Archive for Podcast – FanGraphs Audio

FanGraphs Audio: The Very Articulate Craig Breslow

Episode 244
David Laurila, curator of FanGraphs’ Q&A Series, talks with Red Sox left-hander and very articulate gentleman Craig Breslow.

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Audio after the jump. (Approximately 12 min. play time.)

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FanGraphs Audio: Dave Cameron Analyzes All Baseball

Episode 243
FanGraphs managing editor Dave Cameron, as per usual, makes his weekly appearance on FanGraphs Audio and analyzes all baseball.

Discussed:
• Contention — who is and isn’t in it.
• Pythagorean records — how they are and aren’t useful.
• The play-in game — how to optimize a roster for it.

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Audio after the jump. (Approximately 31 min. play time.)

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FanGraphs Audio: NotGraphs Staff Meeting

Episode 242
This edition of FanGraphs Audio features the saddest contributor to NotGraphs (Patrick Dubuque) and also its most sincere (Robert J. Baumann). Also, it isn’t a real staff meeting.

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Audio after the jump. (Approximately 53 min. play time.)

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FanGraphs Audio: Cardinals Prospect Kolten Wong

Episode 241
David Laurila, curator of FanGraphs’ Q&A Series, talks with St. Louis Cardinals second-base prospect Kolten Wong.

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Audio after the jump. (Approximately 17 min. play time.)

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FanGraphs Audio: Dayn Perry, In Medias Res

Episode 240
Dayn Perry, contributor to CBS Sports’ Eye on Baseball and author of two books (one of them serviceable), begins his weekly appearance on FanGraphs Audio in the middle of things.

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Audio after the jump. (Approximately 40 min. play time.)

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FanGraphs Audio: Dave Cameron Analyzes All Baseball

Episode 239
FanGraphs managing editor Dave Cameron, as per usual, makes his weekly appearance on FanGraphs Audio and analyzes all baseball.

Discussed:
• Operation Shutdown Stephen Strasburg, the unknown unknowns concerning it.
• The Yankees — what caused their slide, and whether those causes are still present.
• Padres left-hander Andrew Werner — former independent leaguer, present and capable major leaguer.

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Audio after the jump. (Approximately 41 min. play time.)

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FanGraphs Audio: Fantasy Friday with Eno Sarris

Episode 238
RotoGraphs editor Eno Sarris is the guest on this Fantasy Friday edition of FanGraphs Audio.

Discussed:
• Forgetting to activate a player, the sorrow and pity of such an oversight.
• Owners who bend league rules, how we ought to regard them.
• Young and recently recalled pitchers — ones like Shelby Miller, Trevor Rosenthal, and Andrew Werner.

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Audio after the jump. (Approximately 43 min. play time.)

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FanGraphs Audio: A. Gordon, T. Collins, G. Holland

Episode 237
David Laurila, curator of FanGraphs’ Q&A Series, talks with Royals excellent outfielder — and maybe most-underrated playerAlex Gordon and also excellent relievers Tim Collins and Greg Holland.

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Audio after the jump. (Approximately 17 min. play time.)

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FanGraphs Audio: Dave Cameron Analyzes All Baseball

Episode 236
FanGraphs managing editor Dave Cameron, as per usual, makes his weekly appearance on FanGraphs Audio and analyzes all baseball.

Discussed:
• The decline of Dan Uggla, elaborated upon.
Jurickson Profar and Shelby Miller, two top — and recently promoted — prospects.
Kris Medlen, majors’ best pitcher (for a month, at least).

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

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FanGraphs Audio: My 91-Year-Old Grandfather

Episode 235
The host’s 91-year-old grandfather, whose opinions have been documented previously within the electronic pages of FanGraphs, is the guest on this edition of FanGraphs Audio. Discussed: ways in which the host has failed to fulfill his potential. Also: the Yankees of the 1950s. And finally: management advice for the current iteration of the Boston Red Sox.

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Audio after the jump. (Approximately 37 min. play time.)

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