Interesting trends in 2026 Closers or the complete lack of closers 80th% pace in ME is 65 - 67 in 2025, 72 in 2024 50th% pace in ME is 48 - 54 in 2025 Emergence of young stud pitchers Schlittler, Misiorowski, McLean, Hancock, Messick, Burns Top 20 in K-BB % Champions League Draft Strategy Your approach to your drafts this year Multipliers Josh - more willing to draft same players across multiple leagues Taking risk vs being safe Josh - Took way more swings this year in OC & DC Wheeler, Snell on OC/Wheeler, Cole, McGonigle Champions League Qualifier 2,676 is the current line to gain - just under 63% of the points Last year's line to gain was around the same point at this time of year and slowly rose through the season to 65%. Same as 2024. 65% of points would be 2,769. 2,800 is what I’m aiming for (just over 930 per contest) Fun list of people in the top 14 thus far John Pausma - 3,156 and his OC is his worst format so far Jared Radbel - 3,066 and first in the DC Russell Withers - 2,946 with OC driving Mark Northan - 2,899 Michael Thompson - 2,891 Dustin McComas - 2,874 Michael DeCavalcante - 2,866 Dustin Anderson - 2,816 Aaron Jones - 2,800 (at final table currently) Todd Hoppe - 2,774 Doug Gruber - 2,740 (would be fun to see him vs John at final table) Ian Hubbard - 2,728 with 1,776 in pitching Rob DiPietro - 2,708 Justin Aspite - 2,676 Michael Brophy 16th at 2,653 only has Sale on 2 of 3 teams Steve Weimer 19th Phil Dussault 21st Champions League Aaron Jones - 1st at 112 points Solid squad, healthy for the most part and good balance Michael Hughes - 2nd at 101 Solid roster, working to figure out saves (14th) after losing Diaz Andrew Geller - 3rd at 94.5 Super balanced, Fairbanks on IL Michael Brophy - 4th at 92.5 Solid Pitching, looking for some gains on offens PullHitter merch is here! Welcome to the PullHitter Podcast, your destination for actionable resources and tools to grind your way to ultimate fantasy baseball success. Support my work and join the Pull Hitter Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=32383693&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Follow on twitter: @pullhitterpod https://twitter.com/PullHitterPod @deadpullhitter https://twitter.com/deadpullhitter Email : pullhitterpodcast@gmail.com Website: pullhitter.com My link tree with all of my links in one spot: https://linktr.ee/pullhitter Also check out me cohosting the Launch Angle Podcast with Rob Silver! https://anchor.fm/robe
