The Shallows EP 008 - Early Shallow Adds & Drops

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, giving you current news, a fascinating discovery about BABIP, and it's the debut of Let's Go Fishing, where the guys tell you who to reel in and who to throw back into the water when it comes to free agent pickups and early season drops. First up is the Captain's Report, featuring injury updates on Jacob deGrom, Cody Ponce, and Chase DeLauter, along with highlights on Noelvi Marte's curious playing time, Giancarlo Stanton's record start to the season, and first impressions of the ABS system. Next, Carson reveals a fascinating discovery about one of the noisiest advanced stats, BABIP, and then the guys debut a brand new segment called Let's Go Fishing, where they discuss the pickups and fliers worth taking along with players who are candidates to be dropped already. Welcome aboard The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 007 - Predictions For The Season

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, giving you current news, players they drafted the most on their teams, and it's the debut of Charting the Course, where the guys tell you what hype you should and shouldn't react to as the season gets underway. First we have the Captain's Report, which prospects made the team and who were sent to AAA, plus their predictions for MVP, Cy Young , Rookie of the Year, and World Series champ. Erik and Carson also go through which players they drafted the most during draft season. And finally it's the premiere of a new segment, Charting the Course, where the guys tell you what you DO and DON'T need to pay attention to as the season gets underway. Get excited, it's Opening Day! Welcome aboard The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 006 - Pitcher Previews w/ Kyle Bland

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard are joined by Kyle Bland, Director of Analytics & Research at Pitcher List, as they set sail aboard The Shallows, giving you current news, previews of the starting and relief pitcher positions, highlighting players to target, avoid, and swing for the fences, and answer your questions with the return of From The Crew. First we have the Captain's Report, featuring a WBC results chat and Spring Training news for the Cincinnati pitching staff and Gerrit Cole's return to the mound. Erik, Carson, and Kyle also preview starting pitchers and relief pitchers...with a twist! And finally it's the return of From the Crew, where the guys answer listener-submitted questions. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 005 - Favorite Picks in Rounds 15-22

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard set sail aboard The Shallows, giving you current news, their favorite players to draft and fade in rounds 15-22, and previews of the shortstop and outfield positions, highlighting players to target, avoid, and swing for the fences. First we have the Captain's Report, featuring all the news you need to know from Spring Training and the WBC, including Hunter Greene's latest injury and Corbin Carroll returning to the lineup already. Erik and Carson also go through rounds 15 through 22, player by player, highlighting their favorite players to target in each round and the players they most want to fade. It's also the continuation of the position previews, shortstop and outfield...with a twist! Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 004 - Favorite Picks in Rounds 8-14

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard set sail aboard The Shallows, giving you current news, their favorite players to draft and fade in rounds 8-14, answering mailbag questions in a segment called From The Crew, and previews of the second and third base positions, highlighting players to target, avoid, and swing for the fences. First we have the Captain's Report, featuring all the news you need to know, including the Jurickson Profar suspension, World Baseball Classic team USA pitching news, impressive homers from  Kevin McGonigle, Aaron Judge, and an impressive exit velocity reading from Junior Caminero. It's the return of From The Crew as well, where the guys answer listener questions! Erik and Carson also go through rounds 8 through 14, player by player, highlighting their favorite players to target in each round and the players they most want to fade. It's also the continuation of the position previews, second and third base...with a twist! Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 003 - Favorite Picks in Rounds 1-7

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard set sail aboard The Shallows, giving you current news, their favorite players to draft and fade in rounds 1-7, and previews of the catcher and first base positions, highlighting players to target, avoid, and swing for the fences. First we have the Captain's Report, featuring all the news you need to know, including exciting early Spring returns from Shota Imanaga, young players Jac Caglianone, Konnor Griffin, Charlie Condon, and Spencer Jones, and the continued brilliance of Aaron Judge...but should you draft him or Shohei Ohtani 1 st overall? Erik and Carson also go through rounds 1 through 7, player by player, highlighting their favorite players to target in each out and the players they most want to fade. It's also the first bunch of position previews, catcher and first base...with a twist! Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 002 - Sink or Swim

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard set sail aboard The Shallows, giving you current news, draft strategies, and players to sink or swim with this draft season. First we have the Captain's Report, featuring all the news you need to know, including the Twins losing Pablo Lopez for the season already, Nick Castellanos's new home, Zac Gallen returning to Arizona, a new big arm in the Bronx, the hamate bone injury epidemic, and a quick chat about the most interesting Japanese players who came over this offseason. Erik and Carson also answer the first listener question of the season, talking about pitcher draft strategies. Lastly they play a new game called sink or swim where they each picked three players and ask each other if they would swim with those players at their ADP or let them sink further in the draft. But here’s the catch? Neither of Erik nor Carson has seen each other's picks! In an actual live draft you likely have to make decisions quickly, so they're putting their baseball knowledge and wits to the test by doing it LIVE on the show! Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 001 - Welcome Aboard

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard set sail aboard The Shallows, giving you an introduction into what makes shallow leagues different, the strategies needed to succeed, which advanced stats are most helpful, and current news that's impacted player values. Detroit's pitching staff gets revamped with Framer Valdez and Justin Verlander while loosing Reese Olson, Marcell Ozuna to Pittsburgh, Eugenio Suarez returns to Cincinnati, does Luis Robert have a resurgence with the Mets, Chris Bassitt heads to Baltimore, and Spencer Schwellenbach lands on the 60-day IL. Plus, how do you set yourself for success in the draft for shallow leagues, how does the player pool change in shallow leagues, and what strategies are different with fewer managers to compete against. What advanced stats can give you an edge? Have you heard of Blast% and can you simply look at innings? Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 009 - Believe It Or Not

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, giving you a lot of current injury news, it's the return of From the Crew where the guys answer your listener-submitted questions, and it's also the return of Sink or Swim, where the guys discuss what to believe in some really hot and really cold starts. First up is the Captain's Report, featuring countless injury updates on Hunter Brown, Matthew Boyd, and Cade Horton, along with highlights on the brawl between Jorge Soler and Reynaldo Lopez. Next, the guys answer your listener-submitted questions in From The Crew, and then it's the return of Sink or Swim where they discuss the five hitters and five pitchers who have gotten off to either hot or cold starts and whether you should believe it or not. Welcome aboard The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 018 - Dropping Our First Round Picks!?

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report, featuring major injury news on big names like Ronald Acuña Jr. and Oneil Cruz, musings about the 15-14 slugfest between the Brewers and Athletics in Las Vegas, and analyzing if Logan Webb is all the way back since returning from injury. Then it's the return of Walking The Plank where the guys talk about a handful of big name players that might not be long for your rosters, like Trea Turner, George Kirby, and Gunnar Henderson, and if you should cut or trade players of this caliber, even in shallow leagues. Finally, Erik tests Carson in a new game called Can You Name The Top 5? where he give Carson a random stat category and Carson attempts to guess the top 5 players in that category so far this season. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 017 - Sunken Ships

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Log, featuring an update on several young players, including Wyatt Langford, Elly De La Cruz's first career trip to the IL, Chase DeLauter vs Carson Benge, and what is shaping up to be a hotly-contested NL Cy Young race. Then the guys admit their mistakes and detail the players they were wrong on in a new segment called Sunken Ships, featuring Zack Wheeler, Yordan Alvarez, Austin Riley, and Michael Harris. Last but not least, they discuss players they're really excited for rest of season, including Cal Raleigh, Gerrit Cole, Jordan Walker and JJ Bleday, and that could happen at the trade deadline. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 016 - The Sinatra Awards

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report featuring positive news only this week!!! Several pitchers injured this spring are making big progress in their returns, including Spencer Schwellenbach and Hunter Greene, Logan Webb is returning this Friday, but do you start him in Coors, and Cristopher Sanchez just keeps shutting everyone out. Then the guys give out the Sinatra Awards to players who were flying high in April, but have shot down in May, like Maikel Garcia, Sal Stewart, Ben Rice, Jose Soriano, and Nolan McLean. And finally, it's the swift return of Marco! Polo! where this week the roles are reversed with Carson giving the clues while Erik has to choose which players he wants rest of season and who they ultimately are. Can he better Carson's 2/6 last week or will he make a fool of himself? Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 015 - Marco! Polo!

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report detailing the return of Blake Snell to the IL, catcher chaos with injuries to 4 starting-caliber catchers, the returns of Jackson Holliday and Gerrit Cole, and the unfortunate luck of J.T. Ginn. Then the guys discuss what you should be doing with a laundry list of pitchers, including Eury Perez, Reid Detmers, Griffin Jax, and Bryce Elder. And finally, it's the debut of a brand new segment, Marco! Polo! where Erik relays the comparative stats of two players without revealing who they are and Carson has to choose which players he wants rest of season and who they ultimately are. See if he gets any right! Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 014 - Prospects, Pitchers, & Performances

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with an extended Captain's Report detailing the returns of Blake Snell and Bryce Miller, injuries to Robby Snelling and Max Fried, call-ups of countless prospects, and quirky news of the week, including Cal Raleigh breaking his extended slump, Bailey Ober's "Maddux", and the greatness of Paul Skenes. Then the guys chat about their leagues, the players they roster most, and how they're doing so far. In light of the slew of recent prospect promotions, the guys then discuss the prospective-crew members to stash who are most likely to have an impact in shallow leagues this season. Finally, it's Pitching From The Abyss, where Erik and Carson dive into pitchers underperforming who should perform better moving forward. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 013 - First Class Crew

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with a tribute to the late great John Sterling, the Captain's Report detailing injuries to Tarik Skubal, Carlos Correa, and Tyler Glasnow, as well as return of Jhoan Duran and Gerrit Cole's intentional plunking of a minor leaguer. Then the guys discuss the first class crew, or players like Ben Rice, Cody Bellinger, Andy Pages, Shea Langeliers, and Michael Harris, who have all had great starts to the season as hoped. Finally, they look at mound mirages, which are pitchers who are not to be believed so far this season, such as Justin Wrobleski, Nick Martinez, Michael King, and Clay Holmes. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 012 - The Trading Post

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report detailing injuries to Garret Crochet, Brandon Woodruff, and Trevor Rogers, as well as the future outlook for former number one overall pick Travis Bazzana, position eligibility updates for Fernando Tatis Jr, Ivan Herrera, and Sal Stewart, and how Cade Cavalli became the second pitcher this season with back-to-back double-digit strikeout games...so does that make him worthy of a pickup? Speaking of worthy, the guys then discuss if the hot starts from players like Moises Ballesteros, Carlos Cortes, Ildemaro Vargas, Liam Hicks, and Landon Roupp are worthy of those starts in a fun twist on "is it legit." Finally they visit the trading post to decide if players such as Bubba Chandler, Nathan Eovaldi, and Oneil, among others off to hot or cold starts, are worth buying or selling. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 011 - Buried Treasure Bullpen Replacements

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, starting with the Captain's Report detailing a ton of injuries, including those to Wyatt Langford, Jackson Holliday getting pulled off his rehab assignment for the second time, and the impending return of Anthony Volpe. Then the report shifts to the call-ups of Christian Scott, Peyton Tolle, and Didier Fuentes. Next they debut a new segment called Buried Treasure, where they check-in on fringy options like Chase Hollander, Josh Bell, Daulton Rushing, and Louie Varland. Finally they chat bullpens and all the chaos that's happened throughout the league over the last week when it comes to closers, including Edwin Diaz replacements, the horrendous bad luck of Jeff Hoffman, and if Robert Suarez can overtake Raisel Iglesias. Welcome to The Shallows!

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The Shallows EP 010 - Is Mike Trout Back?

Erik Hinrichsen and Carson Picard navigate through The Shallows, debuting three new segments in honor of the 10th episode of the show! First up is the Captain's Log with observations from the week, like is Mike Trout back? Then it's The Crow's Next, where Carson plays a bit of guess who based on random stats, and finally it's Walking The Plank, where the guys discuss if it's time to drop some players drafted inside the top 200. Welcome aboard The Shallows!

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