PullHitter Fantasy Baseball

On this episode of the pod, i chat with Phil and Jake about our recently completed NFBC Best Ball 150- which is new format in the NFBC arena. Dubbed #pullhitterbestball, this is a listener league in where we were joined by fellow fantasy baseball analyst as well. This is the first draft of this format EVER, and we thought that made this draft pretty special we talk about players who are free agents and how to handle them in early NOV/DEC drafts lineup spots up for grabs that can provide new/ increased player value how valuable are multi eligible players in this format vs other formats our KDS strategy roster construction approach: hitter/pitcher splits and positional targets we break down the first 5 rounds and our overall strategies through the draft stupid pick draft- we enjoy talking about some picks we thought did not make sense, as well as our own!- we had the blessing of our fellow league drafters to roast some of their picks. follow on Twitter @pullhitterpod @deadpullhitter Email : pullhitterpodcast@gmail.com  encouraging feedback and comments. Sports dialogue is the best, so tell me what's on your mind! Thanks for listening!  If you feel so kind to show some support for the show that would be greatly appreciated! Supporters will have the opportunity to share a message on the Podcast, as well as be a possible guest!- ratings and reviews are much appreciated if you listen on a platform that allows that- Thanks! If you enjoyed the remastered edition of Take Me Out To The Ballgame, that was done by my pal Mike Wrocklage and you can find his work under the name Wrack Attack on Spotify, Sound Cloud and Reverb Nation

In this episode i sit down to talk fantasy baseball with Jenny Butler. Jenny plays in lots of different leagues, and is especially active in the NFBC leagues.  We go over how fantasy baseball became a passion and hobby which league formats is the preferred play on NFBC, as well as playing in leagues like TDBC, and drafting early in FPAZ 2020 team reviews  how starting pitching early has always been a style of play Jenny favors #2EarlyMocks- a look inside Jenny's team current ADP and what to expect come FEB/MARCH Jennys "FAAB sheet" 3 UP 3 DOWN: we discuss players we are out on in 2021, with an ADP range of 1-50, and 3 players we are in on in the ADP range of 150-200 follow on Twitter @pullhitterpod @deadpullhitter Email : pullhitterpodcast@gmail.com  encouraging feedback and comments. Sports dialogue is the best, so tell me what's on your mind! Thanks for listening!  If you feel so kind to show some support for the show that would be greatly appreciated! Supporters will have the opportunity to share a message on the Podcast, as well as be a possible guest!- ratings and reviews are much appreciated if you listen on a platform that allows that- Thanks! If you enjoyed the remastered edition of Take Me Out To The Ballgame, that was done by my pal Mike Wrocklage and you can find his work under the name Wrack Attack on Spotify, Sound Cloud and Reverb Nation

On this episode i had the honor of speaking to a multiple time award winner of the FSWA , Alex Chamberlain. I wanted to get a better understanding of how Alex ended up where he is now, helping to push forward the work in the sabremetric community and finding usefulness for it in fantasy: our 2020 NFBC auction that never was the path into the sabremetric world the different paths to developing estimators and finding relationships in metrics the future of Statcast and sabremetrics- how much will we advance and really grow? Alex gives his take on where he fits in an MLB front office how to evaluate 2020 performance for your 2021 player evals MAX EXIT VELOCITY and what it means for hitter analysis listener questions follow on Twitter @pullhitterpod @deadpullhitter Email : pullhitterpodcast@gmail.com  encouraging feedback and comments. Sports dialogue is the best, so tell me what's on your mind! Thanks for listening!  If you feel so kind to show some support for the show that would be greatly appreciated! Supporters will have the opportunity to share a message on the Podcast, as well as be a possible guest!- ratings and reviews are much appreciated if you listen on a platform that allows that- Thanks! If you enjoyed the remastered edition of Take Me Out To The Ballgame, that was done by my pal Mike Wrocklage and you can find his work under the name Wrack Attack on Spotify, Sound Cloud and Reverb Nation

On this episode I talk with two writers and content producers over at Fantrax, Crhis Clegg and Dave Swan. This episode includes: 3 UP 3 DOWN SEGMENT: we all give 3 players we are in on and out on for 2021 2021 STOLEN BASE DRAFT: we have a 4 round draft prospecting for 2021 steals- player pool is limited to players who have had a combined total of less than 20 SB's for the 2019 & 2020 seasons combined.  follow on Twitter @pullhitterpod @deadpullhitter Email : pullhitterpodcast@gmail.com  encouraging feedback and comments. Sports dialogue is the best, so tell me what's on your mind! Thanks for listening!  If you feel so kind to show some support for the show that would be greatly appreciated! Supporters will have the opportunity to share a message on the Podcast, as well as be a possible guest!- ratings and reviews are much appreciated if you listen on a platform that allows that- Thanks! If you enjoyed the remastered edition of Take Me Out To The Ballgame, that was done by my pal Mike Wrocklage and you can find his work under the name Wrack Attack on Spotify, Sound Cloud and Reverb Nation

This episode i bring on John L @MLBMovingAvg. Amongst discussions of embracing the beauty that is life we cover: how to believe in your worth, and abilities- to help guide you toward a life path you can embrace and enjoy. John details his path from starting from zero to writing for The Athletic.  re-inventing the quality of starts metric advanced stats and how to "not let the advanced stats misrepresent the events" roster construction in DC's- how to build your roster, and the importance of understanding that each pick adds to your "tapestry" we talk about our teams this past year and what we learned along the way follow on Twitter @pullhitterpod @deadpullhitter Email : pullhitterpodcast@gmail.com  encouraging feedback and comments. Sports dialogue is the best, so tell me what's on your mind! Thanks for listening!  If you feel so kind to show some support for the show that would be greatly appreciated! Supporters will have the opportunity to share a message on the Podcast, as well as be a possible guest!- ratings and reviews are much appreciated if you listen on a platform that allows that- Thanks! If you enjoyed the remastered edition of Take Me Out To The Ballgame, that was done by my pal Mike Wrocklage and you can find his work under the name Wrack Attack on Spotify, Sound Cloud and Reverb Nation

On this episode of the Podcast, i sit down with my favorite writer in the fantasy world, and that is Ryan Bloomfield from BaseballHQ.com. BaseballHQ, and their yearly publication the Baseball Forecaster has been the start of my baseball prep for almost 10 years now. It made me a better player and it made me understand analytics in the lens of fantasy baseball. I highly suggest subscribing to their site for year round content and purchasing the Forecaster as a part of your draft prep. We talk about: the process of making the Baseball Forecaster an intro to the Mayberry Method- a unique and effective way to leverage the market for drafts- and how to quickly identify which players are in similar buckets of skills #2earlymocks would you rathers- Giolito vs Scherzer, Gallen vs Maeda, Bundy vs Paddack, Kyle Tucker vs Starling Marte, Meadows vs Hiura, Kepler vs Carlson profiles we might be undervaluing HR draft for 2021 using a specific range of players using xPX- a metric developed by Baseball HQ listener questions follow on Twitter @pullhitterpod @deadpullhitter Email : pullhitterpodcast@gmail.com  encouraging feedback and comments. Sports dialogue is the best, so tell me what's on your mind! Thanks for listening!  If you feel so kind to show some support for the show that would be greatly appreciated! Supporters will have the opportunity to share a message on the Podcast, as well as be a possible guest!- ratings and reviews are much appreciated if you listen on a platform that allows that- Thanks! If you enjoyed the remastered edition of Take Me Out To The Ballgame, that was done by my pal Mike Wrocklage and you can find his work under the name Wrack Attack on Spotify, Sound Cloud and Reverb Nation!

IN THIS EPISODE I SIT DOWN WITH PHIL DUSSAULT, A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL HIGH STAKES PLAYER IN THE NFBC. WE TALK: 2020 SEASON IN REVIEW DIFFERENT FORMATS IN THE NFBC, AS WELL AS TIPS ON HOW TO IDENTIFY WHICH LEAGUES GIVE YOU THE BEST ROI PLAYERS THAT WE HIT/MISS ON, AND THEIR OUTLOOKS FOR 2021 USING THE #2EARLYMOCK ADP HOW TO PROPERLY EVALUATE THE CENTRAL TEAMS AND THE EFFECTS OF THE DH ON NL STARTING PITCHERS THE ART OF FAAB'ING ROSTER CONSTRUCTION IN DRAFT CHAMPIONS LEAGUES USING REST OF SEASON PROJECTIONS TO AID IN SEASON TEAM MANAGEMENT  WE GET TO A TON OF LISTENER QUESTIONS follow on Twitter @pullhitterpod @deadpullhitter Email : pullhitterpodcast@gmail.com  encouraging feedback and comments. Sports dialogue is the best, so tell me what's on your mind! Thanks for listening!  If you feel so kind to show some support for the show that would be greatly appreciated! Supporters will have the opportunity to share a message on the Podcast, as well as be a possible guest!- ratings and reviews are much appreciated if you listen on a platform that allows that- Thanks! If you enjoyed the remastered edition of Take Me Out To The Ballgame, that was done by my pal Mike Wrocklage and you can find his work under the name Wrack Attack on Spotify, Sound Cloud and Reverb Nation!

Episode 15 of the Pull Hitter Podcast features a chat with Bubba (Benched with Bubba Podcast) and Toby (BatFlip Crazy Podcast) of the world famous Bubba & The BatFlip podcast. This was truly an honor to sit down and chat baseball with guys who i feel help set the standard in Fantasy Baseball content. We go over : how we got started in our baseball journeys in our lives Strat-O-Matic baseball and the best baseball video games of all time the start of our fantasy baseball playing careers Reviewing our leagues from this year and 2020 draft strategies that worked/didn't work, most profitable picks how we are factoring in this short season into our player evals for 2021 things we enjoyed from the short season, specifically how standings were so close toward the end that we had more teams participating in FAAB and more competition down to the wire Biases in our brain that work against us when playing fantasy sports, most notably Primacy Bias and Recency Bias a quick look at #2earlymocks and some would you rather involving guys close together in those ADPS-Jose Abreu vs MArcell Ozuna, Starling Marte vs Kyle Tucker and Trent Grisham vs George Springer. a ton of great listener questions follow on Twitter @pullhitterpod @deadpullhitter Email : pullhitterpodcast@gmail.com  encouraging feedback and comments. Sports dialogue is the best, so tell me what's on your mind! Thanks for listening!  If you feel so kind to show some support for the show that would be greatly appreciated! Supporters will have the opportunity to share a message on the Podcast, as well as be a possible guest!- ratings and reviews are much appreciated if you listen on a platform that allows that- Thanks! If you enjoyed the remastered edition of Take Me Out To The Ballgame, that was done by my pal Mike Wrocklage and you can find his work under the name Wrack Attack on Spotify, Sound Cloud and Reverb Nation!

THE PULL HITTER CHATS WITH THE GUYS FROM THE HIGH STAKES HEAT PODCAST: DAVE MCDONALD, JAKE HALUSKER, TONY DIVINCENZO. THE GROUP HAS BEEN PLAYING AND BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL PLAYING HIGH STAKES FANTASY BASEBALL, MOSTLY ON THE NFBC PLATFORM. THE AGENDA WAS FULL AND RICH: WE REVIEW SOME TEAM PERFORMANCES FROM 2020. WHAT WENT WELL, WHAT WENT WRONG. ROSTER CONSTRUCTION RECAPS AND WHAT 2020 TAUGHT US ALONG THE WAY #2EARLYMOCKS- WE DIVE INTO WHAT THE FRESH NEW MOCKS ARE TELLING US THIS EARLY IN THE OFF-SEASON. ( SPECIAL THANKS TO @smada_bb for providing excellent ADP info for these early mocks) ABREU VS OZUNA TUCKER VS STARLING MARTE NOLAN ARENADO/GIANCARLO STANTON KETEL MARTE, YOAN MONCADA, JD MARTINEZ, CHARLIE BLACKMON, JAVY BAEZ BASEBALL SAVANT YEAR TO YEAR TOOL- QUICK SNAPSHOT INTO SOME BARREL GAINERS- JESSE WINKER, RHYS HOSKINS, JAIMER CANDALERIO THE BOYS HAVE A 4 ROUND DRAFT FOR 2021. HOME RUN DERBY DRAFT, HOME RUNS IS THE ONLY STAT. THERE WAS AN EXCEPTION- THE PLAYER POOL WE WOULD BE DRAFTING FROM WAS FROM PLAYERS WHO HAD EQUAL TO OR MORE THAN 100 PLATE APPEARANCES AND EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN 3 HOME RUNS. QUESTIONS FROM THE TWITTERVERSE CREDITS/RANTS follow on Twitter @pullhitterpod @deadpullhitter Email : pullhitterpodcast@gmail.com  encouraging feedback and comments. Sports dialogue is the best, so tell me what's on your mind! Thanks for listening!  If you feel so kind to show some support for the show that would be greatly appreciated! Supporters will have the opportunity to share a message on the Podcast, as well as be a possible guest! If you enjoyed the remastered edition of Take Me Out To The Ballgame, that was done by my pal Mike Wrocklage and you can find his work under the name Wrack Attack on Spotify, Sound Cloud and Reverb Nation! **SPECIAL TO SHOUT OUT TO @SHIPWRECKBREWCO (INSTAGRAM) FOR BOTTLING THE PULL HITTER PALE ALE IN HONOR OF A BIG VICTORY. GIVE JOE A FOLLOW AND WATCH HIS PATH TO BEER BREWING LEGEND!

This pod is focused on the NFBC main event leagues. They are 15 team leagues but the information is applicable to all leagues.  schedule breakdown - teams playing 9 and 8 games this week teams to target for offense 2 start pitchers (or lack there of) positional breakdowns for batters and targets according to ownership rates follow on Twitter @pullhitterpod @deadpullhitter Email : pullhitterpodcast@gmail.com  encouraging feedback and comments. Sports dialogue is the best, so tell me whats on your mind! Thanks for listening!  If you feel so kind to show some support for the show that would be greatly appreciated! Supporters will have the opportunity to share a message on the Podcast, as well as be a possible guest! if you enjoyed the remastered edition of Take Me Out To The Ballgame, that was done by my pal Mike Wrocklage and you can find his work under the name Wrack Attack on Spotify, Sound Cloud and Reverb Nation!