10 Expert League Picks You Should Steal

Is the Pocket Aces strategy dead, or just out of favor? Jeff Erickson discuss that talking point amongst their other observations from the LABR 15-team Mixed League draft.

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00:00 MLB 2-3-26 Podcast

00:30 Jurickson Profar suspension.

07:30 Josh Hader might finally throw off a mound next week.

09:30 Quinn Priester may not be ready for OD.

15:30 Edwin Uceta is unlikely to be ready for OD.

17:30 Royce Lewis should be back in a week.

20:00 Mike Clevinger had a good start. Bubba Chandler has 7 walks in 3 innings.

22:45 Fernando Tatis to bat 3rd or 4th. Xander Bogaerts could bat leadoff.

24:00 Fantrax

24:52 BlueWire

25:00 10 takeaways from LABR and other early drafts

25:30 Fred was the only drafter who selected two SPs in the initial four rounds. Is the Pocket Aces strategy dead?

30:30 Why does no one want the batting average specialists? I thought that Jacob Wilson was the biggest value pick in the draft. Luis Arraez in Rd. 18 is so late too.

35:30 Why does no one believe in prospects? Has Scott Pianowski’s “avoid the shiny new toy” message finally won?!

38:00 Are we overpaying for poor save sources in a bad closer market? The RPs in Rd. 10-13 are a pretty questionable group, either in terms of skills or role.

42:00 Which Rd. 2 picks were the most surprising to you? I see a few.

45:00 Jeff had a steady stream of yellow at the bottom of your draft. Who were your favorites? And were there any that you instantly regretted?

49:30 Fred regretting Shane Bieber

51:15 Fred decided to use the unlimited IL spots to hoard players, much like MLB teams do. \

53:00 Jose Caballero - do you see a scenario where he remains in a full-time role when Volpe is ready to return?

55:15 We each drafted two players who will likely have a single-digit homer total. How many of these players can you roster without having a problem?

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