4/15/19

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• Corey Kluber & Carlos Carrasco smashed (2:40)

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4/12/19

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Fireside Chat:

Breaking Down Nick Pivetta

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Chat transcript is now available.

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4/11/19

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• DFS Review (1:20)
• Clayton Kershaw officially back Monday now (7:30)
• Mike Clevinger toast (9:30)
• Luis Severino also toast (17:00)

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This is a tough part of the season for fantasy analysts. There just isn’t a ton to go off with the small samples making it difficult to come up with useful content. However, just saying “it’s a small sample, don’t worry; it’s a small sample, it doesn’t mean anything; it’s a small sample, just wait” doesn’t do anyone any good. We no longer play in an era of fantasy sports where you can wait for data to stabilize before making moves.

One of the quickest stats to “stabilize” is strikeout rate at 60 plate appearances. Now just because it stabilizes around that point, doesn’t mean it’s the new level for that player, it just means that what we’ve seen in those 60 PA has some legitimacy. Only five guys have reached 60 plate appearances through April 9th, but many are just a game or three away so I felt like we could check in on some these early strikeout rate improvements.

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4/9/19

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Last week, I debuted “The 10” by looking at unexpected gems and we’re staying on the mound again today. While there are small sample all over the place, pitchers are at least accumulating data in areas that often stabilize sooner and can add some insight despite the fact that we’re still almost a week away from Tax Day. Meanwhile, hitters are still ping-ponging between perceived hot and cold starts as evidenced by Nick Markakis jumping 51 points in AVG with a 3-for-4 effort on Monday night.

For this exercise, I’m comparing current velos through a couple starts or handful of relief innings against the player’s full April total from last year. These gains aren’t set in stone, but they are worth monitoring, even at this early juncture. Here are 10 velocity gainers on my radar:

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4/8/19

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• Breaking News: Tyler Austin trade
• Clayton Kershaw could be back Sunday

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Check out Friday’s chat below:

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4/4/19

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• DFS recap

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