The Engagement Episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.
Guest: Patrick Davitt
Strategy Section
FAAB / Waiver Wire / Roster Churn
- Distribution of FAAB dollars throughout the season
- Does current standing matter?
- Does player aquisition strategy alter in the month of August?
- Injury rates 2021 vs. 2020 vs. 2019
- Sholud we churn our rosters more or less in the final two months of the season?
- How to decide when to cut a player in the final two months
Category Movement
- Categories that are more volatile late in the season (more movement) & categories that are less volatile
- Why ratio categories are highly volatile
Engagement
- Can you win a league if you are towards the bottom in August?
- Do you have a moral / ethical obligation to play hard until the very end in fatnasy baseball?
- What if you play in many leagues?
- Is it right to divert time spent away from leagues that you cannot win?
- Is there an ethical difference between neglecting to set a valid lineup vs. foregoing waiver wire pickups?
- Is there an obligation to ensure that your fantasy team reaches the minimum inning requirements?
- How should a league commissioner interviene if teams are not on pace to reach the IP threshold?
- Creating incentives to increase league engagement down the stretch
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