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Podcast: RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast
Episode: Pocket Aces, With Derek VanRiper
Description: A popular draft strategy in snake draft leagues is to go with "Pocket Aces," i.e. drafting elite starting pitchers with your first two picks. Derek VanRiper did so in the LABR Mixed Draft League, beginning his draft with Spencer Strider and Corbin Burnes. He and Jeff Erickson talk about the nuances, strengths and weaknesses of the strategy.---00:00 - News & Notes01:00 - Bello extension, Red Sox rotation08:00 - Rodon velocity down, gets hit hard12:00 - Michael King, Johnny Brito, Will Warren17:00 - TB/CLE/LAD pitching...