Episode 72: Risk Episode
Guest – Ron Shandler
Strategy Section –
Risk / BABS
Riskiness of players and how it affects price.
How to alter what you should/would account for risk associated with a specific player?
Risk Adjusted Pricing
BABS System – What it is, how it handles risk and team construct. How to know what to pay for a player.
What risk should we be most concerned with?
Build the most value, or lose the least value?
ADP/AAV
What is the best way to use ADP/AAV (the best current representation of what prices are in the marketplace)?
WHen to know when to take a player who you perceive as a large bargain.
How do you decide when to pick a player in your draft?
Drafting Strategies
Total Control Drafting
Buying opportunities – [Twitter Poll] What are the best places to look for bargains / buying opportunities?
Trends
What has changed about fantasy baseball over the past 5 or 10 years?
The upwards trend of the price of top starting pitchers
How to deal with the declining stolen bases in drafts.
How to deal with the increase of power in drafts.
2020 Rule Changes
How will the following new rule changes for 2020 affect the player pool, player values and how we play fantasy?
26 man roster (up from 25)
28 man roster in September (down from 40)
15 Day IL for pitchers (up from 10 day IL)
3 batter minimum rule for relief pitchers (previously 1 batter min)