Episode 204
FanGraphs managing editor Dave Cameron, as per usual, makes his weekly appearance on FanGraphs Audio and analyzes all baseball.

Discussed:
• How the Oakland A’s have outscored all other teams in June — and why such a thing has happened.
• The Kevin Youkilis trade, a lot about that.
• What Josh Hamilton, Dayan Viciedo, and Jason Heyward do and do not have in common.

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Episode 203
RotoGraphs contributor and real-live Fantasy Expert™ Ben Pasinkoff is the guest on this Fantasy Friday edition of FanGraphs Audio.

Discussed:
• This question and the answer to it: “How good does a reliever — one who’s not getting saves — how good does have to be to roster in a traditional 5×5 league?”
• Three starters who’ve recently made MLB debuts — their near and less near futures.
• Three players about to make their season debuts — what sort of a damn they’re worth.

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Episode 202
David Laurila, curator of FanGraphs’ Q&A Series, talks with Marlins outfielder Justin Ruggiano about the latter’s baseball-related travels, including stops in Taiwan, Mexico, Venezuela, and… Ogden, Utah.

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Episode 201
Dayn Perry, contributor to CBS Sports’ Eye on Baseball and author of two books (one of them serviceable), makes his weekly appearance on FanGraphs Audio.

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Episode 200
FanGraphs managing editor Dave Cameron, as per usual, makes his weekly appearance on FanGraphs Audio and analyzes all baseball.

Discussed:
• Mariners unsigned third-round draft pick (from 2010) — and likely first-round selection in 2013 — Ryne Stanek, who pitches for Arkansas on Monday night in the College World Series.
• The American League’s continued dominance over the National one.
• Teams in need: the Detroit Tigers, for example, who have multiple outfielders with negative WARs.

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Episode 199
RotoGraphs editor and semi-notable German-American Eno Sarris is the guest on this Fantasy Friday edition of FanGraphs Audio.

Discussed:
• How and why Shawn Camp is closing games for the Cubs.
• How and why pitchers like Shawn Camp end up closing games — and what information, generally, is predictive of future save opportunities.
• Noted prosecpts Trevor Bauer and Wil Myers: their roles in the near future.

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Episode 198
David Laurila, curator of FanGraphs’ Q&A Series, talks with Washington Nationals reliever Brad Lidge about playing with a pair of phenoms, great sliders of yore, and the prospect of reading War and Peace.

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Episode 197
Dayn Perry, contributor to CBS Sports’ Eye on Baseball and author of two books (one of them serviceable), isn’t apologizing — not for his behavior on the present edition of the podcast, and not for the terror he’ll likely visit someday upon you and your family.

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Episode 196
FanGraphs managing editor Dave Cameron makes his weekly appearance.

Discussed:
• Luck and unsustainability, the difference therein (especially as regards Tim Lincecum).
• How the Pirates are accidentally in first place; the Cardinals, accidentally in third.
• Mike Trout: early MVP candidate?

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Episode 195
Roto- and FanGraphs contributor Chris Cwik is the guest on this Fantasy Friday edition of FanGraphs Audio.

Discussed:
• The actual value Hector Santiago really has.
• Stats for which sample sizes have reached the reliability threshold — what that means for Justin Upton, Rickie Weeks, Brett Lawrie, etc.
• A Franchise Player Draft for fantasy baseball: would it look different than the one conducted recently by the authors of FanGraphs?

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