Beat the Shift Podcast – NFBC Episode w/ Jenny Butler

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January 14, 2022

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

Guest: Jenny Butler

First Pitch Arizona mishaps

Strategy Section

  • Playing in the NFBC
    • What is the NFBC?
    • How Jenny got into the NFBC and how you can get your start
      • Tools that a first time player should use
    • Differences between home leagues and the NFBC
    • Differences between standalone leagues and leagues with an overall prize
    • The value of multi-positional players in the NFBC
    • KDS selection preferences
  • Should we pay the market premium for saves and for speed?
  • Roster Construction
    • General principles
    • Should you create a “Do Not Draft” list?
  • Draft preparation tips
  • Incorporating risk into drafting decisions
  • Jacob deGrom – What to make of the current Steamer IP projection?
  • Power Drafters
    • Should you incorporate a “deGrom share” into your fantasy portfolio?
    • Should you diversify your player selections on your fantasy teams?
  • How to find fantasy baseball sleepers

Player debates

Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week

Our favorite fantasy baseball podcasts to listen to

Mailbag

  • Taking advice from expert analysts and performing well in fantasy baseball leagues
  • Z-scores – using the limited player pool vs. the entire player pool

Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury updates.

  • Ronald Acuna 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.

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Rotoholicmember
2 years ago

Good stuff. I prefer these episodes with fantasy-related guests like this rather than MLB players/coaches/etc.

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Ariel Cohenmember
2 years ago
Reply to  Rotoholic

Appreciate your thoughts and opinion. Most of our shows are more fantasy related, however we do think that the players and coaches add an extra dimension that most other shows do not currently offer. There are very few (I can think of only one) mainly fantasy podcasts that have players/coaches guest on the show like ours, so this makes us unique. Also, those episodes are usually in addition to our weekly fantasy talks, so you aren’t missing out on any pure fantasy content either! 🙂

You may prefer the fantasy guests more, but there’s a lot to learn from the baseball guests we have. Give it a another try 🙂

As the motto of the show is, we are a baseball podcast geared to fantasy baseball players.

Glad that you are a regular listener!

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Rotoholicmember
2 years ago
Reply to  Ariel Cohen

Of course there are many more general baseball fans than people like me and I understand my opinion is in the minority. I listen to them all, just giving some feedback!

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