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Podcast – FanGraphs Audio – FanGraphs Baseball
FanGraphs Audio provides insightful baseball analysis and commentary in a round table style discussion with your favorite FanGraphs contributors and guests.
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 I hopped from internship to internship, and the summer I spent in an office with Branch Rickey III. I also tell Ben about my adventures working in the Australian
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 impact on relievers vs. starters, as well as the challenges they can create when it comes to projections. Jay and Dan also consider whether Manny Machado has earned being called just “
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 and to shine a light on how the Top 100 was made. The duo walk through a ranking exercise, using a group of relief-risk pitchers to show how they would evaluate comparable
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 the Cardinals’ big league camp. Loutos has impressed on the mound, but he has also been a big contributor off the field, working as an analyst for the club to develop a player-facing app
FanGraphs Audio: Sig Mejdal on Analytics, Eric Longenhagen on His Journey Here
Episode 1011
This week, we sit down with one of the bright baseball minds in Baltimore before getting our lead prospect analyst’s backstory.
At the top of the show, David Laurila welcomes Sig Mejdal, vice president and assistant general manager of the Baltimore Orioles. Mejdal tells us about breaking into baseball with the Cardinals, and what his day-to-day with Mike Elias and former podcast guest Eve Rosenbaum is like. Mejdal also shares his thoughts on analytics and data, and what his team of
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 it appropriate to chat with Dan Hayes of The Athletic about the hometown hero. Jay and Dan discuss how stellar Mauer was despite a relatively short resume, and how the brutality of the catcher position com
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 worked on the Tracker for a decade now, but this is somehow the first time he and Jay have had a non-text conversation. The duo look back on the influence the Tracker has had over the years,
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 manager Bruce Bochy, associate manager Will Venable, and director of hitting Cody Atkinson as they help the team’s hitters be at their best. We also learn
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 growing up as fans of each others’ club, what kind of music they like, and what a good teammate Josh Tomlin is. The duo also talk pitching, as Miller offers insights into his move to th
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 903. The duo discuss whether Nolan Arenado deserves the title of the best all-around player in the National League, while contemplating if Paul Goldschmidt may have claim as the best hitter in