Moving Averages and Pulled Barrels

Moving Averages and Pulled Barrels

Author: RotoWire.com February 27, 2026 Duration: 54:21

How can you use moving averages and pulled barrel rates to help you win your fantasy league? Jeff Erickson and John Laghezza explain how.

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00:00 RotoWire MLB Podcast 2-25-26

00:20 Welcome to John Laghezza

  • Host of Corked Stats; TheAthletic; Substack
  • 3x FSWA Award Winner, including this year!

02:15 News:

  • 02:30 Merrill Kelly ruled out for Opening Day
  • 04:40 Samuel Basallo injured at plate
  • 09:00 Max Scherzer back with the Jays
  • 14:00 Francisco Lindor resuming activities soon

16:30 Fantrax

17:30 Pulled Barrels

  • 17:50 What is the stat, and what’s a good baseline?
  • 23:00 Who are some outliers?
  • 23:30 Isaac Paredes
  • 26:00 Stabilization of the stat
  • 31:00 Jeff McNeil
  • 32:15 Bo Naylor
  • 34:45 Matt Wallner

36:00 BlueWire

36:15 “Anti-Fragile” - what does it mean for baseball?

38:00 Velocity Bands for SP’s to predict injuries

44:00 Moving Averages - What are they, how do they apply in draft season?

48:00 Konnor Griffin

49:30 Underdog Strategies / Observations so far

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