Beat the Shift Podcast – Lineups Strategy Episode w/ Clay Link
The Lineups Strategy episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.
Guest: Clay Link
Strategy Section
- Setting Lineups
- General points of what to look for when setting your fantasy lineups
- Streakiness
- Sitting struggling starters
- Looking at matchups
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- 2-Start Pitchers
- When to consider category standings while setting your lineups?
- Protecting pitcher ratios in roto
- How to use Shohei Ohtani?
- When to look at the “overall contest” categories vs. league specific ones in the NFBC.
Trade Deadline Deals
- Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
- News and fantasy analysis of recent MLB deadline deals
- Reaction to the Los Angeles Angels becoming “buyers.”
- Other potential players who may be traded
- Who to pick up in fantasy in anticipation of trades?
Waiver Wire
Pitcher Preview
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.