American League

Angels

• Zach Neto is off the IL and hit second for three straight games.

• Eduardo Escobar has started seven straight games, six at third base.

• Brett Phillips has started eight straight games. Read the rest of this entry »

American League

Angels

• Since being recalled, Kyren Paris has started in six of seven games.

• Mike Moustakas (vs RHP) and Eduardo Escobar (vs LHP) are in a third-base platoon. Read the rest of this entry »

American League

Angels

• A third of the lineup is gone so it’ll take at least a week to figure out any trends.

Astros

• Michael Brantley has hit sixth in his first two games off the IL.

• José Abreu is getting two-thirds of the starts at first base and Jon Singleton the rest. Read the rest of this entry »

The Last Month episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Patrick Davitt

Strategy Section – Last Month

• Categories
  • Which categories can fluctuate more in the final month of the season?
• FAAB
  • How to manage FAAB in the final month of the season?
    • How does the first 5 months affect the final month FAAB?
    • Purchasing power
  • Leftover FAAB vs leftover auction dollars
• Lineups
  • Should you be churning your roster more in the final month of the season?
• Injuries
  • How to determine the right time to drop injured players (in the final month), and does it matter what caliber of player it is?
  • 50% Rule
  • Player examples
    • Joe Musgrove
    • Kyle Wright
    • Felix Bautista
    • Alek Manoah

Strategy Section – Drafts

• Draft strategies that went right in 2023
• Draft strategies that went wrong in 2023
• Taking injury risk players in drafts
  • Is Aaron Judge worth the risk in 2024 drafts?
  • Hitters vs. Pitchers

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American League

Angels

• Just a mess with everyone getting hurt.

• Brandon Drury has started 12 straight games at second base while now batting third.

• Randal Grichuk with 16 straight starts but is always in the bottom half of the lineup. Read the rest of this entry »

American League

Angels

• C.J. Cron started four straight at 1B while hitting third (all against righties).

• Randal Grichuk also started four straight since the trade while batting from 5th to 7th. Read the rest of this entry »

The Lineups Strategy episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Clay Link

Strategy Section

• Setting Lineups
  • General points of what to look for when setting your fantasy lineups
  • Streakiness
  • Sitting struggling starters
  • Looking at matchups
  • • 2-Start Pitchers
  • When to consider category standings while setting your lineups?
  • Protecting pitcher ratios in roto
  • How to use Shohei Ohtani?
  • When to look at the “overall contest” categories vs. league specific ones in the NFBC.

Trade Deadline Deals

• Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
• News and fantasy analysis of recent MLB deadline deals
  • Reaction to the Los Angeles Angels becoming “buyers.”
  • Other potential players who may be traded
  • Who to pick up in fantasy in anticipation of trades?

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American League

Angels

• Zach Neto has led off for six straight games.

• Mike Moustakas has started in nine of the last 10 games.

• Trey Cabbage has started in three of the last four games, all against a righty.

• Twenty-seven-year-old Michael Stefanic (.349/.445/.441, 2 HR, 6 SB) has started the last two games at second base. Read the rest of this entry »

American League

Angels

• What a mess with the trades for Mike Moustakas and Eduardo Escobar. Hunter Renfroe got pushed off first base and back to the outfield where he shares two spots with Mickey Moniak and Taylor Ward.

• David Fletcher has started in five of the last six games at shortstop. Since being recalled he’s posting a .900 OPS. Read the rest of this entry »

American League

Angels

• Hunter Renfroe (.736 OPS) no longer has a permanent spot in the lineup with just three starts in the last six games. He’s now in a rotation with Mickey Moniak (.941 OPS) and Taylor Ward (.693 OPS).

• Andrew Velazquez (.250/.429/.313, 0 HR, 4 SB) has started six straight games at shortstop. Read the rest of this entry »