Beat the Shift Podcast – Corner Infield Preview Episode w/ Mike Gianella

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January 19, 2024

The Corner Infield Preview episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Mike Gianella

Strategy Section

  • What does it mean for a position to be shallow?
  • Strategy for shallow positions
  • Dual position eligibile players
    • Value and use
  • General corner infield player pool observations
  • Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
  • What statistics do you need to accumulate from the corner infield position?
  • Get a reliable CI up top, or wait for bargains to unfold later on?

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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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brichter1129
1 year ago

What is a 15-team, 10-Keeper league with contracts to do about the Wander Franco situation? I’m not the commissioner, just the unfortunate soul who locked in Wander for $33 until 2027.

I feel that I’m at a competitive disadvantage from unforeseen consequences, plus he might not even be able to enter the United States! Most sites don’t have him listed in their positional rankings, dynasty rankings, etc.

Our League Constitution states: 

4)  Anti-Yankee Clause – No contracts can be broken by any owner except for the following reasons: 1) the player’s death; or 2) the player’s retirement (by player’s decision, forced by injury, or loss of effectiveness). All other instances (TJ surgery, prolonged injury rehab, drug suspension, ban from baseball, etc.) will not be justifiable grounds for an owner to terminate a player’s long-term contract.

Thoughts on this clause and the fantasy implications? I know it’s delicate given what he’s being accused of, and I’m not making light of it by focusing on my own fantasy baseball situation (when real people have been harmed by him in real life), but shouldn’t we have a Wander Franco clause? If a player is banned from playing for doing something truly, truly disturbing and illegal, why should his contract be guaranteed in a fantasy league?

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