Beat the Shift Podcast – Returnee Episode w/ Jeff Erickson
The Returnee Episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.
Guest: Jeff Erickson
Strategy Section
- Returning players to active lineups
- When to return struggling hitters
- When to return struggling pitchers
- When to return recovered injured players
- When to insert prospects
- How to determine when a “hot” waiver wire player is worth a pickup
Cincinnati Reds
- Closer situation
- Nick Castellanos – Where does he rank ROS among outfielders?
- Is Tyler Mahle for real?
Waiver Wire
Pitcher Preview
Mailbag
- Potential NL players who could be traded to the AL
- When to pick up speculative closers
- The risk of Fernando Tatis Jr.
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.