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Podcast: Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
Episode: Pivoting In the Wake of Injuries, Beating BABIP & Timing Risk
Description: Eno and DVR discuss how leagues can consider making structural changes to account for the 2021 rise in time lost to injuries, using BABIP as a launching point to dig deeper on a player's batted-ball profile (and the viability of xBA as a BABIP alternative), and taking an appropriate amount of injury risk in lieu of high-risk, high-reward prospects in redraft leagues. Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarrisFollow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRipere-mail: [email protected] to The Athletic at 33% off for the first year: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels