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Starting Pitcher Chart – August 7th

Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports

Daily SP Chart archive

The chart includes their season performance, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness over the last 30 days, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s basically a risky stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more value focusing on roto.

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Sunday Night Waiver Wire & FAAB Chat

7:30
Jeff Zimmerman: Welcome

7:31
Jeff Zimmerman: Here are the winning bids in the two 15-team Tout Wars mixed leagues.

7:31
Jeff Zimmerman:

7:32
Jeff Zimmerman: With the trade deadline, here of the winning bids in the two 15-team only leagues:

7:32
Jeff Zimmerman:

7:32
Deadline FOMO: Looking to make moves before new situational values stabilize. Drop Cron or Suzuki for Burleson, Wallner or Bauers?

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1204 – Fights and Week 20 FAAB

8/6/23

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Waiver Wire Report (Week 20)

In the article, I cover the players using CBS’s (about 40% or less initial roster rate) and Yahoo’s ADD/DROP rates. Both hosting sites have the option for daily and weekly waiver wire adds. CBS uses a weekly change while Yahoo looks at the last 24 hours. Yahoo is a great snapshot of right now while CBS ensures hot targets from early in the week aren’t missed. The players are ordered for redraft leagues by my rest-of-season preference grouped by starters, relievers, and hitters. Read the rest of this entry »


The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1203 – Is Elly De La Cruz A 2024 1st Rounder?

8/4/23

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

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Bullpen Report: August 5, 2023

The 2023 version of the Bullpen Report includes five different sections, as well as the closer chart, which can be found at the bottom of the page.

We will always include a link to the full Closer Depth Chart at the bottom of the Bullpen Report each day. It’s also accessible from the RosterResource drop-down menu and from any RosterResource page. Please let us know what you think.

  1. Notable Workloads: Primary closers or valuable members of a closer committee who have been deemed unavailable or likely unavailable for the current day due to recent workload.
  2. Injury News
  3. Outlier Saves: Explanation for a non-closer earning a save during the previous day.
  4. Committee Clarity: Notes on a closer committee that clarify a pitcher’s standing in the group.
  5. Losing A Grip: Struggling closers who could be on the hot seat.

The “RosterResource” link will take you to the corresponding team’s RosterResource depth chart, which will give you a better picture of the full bullpen and results of the previous six days (pitch count, save, hold, win, loss, blown save).

Click HERE to view the full Closer Depth Chart.

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Lineup Analysis (8/4/23)

American League

Angels

C.J. Cron started four straight at 1B while hitting third (all against righties).

Randal Grichuk also started four straight since the trade while batting from 5th to 7th. Read the rest of this entry »


Beat the Shift Podcast – Scout Girl Episode w/ Andrea Arcadipane

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

Guest: Andrea Arcadipane

Strategy Section

  • How to do an in-depth player analysis
    • What stats / components to look for
    • Hitters vs. Pitchers
    • Pre-season vs. in-season
    • Veterans vs. Rookies
  • How to detect undervalued players for stolen bases
    • Players who read pitchers well
    • Organizational philosophies
    • Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
    • Pitchers who are easy to run on
    • Catchers who are easy / difficult to run on

Trade Deadline Wrap-up

  • Quick thoughts
  • Major prospects traded
  • Players who gained or lost value as a result of the MLB deadline deals
    • NL East
    • NL Central
    • NL West
    • AL East
    • AL Central
    • AL West

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Roto Riteup: August 4, 2023

Baseball is a silly game:

On the Agenda:
1. Sleeper and the Bust DK Contest
2. Closer Chaos
4. Quick Hits
5. Various News and Notes
6. Streaming Pitchers
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Starting Pitcher Chart – August 4th

Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports

Daily SP Chart archive

The chart includes their season performance, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness over the last 30 days, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s basically a risky stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more value focusing on roto.

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