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The Daily Grind: Finals Week Pt. 4: Split-Action Thin Thursday

Eleven games are on the docket, but only five are a part of the Thin Thursday evening slate. Who can come out on top?

AGENDA

  1. TDG Invitational
  2. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
  3. SaberSim Says…
  4. Bad Advices

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The Daily Grind: Finals Week Pt. 3: Homeritis

Today’s final features a slew of pitchers with homeritis. You must answer who is suffering the worst case. And if you missed yesterday’s final on aces, you can make it up tonight.

AGENDA

  1. TDG Invitational
  2. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
  3. SaberSim Says…
  4. Welcome Back

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Brad Johnson Baseball Chat: 9-24-2019

‘Twas a good chat.

3:56
Brad Johnson: We’ll kick things off in a moment.

3:59
BravesBaseball4Life: In your opinion is this a fair trade: Arendo, S. Marte, Trevor Bauer and Caleb Smith for Trout?  Thinking I may be giving up to much for Trout and this is a keep forever league.  Thanks

4:00
Brad Johnson: I think that’s relatively fair in keep forever

4:00
Brad Johnson: But whether or not you should do it is another question

4:00
Brad Johnson: And that depends on the state of your roster, depth of your league, etc.

4:01
Brad Johnson: To acquire the very best player i.e. the top combination of quality in one roster spot, then you have to give up a lot of quantity. But if you’re playing Phil Ervin and Zach Eflin because of this trade, then it’s probably a mistake.

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The Daily Grind: Finals Week Pt. 2: The Aces

Now that we’ve completed the Small Slate final, it’s time to show you know how to use aces.

AGENDA

  1. TDG Invitational
  2. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
  3. SaberSim Says…
  4. Physics

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The Daily Grind: Finals Week

This might have just been me, but my finals weeks always started with something easy – like a tiny five-game slate.

AGENDA

  1. TDG Invitational
  2. Weather Reports
  3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
  4. SaberSim Says…
  5. Cruz Missiles

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The Daily Grind: Par For Value

James Karinchak is the new best thing.

AGENDA

  1. TDG Invitational
  2. Weather Reports
  3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
  4. SaberSim Says…
  5. 40/40/li>

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The Daily Grind: An Unusual Start Time

Here is one Vidal Brujan running like a cartoon character.

AGENDA

  1. TDG Invitational
  2. Weather Reports
  3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
  4. SaberSim Says…
  5. Records

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The Daily Grind: After the Colon 3: Back To Little League

Between the lack of offense at Coors Field and the injuries to Yankees players, I’m starting to think we’re seeing some glitches in the matrix.

AGENDA

  1. TDG Invitational
  2. Weather Reports
  3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
  4. SaberSim Says…
  5. Big Sexy

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The Daily Grind: Verlander or Coors

You probably can’t roster Coors Field hitters AND Justin Verlander – not without making some serious sacrifices.

AGENDA

  1. TDG Invitational
  2. Weather Reports
  3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
  4. SaberSim Says…
  5. Yep.

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Brad Johnson Baseball Chat: 9/17/2019

The chat is dead. Long live the chat.

4:00
Brad Johnson: Alright, let’s kick this off.

4:01
Brad Johnson: Before we start, I encourage you to participate in The Daily Grind Invitational on FantasyDraft.

4:01
Brad Johnson: The link is in Section 1

4:02
Brad Johnson: I must have forgotten to click publish this morning, so the post only went out an hour ago

4:02
Brad Johnson: We were having 40% overlays without me screwing up the publishing schedule so it might push 50% today

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