Episode 324
Dayn Perry is a contributor to CBS Sports’ Eye on Baseball, the author of two books (one of them serviceable), and is the guest on this haphazardly organized and ultimately disappointing edition of FanGraphs Audio.

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Episode 323
Nick Piecoro is both (a) a fine Italian-American beat reporter for the Arizona Diamondbacks (for the Arizona Republic, specifically) and (b) the guest on this edition of FanGraphs Audio.

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Episode 322
Managing editor Dave Cameron is the guest on this edition of FanGraphs Audio, which is, incidentally, the first ever to have been shortened due to weather.

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Episode 321
Actual major-league pitcher Brandon McCarthy is the guest on this brief edition of FanGraphs Audio, recorded live on tape from the bowels of Miller Park.

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Episode 320
FanGraphs prospect analyst and proprietor of ROTOscouting Mike Newman is the guest on this edition of the podcast. Discussed: Dodgers prospects Zach Lee and Yasiel Puig and other members of the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts. Also discussed: players who’ve made their major-league debuts so far — like Jackie Bradley (for example) and Jedd Gyorko (for other example).

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Episode 319
After a week away (due entirely to the fault of the host), managing editor Dave Cameron is the guest on this edition of FanGraphs Audio. Discussed: various observations with regard to opening day (including notes on Jackie Bradley, Jose Fernandez, and Bryce Harper). Also discussed: free agency, its evolution.

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Episode 318
The host’s 92-year-old grandfather, a guest on FanGraphs Audio when he was merely a 91-year-old grandfather, is the guest on this edition of FanGraphs Audio, as well. Discussed: how sugar is poison. And also: tips for everyone on accentuating your physical assets.

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Episode 317
The FanGraphs staff ottoneu league — including both RotoGraphs editor Eno Sarris and the host of this very podcast — recently conducted its auction live and in-person in Phoenix, Arizona. That auction and its implications serve as the substance for the bulk of the present conversation.

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Episode 316
Managing editor Dave Cameron has returned from Phoenix to his home in the American South and has also returned to form on this edition of FanGraphs Audio, during the course of which he analyzes precisely 100% of baseball — with a great deal of emphasis on the positional power rankings currently being released at the site.

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Episode 315
It is not necessarily how much baseball FanGraphs managing editor Dave Cameron analyzes in this edition of the podcast, but from where he analyzes it — in this case, from Phoenix, Arizona, home not only to Pool D of the World Baseball Classic, but also the second annual SABR Analytics Conference.

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