DVR and Eno catch up on news from Dodgers camp, an injury creating opportunity in the Brewers' rotation, listener league draft results focusing on players our leagues drafted earlier (and later).
Plus, they are joined by Ron Shandler, founder of Baseball HQ and author of 'Fantasy, Reconstructed' to discuss innovating in fantasy baseball game design, his preferred draft-day tools, a few players he's been targeting this draft season, and the challenges of quantifying risk.
Rundown
2:20 Smelling Hops: Barebottle is Brewing Another Kayaker’s Cove!
4:06 Fabian’s Dodgers Notes: Snell, Ohtani & Wrobleski
10:34 Josh Hader to Open 2026 on the IL; Bryan Abreu Helium
15:39 Quinn Priester’s Injury Opens Up Opportunity in Milwaukee
22:05 Rates & Barrels Listener League Drafts: ‘Our Guys’
44:09 The Fixers: Undervalued Save Sources
52:26 The Fixers: Making Up Ground in Stolen Bases
1:02:07 Interview with FSWA & FSGA Hall-of-Famer Ron Shandler
1:03:06 Inspiration for ‘Fantasy, Reconstructed’
1:08:03 Getting Buy-In to Try New Things in Your Leagues
1:13:17 Re-creating the Monthly Salary Cap Fun of Shandler Park
1:19:07 Ron’s Preferred Draft-Day Tools
1:22:50 Who Is Standing Out as Undervalued in Ron’s Draft So Far?
1:26:33 The Challenge of Quantifying Risk
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Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris
With: Ron Shandler
Editor: Jason Potere
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