The Best Ball Manifesto w/ Mike Leone

Pat is joined by Mike Leone of Establish The Run to discuss his Best Ball Manifesto article (available for free). Pat and Mike discuss the importance of balancing single-week tournament tactics with advance rate strategy, how to think about positional spending at each position, how to think about stacking vs. player value, and the best times of year to draft and whether that impacts strategy. Leone also defends slow drafts for some reason.

Best Ball Manifesto
establishtherun.com/best-ball-mania-manifesto-a-guide-to-winning-big-on-underdog-fantasy

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00:00 - Intro
01:04 - What is the Best Ball Manifesto and how do you use it to your advantage?
03:40 - What stacking does to improve your odds in the playoffs?
09:06 - How much does stacking matter on Draftkings?
11:49 - Two QB vs Three QB in best ball tournaments.
17:25 - Flexibility when drafting is one of the most important things to have.
23:42 - QB changes from 2022 to 2023
26:04 - What the Best Ball Manifesto says about roster construction
30:45 - Drafters are taking too many RBs in drafts.
35:12 - Having the mindset of an auction draft while drafting Best Ball Mania teams
40:26 - The late rounds of drafts are to build for playoff upside
44:14 - Mike Leone compared July drafts to September drats for the manifesto and he was surprised by his results.
48:19 - Building anchor RB vs zero RB vs hyper-fragile RB
53:09 - Knowing when to draft six RBs or seven RBs
1:00:05 - As the finals sizes of Best Ball Mania grows, the more unconventional the teams in the finals will be.
1:04:12 - Building just to make the playoffs
1:09:58 - Making sure you have enough firepower at WR
1:13:52 - Stacking QBs with their RBs.
1:17:04 - Fast drafts vs slow drafts