On Catcher's Corner we talk fantasy baseball from a catcher's point-of-view. Eric and Sami use the lessons for their playing days in working with pitchers, scouting opposing hitters, and calling games to help you see beyond just the metrics. Blending stats with on-field scouting experience, they'll tell you pitcher performances can you believe in, which arms have a breakout looming, or even which hitters have a flaw that opponents may begin to attack. Come from the baseball, stay for the banter.
Catcher's Corner: Eno Sarris on Stuff+ and Fantasy Journalism
Sami (@Believe_Sami) and Eric (@SamskiNYC) welcome Eno Sarris (@enosarris) live from the Oakland A’s protest game to discuss his blend of traditional sports journalism and fantasy analysis. Then they dive into the Stuff+ metric, how to use it, and which pitchers Stuff+ may be over or underselling.
Players Discussed:
Tyler Glasnow
Taj Bradley
Chris Bassitt
Graham Ashcraft
Clarke Schmidt
Tanner Houck
Kyle Bradish
Zach Eflin
Michael Kopech
MacKenzie Gore
Stuff+ leaderboard (https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=sta&lg=all&qual=y&type=36&season=2023&month=0&season1=2023&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2023-01-01&enddate=2023-12-31&sort=13,d)
2 Jun 2023
Catcher's Corner: Biases, blind spots, and the danger of attachments
Sami (@Believe_Sami) and Eric (@SamskiNYC) blend fantasy baseball analysis with fantasy baseball therapy as they discuss personal biases, blind spots, and why we create such attachments to players on our teams. They end with a therapy-style breakthrough on the best way to approach FAAB.
Through all of this, they’ll discuss Brent Rooker, Nathan Eovaldi, Pablo Lopez, Jake Fraley, Triston Casas, Jake Burger, Matthew Liberatore, and many more.
Rundown
How aware are you of your own biases and are biases just a result of managing out of fear?
What are your blind spots? Can we control our blindspots if we know they’re there?
Why do we have such blind spots for rookies? We just continually expect them to pop and we hold them too long when not many really hit.
Is there a more efficient waiver wire strategy that caters to the long-term nature of fantasy baseball?
24 May 2023
Catcher's Corner: Do These Guys Suck? (no MLB players suck, but still...)
Sami (@Believe_Sami) and Eric (@SamskiNYC) go back to their roots and just talk baseball. They cover why some pitchers can be ineffective with elite stuff, why pitchers made suddenly lose feel for pitches, and what leads to hitting slumps. Along they way, they discuss a handful of slumping players and discuss when to trust what you see and when to use "the data."
RUNDOWN
- We discuss potentially coaching our kids, even though our kids are too young to be coached
- Sami is pissed that he went against his gut and dropped Bryson Stott. When do you trust what you see over the data points? If you limit yourself, which data should you use?
- Jack Suwinski tangent on how to use Statcast rolling windows
Does This Guy Suck?
Pitchers
Graham Ashcraft
Dylan Cease
Domingo German
MacKenzie Gore
Gavin Stone
Sandy Alcantara
Hitters
Willy Adames
Jorge Mateo
Brandon Marsh
Brenton Doyle
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