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Sunday Night Waiver Wire & FAAB Chat

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May 1, 2022
7:30
Jeff Zimmerman: Good evening.
7:31
Jeff Zimmerman:

7:31
Jeff Zimmerman: Here are the Tout bids for the two 15-team leagues.
7:31
Owen: I need to plug in an OF this week. Rank: Herrera, McCormick, Tyler Wade, Peralta, Larnach, Michael Taylor. Hoping to get one for 1-2% since I have Laureano waiting in the wings.
7:32
Jeff Zimmerman: McCormick, Peralta, Taylor, Herrera, Wade Larnach
7:32
Quarantino Martinez: Thanks for the chat and the WW articles! How droppable are Pache, R. Urias, A. Ibanez in AL OBP league? Neuse/Taylor Wells/Burger on the wire.

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1046 – Guestisode ft. Michael Govier

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May 1, 2022

4/30/22

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Waiver Wire Report (Week 4)

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May 1, 2022

The luster is gone from all the shiny new toys and it’s a blue-collar week with boring adds. For hitters, I pushed up the full-time at-bats, so those managers with daily lineup moves might want to drop down to the platoon bats. With the starters, it seems full of guys with a 7.0 K/9 and 4.25 ERA.

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 »


Bullpen Report: April 30, 2022

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April 30, 2022

The 2022 version of 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 (4/29/22)

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April 29, 2022

American League

Angels

• Taylor Ward has led off the last four games.

• Jared Walsh (vs RHP) and Matt Duffy (vs LHP) are in a platoon.

• Jo Adell and Brandon Marsh are splitting time in left field.

• Tyler Wade (.660 OPS) is not a full-time player (started seven of the last ten) and usually sits against lefties.
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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1045 – Fireside Chat – 4 Arms to Watch (+ a bonus 5th!)

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April 29, 2022

4/29/22

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Boxscore Bits: April 29th, 2022

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April 29, 2022
Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the games from Thursday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Thursday’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Zack Wheeler PHI 6 1 0 0 0 4 7 22 0.00 0.83 1 95.6 95 11%
2 Freddy Peralta MIL 6 3 0 0 0 0 7 21 0.00 0.50 0 93.8 13%
3 Dakota Hudson STL 6 1 0 0 0 3 4 22 0.00 0.67 1 91.7 92.5 8%
4 Garrett Whitlock BOS 3 4 1 0 0 2 2 16 0.00 2.00 0 95.4 13%
5 Bruce Zimmermann BAL 4.1 5 4 0 0 1 5 21 0.00 1.38 0 90.8 90.6 11%
6 Alek Manoah TOR 7 3 0 0 0 1 7 25 0.00 0.57 1 94.3 93.2 13%
7 Martin Perez TEX 7 2 1 1 0 0 4 23 1.29 0.29 0 93.5 93 7%
8 Justin Verlander HOU 7 4 1 1 0 0 8 25 1.29 0.57 1 95.6 12%
9 Brad Keller KCR 7 3 1 1 1 0 3 22 1.29 0.43 0 93.4 93.4 7%
10 Kyle Wright ATL 7 3 1 1 0 4 8 26 1.29 1.00 1 95.3 94 10%
11 Cal Quantrill CLE 6 4 3 1 0 3 4 25 1.50 1.17 0 92 92.2 3%
12 Trevor Rogers MIA 6 2 1 1 0 2 4 21 1.50 0.67 1 93.8 8%
13 José Quintana PIT 5 4 1 1 1 0 9 19 1.80 0.80 0 91 90.6 18%
14 Reid Detmers LAA 5 2 1 1 1 1 4 18 1.80 0.60 1 94.2 9%
15 Bailey Ober MIN 3.2 6 1 1 0 2 3 19 2.45 2.18 0 91.9 15%
16 Chris Flexen 플렉센 SEA 6.2 6 2 2 0 2 4 26 2.70 1.20 0 92.2 15%
17 Patrick Corbin WSN 6 4 3 2 0 2 8 25 3.00 1.00 0 90.4 91.6 14%
18 Austin Gomber COL 6 3 3 2 1 1 6 22 3.00 0.67 0 90.6 8%
19 Jeffrey Springs TBR 2.2 3 1 1 0 0 3 11 3.38 1.13 0 92.8 12%
20 Nick Martinez SDP 5 5 2 2 0 2 5 20 3.60 1.40 1 92.5 92.3 12%
21 Michael Kopech CHW 5 3 2 2 0 4 3 22 3.60 1.40 0 95.2 7%
22 Jameson Taillon NYY 4.2 7 2 2 0 1 4 22 3.86 1.71 0 94.2 93.9 10%
23 Drew Smyly CHC 4.2 5 2 2 2 1 4 20 3.86 1.29 0 92.4 20%
24 Tyler Mahle CIN 5.1 6 3 3 0 2 5 23 5.06 1.50 0 93.1 11%
25 Tarik Skubal DET 5 6 6 3 0 2 4 24 5.40 1.60 0 93.8 94.1 11%
26 Humberto Castellanos ARI 2 5 5 5 0 1 0 13 22.50 3.00 0 88 89.7 5%
Sorted by ERA

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Beat the Shift Podcast – Waiver Wire Episode w/ Vlad Sedler

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April 29, 2022

The Waiver Wire Episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Vlad Sedler

Strategy Section

  • When to sit cold players, and when to cut them?
    • Does it differ for Hitters vs. Pitchers?
  • Cutting injured players in non-IL slot leagues
    • Eloy Jimenez
    • How much FAAB should one spend on an injury stash?
  • FAAB
    • Going with your gut.
    • When should you overspend on FAAB?
    • Being in tune with how the rest of the league is spending FAAB dollars.
    • FAAB from a Return on Investment perspective.
    • FAAB pricing also depends on the avaialble player pool.
    • Looking at other team’s positional and categorical needs before setting FAAB bids.
  • General FAAB bidding guidelines
    • Streaming options
    • Hot players
    • Speed
    • Closers and speculative closers

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Bullpen Report: April 29, 2022

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April 29, 2022

The 2022 version of Bullpen Report includes five different sections, as well as the closer chart, which can be found at the bottom of the page.

  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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Boxscore Bits: April 28th, 2022

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April 28, 2022
Jordan Johnson-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the games from Wednesday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Wednesday’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Paul Blackburn OAK 5 3 0 0 0 1 4 18 0.00 0.80 1 92.7 91.8 13%
2 Jakob Junis – as RP SFG 5 4 0 0 0 1 6 19 0.00 1.00 0 90.6 16%
3 Mark Leiter CHC 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 0.00 1.50 0 92.2 91.9 0%
4 Pablo López MIA 6 3 0 0 0 1 6 21 0.00 0.67 1 91.6 92.2 11%
5 Dillon Peters PIT 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0.00 0.50 0 93.3 92.6 0%
6 Zac Gallen ARI 6 2 0 0 0 2 5 23 0.00 0.67 0 94.7 10%
7 Joe Ryan MIN 7 1 0 0 0 1 9 23 0.00 0.29 1 93 13%
8 Drew Rasmussen TBR 6 2 0 0 0 1 9 21 0.00 0.50 1 96.9 23%
9 Michael Wacha BOS 6 4 1 1 0 2 5 24 1.50 1.00 1 93.7 92.7 12%
10 Julio Urías LAD 6 1 1 1 1 2 4 21 1.50 0.50 0 92.5 9%
11 Aaron Ashby MIL 5.2 1 1 1 0 5 6 22 1.59 1.06 0 96.2 95.2 11%
12 Ross Stripling TOR 5 5 1 1 0 0 7 20 1.80 1.00 0 92.4 89.9 17%
13 MacKenzie Gore SDP 5 5 1 1 0 2 10 22 1.80 1.40 1 95.4 15%
14 Dylan Cease CHW 6 3 2 2 0 3 9 24 3.00 1.00 0 96.9 18%
15 Jordan Montgomery NYY 5.2 4 2 2 1 0 4 22 3.18 0.71 0 92.7 92.2 13%
16 Cristian Javier HOU 5 4 2 2 1 2 4 20 3.60 1.20 1 94.6 12%
17 Shohei Ohtani LAA 5 5 2 2 1 1 4 21 3.60 1.20 1 96.9 8%
18 Tyler Wells BAL 5 3 2 2 1 0 4 18 3.60 0.60 0 93.4 8%
19 Erick Fedde WSN 4.2 3 2 2 1 3 5 19 3.86 1.29 0 92.4 8%
20 Glenn Otto TEX 4.1 4 2 2 1 2 5 19 4.15 1.38 0 92.5 92.9 13%
21 Zack Greinke KCR 6 5 3 3 1 0 4 24 4.50 0.83 0 88.8 10%
22 Ranger Suárez PHI 6 7 3 3 1 1 3 24 4.50 1.33 1 93.6 92.5 9%
23 Michael Pineda DET 5 7 4 4 3 0 2 21 7.20 1.40 0 90.3 14%
24 Ryan Feltner COL 5 7 4 4 1 2 7 23 7.20 1.80 0 94.2 91.7 11%
25 Steven Matz STL 4 6 4 4 0 2 6 20 9.00 2.00 0 93.7 13%
26 Sam Long SFG 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 4 9.00 1.00 0 94.4 24%
27 Charlie Morton ATL 2.1 4 3 3 0 4 1 14 11.57 3.43 0 94.8 94.2 4%
28 Vladimir Gutierrez CIN 4 5 6 6 1 6 2 22 13.50 2.75 0 91.7 7%
29 Zach Plesac CLE 3.2 7 7 6 1 2 2 21 14.73 2.45 0 92.4 3%
30 Carlos Carrasco NYM 3.2 8 8 7 0 2 3 23 17.18 2.73 0 93.1 93.4 13%
31 Marco Gonzales SEA 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 27.00 6.00 0 89.4 18%
Sorted by ERA

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