The Shallows

The Shallows EP 021 - Mize Guyz

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report, featuring injury updates to Wyatt Langford (again), Kris Bubic, an exploration of hip impingements, and the top performers of the past week, including Cade Cavalli, Griffin Jax, Mookie Betts, and Brandon Marsh. Then the guys discuss potential new crew mates to add to your rosters, from the sneaky valuable Sam Antonacci, to Cade Cavalli, Royce Lewis, and a must-add Casey Mize. Finally, they look at some big-name players who were dreadful in the first half that are second half rebound candidates, including Cal Raleigh, Austin Riley, Kyle Tucker, Kevin Gausman, and Bryan Woo. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 020 - First Half Fun

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report, featuring pitcher injury updates to Kris Bubic, Matthew Boyd, and the return of Eury Perez. Also for the first time in the Captain's Report, the guys feature the top performers of the week, from Dansby Swanson's absurd double-header, to Wyatt Langford's heater (finally), the emergence of Jac Caglianone, and the pitcher that was promised, Kyle Bradish. Then the Erik and Carson give the their biggest takeaways from the first half of the season, including how terrible the American League has been and the curious case of the missing drag on the baseball and what that means going into the season's hottest months. Finally, they go position by position giving you their all-stars at each position so far this season, and some of the picks may surprise you. It's the 20th episode! Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 019 - Goin' Fishin'

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with an extended Captain's Report, featuring possible replacements for Jose Ramirez, analysis of Kyle Bradish's 12-strikeout performance, a look at if Dustin May is legit, and answering the question of whether or not you should stash Joshua Baez after his 4 homer game at AAA. Then it's the return of From The Crew where the guys answer your mailbag questions, this time featuring questions centered around benching bats, Trea Turner, and Vlad Guerrero. Finally it's a bullpen addition premiere of Let's Go Fishing, where Erik and Carson look for sneaky save sources emerging on the wire from the A's, Royals, and Twins after the injury to Daniel Palencia. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 018 - Dropping Our First Round Picks!?

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report, featuring major injury news on big names like Ronald Acuña Jr. and Oneil Cruz, musings about the 15-14 slugfest between the Brewers and Athletics in Las Vegas, and analyzing if Logan Webb is all the way back since returning from injury. Then it's the return of Walking The Plank where the guys talk about a handful of big name players that might not be long for your rosters, like Trea Turner, George Kirby, and Gunnar Henderson, and if you should cut or trade players of this caliber, even in shallow leagues. Finally, Erik tests Carson in a new game called Can You Name The Top 5? where he give Carson a random stat category and Carson attempts to guess the top 5 players in that category so far this season. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 017 - Sunken Ships

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Log, featuring an update on several young players, including Wyatt Langford, Elly De La Cruz's first career trip to the IL, Chase DeLauter vs Carson Benge, and what is shaping up to be a hotly-contested NL Cy Young race. Then the guys admit their mistakes and detail the players they were wrong on in a new segment called Sunken Ships, featuring Zack Wheeler, Yordan Alvarez, Austin Riley, and Michael Harris. Last but not least, they discuss players they're really excited for rest of season, including Cal Raleigh, Gerrit Cole, Jordan Walker and JJ Bleday, and that could happen at the trade deadline. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 016 - The Sinatra Awards

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report featuring positive news only this week!!! Several pitchers injured this spring are making big progress in their returns, including Spencer Schwellenbach and Hunter Greene, Logan Webb is returning this Friday, but do you start him in Coors, and Cristopher Sanchez just keeps shutting everyone out. Then the guys give out the Sinatra Awards to players who were flying high in April, but have shot down in May, like Maikel Garcia, Sal Stewart, Ben Rice, Jose Soriano, and Nolan McLean. And finally, it's the swift return of Marco! Polo! where this week the roles are reversed with Carson giving the clues while Erik has to choose which players he wants rest of season and who they ultimately are. Can he better Carson's 2/6 last week or will he make a fool of himself? Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 015 - Marco! Polo!

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report detailing the return of Blake Snell to the IL, catcher chaos with injuries to 4 starting-caliber catchers, the returns of Jackson Holliday and Gerrit Cole, and the unfortunate luck of J.T. Ginn. Then the guys discuss what you should be doing with a laundry list of pitchers, including Eury Perez, Reid Detmers, Griffin Jax, and Bryce Elder. And finally, it's the debut of a brand new segment, Marco! Polo! where Erik relays the comparative stats of two players without revealing who they are and Carson has to choose which players he wants rest of season and who they ultimately are. See if he gets any right! Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 014 - Prospects, Pitchers, & Performances

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with an extended Captain's Report detailing the returns of Blake Snell and Bryce Miller, injuries to Robby Snelling and Max Fried, call-ups of countless prospects, and quirky news of the week, including Cal Raleigh breaking his extended slump, Bailey Ober's "Maddux", and the greatness of Paul Skenes. Then the guys chat about their leagues, the players they roster most, and how they're doing so far. In light of the slew of recent prospect promotions, the guys then discuss the prospective-crew members to stash who are most likely to have an impact in shallow leagues this season. Finally, it's Pitching From The Abyss, where Erik and Carson dive into pitchers underperforming who should perform better moving forward. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 013 - First Class Crew

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with a tribute to the late great John Sterling, the Captain's Report detailing injuries to Tarik Skubal, Carlos Correa, and Tyler Glasnow, as well as return of Jhoan Duran and Gerrit Cole's intentional plunking of a minor leaguer. Then the guys discuss the first class crew, or players like Ben Rice, Cody Bellinger, Andy Pages, Shea Langeliers, and Michael Harris, who have all had great starts to the season as hoped. Finally, they look at mound mirages, which are pitchers who are not to be believed so far this season, such as Justin Wrobleski, Nick Martinez, Michael King, and Clay Holmes. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 012 - The Trading Post

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report detailing injuries to Garret Crochet, Brandon Woodruff, and Trevor Rogers, as well as the future outlook for former number one overall pick Travis Bazzana, position eligibility updates for Fernando Tatis Jr, Ivan Herrera, and Sal Stewart, and how Cade Cavalli became the second pitcher this season with back-to-back double-digit strikeout games...so does that make him worthy of a pickup? Speaking of worthy, the guys then discuss if the hot starts from players like Moises Ballesteros, Carlos Cortes, Ildemaro Vargas, Liam Hicks, and Landon Roupp are worthy of those starts in a fun twist on "is it legit." Finally they visit the trading post to decide if players such as Bubba Chandler, Nathan Eovaldi, and Oneil, among others off to hot or cold starts, are worth buying or selling. Welcome to The Shallows!

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