The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational

Episode 68: NFBC Episode
Guest – Vlad Sedler
Strategy Section -
FAAB
How to allocate / when to spend on FAAB?
Spend early vs. save vs budget for every week
Is it worth it to spend big FAAB on prospects?
vs. Closers / Hot players / Team needs etc.
Risk
How do you price uncertain players?
Players with uncertain skill level.
Players with an uncertain injury return time.
Players who have not signed with a team yet.
Mixed vs. Mono leagues
Twitter Question: When should the focus in drafts switch from picking players with high floors (low risk), to more riskier players with higher upsides?
Twitter Question: If I would 100% guarantee you that in 2020 Gerrit Cole would exactly replicate his 2019 statistics - where would you take him in a draft?
At what point in the draft would you rather take the best uncertain player than the guaranteed stats?
Ex. Guaranteed 2019 Marcus Semien 2019 or Uncertain 2020 Ronald Acuna?
NFBC Section -
What is the NFBC and why should you pay attention?
What are some NFBC trends that continued / were present in 2019.
Will they continue in 2020?
Trend examples:
SP taken early trends
Speed going earlier trends
Should you be zagging when others are zigging, or should you go with the market for trends?
Mailbag – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Episode 67- Home League Episode
Guests – Michael Simione @SPStreamer & Daniel Ebbin
Strategy Section -
Beat the Shift Home League
Experience in the Beat the Shift League.
Difference between players in the industry / experts vs. others?
Do you / should you alter your strategy in an experts league?
2019 to 2020
Keys to success in 2019.
What adjustments do we need to make for 2020?
What will you be researching or diving into more for the 2020 season?
World Series Section
World Series / MLB Playoffs - Observations
How will good/bad performances affect fantasy players?
Does Gerrit Cole go up a few spots?
Does Scherzer go down a few spots due to concern of injury?
Ranking the following players in terms of IP risk (injury risk):
Sale, Scherzer, Kershaw, Verlander, deGrom
Mailbag – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Episode 66: Fantasy MVP Episode
Guests – The Birchwood Brothers
Strategy Section -
TGFBI
What went right, what went wrong, what we can learn from 2019
Drafting vs. FAAB management vs. Luck
Correlation between expected finish and actual finish
Correlation between starting draft position and actual finish
ATC Projections
How and why they work.
How successful were they?
What the best way to you use them?
Fantasy MVP Section
Hitter MVP
Pitcher MVP
Biggest Hitter Bust
Biggest Pitcher Bust
Mailbag – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Trick or Treat - Ariel asks the team this week’s mystery questions.
Fantasy questions for 2020 for the World Series Champion Washington Nationals
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Episode 65- End of Season Episode
Guest – Justin Mason
Strategy Section -
Strategies for the last week of the season
What did we learn about FAAB from the 2019 season?
2Early Mocks - Notable Findings
End of Season Section
Best & Worst Calls of the season
Listener Comments
Thank yous to this season’s guests
Favorite Episodes & Guests of TGFBI Beat the Shift this season
Waiver Wire – The team talks about a few potential waiver wire pickups.
Pitcher Preview – The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Mailbag – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.
Announcement - TGFBI Beat the Shift Announcement

Episode 64

MVP Episode
Guest – Derek VanRiper
Strategy Section -
What are the takeaways from the 2019 season and how will that affect your approach in 2020?
Hitting - Power & Speed
Pitching - Starters & Closers
How does the juiced ball affect how you will draft or valuate players in 2020?
Stolen Bases
How many bases will Mike Trout steal in 2020?
Who will steal more bases in 2020 - Trout or Altuve?
MVP Section
AL & NL MVP
AL & NL Cy Young
AL & NL Rookie of the Year
Waiver Wire – The team talks about a few potential waiver wire pickups.
Pitcher Preview – The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Mystery Question - Ariel asks the team this week’s mystery question.
World Series Picks
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Episode 63: Hot and Cold Episode
Guest – Van Lee
Strategy Section -
How do you know when not to trust someone down the stretch?
How do you decide to play hot and cold hitters in the last month of the season?
What do you do with players that were hot in the first half but cold in the 2nd half?
What do you do with strong pitchers that suffers a blow-up outing?
How can you detect when pitchers have corrected something?
September Call-Ups
Notable and fantasy relevant September call-ups
Waiver Wire – The team talks about a few potential waiver wire pickups.
Pitcher Preview – The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Mailbag – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Mystery Question - Ariel asks the team this week’s mystery question.
AL Wildcard favorites
NL WIldcard surprises
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Episode 62: Crunch Time & Hall of Fame Episode
Guests – Bogman & The Welsh (Chris Welsh & Scott Bogman)
Strategy Section -
When to drop injured players?
How do you plan for players being shut down?
At what point do you throw in as many 2-start pitchers as you can?
Leagues with playoffs - quality vs. quantity
Hall of Fame Section
Which current players are shoe ins for Hall of Fame if they retired now?
Which current players are HOF if they continue pace?
Which youngsters have a shot at making the HOF?
Waiver Wire – The team talks about a few potential waiver wire pickups.
Pitcher Preview – The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Episode 61- The Keeper Episode
Guest – Ryan Bloomfield
Josh Bell
Strategy Section -
Keepers
How do you determine if you should hold players as possible keepers
In the money vs. way out of the money?
Hitters vs. Pitchers - Are pitchers safe to hold as keepers? Closers?
Keep injured players?
2020 First Round
Who are your top 6 hitters?
Who are your top 6 pitchers?
Will and should pitchers be drafted as early as they were last year?
Undervalued players going into 2020 drafts.
Waiver Wire – The team talks about a few potential waiver wire pickups.
Pitcher Preview – The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Mailbag – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Mystery Question - Ariel asks the team this week’s mystery question.
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Episode 60- The TGFBI Overall Episode
Guest – Clay Link
Strategy Section -
Draft
Biggest successes drafting this year?
How to allocate pitching. ? Top heavy, Middle middle, or spread around.
What to reach for, or let values fall to you.
Waiver Wire
Most important in-season pickups, and what to pay for them in FAAB.
Largest FAAB spends this season.
How to manage FAAB budget rest of season.
The Overall Competition
Play more Middle relievers now?
Notable September call-ups that might make a fantasy impact
Waiver Wire – The team talks about a few potential waiver wire pickups.
Pitcher Preview – The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Mailbag – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Mystery Question - Ariel asks the team this week’s mystery question.
Pound the Power, or Reach for Speed
Trout vs. Acuna? - 1st overall player for 2020.
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.

Episode 59- Prospect Episode
Guest – Shelly Verougstraete
Strategy Section -
Top prospects
Play them right away?
When do you sit them?
When do you drop a cold or underperforming prospect?
When to pick a prospect up?
Prospect Section -
Review of key traded prospects
Jazz Chisholm, SS from ARI to MIA (Gallen trade)
Zac Gallen, RHP from MIA to ARI (Chisholm trade)
Simeon Woods-Richardson & Anthony Kay from NYM to TOR (Stroman trade)
Taylor Trammell, LF from CIN to SDP (Bauer trade)
Greinke trade prospects (from HOU to ARI)
Corbin Martin, RHP
JB Bukauskas, RHP
Seth Beer, DH
Josh Rojas, INF
Prospects who could be called up and make an impact in 2019
Waiver Wire – The team talks about a few potential waiver wire pickups.
Pitcher Preview – The team highlights the coming week’s 2-start pitchers and key 1-start matchups.
Mailbag – The team answers Twitter comments and questions.
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury update.