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   10 Mar 2023 · 51 min

   FanGraphs Audio: Dylan Higgins Signs Off

   Episode 1015 This week’s episode is a bittersweet one, as your favorite podcast producer (that’s me!) tells his story before saying goodbye. Dialing in from the snowy slopes of France, Ben Clemens interviews me, Dylan Higgins, for the latest edition of FanGraphs Backstories. Ben and I talk about the gateway drug that was Moneyball, how […] Source

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   3 Mar 2023 · 45 min

   FanGraphs Audio: Jay Jaffe and Dan Szymborski Welcome You Back

   Episode 1014 On this week’s show, we discuss the new rules on display in spring training before reacting to Manny Machado’s new extension. Jay Jaffe is joined by Dan Szymborski as they welcome back baseball, now with a pitch clock and bigger bases. The pair discuss the effects of these changes, such as the clock’s […] Source

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   24 Feb 2023 · 1 hr 36 min

   FanGraphs Audio: Perennial Prospect Week Podcast 2023

   Episode 1013 It’s Prospect Week at FanGraphs, so our scouting department shares how the prospect list sausage is made before we hear from a fellow ranker who is now on the team side. To start things off, lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen is joined by contributor Tess Taruskin to celebrate making it through Prospect Week […] Source

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   17 Feb 2023 · 1 hr 19 min

   FanGraphs Audio: Ryan Loutos on His Hybrid Role, Jason Martinez on His Path to Here

   Episode 1012 On this edition of the pod, we talk to a player/analyst in the Cardinals system before hearing the story of how our RosterResource guru got here. At the top of the show, David Laurila welcomes Ryan Loutus, a 24-year-old right-hander who went undrafted out of a D-III school and now finds himself in […] Source

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   3 Feb 2023 · 1 hr 5 min

   FanGraphs Audio: Dan Hayes Celebrates Joe Mauer, Michael Baumann Talks Baumann

   Episode 1010 On this week’s show, we consider the career of a potential Hall of Famer before getting to know one of our writers better. With Joe Mauer destined for the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame and set to arrive on the Cooperstown ballot for the first time this year as well, Jay Jaffe felt […] Source

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   27 Jan 2023 · 56 min

   FanGraphs Audio: Ryan Thibodaux Chats Ballots, Quinn Priester Talks Pitching

   Episode 1009 This week, we reflect on the recent Hall of Fame election results before catching up with a top Pirates prospect. First up, Jay Jaffe welcomes Ryan Thibodaux, who leads the team at the Hall of Fame Ballot Tracker, to discuss Scott Rolen’s enshrinement and the wild day leading up to it. Ryan has […] Source

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   20 Jan 2023 · 1 hr 6 min

   FanGraphs Audio: Donnie Ecker on Coordinating an Offense

   Episode 1008 In this episode, we get insight from a professional run-creator before turning the tables on our favorite interviewer. In the first half, David Laurila welcomes Donnie Ecker, bench coach and offensive coordinator for the Texas Rangers, to the program. Ecker, who David also interviewed last year, shares what it’s like to work with […] Source

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   13 Jan 2023 · 1 hr 17 min

   FanGraphs Audio: Introducing Spencer Strider to Andrew Miller

   Episode 1007 This week on the pod, we pair a veteran reliever with a young star before interviewing one of our own fresh faces. To start things off, David Laurila welcomes Spencer Strider and Andrew Miller back to the show. Strider and Miller had not officially met before, but they quickly hit it off, discussing […] Source

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   6 Jan 2023 · 1 hr 9 min

   FanGraphs Audio: Derrick Goold Returns, Jay Jaffe Shares His Backstory

   Episode 1006 In the first show of 2023, we welcome back a beat writer friend to talk Cardinals before introducing a new series on the podcast. At the top of the program, David Laurila is joined by Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (and The Best Podcast in Baseball), who last appeared on episode […] Source