The Shallows

The Shallows EP 031 - The Shallows Awards

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Review, featuring prediction for real-life awards in baseball, from manager of the year to MVP to Cy Young and ROTY. Then, it gets wild with the 2026 Shallows Awards, which include positional awards, including the Golden Oar for each hitting position, the Silver Anchor for starting pitchers, the Worst Take, Biggest Disappoint, the Sinatra Award, and many, many more! Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 030 - Players We Got Right

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report, featuring only a little bit of injury news and a bunch of the top performers from the last week. Then, it's the players we got right, where the guys go all the way back to March and review the top players they were totally correct about during the preseason, from Cal Raleigh to Yordan Alvarez and Cam Schlittler. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 029 - Players We Got Wrong

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report, featuring only a little bit of injury news and a bunch of the top performers from the last week. Then, it's the players we got wrong, where the guys go all the way back to March and review the top players they were totally wrong about during the preseason, from Paul Skenes to Pete Crow-Armstrong. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 028 - Fire Drill & Playoff Strategy

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report, featuring injury news to some of the game's biggest names and analysis of the top performers from the last week. Then, it's Fire Drill! -Stop, Drop, Roll, where the guys discuss players you might want to stop starting, drop, or roll the dice and keep them in your lineup, like Paul Skenes, Ronald Acuña Jr, and Manny Machado. Finally, the guys chat about playoff strategy and how it differs from redraft to keeper to dynasty leagues. get ready to fall out of love with your players. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 027 - Rest of Season Rumble! Carson Picard and guest host Nate Schwartz navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report, featuring injury news to some of the game's biggest stars and analysis of the top performers over the last week. Then, it's the main event, where Carson and Nate look at a handful of players and pick who we'd rather have the rest of the year. Finally, it's The Crows Nest, where Nate tries to guess players based on nothing but a few handpicked stats. Welcome to The Shallows! 

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The Shallows EP 026 - Trade Deadline Extravaganza!

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report, featuring injury news to some of the game's biggest stars, like James Wood and Nick Kurtz, and analysis of the top performers over the last week, including the MVP case for Pete Crow-Armstrong. Then, it's The Trading Post Trade Deadline EXTRAVAGANZA! The guys take a look at some of the biggest real-life trades that happened early in the week at the MLB trade deadline and how they may impact player performance and roles going forward. Finally, it's Break Out or Fake Out, where Erik and Carson examine players who have been scorching hot since the beginning of July, like Shota Imanaga, Ty France, and Griffin Jax, and if these mid-hot streaks are breakouts or fake outs. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 025 - Trade Deadline Preview

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report, featuring analysis of the Connelly Early/Curtis Mead trade, injury, rehab, and activation news about players like Shea Langeliers, Corey Seager, and Edwin Diaz, and the top performers of the week, from CJ Abrams to Jacob Misiorowski. Then, it's the return of Marco Polo, where the the guys take turns in comparing the stats of two players, guessing who they'd like more rest of season, and then guessing who they are, all while trying not to look like fools. And finally, it's the return of The Crow's Nest, where Erik has Carson blind guess player based solely on their stats. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 024 - Trade Deadline Preview

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report, featuring unfortunate news regarding Brandon Woodruff, good news concerning Jose Ramirez, and the top performers of the past week, especially the return of ELITE Drake Baldwin. Then, the guys search for buried treasure on the waiver wire, including possible adds in Gabriel Moreno, Heriberto Hernandez, and Troy Melton. Then they dive into their main voyage of the week, a trade deadline preview, covering names like Tarik Skubal, who has recently been linked to the Brewers, Casey Mize, Freddy Peralta, Mason Miller, Adley Rutschman, Jeremy Peña and two names that could completely upend the trade deadline: Francisco Lindor and Yordan Alvarez! Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 023 - Where Are They Now?

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report, featuring a highly anticipated rehab update on Ronald Acuña, a discussion about All-Star festivities, and a look at the top Home Run Derby performers, Willson Contreras and Champion Jordan Walker. Then, the guys dive into their main voyage of the week: "Where Are They Now?" revisiting some of the biggest early-season darlings to determine who has managed to stick around, who has faded into complete obscurity, and who is primed to make a major leap or take a massive plunge in the second half. First, they tackle the hitters, giving their verdicts on Jordan Walker, Cam Smith, Sal Stewart, Jake Bauers, Chase DeLauter, Ildemaro Vargas, Liam Hicks, and Ben Rice. Next, they shift their focus to the mound to analyze early-season pitching sensations Max Meyer, Cam Schlittler, Payton Tolle, Michael Soroka, and Parker Messick. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 022 - Bail or Sail?

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report, featuring injury updates to weekly staple Wyatt Langford, what you should do with Konnor Griffin and Carlos Rodon, and the legacy Justin Verlander will leave behind. Plus the guys recap the top performers of the past week, from Zack Wheeler's dominance to Taj Bradley's surge, to the shallow league viability of Ryan O'Hearn after his massive three homer and 10 RBI game earlier this week. Then the guys discuss if you should bail or sail on some of the biggest names in fantasy baseball, from Paul Skenes to Juan Soto to a very interesting sell take on Julio Rodriguez. Finally they look at some fun observations they've made recently, including Jeff Hoffman's scoreless run and the Marlins being good. Welcome to The Shallows!

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