Beat the Shift Podcast – Episode w/ Jacob Steinmetz (Arizona Diamondbacks)

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December 18, 2023

The Jacob Steinmetz episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Jacob Steinmetz (Arizona Diamondbacks)

Interview

  • Personal history
  • Milestone ages – 70 MPH, 80 MPH, 90 MPH
  • Getting noticed in high school
  • Experiences as a first year minor league ballplayer
  • Goals for 2023
  • Goals for 2024
  • Experience of being drafted
    • Mazel “lucky” draft slot
  • Turning professional vs. heading to college decision
  • Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
  • Playing for Team Israel in the 2023 World Baseball Classic
  • Experience as the first Orthodox Jewish players drafted by a major league team
  • Major league players that have influenced Jacob the most
  • Jacob’s father’s influence (Elliot Steinmetz)
  • The Arizona Diamondbacks organization
    • Coaching
    • Analytics
    • Development
  • Sticky stuff
  • Changes in the 2023 MLB rules
  • Robo umpires / Challenge system
  • Softball advice for Ariel

Mailbag

  • Auction league – viability of drafting only $1 starting pitchers

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.

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