Beat the Shift Podcast – Projections & Corner Infield Episode w/ Dan Szymborski

The Projections & Corner Infield Episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Dan Szymborski

Strategy Section

  • Projections
    • What goes into creating a projection system?
    • ZiPS
      • How does ZiPS set itself apart from other projections?
      • How does ZiPS handle multi-year projections?
      • How does ZiPS deal with free agents?
      • How does ZiPS handle rookies?
      • How does ZiPS handle the possible NL Designated Hitter for 2022?
      • How does ZiPS handle uncertain items (nature of the ball, run environment, sticky substances, etc.)?
      • How does ZiPS take into account positions [Question asked in mailbag]?
      • What is new for 2022?
    • Projecting playing time – Should projection systems attempt to do this?
      • ZiPS DC
      • FanGraphs Depth Charts

Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week

ATC Player Discussion

Mailbag

  • How do projections take into account “sticky stuff?”
  • What affect does the cancelled 2020 minor league season have on projections?
  • Juan Soto Boogie Nights
    • Is Juan Soto currently the best player in baseball?

Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury updates.

 

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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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