Episode 338: Some Thoughts on Draft Strategy and the Closer Pool

Episode 338: Some Thoughts on Draft Strategy and the Closer Pool

From Flags Fly Forever Fantasy Baseball by Bret Sayre

February 21, 2026 · 1h 6m

About this episode

The episode discusses draft strategy and the closer pool in fantasy baseball, focusing on the first 8 rounds of an NFBC Draft Champions league.

Rather than go through the tiers of relief pitchers (yawn), we offer you a little intermezzo within our positional previews. We talk about the first 8 rounds of an NFBC Draft Champions league they are co-managing, highlighting the decisions they've made from the 15 spot (the notorious "wheel"). Then, we offer some more general, macro-level thoughts on drafting closers in an extremely volatile pool for 2026. Flags Fly Forever is a Baseball Prospectus podcast. For more fantasy baseball information, visit baseballprospectus.com and click on "Fantasy." You can find Flags Fly Forever on Bluesky (@flagsflyforever.bsky.social). The hosts of Flags Fly Forever are Mike Gianella(@mikegianella.bsky.social) and Jon Hegglund(@jonhegglund.bsky.social). The producer of Flags Fly Forever is Jon Hegglund. Special thanks to the awesome and generous Petite League for permission to use their track "Mets" for the intro and break music. Find their sweet lo-fi indie-pop sounds at petiteleague.com.

People in this episode

Hosts: Bret Sayre, Mike Gianella, Jon Hegglund

Topics covered

  • draft strategy
  • closer pool
  • NFBC Draft Champions
  • fantasy baseball
  • positional previews

Keywords

  • draft strategy
  • closers
  • fantasy baseball
  • NFBC
  • relief pitchers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Baseball Prospectus, Petite League

Products: Mets

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