The Mid-season episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Howard Bender

LABR Update

1st Half Awards

• Biggest stories of the first half
• Fantasy MVP Hitter
• Fantasy MVP Pitcher
• Fantasy MVP Rookie
• Fantasy Biggest Bust

Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week

Strategy Section

• Which roto categories have the highest ability to move in the second half of the season?
• Which roto categories are the hardest to move in the second half of the season?

2nd Half Players

• Which players will tail off / regress in the second half of the season?
• Which players will heat up in the second half of the season?

Waiver Wire

Pitcher Preview

Injury Update

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Cool to see him get redemption:

In 2022 Luis Arraez faced Dylan Cease and ended his no-hit bid with 2 outs in the 9th!

Today, Arraez watched his teammate Cease finish the job. pic.twitter.com/vidB2fcuF2

— MLB (@MLB) July 25, 2024

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• Daily SP Chart archive
• Check out the July SP Rankings (NEWish!)

I’ll get a new SP rankings update out shortly after the Trade Deadline. Should be able to turn it around by the end of next week. The deadline is on Tuesday the 30th this year. Nick Pollack and I will be live during Deadline Day analyzing the fantasy impact of the deals.

Details:

Join me and @sporer Tuesday July 30th at 4pm ET for our annual Trade Deadline live stream!

We’re brining members of the Playbacck chat onto the stream LIVE and letting you share your thoughts. pic.twitter.com/2yahIVyaaK

— Nick Pollack (@PitcherList) July 25, 2024

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7/24/24

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

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JUNE FAAB REVIEW

2-June

• Spencer Schwellenbach
• David Peterson
• Pete Crow-Armstrong
• Joey Estes

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• Daily SP Chart archive
• Check out the July SP Rankings (NEW!)

Let me know if you have any questions in the comments below!

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American League

White Sox

• Drew Thorpe is throwing his changeup at different speeds.

“He learned his changeup plays three times in a row to certain guys,” said White Sox manager Pedro Grifol, commending Thorpe for greater fastball command since Arizona put seven earned runs on him on June 16. “Normally, that doesn’t happen because you don’t throw the same pitch three times in a row.

“People make adjustments. He learned today he can with the changeup if he continues to mix the speeds of the changeup. There are some really good learning moments.”

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Hunter Greene with some razzle dazzle!

Hunter Greene made this look way too easy 😮 pic.twitter.com/B7T3wRL6JJ

— MLB (@MLB) July 22, 2024

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• Daily SP Chart archive
• Check out the July SP Rankings (NEWish!)

I only wrote up the guys with 1-2 x’s. The 3 x’s are either locked studs or capable streamers with great matchups and most of the 0 x’s are easy skips. That said, I’ll gladly answer any questions if you want further discussion on anyone.
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7/22/24

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1H POSITION REVIEWS (Top 20 SP Player Rater)

Starting Pitcher

• Seth Lugo
• Ronel Blanco
• Tyler Glasnow
• Paul Skenes
• Garrett Crochet/Erick Fedde (EF not in Top 20)
• Dylan Cease

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Here is today’s chat transcript

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