The Surprises episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Cody Decker

Strategy Section

• Christian Walker / Arizona Diamondbacks
• Trade Deadline
  • Surprise Buyers and Sellers
• Surprise teams in 2023
• Surprise players in 2023
• Undervalued players for the rest of 2023

Israel Baseball Team Experience

Favorite Baseball Movies of All Time

Different Orginazational Philosophies

Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week

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The Bullpen Update episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Greg Jewett

Strategy Section

• Optimal pre-season closer draft strategy
• Mid-season / second chance closer draft strategy
• The value of middle relievers on your roster
• The effect of the new MLB rules on pitchers
• Rostering closer “handcuffs”
• Looking at prior short term bullpen usage

Closer Situations

• Closers likely to be traded & fantasy impact
• Relivers coming back from injury
• Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
• Specific Team Situations
  • PHI
  • LAD
  • TB
  • COL
  • STL
  • MIN
  • SEA
  • MIA

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The Two Months episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Pierre Camus

Strategy Section

• Taking Stock after Two Months
  • When do the standings become real?
  • Implementing strategy changes
• “Wins” for the season
  • Pre-season strategies and player picks that have worked out
  • Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
  • Freddie Freeman – undervalued 1st round pick
  • George Kirby – control artist
• “Losses” for the season
  • Pre-season strategies and player picks that have not worked out
• Maximizing playing time
• Second chance leagues
  • Differences in strategy from pre-season

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The Lineups episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Scott Pianowski

Strategy Section

• Setting Lineups
  • General advice for setting lineups
  • How many starters vs. relievers should you start each week?
  • Are some statstics a priority to “bank” earlier on in the season?
  • When to play Shohei Ohtani as a hitter vs. as a pitcher
• Waiver Wire
  • Priorities for waiver wire acquisitions

Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week

What to do with?

• Alek Manoah
• Lance Lynn
• Nick Lodolo
• Chris Sale

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The Is It Too Early episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Glenn Colton

Strategy Section

• Changes in draft strategy for 2023
  • Is it working?

Is It Too Early

• Is it too early to give up hopes of winning in 2023 if you are currently in last place?
• Is it too early to give up on certain specific rotisserie categories if you are in a hole?
• Is it too early to play for extreme volume (despite lower quality of play)?
• Is it too early to disregard pre-season projections and pre-season draft prep?
• Is it too early to make large FAAB bids?
• Is it too early to fully believe in 2023 YTD figures?
• Is it too early to take victory laps?
• Is it too early to sit struggling stars in your lineups?
• Is it too early to cut players that you spent a large amount of draft capital on?

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The Changes episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Joe Sheehan

MLB Rule Changes

• Which rule has had the most effect thus far?
• Which new rule are we least happy about?
• How has the ball changed this year?

Strategy Section

• Which is more important – knowing the players, or knowing how to value the players?
  • Pre-season vs. in-season
• FAAB
  • Should the prices you pay in FAAB be driven by obtaning a good return on investment, or is it more market driven?
  • Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
  • Rob Silver’s comments on FAAB
    • Will Tanner Bibee be worth his FAAB bids?
    • How much should one pay for a projected SP60 in FAAB?
    • How much should one pay for a projected top 50 player n FAAB?
    • How much should one pay for a projected top 100 player n FAAB?

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The Hot episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Jason Collette

Strategy Section

• Demoted Players
  • Parameter/Projection error, or simply part of the process?
  • Jake McCarthy
  • Jordan Walker
• How to know when hot player starts are for real?
• How to trade for / trade away players with hot starts?
  • Is it easier to trade for / trade away players with cold starts?
• Hitters with hot starts
  • Yandy Diaz
  • Nico Hoerner
  • Patrick Wisdom
  • Jarred Kelenic

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The Overreaction episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Sky Dombroske

Tout Wars experience

Strategy Section

• How to react to players who start the season poorly
  • Ignoring traditional surface stats
  • Underlying component statistics you should look at early on in the season
  • When is it time to bench a player?
  • When is it time to drop a player?
  • When to trade for / trade away players
• Hitters with poor starts
  • Jake McCarthy
  • Christian Walker
  • Juan Soto
  • Manny Machado
  • Tyler O’Neill

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The 2023 Bold Predictions episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Michael Govier

NFBC & Tout Wars experience

Strategy Section

• First few weeks strategy
  • How to use FAAB in the first few weeks of the season
  • How to know who to drop/cut a player from your roster?
• What to do with demoted or injured players?
  • Vaughn Grissom
  • Luis Severino

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The 2023 Draft Recap episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Steve Cozzolino

The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational (TGFBI)

• Steve’s TGFBI Draft Board – Team 9
• Reuven’s TGFBI Draft Board – Team 8
• Ariel’s TGFBI Draft Board – Team 8
• General snake draft strategy
• KDS Strategy
• First five rounds strategy
• Saves strategy
• Steals strategy
• Catcher strategy
• Easiest draft decisions
• Toughest draft decisions

LABR Mixed Auction

• Ariel’s LABR Draft Board
• Altering strategy based on knowing how the other competitors draft
• General auction strategy for a 12 team mixed league
• Shohei Ohtani at $26 as Ariel’s most expensive player
• Saves strategy in a 12 team mixed league
• How to pull off obtaining so many value bargains in an auction

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