Even some of the more risk-averse drafters still want to make sure they're adding a fair amount of upside to their teams.

How do I know that?

Well, I ask them.

I've got Dave McDonald here on the line on the RodeW fantasy baseball podcast brought to you by fan tracks.

Eric Hulterman here, and my guest today is Dave McDonald.

You may know him from Friends with Fantasy Benefits or with Rodosaurus.

You may know him as the commissioner of Glarf and the entire Earth League.

You may also know him as the guy who reminds you

that some of your favorite early round picks

are a little bit too injury prone,

but Dave, we're gonna have a positive episode today.

We're actually talking some upside, some sleepers.

So I'm curious, what'd you do to psych yourself up

for an hour of positivity and optimism?

Yeah, I, uh, it's, it Yeah, it's quite the change.

You know, I can't have to turn off part of my brain and just,

you know, I looked at a bunch of pictures of puppies and rainbows before coming on,

and I'm ready to do it, man. Let's go.

Good idea. Well, we are actually going to start negative, though.

We'll let you ease into the show with something you're a little bit more familiar with here.

The main topic, though, as I tease, we are going to be talking about chasing upside.

What makes a good sleeper? When exactly should you transition from that safe approach to that sleeper-heavy approach?

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