GM's OFFICE: Openers and Bulkers—Is there a Ryan Yarbrough in the house?
May 17 2019
A valid and interesting discussion point at both our First Pitch Arizona Conference in 2018 as well as during our Spring First Pitch Seminars is how to best take advantage of the Opener. Is there a roto-centric strategy that season-long fantasy players should be considering given this new reality?
At the live events, we had a couple standard answers. First, what was the likelihood that the practice would continue? Last season was the first time that an MLB club had committed ot it—and as a reminder, it was only once or twice per each rotation turn in Tampa. So yes, Tampa Bay had success with it, and it’s a copy-cat league so we know others will at least consider the strategy, but is it really here to stay? Second, how much of Tampa's...
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