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Rundown
3:10 How Do Minor Leaguers Fit Into 2020 Proposals?
14:14 Tommy John Surgery Honeymoon Period
27:39 Does It Make Sense to Use Vickrey for FAAB?
34:29 A Creative, Competitive Solution
38:27 KBO Fantasy League Status Update
46:36 The Beer Bracket is Ready!
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1:45 A Good Idea to Use DH in NL This Season?
12:11 Austin Riley on the Rise?
15:53 The Wide Range of Outcomes for Ryan Braun
20:31 What Will the Cubs Do?
25:18 Opportunity for Jake Lamb & Kevin Cron in Arizona?
30:15 Why Not Give Jaylin Davis the Extra PAs?
37:24 Obligatory Marlins Talk
42:47 The Return of Cespedes!
46:05 Is This Franchy's Chance?
52:56 Aquino & Hilliard Time?
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3:02 Project GOAT, Round 1 Results!
9:08 The Mark Eichhorn Gambit
16:33 Appreciating Todd Helton's Peak
22:38 Drafting Past Seasons for a Simulation?
29:59 Nick Castellanos & Happiness
40:05 Who Was Blocking Francisco Lindor in 2014?
47:38 Can Players' Emotions Be Effectively Measured?
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Rundown
7:20 Project GOAT Update
16:10 A Contained MLB Season in Arizona?
27:13 Cactus League Park Factors
33:32 Potential Impact on Specific Pitch Types
44:50 Keeper/Dynasty Pitching Targets
52:29 SupportBeer.com is Live!
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Rundown
3:53 Project GOAT for Music?
11:26 Spring Pitching Observations
22:11 Daniel Norris, Future Dominant Reliever?
31:17 Time to Discount Starting Pitching as a Whole?
44:04 Which Baseball Will Be Used in 2020?
48:04 Beer of the Week (Check out: SupportBeer.com)
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Rundown
9:16 March Movers
18:47 Re-Thinking the Shape of Production in a Shortened Season
24:45 Empty Stadiums & Performance
33:47 Increased Interest in Top Closers?
40:57 Ranking Organizations for Talent Development
51:23 Talent Development Laggards
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Rundown
3:55 Unsolicited Working From Home Tips
9:26 Noah Syndergaard Undergoes Tommy John Surgery
15:29 Michael Kopech, Brendan McKay & Nate Lowe to Triple-A
20:26 Spencer Howard to Phillies' Rotation, Cutch Ready To Go
27:29 "The J-Lo A-Rod Family"
32:45 Still Concerned About Aaron Judge
45:51 Re-playing the 2019 Fantasy Season?
52:44 Fantasy Analyst Street Cred
59:45 Advanced Pitching Metrics & Great Pick-Off Moves?
68:46 Beer of the Week
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Rundown
3:51 What Are Malasadas?
5:47 The Big Sim: 30-Team Out of the Park League
15:36 Making New Opening Day Plans
23:03 Enjoying the KBO Streams (Thanks, Dan Kurtz! - @MyKBO)
28:03 The Challenges of Training In Isolation
37:21 Increased Depth and Potential Intrasquad Training?
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Rundown
1:28 Why Is There Animosity Between R2-D2 and Yoda?
3:49 Is Fleetwood Mac Yacht Rock?
7:23 AlbumGraphs?
12:48 Answering Questions About a Shortened Season
24:22 More Aggressive Promotions for Rookies?
31:31 Draft & Hold, Best Ball Thoughts
46:59 How to Prevent Reliever-Heavy Builds
50:30 Keeper/Dynasty Preparing for a Future Run
64:10 Incentivizing Mid-Pack Teams?
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Rundown
6:35 Introducing Project G.O.A.T.
28:19 Snake vs. Non-Snake vs. Auction
37:31 Who Went to Driveline?
43:46 ACES Leaders & Laggards
51:02 Who Loses with a Return to a Non-Juiced Baseball?
Want to join our contest? E-mail ratesandbarrels@theathletic.com, use the subject line "Project GOAT Worksheet" to receive the sheet and written version of the rules. -- and -- Thank Pierre for sharing his awesome idea (@pbecquey on Twitter)!
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