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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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