Launch Angle

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Launch Angle episodes

April 11, 2024EP 200 | Spencer Strider, Injuries in Fantasy and Small Sample Reactions
Welcome back to the Launch Angle podcast with co-host Rob DiPietro (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/deadpullhitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/PullHitterPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) joining industry heavyweights Jeff Zimmerman (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/jeffwzimmerman⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Rob Silver (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RobSilver⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)
Launch Angle and PullHitter Merch⁠ here⁠
Come join the Pull Hitter Patreon where you can find more Launch Angle Podcasts and much more. THE Discord is highly active and informative. Access to that and off-season player breakdown series and breakdowns of my own drafts.
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Spencer Strider

Injuries & Fantasy

Movers/fallers if we were drafting today

Mining The News: Blanco, Bradford

FAAB Reactions : Blaze Alexander, Oliver Dunn

Early Concerns: Paul Goldschmidt

Discord Questions

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Email: [email protected]
Rob DiPietro also hosts the Pullhitter Podcast, you can give that a listen if you have not done so already. Interviewing NFBC players, fantasy baseball analysts talking about roster construction, game theory and everything fantasy baseball.
Drop us a line if you want to talk more baseball and have any questions.
Ratings and reviews go far in helping the show. Please show your support of the pod by doing so, it goes far in helping others find the show
Jeff Zimmerman and Tanner Bell offer a wonderful fantasy baseball book that will help you with draft prep and in season management. Here is the link to buy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.smartfantasybaseball.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
1 hr 22 min
March 11, 2024EP 199 | Gerrit Cole, Noelvi Marte, Devin Williams + ADP Talk
Welcome back to the Launch Angle podcast with co-host Rob DiPietro (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/deadpullhitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/PullHitterPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) joining industry heavyweights Jeff Zimmerman (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/jeffwzimmerman⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Rob Silver (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RobSilver⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)
Launch Angle and PullHitter Merch here
Come join the Pull Hitter Patreon where you can find more Launch Angle Podcasts and much more. THE Discord is highly active and informative. Access to that and off-season player breakdown series and breakdowns of my own drafts.
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/user?u=32383693&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Gerrit Cole MRI

Devin Williams

Noelvi Marte PED suspension

ADP: Steven Kwan, Jeimer Candelario, Braxton Garrett, Carlos Estevez, Jared Kelenic, Cristopher Sanchez

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Email: [email protected]
Rob DiPietro also hosts the Pullhitter Podcast, you can give that a listen if you have not done so already. Interviewing NFBC players, fantasy baseball analysts talking about roster construction, game theory and everything fantasy baseball.
Drop us a line if you want to talk more baseball and have any questions.
Ratings and reviews go far in helping the show. Please show your support of the pod by doing so, it goes far in helping others find the show
Jeff Zimmerman and Tanner Bell offer a wonderful fantasy baseball book that will help you with draft prep and in season management. Here is the link to buy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.smartfantasybaseball.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
1 hr 13 min
February 22, 2024EP 198 | All Things Playing Time w/ Ed DeCaria
Welcome back to the Launch Angle podcast with co-host Rob DiPietro (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/deadpullhitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/PullHitterPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) joining industry heavyweights Jeff Zimmerman (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/jeffwzimmerman⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Rob Silver (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RobSilver⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)
Come join the Pull Hitter Patreon where you can find more Launch Angle Podcasts and much more. THE Discord is highly active and informative. Access to that and off-season player breakdown series and breakdowns of my own drafts.
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/user?u=32383693&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
We welcome guest Ed DeCaria from Baseball HQ to talk about his research into the field of playing time. Ed has written some wonderful abstracts in the BHQ Baseball Forecaster about how we can look at playing time in a better lenses than we currently are. He talks about breaking down the plate appearances into several different buckets such as active starts per week, plate appearances per active week and plate appearances per active start.
Then we get a pop in visit from Jason R.R. Martinez as Jeff Zimmerman summoned him mid pod!
Enjoy!

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Email: [email protected]
Rob DiPietro also hosts the Pullhitter Podcast, you can give that a listen if you have not done so already. Interviewing NFBC players, fantasy baseball analysts talking about roster construction, game theory and everything fantasy baseball.
Drop us a line if you want to talk more baseball and have any questions.
Ratings and reviews go far in helping the show. Please show your support of the pod by doing so, it goes far in helping others find the show
Jeff Zimmerman and Tanner Bell offer a wonderful fantasy baseball book that will help you with draft prep and in season management. Here is the link to buy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.smartfantasybaseball.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
1 hr 20 min
February 09, 2024EP 197 | Jackson Holliday, Clayton Kershaw + ADP Talk
Welcome back to the Launch Angle podcast with co-host Rob DiPietro (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/deadpullhitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/PullHitterPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) joining industry heavyweights Jeff Zimmerman (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/jeffwzimmerman⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Rob Silver (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RobSilver⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)
Come join the Pull Hitter Patreon where you can find more Launch Angle Podcasts and much more. THE Discord is highly active and informative. Access to that and off-season player breakdown series and breakdowns of my own drafts.
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/user?u=32383693&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Jackson Holliday

Clayton Kershaw

Brandon Marsh

Kenley Jansen
ADP: Ryan Pepiot, Aaron Civale, Shoto Imanaga, Nathan Eovaldi, Yu Darvish, Lars Nootbaar, Nathaniel Lowe

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Email: [email protected]
Rob DiPietro also hosts the Pullhitter Podcast, you can give that a listen if you have not done so already. Interviewing NFBC players, fantasy baseball analysts talking about roster construction, game theory and everything fantasy baseball.
Drop us a line if you want to talk more baseball and have any questions.
Ratings and reviews go far in helping the show. Please show your support of the pod by doing so, it goes far in helping others find the show
Jeff Zimmerman and Tanner Bell offer a wonderful fantasy baseball book that will help you with draft prep and in season management. Here is the link to buy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.smartfantasybaseball.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
1 hr 17 min
January 25, 2024EP 196 | Josh Hader, Rhys Hoskins Signings + ADP Talk
Welcome back to the Launch Angle podcast with co-host Rob DiPietro (⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/deadpullhitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/PullHitterPod⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) joining industry heavyweights Jeff Zimmerman (⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/jeffwzimmerman⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) and Rob Silver (⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RobSilver⁠⁠⁠⁠)
Come join the Pull Hitter Patreon where you can find more Launch Angle Podcasts and much more. THE Discord is highly active and informative. Access to that and off-season player breakdown series and breakdowns of my own drafts.
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/user?u=32383693&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Josh Hader

Robert Stephenson

Rhys Hoskins

Aroldis Chapman

James Paxton

Joey Gallo

John Brebbia

ADP: Mitch Garver, Jose Leclerc, Nolan Gorman, Shane Baz

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Email: [email protected]
Rob DiPietro also hosts the Pullhitter Podcast, you can give that a listen if you have not done so already. Interviewing NFBC players, fantasy baseball analysts talking about roster construction, game theory and everything fantasy baseball.
Drop us a line if you want to talk more baseball and have any questions.
Ratings and reviews go far in helping the show. Please show your support of the pod by doing so, it goes far in helping others find the show
Jeff Zimmerman and Tanner Bell offer a wonderful fantasy baseball book that will help you with draft prep and in season management. Here is the link to buy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.smartfantasybaseball.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠
1 hr 27 min
January 12, 2024EP 195 | Teoscar Hernandez, Shoto Imanaga, Jordan Hicks + ADP Review
Welcome back to the Launch Angle podcast with co-host Rob DiPietro (⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/deadpullhitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/PullHitterPod⁠⁠⁠ ) joining industry heavyweights Jeff Zimmerman (⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/jeffwzimmerman⁠⁠⁠ ) and Rob Silver (⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RobSilver⁠⁠⁠)
Come join the Pull Hitter Patreon where you can find more Launch Angle Podcasts and much more. THE Discord is highly active and informative. Access to that and off-season player breakdown series and breakdowns of my own drafts.
⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/user?u=32383693&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link⁠⁠⁠⁠
Teoscar Hernandez

Shoto Imanaga

Marcus Stroman

Jordan Hicks

Michael Busch

ADP: Yoshida, Jarren Duran, Pivetta, Vinny P

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Email: [email protected]
Rob DiPietro also hosts the Pullhitter Podcast, you can give that a listen if you have not done so already. Interviewing NFBC players, fantasy baseball analysts talking about roster construction, game theory and everything fantasy baseball.
Drop us a line if you want to talk more baseball and have any questions.
Ratings and reviews go far in helping the show. Please show your support of the pod by doing so, it goes far in helping others find the show
Jeff Zimmerman and Tanner Bell offer a wonderful fantasy baseball book that will help you with draft prep and in season management. Here is the link to buy: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.smartfantasybaseball.com/⁠⁠⁠
1 hr 15 min
December 22, 2023EP 194: Yoshinobu Yamamoto + ADP Review
Welcome back to the Launch Angle podcast with co-host Rob DiPietro (⁠⁠https://twitter.com/deadpullhitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/PullHitterPod⁠⁠ ) joining industry heavyweights Jeff Zimmerman (⁠⁠https://twitter.com/jeffwzimmerman⁠⁠ ) and Rob Silver (⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RobSilver⁠⁠)
Come join the Pull Hitter Patreon where you can find more Launch Angle Podcasts and much more. THE Discord is highly active and informative. Access to that and off-season player breakdown series and breakdowns of my own drafts.
⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/user?u=32383693&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link⁠⁠⁠
Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Mets-Brewers Trade

Wyatt Langford

Teoscar Hernandez

Mitch Keller

Jake Burger

Jorge Soler

Marcell Ozuna

Bailey Ober

Bo Naylor

Jose Berrios

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Email: [email protected]
Rob DiPietro also hosts the Pullhitter Podcast, you can give that a listen if you have not done so already. Interviewing NFBC players, fantasy baseball analysts talking about roster construction, game theory and everything fantasy baseball.
Drop us a line if you want to talk more baseball and have any questions.
Ratings and reviews go far in helping the show. Please show your support of the pod by doing so, it goes far in helping others find the show
Jeff Zimmerman and Tanner Bell offer a wonderful fantasy baseball book that will help you with draft prep and in season management. Here is the link to buy: ⁠⁠https://www.smartfantasybaseball.com/⁠⁠
1 hr 33 min
November 18, 2023EP 193 | ADP Breakdown Pick 150's : Evan Carter, Thairo Estrada, Jordan Montgomery
Welcome back to the Launch Angle podcast with co-host Rob DiPietro (⁠https://twitter.com/deadpullhitter⁠ ⁠https://twitter.com/PullHitterPod⁠ ) joining industry heavyweights Jeff Zimmerman (⁠https://twitter.com/jeffwzimmerman⁠ ) and Rob Silver (⁠https://twitter.com/RobSilver⁠)
Come join the Pull Hitter Patreon where you can find more Launch Angle Podcasts and much more. THE Discord is highly active and informative. Access to that and off-season player breakdown series and breakdowns of my own drafts.
⁠⁠https://patreon.com/user?u=32383693&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link⁠⁠
Player Movement

Where does Ohtani land?

Mining the News

Adjusting pERA

ADP:

Salvador Perez

Evan Carter

Thairo Estrada

Tommy Edman

Jordan Montgomery

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Email: [email protected]
Rob DiPietro also hosts the Pullhitter Podcast, you can give that a listen if you have not done so already. Interviewing NFBC players, fantasy baseball analysts talking about roster construction, game theory and everything fantasy baseball.
Drop us a line if you want to talk more baseball and have any questions.
Ratings and reviews go far in helping the show. Please show your support of the pod by doing so, it goes far in helping others find the show
Jeff Zimmerman and Tanner Bell offer a wonderful fantasy baseball book that will help you with draft prep and in season management. Here is the link to buy: ⁠https://www.smartfantasybaseball.com/⁠
1 hr 22 min
September 23, 2023EP 192 | Final Week Prep, Our Fantasy MVP's and Thoughts on the 2023 Fantasy Baseball Season
Welcome back to the Launch Angle podcast with co-host Rob DiPietro (https://twitter.com/deadpullhitter https://twitter.com/PullHitterPod ) joining industry heavyweights Jeff Zimmerman (https://twitter.com/jeffwzimmerman ) and Rob Silver (https://twitter.com/RobSilver)

Come join the Pull Hitter Patreon where you can find more Launch Angle Podcasts and much more: ⁠https://patreon.com/user?u=32383693&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link⁠
Junior Caminero

What to watch for the final week of play

Teams in contention and teams that are not, where can we we benefit

What not to do next week

Our Fantasy MVP's from 2023

What do do after the season is done

Final thoughts on 2023

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Rob DiPietro also hosts the Pullhitter Podcast, you can give that a listen if you have not done so already. Interviewing NFBC players, fantasy baseball analysts talking about roster construction, game theory and everything fantasy baseball.
Drop us a line if you want to talk more baseball and have any questions.
Ratings and reviews go far in helping the show. Please show your support of the pod by doing so, it goes far in helping others find the show
Jeff Zimmerman and Tanner Bell offer a wonderful fantasy baseball book that will help you with draft prep and in season management. Here is the link to buy: https://www.smartfantasybaseball.com/
1 hr 30 min
August 25, 2023EP 191 | Ohtani, Predicting Home Runs & Batting Average, and Too Early 2024 Draft Review
Welcome back to the Launch Angle podcast with co-host Rob DiPietro (https://twitter.com/deadpullhitter https://twitter.com/PullHitterPod ) joining industry heavyweights Jeff Zimmerman (https://twitter.com/jeffwzimmerman ) and Rob Silver (https://twitter.com/RobSilver)

Come join the Pull Hitter Patreon where you can find more Launch Angle Podcasts and much more: ⁠https://patreon.com/user?u=32383693&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link⁠

On todays show we start off talking about the career of Stephen Strasburg, Shohei Ohtani's torn UCL and what this means for his future. Then we discuss
Jeff Zimmermans new article on fangraphs.com in trying to better predict home runs and batting averaga

Too Early 2024 Meatball Draft Review of 1st 7 rounds of NFBC Draft Champion league

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Rob DiPietro also hosts the Pullhitter Podcast, you can give that a listen if you have not done so already. Interviewing NFBC players, fantasy baseball analysts talking about roster construction, game theory and everything fantasy baseball.
Drop us a line if you want to talk more baseball and have any questions.
Ratings and reviews go far in helping the show. Please show your support of the pod by doing so, it goes far in helping others find the show
Jeff Zimmerman and Tanner Bell offer a wonderful fantasy baseball book that will help you with draft prep and in season management. Here is the link to buy: https://www.smartfantasybaseball.com/
1 hr 9 min

About Launch Angle

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Co-Hosted by Rob DiPietro (@deadpullhitter) and Rob Silver (@RobSilver), the Launch Angle Podcast (@LaunchAnglePod) takes a look at the world of fantasy baseball and offers up advice on draft…