Beat the Shift Podcast – NFBC & Outfielder Episode w/ Matt Modica
The NFBC & Outfielder Episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.
Guest: Matt Modica
Strategy Section
- NFBC
- Differences between NFBC (High stakes) vs. Home Leagues
- Standalone Leagues vs. Leagues with an Overall Prize
- NFBC Specific Rules
- Limited Bench
- No Injured List
- No Trading
- Semi-Weekly Lineups for Hitters
- Are Multi-Position Eligible players more valuable?
- Pitching is greatly pushed up in NFBC leagues
- Is it warranted?
- Should you follow the crowd, or alter your strategy to zag?
- Should a super elite pitcher (deGrom/Cole) be taken #1 overall?
- NFBC Draft Planning
- KDS
ATC Player Discussion
Mailbag
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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.
To make another poker analogy, a strategy can be advantageous for the first or a late player to act, but not a middle player. The draft position can, counter-intuitively, be such that if you draft first in the first round or late in the first round, taking DeGrom or Cole makes sense, but in the middle of the first round, an elite hitter will generally still leave you a very good pitcher in round two.