The Athletic Fantasy Baseball Podcast

What We're Learning in 2020 w/Todd Zola

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Episode notes

DVR is joined by Todd Zola of Mastersball & RotoWire to discuss how we should weight 2020 performances in 2021 projections, confusion about the stabilization of stats, park factors from a shortened season, and more.

Rundown
1:57 How Projections Are Built
10:14 Is It Wrong to Combine 2019 and 2020 to Evaluate Performance?
13:03 The Difference Between Stability Points and New Skills
17:36 Fernando Tatis Jr. and Extreme Skills Growth
22:11 Unheralded Risers
29:00 The Impact of the Universal DH on Pitching
34:00 2020 Park Factors
43:29 Early FAAB Considerations Post Trade Deadline

Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper
Follow Todd on Twitter: @ToddZola

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