Beat the Shift Podcast – Episode w/ Devin Mesoraco (Former MLB Catcher)
The latest episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.
Guest: Devin Mesoraco, Former Major League Catcher
Interview
- Life after baseball
- Breakthrough moment of career
- Game planning
- The best pitchers Devin ever caught
- Analytics rise over the past few seasons
- Analytics at the college level
- Innings per start trends in the MLB
- Sticky Substances
- How long has this gone on in baseball?
- Should MLB have cracked down mid-season?
- Is it about the grip or about the spin rates?
- Aroldis Chapman
- Do catchers use sticky substances?
- Coaches
- The impact of pitching coaches
- Dusty Baker
- Idolizing Derek Jeter
- Devin’s closest friends from the MLB
- The impact of fans on 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.