Beat the Shift Podcast – LIVE from First Pitch Arizona w/ Tristan Cockcroft & Derek Carty
The LIVE from First Pitch Arizona episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.
Guests: Tristan Cockcroft & Derek Carty
Strategy Section
- Which is more important – the draft or in-season moves?
- Is it more important than ever to bank low-risk players in the early rounds of drafts?
- What makes a risky / consistent player?
- Is Shohei Ohtani risky for 2024 as a hitter?
- Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
- How should we determine what constitutes a consistent player, and how should we value consistency?
- Young players
- Should we be cautious to roster young players with limited experience?
- How should we value the playoff experience of young players?
- Stolen base landscape
- How should we value SBs in 2024 drafts?
- Closers
- Optimal strategy in retrospect for 2023
- Prospective strategy heading into 2024
- Should we be drafting middle relievers?
2024 First Round
- Who is a player that will be drafted in the first round of 2024 that is undervalued?
- Who is a player that will be drafted in the first round of 2024 that is overvalued?
- Who is a player that will not be drafted in the first round of 2024 that should be?
Audience Questions
- FAAB bidding
- FAAB bidding on young pitchers
- Michael Harris II
- Which young pitchers who had dissapointing seasons will bounce back in 2024?
- How to approach valuing pitchers returning from injuries?
- How to know when to “pull the plug” on struggling players mid-season, and when to be patient?
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.