We've seen several proposals for how baseball might be played amidst this unprecedented pandemic, and they would have significant impacts on how baseball would be played in 2020. With it starting to look like we're going to see the majority of games played in Arizona and Florida as part of those plans, it's time to see what the impact would be.
Scott White dove into the numbers and the dimensions for the Grapefruit and Cactus League parks that figure to be central to any plan, to see which players would stand to gain or lose value playing there. The playing environment makes a huge difference in how hitters hit and pitchers pitch, and getting familiar with how these parks would play could give you a huge edge on the competition.
Plus, we've got some rankings disputes for you to settle for us. Frank Stampfl marches to the beat of his own drum when it comes to rankings, so there are several places where his values differ, both from Scott White and from the industry consensus. He's here to defend them, plus we have Scott White's 12-most underrated players based on ADP so far.
Who are the most underdrafted players in Fantasy Baseball, according to ADP? Scott White's choices point to a particular market inefficiency that seems to have emerged.
Frank and Scott are talking to Dodgers All-Star pitcher Ross Stripling and he starts off with his thoughts on the latest proposal from MLB (4:13). ... Ross then tells us about the park factors that come with pitching in Arizona (6:16). He reveals how pitching in Arizona is actually similar to pitching at altitude in Coors Field.