, early if they provide elite stats. B, mid draft for flexibility, C, only as late round depth picks or D, ignore multi position players entirely. Okay. Again, when should you start considering multi player positions? Multi position players in your draft? A, early if they provide elite stats. B, mid draft for flexibility, C only as late round depth picks or D, ignore multi player or multi position players entirely. I'm going to go through those answers one more time. A, early if they provide elite stats. B, mid draft for flexibility, C C, only is late round draft picks. D, ignore multi position players entirely. All right. Countdown, 5432, what if you said B, mid draft for flexibility. You got it right. Congratulations. Multi position players add valuable lineup flexibility, but it's rarely worth over paying for them early. So if you were keeping track of your answers and you got nine to 10 correct, you are a draft wizard. If you got seven to eight right, you're a strategic contender when it comes to fantasy baseball drafts, if you have five to six correct answers, you're a competitive manager, and less than that, you're still learning the ropes, but that's why we did this quiz, to help you out, give you again, the strategies that are used to optimize your fantasy baseball drafts. All right, before we wrap up, make sure you treat yourself to get our free service real time, diamond view over at baseball classics.com/diamond view we have. It's such a great site again. It's got all the latest and greatest that happens every single day in Major League Baseball. All consolidated, easy to to navigate through. Greater mobile, greater your desktop, all we've got a navigation system in there now. It makes it even easier to go through again. It's free, no login. Let all your friends know. Help everybody out. Spread the word baseball classics.com/diamond, view. Your friends will thank you. Will thank yourself. You'll love this every single day. All right, now that officially wraps up this episode of the baseball classics diamond cast again. I hope you have a fantastic day. We'll see you next time in the baseball classics. Diamond cast you.
