We continue our fantasy baseball preview for the 2020 season we hope will still be happening. 

We discuss:

-Pitching Strategy: Starting Pitchers vs Relief Pitchers... Should you punt saves?

-Peter hates on Bud Black

-Love/Hate for hitters

-Catcher Strategy

-Sleepers

-Fantasy Obituaries: Cullen gives us 3 big names he considers to be completely irrelevant for fantasy this year

-MVP, Cy Young, and World Series Predictions 

OUR ANNUAL FANTASY BASEBALL PREVIEW IS BACK!

I am joined by my good friends and fantasy "experts" Peter Uihlein and Cullen Carstens to discuss the 2020 fantasy baseball season.

In Part 1, we discuss:

-Our keeper league: who we are keeping and why

-Auction league strategy

-Astros hitters: Who benefitted most from the sign stealing? Who will still perform this year? 

-Starting Pitcher Preview- Overall strategy for drafting Starting Pitchers, guys we like, sleepers, and bust 

Shane Greene is back for part 2! Make sure you listen to the whole thing to get an insight into how Shane's mind works...

In this episode, we talk about:

-Technology in baseball for player development and scouting

-Pace of play and robot umps: Is the square on TV the issue?

-Sign Stealing: where does trying to get an edge become cheating?

-Shane's personal goals for 2020

-Deep Question of Day

-Conspiracy theories 

Our first ever repeat guest, Shane Greene, returns to talk about his record setting April and 2019 All Star season.

We also discuss:

-Going from a rookie to a clubhouse leader

-All Star game experience

-Being traded

-Breaking out of a slump

- Being in a playoff race and playoff baseball

-How good Ronald Acuna is

-Shane's Soup Analogy

Produced by Ashton Nix

In Part 2, Brad discusses:

-Being injured for the first time in his career

-Dealing with being traded 

-Learning your body

-Strength and Conditioning and staying healthy

-Pace of play, robot umps, and possible changes for the game of baseball

-Use of technology in baseball 

-Rapid Fire Questions

I've been looking forward to having Brad Miller on the podcast for sometime now. I've always taken a lot away from my talks with him and found him to be very open and insightful about his training and the game of baseball. 

In part 1 we discuss:

-His high school career and the recruitment process

-His time at Clemson and the draft process his junior year

-Minor League life (specifically High Dessert)

-Big League Debut

-How he turned into a power hitter mid at bat 

It has been long overdue, but I finally sit down with my former teammate and the guy responsible for me starting RSP in Orlando, Brian Dempsey

Brian is one of the owners of Turn2 Sport and Performance. Additionally, he is a co-owner of Power Baseball, one of the premier high school travel baseball programs in the country.

Brian has a unique perspective because he has spent time as a high school coach, currently works in the player development side of things at Turn2, and has coached in the travel ball world for 10 years now and helped hundreds of baseball players move on to the college level. 

Brian and I discuss how to set up a 12 month plan for high school baseball players, including:

-Amatuer youth baseball schedule

-How to fit pitching and hitting lessons and strength and conditioning

-Should anyone throw year around? If so, who?

-Advice for 14u and younger parents and players

In Part 2, Gerry and I discuss his podcast and the business side of the sports performance company. 

We start with his podcast, Muscles and Management, and look at:

-  What made him start it

- The main thing have he has learned from it

-Advice for someone thinking about starting or just starting pod

Gerry has a business degree, so I pick his brain about:

-  His degree is in business. How does that help or hurt him?

-  Red flags that he sees gym owners do or don’t do 

- Besides producing results, what is the best marketing strategy for sports performance facilities?

Make sure you give Gerry a follow!

Twitter: @Challenger_ST

IG: Challengerstrength

Website: https://www.challengerstrength.com

On this episode, I sit down with New Jersey's finest, Gerry DeFilippo. 

We discuss:

-  His background and how he got into the strength and conditioning field

-  His evaluation process and how we applies the evaluation into the program

-  Importance of measuring and examples that you use that are uncommon i.e. timing hurdle jumps and sled chest pushes from knees

-  Training rotational athletes and being “sports specific”

Make sure you follow Gerry!

Twitter: Challenger_ST

Instagram: challengerstrength

Website: https://www.challengerstrength.com

Podcast: Muscles and Management

To shut down or not to shut down? 

On this episode, Barrett goes over the Pitch Smart guidelines and how he uses these guidelines to layout off-season throwing programs. 

He also looks into the different factors that go into deciding whether an athlete should completely shut down during the off-season and if so, the length of the no throw period. 

Finally, he talks about the Off-Season Throwing Program that is available in the link below. 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15OkCcTVkcm2VIpveeJnB0vZFEdRpfe_bpKOfw8TW5Sc/edit#gid=1189135595

Link to the blog article mentioned in the pod. 

https://barrettstover.com/2018/11/23/off-season-throwing-schedule/