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205: Lessons learned in 2023 and applying it in 2024

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Chris Sale could jump 100 picks if his velocity shows up in spring training.

1. Bases Loaded Fantasy Baseball Podcast episode 205 focuses on 2024 fantasy baseball lessons and draft preparation. 2. Mike Curlin hosts with George, and both identify themselves as returning after their last podcast on June 15, 2023. 3. The episode asks how 2023 lessons should change draft-and-hold roster builds for 2024. 4. The discussion starts with Frankie Montas in Cincinnati, where Mike worries about the ballpark and George ties his value to sinker-splitter results. 5. Chris Sale’s move to Atlanta becomes the main pitching valuation case, because the hosts debate whether the Braves’ interest should push his draft price higher. 6. The hosts compare Sale’s current ADP range with names like Joe Musgrove, Christian Javier, Michael King, Bassitt, and Montgomery. 7. Sale’s 2023 skills matter in the conversation because Mike cites a 22.6% K-minus-walk rate and George notes 102 innings. 8. George says Sale could work as an SP3 behind Logan Webb and Luis Castillo if the roster already has innings stability. 9. Robert Suarez, Yuki Matsui, and Woo-Suk Go make the Padres’ closing situation a second bullpen focus. 10. George says Suarez may get the first save chances, while Matsui’s five-year deal makes the roles harder to read. 11. One notable takeaway is that George points out Sale could jump about 100 picks if spring velocity returns to the high 90s. 12. Another is that Mike keeps Sale out of his queue’s top few names even though he likes the skill set. 13. Mike says he does not tweet his sleepers because draft information has value when competitors see the same player names. 14. George frames that idea as a competitive edge, saying objective analysis and private targets are not the same thing. 15. Mike’s MLBplayingtime.com project becomes a concrete tool for comparing projected lineups team by team. 16. Mike says the site exists partly because Roster Resource does not show left-handed and right-handed lineups the way he wants. 17. The tone stays conversational and skeptical, with long side discussions about ADP shifts, roster context, and how much one round can change a draft. 18. The format mixes fantasy baseball analysis with personal updates, including Mike discussing marriage, moving, work, and mental health. 19. Listeners who build draft-and-hold fantasy baseball teams will get the most out of this episode. 20. Listeners who want quick player rankings without roster-construction context may skip it.

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A loose, candid return that gets into useful draft talk.

Episode 205 gets back to Mike Curlin and George after a long gap and settles into draft talk without much ceremony. The tone is loose and unpolished, which fits two hosts catching up while they work through roster paths, lineup competition, and spring decisions.

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