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Justin Mason’s Baseball Chat – February 12th, 2024

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February 12, 2024

Here is today’s chat transcript:
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Beat the Shift Podcast – Starting Pitcher Preview Episode – Part I – w/ Nick Pollack

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February 10, 2024

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

Guest: Nick Pollack

What’s new at PitcherList?

  • PLV 2.0

Strategy Section

  • Pitch arsenal
    • Is it better to have one elite pitch, or a few good pitches?
    • Pitch mix changes
      • Blind spot of projections?
      • How to know when a pitcher will be more successful?
      • What to make of a pitcher throwing a new pitch?
  • Should we trust certain teams / organizations to improve pitchers?

Starting Pitchers

  • General player pool observations
  • 12-team vs. 15-team leagues
  • Which is more important – securing ratios or strikeouts?
  • Should you chase wins?
  • How much of a discount do you need for an injury concern pitcher?

ATC Undervalued Players

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1255 –Shortstop Preview Pt. 3

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February 9, 2024

2/9/24

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!!

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SS PREVIEW

Late Veteran MIs

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1254 –Shortstop Preview Pt. 2

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February 9, 2024

2/8/24

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

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Deep League Starting Pitchers (Gore, Taillon, Severino, Varland, & Skenes)

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February 5, 2024

It’s finally time to start my annual tradition of examining starting pitchers being drafted after pick 300 in NFBC drafts. For each article, I’ll examine about five guys when I find time between updating my outfield and top-200 hitter rankings and also Mining the News.

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1253 – Burnes to BAL and Shortstop Preview Pt. 1

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February 2, 2024

2/2/24

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The King & The Challenger

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Middle Infield Preview Episode w/ Sara Sanchez

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February 2, 2024

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

Guest: Sara Sanchez

Strategy Section

  • Risk
    • Should you minimize risk early on in drafts?
    • Should you increase risk late?
    • At what point in the draft do you worry less about risk?
    • How does league size / depth affect your risk propensity?
  • The value of player consistency
    • Head to Head formats
  • Pitchers with injury issues
    • Why do projections seem to overstate innings for risky starters?
    • Should you avoid injury risk pitchers all together?
    • Should you worry about your team’s aggregation of risky pitching?

Middle Infield

  • General player pool observations
  • Positing scarcity no longer exists
  • Which price points to play at in 2024?
  • What statistics should you get from the MI?
  • Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week

ATC Undervalued Players

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Mining the News (2/1/24)

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February 1, 2024

American League

Angels

• Contrary to initial reports, Aaron Hicks was NOT guaranteed to be an everyday outfielder.

Hicks said on Tuesday that he was told by Minasian and manager Ron Washington that he will be an everyday player, seeing action at all three outfield spots and occasional time at designated hitter. But he later clarified, he only met that he’s ready to play every day and hadn’t been given any assurances about regular playing time. Minasian also said Trout will remain the club’s center fielder and that there are no plans to move him off the position.

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Pitchers Who Pitch to Their VAA

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February 1, 2024

When something becomes sexy, I’m all in. Crocs and socks? Sexy. Minivans with a built-in vacuum cleaner to suck up all the floor Cheerios? Sexy. Throwing a four-seam fastball with a very shallow vertical approach angle due to some serious induced vertical break at the top of the zone? Sexy. Some things some people just can’t pull off. But when a trend becomes a trend, you’re either in or you’re out.

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Mets Episode w/ Keith Raad (New York Mets)

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January 31, 2024

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

Guest: Keith Raad (New York Mets broadcaster)

Interview

  • Career path to the Mets
  • Transition from minor leagues to major leagues
  • Working with Howie Rose
  • Research prior to season
  • Incorporating analytics into the broadcast
  • Catch phrases
  • Philosophy of new manager and general manager
  • Brandon Nimmo’s role
  • How the Mets will handle third base
  • Will Edwin Diaz bounce back to elite form?
  • The most underrated player on the Mets
  • Free agent fits for the Mets
  • Prospects that could make an impact in 2024
  • The biggest influence on Keith’s career
  • Favorite moment as a broadcaster

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