EP 358: MLB Trends and Champions League Action w/ Josh Pettersen

About this episode

The episode discusses MLB trends, the emergence of young pitchers, and strategies for the Champions League draft.

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…

People in this episode

Host: Robert DiPietro

Guest: Josh Pettersen

Topics covered

• MLB Trends
• Fantasy Baseball
• Champions League Draft Strategy
• Pitching Analysis
• Player Performance

Keywords

• 2026 Closers
• K-BB %
• draft strategy
• Champions League
• young pitchers
• fantasy baseball

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