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

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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