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Todd Hoppe

2025 NFBC Main Event champion and fantasy baseball analyst from Portland, Oregon; podcast guest discussing high-stakes fantasy baseball strategy.

Jun 17, 2026

BubbaHOST
17:29
But how do you approach that, I guess?
17:31
Yeah, I mean, I think, um, for any team that is still middle of the pack or above right now, uh, what I wanna look at is compared to the overall, like how well-balanced are things? And continuing to push in that regard.
17:48
Because, you know what I mean? Y- you can look at your league standings from day to day, and all the time there's folks who are higher in the overall but lower in the league standings.
17:56
And the only time that actually matters is at the very end of the season.
18:02
Up until the end of the season, I would rather be higher in the overall than higher in my league.
18:08
And so what I will try to focus on is how do we keep- You know, how to keep all of those categories moving, uh, you know, on pace towards the end of the season.
18:18
Now, you know, as you get to the last couple of weeks, like, th- and then you gotta sort of, uh, admit defeat in a couple of spots, right? And I got, you know, I gotta say, um, you know, I am not gonna make up saves in the last, you know, six weeks of the season, so here we're going nine starters.

12 MINS LATER

BubbaHOST
30:48
At the same time, you, um, some people, like, I guess generically, would you be cautious? Were you being aggressive still, like foot on the gas? Like, how did you go about a-approaching, I guess, FAB to improve your team?
BubbaHOST
17:29
But how do you approach that, I guess?
17:31
Yeah.
17:32
I mean, I think, um, for any team that is still middle of the pack or above right now, uh, what I wanna look at is compared to the overall, like how well balanced are things? And continuing to push in that regard.
17:48
Because, you know what I mean, y- you can look at your league standings from day to day, and all the time there's folks who are higher in the overall but lower in the league standings.
17:56
And the only time that actually matters is at the very end of the season.
18:02
Up until the end of the season, I would rather be higher in the overall than higher in my league.
18:08
And so what I will try to focus on is how do we keep- You know, how to keep all of those categories moving, uh, you know, on pace towards the end of the season.

12 MINS LATER

BubbaHOST
30:48
At the same time, you, um, some people, like, I guess generically, would you be cautious? Were you being aggressive still, like foot on the gas? Like, how did you go about a- approaching, I guess, FAB to improve your team?
101:07
How did that play out for you?
101:09
I think it mostly went to plan in the first 10 rounds.
101:12
I think, um, you know, I mean, the one thing I wanna be mindful of is not falling too far behind in any spot where I can't catch up, right? So, you know, I, I think you can make it work if you start five straight hitters and hitter heavy build, and I saw a lot of people do that.
101:29
I think it just really becomes a struggle, like you, you gotta hit on those pitchers that you're finding later on.
101:35
So I'd, I would rather, my preference would always be keep options open, like give myself spots.
101:40
If a guy falls past ADP, then I can pounce on that, right? I mean, I think the one spot where it didn't...
101:48
O- one spot where it worked was like Ketel Marte fell to the fourth, and I was like, "Yeah, I'll take that." Like it's a perfect fit for my team.
104:44
Good.

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