Beat the Shift Podcast – Relief Pitcher Episode w/ Greg Jewett & Eric Samulski
The Relief Pitcher Episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.
Guests: Greg Jewett & Eric Samulski
Strategy Section
- General 2022 closer landscape & draft strategy
- FAAB capital vs. Draft captial for closers – which is more efficient?
- Holds / Saves+Holds leagues
- Closer Handcuffs for 2022
- Giants
- Padres
- Reuven’s Closer Questions
- Should you choose closers that are on good teams?
- Pick closers based on skill?
- Avoid closers who could be traded?
- Avoid closer by committee situations?
- Avoid certain teams all together with lousy players?
Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
Bullpen Situations Discussion
- Orioles
- Marlins
- Red Sox
- Blue Jays
- Tigers
- Kenley Jansen
- Nationals
- Phillies
- Cubs
- Reds
Dark horse closer candidates
Indications for possible future closers
Mailbag
- Stacking in Holds + Saves leagues
- Middle relievers for holds & great ratios
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury updates.
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- Reuven Guy (@mlbinjuryguru)
- Greg Jewett (@gjewett9)
- Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC)
- Beat the Shift Podcast (@Beat_Shift_Pod)
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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.