

PullHitter Fantasy Baseball
Robert DiPietro
Pull Hitter aims to provide all levels of fantasy players with insight and advice. Content will range from high stake leagues on NFBC to dynasty leagues, keeper leagues, auction redraft/keeper leagues, best ball and point formats. Pull Hitter aims to be a way of life and a way of playing fantasy sports by identifying what you do well and excelling at it.
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Oct 17, 2020 • 1h 40min
EP 17: Talking Mayberry w/ Ryan Bloomfield from Baseball HQ
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!

Oct 17, 2020 • 1h 52min
EP 16: 2020 NFBC ANALYSIS WITH PHIL DUSSAULT
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!

Oct 14, 2020 • 2h 11min
EP 15: w/ BUBBA & THE BATFLIP
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!

Oct 9, 2020 • 2h 47min
EP 14: 2020 RECAP/2021 FORECASTING W/ THE CONSORTIUM AKA HIGH STAKES HEAT
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!

Sep 6, 2020 • 13min
EP 13: MAIN EVENT RUNDOWN
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!

Aug 30, 2020 • 15min
EP 12: SUNDAY MAIN EVENT RUNDOWN
SUNDAYS POD DEDICATED TO THE NFBC MAIN EVENT- THESE ARE 15 TEAM LEAGUES, SO THIS ADVICE CAN BE APPLICABLE TO ALL LEAGUES IN SOME MANNER
SUNDAY TRADES
SCHEDULE NOTES, WHO HAS 8 GAME WEEKS, WHICH TEAMS ARE FACING A LOT OF RHP?
2 START SP'S
CLOSER SPEC
ROOKIES OF THE WEEK
BATTING BREAKDOWN BY POSITION AND OWNERSHIP RATES OF NOTE
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!

Aug 23, 2020 • 17min
EP 11: SUNDAY MAIN EVENT RUNDOWN
NFBC MAIN EVENT FAAB PRIMER
2 START PITCHERS
AVERAGE COSTS OF 2 START PITCHERS IN RECENT WEEKS
CLOSER SPECULATIONS
MIDDLE RELIEF ARMS THAT CAN PROVIDE STRIKEOUTS
ROOKIE-FAAB-A-PALOOZA CONTINUES
LOW OWNED BATTING TARGETS FOR THE WEEK

Aug 21, 2020 • 1h 14min
EP 10: BASEBALLING w/ Enrico Pollazzo Podcast
the Pull Hitter sits down with the guys from the Enrico Pollazzo Podcast. Mike Govier, @mjgovier and Chris Deary @cdeary1999. We talk baseball and fantasy baseball.
the style of baseball fantasy we play in and which ones we prefer
roster construction in the short season and early returns
3 UP 3 DOWN- Mike and Chris give me 3 players they are in on and 3 that they are out on
Thanks to the guys for hanging with me. Some good dudes, go follow their work! If you listen on a platform where you can rate/review, please do so that goes a long way! If you happen to do so, send me a snapshot of your review and i will send you some Pull Hitter stickers! Send pics to pullhitterpodcast@gmail.com. Check out pullhitter.com for some content, with new articles coming soon. Thanks! Cheers!

Aug 20, 2020 • 17min
EP9: THURSDAY MAIN EVENT RUNDOWN
Hey guys this is the debut of a podcast i will be doing 3 times a week covering the NFBC Main Event leagues.
MONDAY MAIN EVENT RUNDOWN:
FAAB recap, player movement, max win bid, average winning bid and average backup bids for some players
Mon-Thurs lineup look- teams facing RHP/LHP
3 lineup locks/3 risky plays
movement in the overalls
THURSDAY MAIN EVENT RUNDOWN:
F-SUN lineup look- teams facing LHP/RHP
early peek at 2 start pitchers
ownership % dive
SATURDAY MAIN EVENT RUNDOWN:
identify FAAB targets within ownership rates
updated look at 2 start pitchers
I hope you guys enjoy the pod. I aim to provide some things to be aware of in the Main Event league and fantasy baseball overall. If you can rate/review thats amazing, if not find me on Twitter @deadpullhitter @pullhitterpod or check out the website pullhitter.com- new content coming soon. Thanks guys, looking to grow as a fantasy player and meet tons of awesome like minded people!

Jul 11, 2020 • 20min
EP8: CHAOS IS A LADDER
CHAOS IS A LADDER! This episode includes my intro to strategies for the Fantasy Baseball Draft Season 2.0
what noise to bake into player evaluations
why staying the course might be the best way, minimizing the noise
NL PITCHERS FACING DH VS FACING PITCHERS
WHICH NL BATS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE DH
60 GAME STAT DIGS: YAY OR NAY?
A VOTE FOR "COMPILERS"
HOW TO HANDLE THE RISE OF PITCHING ADP IN DRAFTS
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