Beat the Shift Podcast – Prospects Episode w/ Eric Cross
The Prospects episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.
Guest: Eric Cross
Strategy Section
- Taking stock of Rookies
- 2023 Pans and Busts
- How much do organizations play into the success of prospects?
- Is there a difference in time to success for prospects between hitters and pitchers?
- Do speed prospects pan out more than power prospects?
- Is the sophomore slump a myth or reality?
- Which prospects skills are most translatable right away to the majors?
- Rookie playing time
- Where is there more opportunity – on good teams or bad teams?
- Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
- Cost / Benefit of drafting prospects who are set to come up later in the season
- Balance of time to callup vs. upside
- How to value trades in keeper / dynasty leagues
- Dynasty rankings
- Where to get dollar values?
- Multiple time horizon rankings
Top Prospects for the rest of 2023
Top Prospects for 2024
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.