Episode 304
Prospect analyst Marc Hulet discusses some recent organizational top-15 prospect lists for the 2012-13 offseason, with particular attention to left-hander Martin Perez (Texas), right-hander Julio Teheran (Atlanta), right-hander Luis Heredia (Pittsburgh), left-hander Enny Romero (Tampa Bay), outfielder Mikie Mahtook (Tampa Bay), third baseman Jedd Gyorko, and left-hander Robbie Erlin (both from San Diego) — as well as the assorted issues raised by each.

Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter.

You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things.

Audio after the jump. (Approximately 39 min play time.)

Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Episode 303
Eric Nusbaum and Craig Robinson — having spent the week on assignment at the Caribbean Series in Hermosillo, Mexico, for Sports on Earth — are the guests on this edition of FanGraphs Audio.

Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter.

You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things.

Audio after the jump. (Approximately 30 min play time.)

Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Episode 302
In defiance of all reason, managing editor Dave Cameron analyzes 110% of all baseball in this edition of FanGraphs Audio, looking specifically at some questions of late concerning WAR, but also everything else in re baseball plus 10%.

Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter.

You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things.

Audio after the jump. (Approximately 34 min play time.)

Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Episode 301
Dayn Perry, contributor to CBS Sports’ Eye on Baseball and author of two books (one of them serviceable), aids in producing — if not what’s known as Radio Gold — then at least Radio Manganese.

Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter.

You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things.

Audio after the jump. (Approximately 1 hr 0 min play time.)

Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Episode 300
While most podcasts and their hosts will analyze maybe 30% or 50% of baseball or something like that, this one features FanGraphs managing editor Dave Cameron analyzing all baseball. Topics considered, specifically: the sanest way to evaluate new revelations of players using PEDs; if it’s possible to present information (like a ZiPS WAR projection, for example) so that it’s easily consumed but retains its nuance; the life and career of Nick Johnson.

Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter.

You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things.

Audio after the jump. (Approximately 39 min play time.)

Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Episode 299
It is accepted practice — to make a fortune cookie’s message more amusing — it’s accepted practice to add the words “in bed” to the end of it. RotoGraphs editor Eno Sarris takes that technique to its logical conclusion in this edition of FanGraphs Audio, conducting the entirety of the conversation from his own actual bed.

Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter.

You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things.

Audio after the jump. (Approximately 39 min play time.)

Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Episode 298
David Temple is a contributor both to NotGraphs and the Platoon Advantage — and is now the proprietor of a podcast, Stealing Home, which makes up for its lack of quality content with excellent production value.

Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter.

You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things.

Audio after the jump. (Approximately 1 hr 7 min play time.)

Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Episode 297
FanGraphs managing editor Dave Cameron analyzes all, or close to all, baseball. Keywords: bias, human; Weaver, Earl; airport car rental, the horrors of.

Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter.

You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things.

Audio after the jump. (Approximately 42 min play time.)

Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Episode 296
Prospect analyst Mike Newman considers, among other matters, the candidates for entering the season as 2013’s “top prospect” — and what significance that designation has, if any. Also: Mike Zunino‘s status in the wake of catcher John Jaso’s departure from Seattle. Also-also: teams with and without the requisite prospect packages for acquiring Justin Upton from Arizona.

impact a deep minor-league system can have on an organization’s ability to acquire major-league talent — not unlike what happened in the recent trade that saw Toronto acquire Mark Buehrle, John Johnson, and Jose Reyes from Miami.

Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter.

You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things.

Audio after the jump. (Approximately 45 min play time.)

Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Episode 295
Tom Zentmeyer is the president of WhatIfSports and was integral to that site’s creation of Hardball Dynasty, an online simulation that allows one to become both GM and manager of a fictional major-league franchise.

Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter.

You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things.

Audio after the jump. (Approximately 46 min play time.)

Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS