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Eno and DVR continue Pitcher Week by breaking down the Top 31-50 Starting Pitchers going off the board in 2022 drafts (based on NFBC ADP). Whether you're waiting to address pitching, or simply looking to stabilize your core of starting pitching, this is a very important group of players to dig into as part of your draft prep this winter!
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Groups by NFBC ADP Tiers
Tier 5 – Top 100-150 OV Pitchers
Blake Snell, Shane McClanahan, Zac Gallen, Tyler Mahle, Nathan Eovaldi, Framber Valdez, Chris Bassitt, Shane Baz, Sean Manaea, Pablo López & Luis Garcia
Tier 6 – Top 150-200 OV Pitchers
Eduardo Rodriguez, Ian Anderson, Logan Gilbert, Michael Kopech, Lance McCullers Jr., Ranger Suárez, Clayton Kershaw, Sonny Gray, Luis Severino, Marcus Stroman, Tarik Skubal & Mike Clevinger
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Eno and DVR start Pitcher Week by breaking down the Top 30 Starting Pitchers going off the board in 2022 drafts (based on NFBC ADP). Whether you're building heavily with early pitching, or trying to wait to start building a rotation, getting the right foundation in place is a key to dominating in your leagues this season.
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Groups by NFBC ADP Tiers
Tier 1 – Top 30 OV Pitchers
Gerrit Cole, Corbin Burnes, Walker Buehler, Max Scherzer, Brandon Woodruff, Jacob deGrom & Zack Wheeler
Tier 2 – Top 30-50 OV Pitchers
Shane Bieber, Julio Urías, Aaron Nola, Lucas Giolito & Sandy Alcantara
Tier 3 – 50-75 OV Arms
Robbie Ray, Freddy Peralta, Chris Sale, Logan Webb & Lance Lynn
Tier 4 – 75-100 OV Arms
Max Fried, Kevin Gausman, Jose Berrios, Jack Flaherty, Joe Musgrove, Dylan Cease, Trevor Rogers, Luis Castillo, Frankie Montas, Charlie Morton, Yu Darvish, Alek Manoah & Justin Verlander
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Eno and DVR break down the first base position, where playing time shares could be increasing at the bottom end of the player pool with the expected return of the DH to the National League. Once again, the position features a few undervalued sluggers, overvalued veterans, and mid-tier targets (and players to avoid).
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Groups by NFBC ADP Tiers
Tier 1
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. & Freddie Freeman
Tier 2
Matt Olson, Paul Goldschmidt, Pete Alonso & Jose Abreu
Tier 3
Ryan Mountcastle, DJ LeMahieu, Jared Walsh, Jake Cronenworth, C.J. Cron, Josh Bell, Rhys Hoskins, Ty France, Tyler Stephenson, Joey Votto & Max Muncy
Tier 4
Anthony Rizzo, Alex Kirilloff, Trey Mancini, Jonathan Schoop & Yuli Gurriel
Tier 5
Bobby Dalbec, Brandon Belt, Frank Schwindel, Nate Lowe, Luke Voit, Miguel Sanó, Spencer Torkelson, LaMonte Wade Jr., Jesus Aguilar & Rowdy Tellez
Best of the Rest
Seth Beer, Dominic Smith, Mike Moustakas, Juan Yepez, Keston Hiura & Eric Hosmer
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Eno and DVR break down the third base position, which offers a handful of intriguing mid-round values, but might require some early attention given the drop-off at the position outside the Top 200 overall. Is Austin Riley catching too much helium coming off of an excellent 2021? Should you pay the Adalberto Mondesi Tax? Is there still early-round potential in the likes of Nolan Arenado, Alex Bregman, Kris Bryant and Anthony Rendon? Plus, if you wait at the position, where you can find undervalued players outside the Top 100?
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Groups by NFBC ADP Tiers
Tier 1
José Ramírez, Rafael Devers & Manny Machado
Tier 2
Austin Riley & Adalberto Mondesi
Tier 3
Nolan Arenado, Alex Bregman, Kris Bryant & Anthony Rendon
Tier 4
DJ LeMahieu, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Yoán Moncada, Luis Urías, Justin Turner, Ryan McMahon, Matt Chapman, Eduardo Escobar & Eugenio Suárez
Tier 5
Josh Donaldson, Jeimer Candelario, Abraham Toro, Cavan Biggio, Gio Urshela, Josh Jung, Jonathan Villar, Alec Bohm
Best of the Rest
Jose Miranda, Kevin Smith, Mike Moustakas, Evan Longoria & Brian Anderson
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Eno and DVR finish the middle infield with their breakdown of the second base position. With plenty of viable options inside the Top 100 in ADP, is it wise to hold off on early rounders like Ozzie Albies and Whit Merrifield? And, how steep is the drop-off if you wait until the 100-200 range to address the keystone?
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Groups by NFBC ADP Tiers
Tier 1
Trea Turner & Ozzie Albies
Tier 2
Whit Merrifield & Marcus Semien
Tier 3
Javier Baez, Jose Altuve, Jazz Chisholm, Brandon Lowe, Ketel Marte, Jorge Polanco, Tommy Edman & Jonathan India
Tier 4
DJ LeMahieu Jake Cronenworth, Ty France, Chris Taylor, Max Muncy Brendan Rodgers, Luis Urías, Ryan McMahon, Eduardo Escobar & Kolten Wong
Tier 5
Jonathan Schoop, Jean Segura, Enrique Hernández, Gavin Lux, Josh Rojas, Abraham Toro, Andres Gimenez, Garrett Hampson & Nick Madrigal
Best of the Rest
Jeff McNeil, Ramon Urías, Andy Ibañez, Rodolfo Castro, Tucupita Marcano & Robinson Cano
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Eno and DVR kick off their annual Position Preview series with their breakdown of the shortstop position. The position is as loaded as it has ever been, and there are a lot of ways to leverage that depth throughout drafts and auctions this season.
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Groups Discussed by NFBC ADP Tiers
Tier 1 (The First Rounders)
Trea Turner, Fernando Tatis Jr. & Bo Bichette
Tier 2
Tim Anderson, Marcus Semien, Trevor Story, Xander Bogaerts, Francisco Lindor & Wander Franco
Tier 3
Javier Baez, Jazz Chisholm, Corey Seager, Jorge Polanco, Bobby Witt Jr. & Carlos Correa
Tier 4
Jake Cronenworth, Dansby Swanson, Willy Adames, Chris Taylor, Gleyber Torres, Luis Urías, Brendan Rodgers & Amed Rosario
Tier 5
Eugenio Suarez, Brandon Crawford, Oneil Cruz, Josh Rojas, Gavin Lux, Nicky Lopez, Andres Gimenez, Gio Urshela & Jonathan Villar
Best of the Rest
Jose Barrero, Jeremy Pena, Bryson Stott, CJ Abrams, Didi Gregorius & Paul DeJong
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Eno and DVR discuss a few questions surrounding the Stuff+, Location+ and Pitching+ model, ways to 'play along', fear of the unknown with 2022 Clayton Kershaw, how to utilize draft capital effectively with prospects in redraft leagues, and a few basic strategy guidelines for draft-and-hold leagues.
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Eno and DVR discuss several 'forgotten' players -- including Angels starter Griffin Canning -- plus their 2022 expectations for Josh Donaldson and Dylan Cease, leadoff hitters in danger of taking a tumble down the batting order, and more.
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Eno, Britt and DVR discuss the current state of the MLB lockout, Rachel Balkovec’s move into the manager position for the Yankees’ Low-A Tampa affiliate, changes at Camden Yards, and the non-playoff teams of 2021 that they see as playoff teams in 2022.
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Eno and DVR discuss how leagues can consider making structural changes to account for the 2021 rise in time lost to injuries, using BABIP as a launching point to dig deeper on a player's batted-ball profile (and the viability of xBA as a BABIP alternative), and taking an appropriate amount of injury risk in lieu of high-risk, high-reward prospects in redraft leagues.
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