Episode 301: Shortstop Preview + Draft Strategy

We continue our march through the positions, spending this episode on the somewhat top-heavy position of shortstop. We go through our ADP tiers, discoursing on the following players:

Bobby Witt Jr.
Trea Turner
Francisco Lindor
Corey Seager
Elly De La Cruz
Gunnar Henderson
Bo Bichette
CJ Abrams
Oneil Cruz
Xander Bogaerts
Dansby Swanson
Anthony Volpe
Trevor Story (A Very Short Story, or Five Seconds of Regret for Jon)
Willy Adames
Ezequiel Tovar
Vaughn Grissom
Carlos Correa
Zach Neto
Extremely quick hits on Tim Anderson, Javier Báez, and Marco Luciano
At some point, we Remembered Adalberto Mondesi

Then we take some time to discuss some overall tips and strategies for your draft (aka ADP can be a dangerous thing).

Mike's article, "How to Use ADP," can be found here: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/article/79732/fantasy-freestyle-how-to-use-adp/.

Mike's Tiered Shortstop Rankings are here: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/article/88281/shortstop-tiered-rankings-for-2024/

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