Episode 784
On Monday, managing editor Dave Cameron published a list of the top-50 free agents for the 2017-18 offseason. Later on that Monday, he discussed it with the host of FanGraphs Audio. This episode is the result of that discussion.

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Episode 783
The prolific Travis Sawchik traveled to Houston in order to cover the World Series for FanGraphs.com, charging various and sundry expenses to the site in the process. Was it worth it? That’s the most important and maybe only question asked on this edition of FanGraphs Audio.

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Episode 782
“The Good Face” isn’t necessarily a concept that required further examination. That hasn’t stopped guest Kate Preusser of Lookout Landing from providing it, anyway.

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Episode 781
Charlie Morton finished the World Series for the Astros by hitting 99 mph with frequency and throwing a nearly unhittable curve. It was a departure from the pitcher he’d been for most of his career. If one player can transform so completely, what’s to prevent anyone from become an elite ballplayer? Managing editor Dave Cameron attempts to answer this and other haphazardly phrased questions.

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Episode 780
Like any pair of clubs, the pair of clubs currently participating in the World Series features certain players who’ve achieved major-league relevance by atypical means. Lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen discusses that topic and also not that topic.

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Episode 779
Baseball orthodoxy suggests that it’s necessary for a pitcher to “establish the fastball” before turning to his secondary pitches, no matter their objective quality. In Game 7 of the ALCS, meanwhile, Houston right-hander Lance McCullers threw 24 consecutive curves en route to a dominant four-inning relief appearance. This is merely one of the obnoxious paradoxes presented to managing editor Dave Cameron on this edition of FanGraphs Audio.

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Episode 778
Baseball’s championship series are now complete or nearly complete. Managing editor Dave Cameron discusses them exclusively or nearly exclusively.

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Episode 777
Travis Sawchik recently won his second consecutive title in the simulation baseball league of which he and a number of major-league beat reporters are a part. The tactics on which he’s relied for success, however, are the very sort that he’s condemned in actual baseball. Will he be able to sleep at night? Should he be able to? These are merely two of the questions he’s reluctant to answer on this edition of FanGraphs Audio.

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Episode 776
Mike Hattery is a contributor to Cleveland sports weblog Waiting for Next Year and served as FanGraphs’ writer-in-residence for the month of September. He’s also the guest on this edition of FanGraphs Audio.

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Episode 775
All of baseball’s division series are complete or nearly complete. Managing editor Dave Cameron discusses them exclusively or nearly exclusively.

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