Fantasy Baseball | Mike Kurland | Age of Radio
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Bases Loaded Podcast is focused on in-depth information and breakdowns and helping you utilize that information to win your fantasy baseball leagues. We cover playing time and production trends unlike majority of other podcasts. We also provide content more geared toward deeper leagues and NFBC formats. We hope you enjoy the approach we take on the podcast and gain a wealth of knowledge in the process.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · June 2026
For fantasy baseball managers, it turns draft rooms, lineup changes, and category tradeoffs into usable roster decisions.
Bases Loaded Fantasy Baseball Podcast fits the Sports lane as a hands-on fantasy baseball workroom. The sampled episodes move through live draft rooms, all-30-lineup checks, early-round strategy, first-base rankings, and in-season problems like the closer carousel.
You want your draft-room anxiety narrated player by player, pick by pick.
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Practical early fantasy-baseball notes that turn small samples into lineup and streamer context.
This episode moves from bullpen news into playing-time notes, contact-rate data, and a few roster angles that matter for lineup calls. It keeps the focus on who is earning more plate appearances, who still profiles more as a platoon option, and which hitters have shown enough…
A fast, practical lineup map for managers who need to track where the at-bats are going.
Bases Loaded Fantasy Baseball Podcast stays locked on playing time, lineup movement, and the news that can swing a week of roster decisions. Moving team by team across all 30 clubs, it weighs recent trends, call-ups, returns, and where the at-bats and counting stats are likely…
A clean early-season fantasy check on playing time, pitching luck, and what deserves trust.
The show stays firmly on early-season fantasy questions: who is actually seeing the field, which slow starts can still be trusted, and which hot streaks need a colder look.
Late-draft fantasy baseball talk with practical roster takeaways.
Bases Loaded centers on late-draft fantasy baseball targets and the roster moves they can open up. Mike and George use Matt Brash and Johan Moncada as touchstones for how role, skills, and draft cost can reshape a board.
Late-round fantasy baseball value is framed through playing time, innings, and usable skills.
The piece stays grounded in late-round fantasy baseball, circling players near pick 500 and the value of playing time, innings, and a few usable skills.
A dense but useful first-base rundown that turns skill indicators into draft decisions.
Episode 185 reads like a practical first-base planning session, with Mike Kurland and George working through where the board thins out, where the upside still sits, and how much risk remains in the middle tiers.
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.
A tight draft-room argument about ceiling, floor, and what early picks really cost.
Early-round fantasy baseball gets treated here as a subtraction game, and the episode stays on the useful question: what can a manager afford to pass on?
Cousin Sal and rotating Ringer co-hosts handicap NBA, college hoops, and golf betting lines daily.
College prospects before the dynasty market moves.
Spring training analysis examining early season lineup developments for Braves, White Sox, and Angels.
Mike Kurland and George spend the episode working through the middle of fantasy baseball drafts, where the choices start to get a little harder.
Mike opens by running through fantasy baseball risers and fallers, then spends most of the episode on specific skill changes for Cody Bellinger, Alec Manoa, Eduardo Rodriguez, Clark Schmidt, Oscar Colas, Christian Javier, Luis Garcia, Tommy Edman, Javier Baez, Marco Gonzales, Vince Velasquez, Brandon Marsh, and Josh Lowe.
Masataka Yoshida is described as having a .366/.425/.648 triple-slash since returning from a hamstring injury, with five home runs, a 282 ISO, and rising launch angle and hard-hit rates.
Mike, Chris from Baseball Pods, and Matt Williams record a live 50-round draft-and-hold for a 15-team DC format with no waivers or trades.
Bases Loaded Fantasy Baseball Podcast episode 186 centers on 12 sleeper targets going outside the top 300 in OC ADP, with Mike and George using 12-team reserve rounds as the frame.
Bases Loaded Fantasy Baseball Podcast episode 198 breaks down early-season changes for Nick Pavetta, Bryce Elder, Shane Bieber, Brandon Marsh, and several deeper-league infield names.
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Bases Loaded Fantasy Baseball Podcast episode 185 centers on first base rankings, with Mike Kurland saying he will use NFBC Draft Champions ADP since December 1st to sort the top 20.
Fantasy baseball analyst Mike covers player performance trends including breakouts (Jonah Heim, Lamont Wade Jr.), concerning declines (Lance Lynn, Jorge Mateo), and streaming candidates.
JP opens the show with Mike Curlin, and the conversation stays focused on MLB Playing Time and how to use it without overreading it.
Bases Loaded Fantasy Baseball Podcast episode 205 opens with Mike Curlin and George returning after a gap since June 15, 2023, then moving into 2024 draft prep and roster construction.
The host returns to the podcast after a long break to provide early fantasy baseball analysis for the 2026 season, focusing on five potential breakout players.
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Bases Loaded Fantasy Baseball Podcast episode 212 centers on a "brain dump" of playing-time news, starting with the Red Sox possibly moving Alex Bregman from a five-year offer to six years.
JP and Mike open with playing-time reports and the roster churn that follows shifting usage.
Opening day drives the whole show.
The episode tracks early spring-training lineups across the Padres, Red Sox, Royals, Mariners, Rangers, Braves, Nationals, Pirates, Twins, and Rays, with the host using a Patreon lineup tracker to read playing time signals.
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Mike runs a team-by-team spring-training sweep, talking through camp changes and the things that need watching before the season starts.
The show dives straight into baseball and keeps the momentum up.
Episode 187 is a late-round sleeper discussion built around players going around pick 500 and later.
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Mike and George use episode 200 to revisit how they met, including Mike’s first solo show in 2019, the wrong George Montanez text, and the dog they named Dinger.
Bases Loaded Fantasy Baseball Podcast episode 206 focuses on navigating the early rounds of 15-team draft-and-hold leagues, with Mike Curlin and George comparing hitter-heavy starts against pitching-heavy builds.
Bases Loaded Fantasy Baseball Podcast episode 183 spends most of its time ranking catchers and comparing roster-building approaches for 10-, 12-, and 15-team leagues.
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Mike Curlin uses episode 211 of the Bases Loaded Fantasy Baseball Podcast to run through eight late-draft sleepers, saying these are players going around pick 250 or later.