Beat the Shift Podcast – General Manager Episode w/ Steve Phillips (Former Mets GM)

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December 15, 2022

The General Manager episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Steve Phillips, Former New York Mets General Manager

Interview

  • How has the General Manager’s job changed since the late 90s?
    • How has the use of analytics changed?
    • Do ballclubs still use any quick simple stats (ERA, wRC+ etc.), or do they use complicated arrays of stats?
  • Has the recent free agent signings alligned with new age analytics, or have we gone back to the older style supply/demand economics and marketing?
  • Which teams and players have been the winners of winter meetings / free agent signings?
    • Are the Yankees losers of the Winter Meetings (since the team hasn’t improved on paper)
  • Which player has more risk for 2023 – Justin Verlander or Jacob deGrom?
  • Will there be any reprecussions of the Mets going over the highest luxury tax penalty level? Is this good for Major League Baseball?
  • Potential free agent contracts for Shohei Ohtani and Juan Soto in 2024.
  • New Major League Baseball rules
    • Are these good for baseball?
    • What are some effects?
      • Will pitchers change their repitoires?
      • Will / how will infields & outfields start to shift?

  • The largest influences on Steve’s professional career
  • Tout Wars 2023

 

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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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Alex Gaffney
2 years ago

In what world are we comparing Daniel Vogelbach to Juan Soto???

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