1/21/24

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Notable Transactions/News/Rumors

• Josh Hader signs with the Astros
• Robert Stephenson to Angels 

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1/19/24

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3B PREVIEW

On the Rise

• Jake Burger 158 ADP
• Ke’Bryan Hayes 164
• Alec Bohm 172
• Isaac Paredes 184 (discussed at 1B)

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The Corner Infield Preview episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Mike Gianella

Strategy Section

• What does it mean for a position to be shallow?
• Strategy for shallow positions
• Dual position eligibile players
  • Value and use
• General corner infield player pool observations
• Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
• What statistics do you need to accumulate from the corner infield position?
• Get a reliable CI up top, or wait for bargains to unfold later on?

ATC Undervalued Players

• Corner Infielders
  • Paul Goldschmidt
  • Nolan Arenado
  • Alex Bregman
  • Josh Naylor
  • Yandy Diaz
  • Jake Burger
  • Alec Bohm
  • Nathaniel Lowe
  • Ke’Bryan Hayes
  • Andrew Vaughn
  • Ryan Mountcastle
  • Jose Abreu
  • Ty France

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American League

Angels

• Nolan Schanuel is trying to get all buff because chicks dig the long ball.

Schanuel said he has been lifting weights and hitting in the cages four times a week this offseason in an effort to get stronger and develop more power. His average exit velocity was 85.4 mph, below the MLB average of 89 mph, per Baseball Savant. Schanuel also said he has been working on his speed. He ranked in the 36th percentile in sprint speed.

“That’s what this offseason was about for me,” Schanuel said. “I got my time in the big leagues, so now it’s about what I need to work on. I need to work on getting faster and unlocking that power with a wood bat. Just little things like that. But my time in the big leagues taught me what I need to get better at.”

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The RotoGraphs writers’ positional rankings hit the World Wide Web last week and now such writers, perhaps only myself, are questioning every little keyboard stroke and mouse click involved. You can view my third-base rankings here and follow along all season. I didn’t look at the average draft position (ADP) as calculated by the National Fantasy Baseball Championship (NFBC) while sorting these men who spent at least five games with their feet close to third base last season.

I mostly used the auction calculator with Steamer’s projections and moved things around from there, but only slightly. Take Elly De La Cruz for example. By the auction calculator, he’s ranked 14th (check the link above for settings). I brought him up a few (11th), first knowing the market would be higher and second considering his ceiling. But, as it turns out, the market is even higher on the Cincinnati wonder kid! In this post, I’ll dive into the players who diverge the most from my rankings and where the market (ADP) is so far this draft season.

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Transcript is now available, thanks for coming out!

Position Rankings that I wrote:

• Catchers
• Shortstops
• Starting Pitchers

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

Guest: Justin Mason

Strategy Section

• Catcher player pool observations
• Are catchers less valuable this year?
• 1-Catcher vs. 2-Catcher leagues
• Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
• Can you effectively stream catchers?
• Can you / should you draft a catching pair from a single MLB team?
• Catchers who might recieve extra playing time as the designated hitter

ATC Undervalued Players

• Catchers
  • Salvador Perez
    • Will Sal Perez be a Hall of Fame catcher?
  • Willson Contreras
  • Keibert Ruiz
  • Jonah Heim
  • Logan O’Hoppe
  • Shea Langeliers

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1/15/24

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3B PREVIEW

Hot Cornerstones

• José Ramírez 14 ADP
• Austin Riley 20
• Rafael Devers 25

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1/14/24

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• 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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