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Beat the Shift Podcast – 2023 Bold Predictions Episode w/ Michael Govier

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?

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Beat the Shift Podcast – 2023 Draft Recap Episode w/ Steve Cozzolino

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)

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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Beat the Shift Podcast – 2023 Pre-Draft Injury Episode

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

Strategy Section

  • Injury Overview / Ortho 101
  • Injury reoccurrences
  • World Baseball Classic injury concerns

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Relief Pitcher Episode w/ Greg Jewett

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

Guest: Greg Jewett

Strategy Section

  • General closer landscape
  • Optimal closer strategy last year
  • Is a closer who gets a half a year’s worth of saves a successful draft pick?
    • Closers who are traded mid-season
  • General closer draft strategy
    • Is drafting a 2nd round closer cost prohibitive for the rest of your roster?
  • What is the best way to throw a cheap closer dart?
  • Is it worth buying split closer situations?
  • Is it worth skipping out on reliable closers and acquiring saves in-season via FAAB?
  • Should we purchase middle relievers in drafts?

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Starting Pitcher Episode Part 2 w/ Eno Sarris

The Starting Pitcher episode (Part 2) of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Eno Sarris

Pitching+, Stuff+, Command+

Strategy Section

  • Effects of new MLB rule changes on pitchers
  • Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
  • Risk
  • Shohei Othani
    • Is there extra risk asscociated with rostering the two-way player?
  • Starting pitcher strategy
    • General landscape
    • Do you need to draft an ace pitcher in fantasy?
    • Should we avoid the waiver wire for starting pitchers?
      • Should we avoid streaming SPs?
    • Should we tilt the Hitter/Pitcher % split more towards pitching?
    • Should we use more bench slots for starting pitchers this year?
    • Should we be chasing any of the following?
      • Wins
      • Innings
      • High IP / GS
      • Pitchers on good teams

ATC Undervalued Players

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Starting Pitcher Episode Part 1 w/ Nick Pollack

The Starting Pitcher episode (Part 1) of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Nick Pollack

Pitch Level Value (PLV)

Strategy Section

  • Role changes
  • New pitches
  • Pitch mix changes
  • Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
  • What can we learn about pitchers from spring training?
  • Valuation of foreign pitchers

ATC Undervalued Players

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Auction Strategy Episode w/ Steve Gardner

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

Guest: Steve Gardner

2023 LABR Auctions

Strategy Section

  • General Auction Preparation
    • How does it differ from snake drafts?
  • Position scarcity in auctions & punting
  • Live auctions vs. online auctions
  • Mono league auctions
  • How does auction strategy and future FAAB spending tie in together?
  • How should you prepare yourself mentally for the auction?
  • What should you do during auction breaks?
  • Scouting other league members
    • How does this affect the way that you should auction?
  • How to create auction values & strike prices
    • When should you bid over your values?
  • How much should you spend on hitting vs. pitching?
  • Stars & Scrubs vs. Spread the Risk
  • In-draft adjustments
    • In-draft inflation
  • Nominations
    • How do you determine who you should nominate next?
    • Controlling a room with nominations
  • Money Management
    • Pacing yourself throughout the auction
    • Having the hammer at the end
  • Bidding
    • How often should you bid on players?
    • Price enforcing
    • Starting bids
    • Freeze bids
    • Bid on the ‘9’s?
    • Timing of bids
    • $2 bids
    • Sneaking $1 players in early

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Outfield Episode w/ Sara Sanchez

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

Guest: Sara Sanchez

Strategy Section

Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week

ATC Undervalued Players

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Middle Infield Episode w/ Mike Gianella

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

Guest: Mike Gianella

Strategy Section

  • Kentucky Derby Style (KDS) Draft Order
    • Which draft slot is most similar to an auction?
    • General preferences for slot selection
    • 2023 preferences for slot selection
  • Middle Infielders
    • The shortstop and second base player pools
      • SS – Deep
      • 2B – Wide Bottom
    • Do you need to draft stolen bases from the middle infield position?
    • Jon Berti
    • Adalberto Mondesi
    • Bounceback middle infield candidates

Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week

ATC Undervalued Players

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Corner Infield Episode w/ Frank Stampfl

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

Guest: Frank Stampfl

Strategy Section

  • Personal goals for 2023
  • How the projections are handling the new rule changes
  • Stolen bases increase for 2023
  • Starting pitcher strategy for 2023
    • The 3 1A Strategy
  • Justin Verlander
  • Tyler Glasnow
  • Corner Infielders
    • Players who will gain value from switching teams / change of scenery
    • Definition of a “shallow” position
    • Third Base strategy for 2023
    • The corner infield conundrum

Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week

ATC Undervalued Players

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