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EP 358: MLB Trends and Champions League Action w/ Josh Pettersen
<ul><li><p>Interesting trends in 2026</p></li><ul><li><p>Closers or the complete lack of closers</p></li><ul><li><p>80th% pace in ME is 65 - 67 in 2025, 72 in 2024</p></li><li><p>50th% pace in ME is 48 - 54 in 2025</p></li></ul><li><p>Emergence of young stud pitchers</p></li><ul><li><p>Schlittler, Misiorowski, McLean, Hancock, Messick, Burns Top 20 in K-BB %</p></li></ul></ul><li><p>Champions League Draft Strategy</p></li><ul><li><p>Your approach to your drafts this year</p></li><ul><li><p>Multipliers</p></li><ul><li><p>Josh - more willing to draft same players across multiple leagues</p></li></ul></ul><li><p>Taking risk vs being safe</p></li><ul><li><p>Josh - Took way more swings this year in OC & DC</p></li><ul><li><p>Wheeler, Snell on OC/Wheeler, Cole, McGonigle</p></li></ul></ul></ul><li><p>Champions League Qualifier</p></li><ul><li><p>2,676 is the current line to gain - just under 63% of the points</p></li><li><p>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.</p></li><li><p>65% of points would be 2,769. 2,800 is what I’m aiming for (just over 930 per contest)</p></li><li><p>Fun list of people in the top 14 thus far</p></li><ul><li><p>John Pausma - 3,156 and his OC is his worst format so far</p></li><li><p>Jared Radbel - 3,066 and first in the DC</p></li><li><p>Russell Withers - 2,946 with OC driving</p></li><li><p>Mark Northan - 2,899</p></li><li><p>Michael Thompson - 2,891</p></li><li><p>Dustin McComas - 2,874</p></li><li><p>Michael DeCavalcante - 2,866</p></li><li><p>Dustin Anderson - 2,816</p></li><li><p>Aaron Jones - 2,800 (at final table currently)</p></li><li><p>Todd Hoppe - 2,774</p></li><li><p>Doug Gruber - 2,740 (would be fun to see him vs John at final table)</p></li><li><p>Ian Hubbard - 2,728 with 1,776 in pitching</p></li><li><p>Rob DiPietro - 2,708</p></li><li><p>Justin Aspite - 2,676</p></li><li><p>Michael Brophy 16th at 2,653 only has Sale on 2 of 3 teams</p></li><li><p>Steve Weimer 19th</p></li><li><p>Phil Dussault 21st</p></li></ul></ul><li><p>Champions League </p></li><ul><li><p>Aaron Jones - 1st at 112 points</p></li><ul><li><p>Solid squad, healthy for the most part and good balance</p></li></ul><li><p>Michael Hughes - 2nd at 101</p></li><ul><li><p>Solid roster, working to figure out saves (14th) after losing Diaz</p></li></ul><li><p>Andrew Geller - 3rd at 94.5</p></li><ul><li><p>Super balanced, Fairbanks on IL</p></li></ul><li><p>Michael Brophy - 4th at 92.5</p></li><ul><li><p>Solid Pitching, looking for some gains on offens</p></li></ul></ul></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://pullhittermerch.myshopify.com/">PullHitter merch is here! </a></p><p>Welcome to the PullHitter Podcast, your destination for actionable resources and tools to grind your way to ultimate fantasy baseball success.</p><p>Support my work and join the Pull Hitter Patreon:<a href="https://patreon.com/user?u=32383693&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link"></a></p><p><a href="https://patreon.com/user?u=32383693&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link">https://patreon.com/user?u=32383693&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link</a></p><p>Follow on twitter:</p><p> @pullhitterpod </p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/PullHitterPod">