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Biggest Movers in Stuff+, Searching for Meaningful Early Adjustments & Taj Bradley's Debut

Biggest Movers in Stuff+, Searching for Meaningful Early Adjustments & Taj Bradley's Debut

FromRates & Barrels: A show about Baseball


Biggest Movers in Stuff+, Searching for Meaningful Early Adjustments & Taj Bradley's Debut

FromRates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

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Length:
64 minutes
Released:
Apr 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

DVR and Eno discuss some of the biggest movers in Stuff+ according to Eno's pitching model, early K-BB% laggards to target (and a few to worry about), and Taj Bradley's impressive arrival and potential for more starts due to another injury in the Rays' rotation. 

Rundown
0:44 2023 Changes to the Run Environment
4:20 Stuff+ Improvers, No. 1 Graham Ashcraft
9:30 Looking for Differences Between Low-End Starters & Waiver Options
13:30 Ashcraft v. Bubic
17:17 Fastball Movement Impacted By Park Factors?
21:23 Good in the Model, Bad Results 
32:12 Improved Command From Hunter Greene?
38:42 K-BB% Laggards; Potential Buy-Low Targets?
49:25 DVR Sticking with Chris Sale, Eno Sticking with Blake Snell
53:12 Taj Bradley's Debut; Chances to Stick Around w/Three Rotation Injuries

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Released:
Apr 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

On Mondays and Wednesdays, Eno Sarris and Derek VanRiper discuss advanced stats and fantasy baseball strategy. On Fridays, Britt Ghiroli joins Eno and DVR to discuss the biggest stories around baseball from the Hot Stove season through the final pitch in October.