Beat the Shift Podcast – FAAB Episode w/ Scott Jenstad

The FAAB Episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Scott Jenstad

Strategy Section

• FAAB / Waiver Wire
  • How has the waiver wire changed over the past few seasons?
    • Is it more important or less important?
  • When to enter FAAB during the week.
  • Looking at “your” team.
  • How playing with a partner helps with waiver wire pickups.
  • What to look for when picking up players?
  • What to look for when dropping players?
  • How much FAAB should you have left over at the All-Star break?
  • Does prior league bidding affect your FAAB bids?
  • Does current team FAAB amounts affect your FAAB bids?

• FAAB Bidding
  • General guidelines for bidding on starting pitching
  • General guidelines for bidding on replacement hitters
  • Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
  • General guidelines for bidding on closers & potential saves sources
  • • A.J. Minter vs. Will Smith
    • Lou Trivino
    • Brusdar Graterol
    • 2nd in line closer on a good team vs. most likely closer on a bad team
  • General guidelines for bidding on prospects
  • General guidelines for bidding on dropped players
    • Salvador Perez
  • Budgetting FAAB
  • Precise bidding

Holds & Folds

Waiver Wire

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