Beat the Shift Podcast – 2023 Draft Recap Episode w/ Steve Cozzolino

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March 22, 2023

The 2023 Draft Recap episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Steve Cozzolino

The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational (TGFBI)

LABR Mixed Auction

  • Ariel’s LABR Draft Board
  • Altering strategy based on knowing how the other competitors draft
  • General auction strategy for a 12 team mixed league
  • Shohei Ohtani at $26 as Ariel’s most expensive player
  • Saves strategy in a 12 team mixed league
  • How to pull off obtaining so many value bargains in an auction

Gotham Diamond District (GDD)

  • General auction strategy for a 15 team mixed league
  • Nomination strategy
  • Best buys of the auction
  • Regrets of the auction
  • Reserve round strategy

NFBC Auction Championship

  • Venue
  • General NFBC strategy
  • The current closer market
  • The value of low WHIP starting pitchers
  • When to “block” the utility slot
  • Acceptable bargain thresholds

Tout Wars HTH

  • Ariel’s Tout Wars Draft Board (Head to Head)
  • Gathering information from other drafts/auctions
  • How points league auction strategy differs from roto league auction strategy
  • Target auction hitter/pitcher split
  • Compiling frontloaded injured players due to playoff format
  • Online vs in-person auctions

Injury Update

Angels

  • WBC ending
  • Closer situation

Diversification of players

 

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Ariel is the 2019 FSWA Baseball Writer of the Year. Ariel is also the winner of the 2020 FSWA Baseball Article of the Year award. He is the creator of the ATC (Average Total Cost) Projection System. Ariel was ranked by FantasyPros as the #1 fantasy baseball expert in 2019. His ATC Projections were ranked as the #1 most accurate projection system over the past three years (2019-2021). Ariel also writes for CBS Sports, SportsLine, RotoBaller, and is the host of the Beat the Shift Podcast (@Beat_Shift_Pod). Ariel is a member of the inaugural Tout Wars Draft & Hold league, a member of the inaugural Mixed LABR Auction league and plays high stakes contests in the NFBC. Ariel is the 2020 Tout Wars Head to Head League Champion. Ariel Cohen is a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and the Society of Actuaries (SOA). He is a Vice President of Risk Management for a large international insurance and reinsurance company. Follow Ariel on Twitter at @ATCNY.

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