Beat the Shift Podcast – 2nd Month Episode w/ Chris Welsh
The 2nd Month episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.
Guest: Chris Welsh
Strategy Section
- Waiver Wire
- What player level is it acceptable to cut (for underperformance)?
- Based on time of the season
- Based on current standing
- In practice, are player pickups more for the short term or for the long term?
- Does it differ hittter vs. pitcher?
- What player level is it acceptable to cut (for underperformance)?
- Prospects
- Are prospects good waiver wire investments?
- What level of FAAB spending should you spend on prospects?
- Key prospects to know for redraft leagues
- Now
- Later in the season
- Are prospects good waiver wire investments?
Buy/Sell/Hold
- Hot Players
- Cold Players
Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
Waiver Wire
Pitcher Preview
Injury Update
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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.