Ben and Sam banter about a picture of Michael Pineda, then answer emails about deferred contracts, players they wish would write books, Michael Jordan the minor leaguer, and more.
Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Ben and Craig preview the Orioles’ season with Jon Bernhardt, and George talks to MASN/MASNSports.com Orioles reporter Roch Kubatko (at 25:52).
Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Ben and Sam preview the Reds’ season with Russell Carleton, and Jeff talks to Cincinnati Enquirer Reds beat writer C. Trent Rosecrans (at 28:21)
Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Ben and Sam preview the Braves’ season with Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Mark Bradley, and Jeff talks to Talking Chop prospect writer Garrett Spain (at 31:23)
Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Ben and Sam preview the Phillies’ season with Holly M. Wendt, and Jeff talks to News Journal Phillies beat writer Meghan Montemurro (at 23:50)
Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Ben and Sam preview their fourth annual 30-team season-preview podcast series with preview partners Jeffrey Paternostro and George Bissell, then answer listener emails about prospect lists, talking to scouts, fantasy drafting, Ian Desmond, and Kenta Maeda.
Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Ben and Sam discuss why teams don’t pay a premium for elite free agents and why players who switch positions might not always do so smoothly.
Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Ben and Sam banter about The Good Wife’s Super Bowl spot and discuss some potential unintended consequences of raising/shrinking the strike zone.
Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Ben talks to former Baseball Prospectus editor-in-chief Steven Goldman and Banished to the Pen’s Darius Austin about how Warren Spahn avoided the 1950s Dodgers and what we can learn from the way managers used their pitchers when rotations weren’t rigid.
Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Ben and Sam banter about Alvaro Espinoza and Kenta Imamiya, then draft candidates for the 2016 Comeback Player of the Year Award(s).
Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
