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1/14/24

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Notable Transactions/News/Rumors

• Jordan Hicks signs with the Giants to be a starter

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1/12/24

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

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Shota Imanaga to CHC
• Michael Busch traded to CHC
• Marcus Stroman to NYY

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The 1st & 2nd Rounds episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Frank Stampfl

Strategy Section

• Fantasy baseball resources
• Looking back at last year’s fantasy teams
  • Learning year over year
• Do not draft lists?
• Risk adjusting player prices
• Limiting aggregate risk on a fantasy roster
• Year over year consistency
• Drafting inexperienced players in early rounds
  • Elly De La Cruz
  • Corbin Carroll

Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week

1st & 2nd Rounds

• What should you accomplish in your first 2 picks?
  • Draft certain stats or a certain type of player?
• Do you need to draft an ace starting pitcher in the first 2 rounds?
  • When should you draft Spencer Strider?
• Overvalued players in the first 2 rounds
• Undervalued players in the first 2 rounds
• Other players who should be drafted in the first 2 rounds
• Ronald Acuna Jr. is #1
  • This year’s KDS should universally start with #1
  • Who to draft at #2?

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As we hit the beginning of draft season, it is important to monitor where players are being drafted on a regular basis. Throughout draft season, I will be doing that work for you with regular updates on the Average Draft Position on NFBC up until Opening Day. You can read all the Market Reports here.

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American League

Athletics

• Esteury Ruiz is working on getting to more power with his swing.

While Ruiz does not profile as a power hitter, nor do the A’s expect him to morph into one, they do believe there is a way to fine-tune his swing in order to unlock better contact. Those efforts have already gotten underway this offseason.

“I think the biggest thing, we can clean his mechanics up offensively,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said. “I think we can open up some more power for him and some bat speed, and we’re excited about that. It takes the player to engage and want to make those changes, and I think he does want to make those changes.

“It’s going to be a process that he’s got to go through, but we’ve identified the things that we feel can open him up and make him even more of an impact player. He’s impactful when he gets on base, but our goal is to increase that by providing some power behind that swing as well.”

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As we hit the beginning of draft season, it is important to monitor where players are being drafted on a regular basis. Throughout draft season, I will be doing that work for you with regular updates on the Average Draft Position on NFBC up until Opening Day. You can read all the Market Reports here. Read the rest of this entry »

1/8/24

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

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Teoscar Hernández to LAD
• Robbie Ray to SF
• Mitch Haniger, Anthony DeSclafani to SEA
• Luke Raley traded to SEA
• José Caballero to TBR
• Harrison Bader & Sean Manaea to NYM
• Zach Plesac to LAA

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1/5/24

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

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• @sporer – Host
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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Chris Sale to ATL
• Vaughn Grissom to BOS
• Lucas Giolito to BOS

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Did you load up the auction calculator a few weeks ago and see Mason Miller listed as the 20th-best starter? Load it up again today, and you’ll only see Miller on the relievers page. That’s because Miller’s 2024 role is hard to pin down. Last year, the year Miller made his debut, the young right-hander in Oakland started six games and appeared in relief in four. As a starter, he recorded a 3.70 ERA and as a reliever, 4.00. So after only 33.1 IP in 2023 without a clear role defined, what’s a fantasy manager to do?

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