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Ep. 207: Navigating through picks 100-200 in ADP

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In the 100-200 ADP range, ignore the consensus—jump value plays 20-30 picks up if they fit your team build.

Mike opens episode 207 with George and keeps it a two-man draft-room conversation, with no guests. George says he is wrapping up his last drafts before vacation next week, so the show may pause after this stretch. The focus is the middle of the draft, where the obvious names are gone and every pick has to fit a roster plan. Spencer Torkelson becomes the clearest example. They note that his price has moved from around a hundred to around 130 ish, which makes the risk feel more manageable than it did earlier in draft season. Mike says he has moved higher on Torkelson and likes the mix of everyday playing time, a good walk rate, and a strikeout rate that is workable for a slugger. The power case leans on a 50 percent hard-hit rate, a lot of fly balls, plenty of pulled fly balls, a 14.1 percent barrel rate, and 62 barrels. They point to his 31 homers last year and see 40-homer upside if the average holds up. Mike also notes the gap between Torkelson’s .251 expected batting average and his .233 actual batting average. George pushes the practical comparison by bringing up Christian Walker as the kind of player you might otherwise draft two rounds earlier for a similar power-and-average shape. The discussion keeps coming back to batting average planning and how that changes which hitters become targets later in drafts. It stays in that lane through the close, treating Torkelson as a useful example of the tradeoffs in the middle rounds rather than forcing a single verdict.

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A tight draft-day debate that uses Spencer Torkelson as the clearest test case for power versus average.

Episode 207 of Bases Loaded Fantasy Baseball stays in the draft pocket, keeping pick 100 to 130 in view as a real roster hinge. Mike Kurland and George compare batting average with power in plain terms, weighing cost against upside while the board thins out.

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When the draft board turns fuzzy in the 100s, this gives you a cleaner read on Torkelson.

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