Beat the Shift Podcast – 1st & 2nd Rounds Episode w/ Phil Dussalt

The 1st & 2nd Rounds episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Phil Dussault

Strategy Section

• Draft Preparation
  • How to prepare for drafts
  • When to adjust projections
  • What news to look out for
  • Should you have a “do not draft” or “only draft from” list?
  • Should you plan draft picks for particular rounds?
    • Creating a map
    • Does it change depending upon your particular draft slot?
• Risk
  • Should you stay away from injury prone players?
    • Should you especially stay away from risky pitchers?
  • How to discount players for risk
  • Should one be super conservative in the early rounds?
  • Are leagues won by taking risks early on, middle or late in drafts?
    • At what point in the draft should you start to switch from being more conservative to seeking out more risks?
  • Types of risk that often do / do not work out
  • Pricing starting pitchers returning from injury
• FAAB
  • Which is more important – the draft or the weekly waiver wire grind?
  • How to know who to pick up each week
    • Identifying save candidates before they are closers
  • How to know who to drop each week
  • Learning from one league to the next
  • Learning fron friends
• Multi-positional players
  • Value in various fantasy formats
  • How to utilize
• Streaming pitchers
  • Should we be streaming pitchers in 2023?
  • How should one alter their draft to avoid streaming pitchers?

Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week

1st & 2nd Round

• Overvalued Players
• Undervalued Players
• How to value Shohei Ohtani for 2023

Injury Update

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