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Fantasy Baseball Live \u2013 December 23, 2023 \u2013 9:30 am???

Segment 1 \u2013 News and Notes (Slow week)
1.Yamamoto makes his selection, and it\u2019s\u2026drum roll, the Dodgers. He signs for 12 years, $325 million. He gets a $50 mxillion signing bonus, and then the deal is backloaded with some light tax years in between.
a.To say the Dodgers are in it to win it, is an understatement.
i.Thoughts on the signing
ii.Who else do they grab or is this it for the big signings?
iii.On paper, the Dodgers look great, but I\u2019ve seen this story many times (like the 2023 Padres) and it doesn\u2019t always end well. Does this one end well with the Dodgers in the World Series?
b.You had the Mets, I had the Yankees landing Yamamoto.
i.What do the Yankees do? They signed Soto and need pitching: Snell, Montgomery? Do they trade for someone?
ii.Mets, same question. Do they sell and play for 2025\u2026Alonso?
2.Rule changes. A lot of changes were made, most were small and too detailed to discuss, but here are three that I would like you feedback on?
a.The runners lane to first base was expanded to include the base line to the grass cut to first. This one always comes up when a pitcher hits the batter who looks like he\u2019s running straight to first base but is called out, because he\u2019s running out of the baseline.

b.Pace of game changes. Reduce time from 20 to 18 seconds when runners are on pace before the pitcher has to deliver a pitch.
c.Mound visits cut down from 5 to 4. It was noted that this is the least favorite thing for fans. I don\u2019t dispute the survey, but really???
d.These all seem trival to me.
e.The big one is that the players don\u2019t like the changes and voted against them. Since they don\u2019t have a say in the rule changes, it didn\u2019t matter. Why on earth did the players allow the owners to have full power over the rules?

Segment 2 \u2013 Top 400 Dynasty League rankings.
This week, I did a Top 400 Dynasty League ranking for our Patreon subscribers. We will talk about the Top 50. It\u2019s on the Patreon site, but I\u2019ve also included the spreadsheet. Some thoughts on a direction.
1.I\u2019d like your thoughts on the overall rankings and whether they are even helpful for fantasy managers.
2.Age was a huge driver for me. In your experience, how do you evaluate the Mike Trout\u2019s vs. the Jackson Holidays and Jackson Chourios?
3.We will go through and list the players and talk about them briefly. Not everyone.

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