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Author Archive

Beat the Shift Podcast – Tout Wars Recap Episode w/ Joe Gallina

The Tout Wars Recap episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Joe Gallina

Tout Wars Head to Head Auction

Aaron Judge record Tout Wars bids

 

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Relief Pitcher Episode w/ Greg Jewett

The Relief Pitcher episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Greg Jewett

Strategy Section – Relief Pitchers / Closers

  • General closer landscape for 2026
  • Should you pay up for an elite closer in 2026?
    • Double tap elite closers?
  • Who is worthwhile to draft in the 2nd / middle tier of closers this season?
  • What to learn from spring training
  • Potential breakouts from middle relievers / non-front line closers

Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week

All 30 MLB Bullpens & Closer situations

Injury Update

 

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Starting Pitcher Episode w/ Nick Pollack

The Starting Pitcher episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Nick Pollack

Strategy Section

  • Which pitcher types should be emphasized on your fantasy rosters?
  • What statistics are most helpful in evaluating pitchers?
  • Which pitchers are worth watching this year in spring training?
  • How will the World Baseball Classic affect pitchers this season?
  • Which pitchers are throwing new pitches or changing pitch mixes this year?
  • Who are some potential breakout pitchers for 2026?
  • Expectations for Tatsuya Imai
  • Starting Pitchers
    • General player pool observations
    • Better to have an ace, or 2-3 1A starting pitchers?

Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week

ATC Undervalued Starting Pitchers

Deep league starting pitchers

Injury Update

 

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Auction Strategy Episode w/ Frank Stampfl

The Auction Strategy episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Frank Stampfl

Strategy Section

  • General auction strategy
  • Auction rules to live by
  • Auction preparation
  • The most important items to keep track of in an auction
  • How to construct market values
    • What time frame should market values be drawn from?
  • How to construct strike prices
    • How strict are you to your prices?
  • What should you set as your Hitter % vs Pitcher % split?
  • Nomination Strategies
    • When should you nominate “hype” players?
    • Breaking up tiers
  • Stars & Scrubs vs. Spread the Risk
  • Bidding
    • General
    • Frequency
    • Fast vs. slow
    • Starting bids
    • Price enforcing
    • +2 bids

Mailbag

 

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Outfield Episode w/ Justin Mason

The Outfield episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Justin Mason

Strategy Section

  • Diversification
    • Should you diversify your player shares?
      • At the top? In the middle? At the bottom?
  • Kentucky Derby Selection (KDS)
    • What is KDS?
    • How should you set your KDS in 2026?
  • Outfielders
    • General player pool observations
    • Which statistics should you look to draft from the OF position?
    • Differences between 3 OF leagues and 5 OF leagues

ATC Undervalued Outfielders

Injury Update

 

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Middle Infield Episode w/ Chris Towers

The Middle Infield episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Chris Towers

Strategy Section

  • League format differences
    • How would your draft strategy change between?
      • Rotisserie (Roto) vs. HTH Points vs. HTH Categories
      • Waiver wire leagues vs. non-waiver wire (Draft Champions / Draft & Hold) leagues
      • Having IL slots vs. no IL slots
      • Large bench vs. small bench
      • Trading vs. non-trading leagues
      • Daily lineups vs. weekly lineups
  • Middle Infielders
    • General player pool observations
    • Jacob Wilson as a fantasy starting shortstop
    • Which statistics should you look to draft from the MI position?

ATC Undervalued Middle Infielders

Injury Update

 

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Corner Infield Episode w/ Mike Gianella

The Corner Infield episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Mike Gianella

Strategy Section

  • Multi-positional eligible players
    • Importance & use
    • Should you make a “do not draft” list?
    • Target multi-positional players? Or is it simply a tie-breaker?
    • How to value players who are expected to gain additional positional eligibility early on in the season?
  • Colorado Rockies nostalgia
  • Shallow vs. Deep positions
    • What is the weakest position this draft season?
  • Narrow vs. Wide positions
  • Corner Infielders
    • General player pool observations
    • Which statistics should you look to draft from the CI position?

ATC Undervalued Corner Infielders

Injury Update

 

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Player Analysis Episode w/ Lance Brozdowski

The Player Analysis episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Lance Brozdowski

Personal History

  • The future of Statcast broadcasts

Recent News

  • Recent free agent signings
  • Will we see more short term / with opt outs / high AAV contracts going forward?

ATC Projections

  • Accounting for fluke seasons
  • Making adjustments to the projections
  • Using the ATC Projections

Player Analysis

  • Should we pay attention to players who “went to driveline?”
  • Potential rookie pitcher breakouts
  • Changes in pitchers’ pitch mix
    • Trends for 2026
    • The future of projections
    • Will pitchers focus on their best pitch, or spread around the mix more?
  • Using Stuff+
  • Using Bat speed
    • Minors vs. Majors

 

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Catcher Episode w/ Ron Shandler

The Catcher episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Ron Shandler

Fantasy Reconstructed

Strategy Section

  • How do you prepare for fantasy baseball drafts?
    • Broad Assessment Balance Sheet (BABS)
      • BABS Risk Budget
    • Should you make a “do not draft” list?
  • Risk
    • Precision vs. imprecision of fantasy baseball pricing
    • Evaluating player uncertainty
  • Auction tactics – Ariel vs. Ron
    • DEBATE !
    • Pricing methods
    • Nomination strategy
  • Drafting
    • “ADP Chicken”
    • How closely do you look at other teams’ rosters during drafts?
  • Catchers
    • The catcher “bump” in pricing
    • This year’s catcher player pool and value distribution
    • Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
    • Where should you take Cal Raleigh in drafts?
    • Strategy differences between 2 catcher and 1 catcher leagues

BREAKING NEWS

ATC Undervalued Catchers

Injury Update

 

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Beat the Shift Podcast – LIVE from First Pitch Arizona 2025!

The LIVE from First Pitch Arizona 2025! episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guests: Derek Carty & Tristan Cockcroft

Strategy Section

  • Projections
    • Are projections more accurate in this more steady state of baseball?
    • Are projections more important to use than ever?
      • ADP is getting smarter
    • What are the best reasons to ignore projections?
    • Are postseason stats factored into projections?
  • Outstanding rookies/prospects – 2026 outlook & drafts
  • 2025 Postseason
    • World series wrap-up
    • Shohei Ohtani
      • All time game performance
      • 2026 outlook
  • Stolen bases
    • Juan Soto & Josh Naylor
      • How many stolen bases will they regress to in 2026?
    • How can you identify players that will suddenly have a jump in stolen bases?
    • Do you have to “pay for steals” anymore in fanatsy baseball drafts?
      • Do you now have to “pay” for power in drafts?
  • Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
  • Aaron Judge
    • Are the Yankees wasting Judge’s best years?
    • Comparison to Albert Pujols
  • Cal Raleigh
    • What round should Raleigh be drafted in?
    • What round will Raleigh be drafted in?
    • What rounds should you be drafting catchers in two catcher leagues?
  • Injury Risk
    • Were we too low on the players that overcame injury risk in 2025 (Buxton, deGrom, Story, etc.)?
    • Yordan Alvarez & Spencer Strider – where should we be drafting them in 2026?
    • Expectations for pitchers who had a big innings jump in 2025
    • How should last year’s innings totals be factored into 2026 innings projections?
    • Other injury risk pitchers for 2026

Audience Questions

2026 First Round

  • Who is a player that will be drafted in the first round of 2026 that is undervalued?
  • Who is a player that will be drafted in the first round of 2026 that is overvalued?
  • Who is a player that will not be drafted in the first round of 2026 that should be?

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