# EP 358: MLB Trends and Champions League Action w/ Josh Pettersen

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Podcast: [PullHitter Fantasy Baseball](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pullhitter-fantasy-baseball-299124)
Published: 2026-05-06T23:01:56+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rob-d5/episodes/EP-358-MLB-Trends-and-Champions-League-Action-w-Josh-Pettersen-e3j0jo6
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Interesting trends in 2026 Closers or the complete lack of closers 80th% pace in ME is 65 - 67 in 2025, 72 in 2024 50th% pace in ME is 48 - 54 in 2025 Emergence of young stud pitchers Schlittler, Misiorowski, McLean, Hancock, Messick, Burns Top 20 in K-BB % Champions League Draft Strategy Your approach to your drafts this year Multipliers Josh - more willing to draft same players across multiple leagues Taking risk vs being safe Josh - Took way more swings this year in OC & DC Wheeler, Snell on OC/Wheeler, Cole, McGonigle Champions League Qualifier 2,676 is the current line to gain - just under 63% of the points 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. 65% of points would be 2,769. 2,800 is what I’m aiming for (just over 930 per contest) Fun list of people in the top 14 thus far John Pausma - 3,156 and his OC is his worst format so far Jared Radbel - 3,066 and first in the DC Russell Withers - 2,946 with OC driving Mark Northan - 2,899 Michael Thompson - 2,891 Dustin McComas - 2,874 Michael DeCavalcante - 2,866 Dustin Anderson - 2,816 Aaron Jones - 2,800 (at final table currently) Todd Hoppe - 2,774 Doug Gruber - 2,740 (would be fun to see him vs John at final table) Ian Hubbard - 2,728 with 1,776 in pitching Rob DiPietro - 2,708 Justin Aspite - 2,676 Michael Brophy 16th at 2,653 only has Sale on 2 of 3 teams Steve Weimer 19th Phil Dussault 21st Champions League Aaron Jones - 1st at 112 points Solid squad, healthy for the most part and good balance Michael Hughes - 2nd at 101 Solid roster, working to figure out saves (14th) after losing Diaz Andrew Geller - 3rd at 94.5 Super balanced, Fairbanks on IL Michael Brophy - 4th at 92.5 Solid Pitching, looking for some gains on offens ⁠…

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