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The Fujinami Conundrum

by Lucas Kelly

January 26, 2024

Just 15 pitchers threw 10 or more 101+ MPH four-seam fastballs in 2024.

There are a lot of pitchers who throw fast and only 15 find themselves qualifying here as repeatable flame throwers. Jhoan Duran did it 368 times! Behind him was Félix Bautista who anyone would guess can throw the ball fast after one glance at La Montaña. But, Shintaro Fujinami? He’s on the list? He’s a free agent? Surely some team could use a guy like that. So, why hasn’t any team ventured a bid on a reliever whose fastball velocity ranks in the 97th percentile?

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1250 – Catcher Preview Pt. 2

by Paul Sporer

January 26, 2024

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Outfield Part II Preview Episode w/ Ray Murphy

by Ariel Cohen

January 26, 2024

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

Guest: Ray Murphy

First Pitch Florida

Strategy Section

Projections
- The basics of what goes into generating player projections
- How should you use projections?
- Blind spots of projections
  - What does the human eye do better than the computer?
Pricing Players
- SGP vs. Z-Scores vs. PVM
Outfield Player Pool
- General observations
- Are there specific stats that you need to get from the OF position?

ATC Undervalued Players

Outfielders
- Masataka Yoshida
- Brandon Nimmo
- Cedric Mullins
- Riley Greene
- Taylor Ward
- Bryan De La Cruz
- Jung Hoo Lee 이정후
  - Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
- Austin Hays
- Sal Frelick

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Deep League Starting Pitchers (Scherzer, Rogers, Manoh, Montas, & Gray)

by Jeff Zimmerman

January 24, 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.

Max Scherzer (302 ADP)

What a horrible pick. If everything goes as planned, the 39-year-old is out until at least June or July while being a 4.00 ERA pitcher last season (3.77 ERA, 4.02 xFIP) and is projected to do the same this year (4.04 ERA, 4.07 SIERA). This ADP is from 12-team redraft leagues with no IL slots. Why in the world would someone plan on holding an old, hurt, average pitcher for three to four months on their bench?

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Outfield Part I & Utility Preview Episode w/ Brian Entrekin

by Ariel Cohen

January 24, 2024

The Outfield Part I & Utility Only Preview episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Brian Entrekin

Strategy Section

Snake Draft Strategy
- General KDS Strategy
- This year’s KDS Strategy
- Mapping stats & positions in future rounds
Outfield Player Pool
- General observations
- 3 OF vs 5 OF leagues
- OF Stars & Scrubs approach?
- OF Waiver wire viaiblity
Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
Are platoon players viable to roster?
- In which formats?
Designated Hitter / Utility Only Players
- Is it worth it to “clog” up your utlilty spot with a utility only player?