Beat the Shift Podcast – Reflection Episode w/ Patrick Davitt

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September 2, 2022

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

Guest: Patrick Davitt

Strategy Section

  • Successful fantasy strategies in 2022
    • Spread the risk at auctions
    • Not overpaying for stolen bases
    • Find the hotspots
    • Staying away from higher risk players at the top
    • The aggregation of small value gains
  • Kevin Gausman’s high BABIP
  • What was the ideal closer strategy in 2022?
  • Unsuccessful fantasy strategies in 2022
    • Pocket Aces
    • Taking on too much injury draft capital
  • What can we do better in 2023?
    • Not relying on closers from the waiver wire
    • More stars & scrubs in mixed leagues
    • Waiver Wire
      • Not bidding too high
      • Being more patient
  • How to handle starting pitchers late in season with poor upcoming matchups
  • Activating starting pitchers immediately upon return from injury

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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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