Episode 164
This edition of Fantasy Friday features Fan- and RotoGraphs contributor Chris Cwik and is being published — for reasons unknown and unknowable — on a Thursday. Among the topics discussed: the answer to the question, “Who or what is Hector Santiago?”; three notable Padres pitchers of note; and the contract extensions of Ian Kinsler, Brandon Phillips, and Carlos Santana — what, if anything, they mean to fantasy owners.

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Episode 163
In this edition of FanGraphs Audio, we ask the question “Is Dayn Perry 100% useless?” And also: “So what if he is?”

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Episode 162
Managing editor Dave Cameron is the guest — as he is most Mondays — on this Monday edition of FanGraphs Audio. Discussed: two recent pieces by Cameron: one on Felix Hernandez’s loss of velocity in the early days of the 2012 season; another on the Shutdown as potential replacement for the Save. Also: a pair of season debuts Monday night, one courtesy Japaniranian wunderkind Yu Darvish; the other, left-handed soft-tosser Tom Milone.

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Episode 161
RotoGraphs editor and father-to-be Eno Sarris is the guest on this edition of FanGraphs Audio. Topics discussed: closing situations in Boston and Tampa Bay and Washington (and probably elsewhere, too); Sarris’s most-drafted list; and FanGraphs: The Game, what it is and how to win it (sort of).

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Episode 160
After an ennui-shortened episode two weeks ago — that, coupled with the podcast’s hiatus last week — this edition of the program represents Mr. Dayn Perry’s first real contribution to the program in some time. The episode begins with Perry in the middle of a vigorous workout on his treadmill and becomes no more substantive after that.

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Episode 159
After a week’s hiatus, FanGraphs Audio returns with managing editor Dave Cameron reacting to the news from the internet that Cincinnati first baseman Joey Votto is coming to terms on an extension with the Reds. Also discussed: Juan Francisco, Carlos Zambrano, the FanGraphs organizational rankings.

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Episode 158
At the beginning of March, RotoGraphs contributor Jason Catania released his list of baseball’s top-100 fantasy prospects. It’s with a discussion of that list that this edition of FanGraphs Audio begins. Also discussed: prospects whose outlooks have changed in spring training, unlisted prospects who might be playing their way into opportunities for 2012.

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Episode 157
Mike Newman — of FanGraphs, of Scouting the Sally, and (more recently) of Atlanta, Georgia — discusses the importance for a prospect analyst to continue seeing major-league quality players, with a view to “recalibrating” his prospect compass. Also discussed: having patience with teenage Latin American signings and which players Newman will be seeing in 2012 — including one for whom he’s willing to drive 240 miles.

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Episode 156
Which episode is reduced almost to nothing by Dayn Perry’s inconsolable ennui.

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Episode 155
Having recently returned from a week-plus in the American Desert, managing editor Dave Cameron joins this edition of FanGraphs Audio for his usual Monday appearance. Topics discussed: Alcides Escobar, Andrelton Simmons, and defensive aging curves; the SABR Analytics Conference, what happened there; and assorted current baseballing events (including Yoenis Cespedes, Bryce Harper, and Andy Pettitte).

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