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Episode 271 Dayn Perry, contributor to CBS Sports’ Eye on Baseball and author of two books (one of them serviceable), is equal parts homemaker and a homebreaker. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter. You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things. Audio after the jump. (Approximately 56 […]

Episode 270 Matt Klaassen is a contributor to FanGraphs and a PhD candidate in Philosophy. He’s also the guest on this edition of FanGraphs Audio. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter. You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things. Audio after the jump. (Approximately 1 hr 20 […]

Episode 269 FanGraphs managing editor Dave Cameron analyzes all baseball — and, in particular, the part of baseball concerning what are qualifying offers and who’s receiving them. Also: Josh Hamilton and his next likely contract. Also-also: Billy Hamilton’s future career WAR. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter. You can subscribe to […]

Episode 268 Prospect analyst Mike Newman discusses players he’s seen — including, in this case, outfielders Todd Cunningham (Braves), Ariel Ovando (Astros), Tyler Austin (Yankees), and maybe-third-baseman Aderlin Rodriguez (Mets) — and the larger concerns each raises with regard to prospect analysis generally. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter. You can […]

Episode 267 Grant Brisbee is the talented editor of SB Nation’s San Francisco Giants blog McCovey Chronicles and a contributor to SBN’s main baseball page Baseball Nation. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter. You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things. Audio after the jump. (Approximately 1 […]

Episode 266 FanGraphs managing editor Dave Cameron analyzes all baseball — and, in particular, the part of baseball concerning Gregor Blanco, Marco Scutaro, and the Giants’ particularly able roster construction. Also: Tim Lincecum, future reliever (in the tradition of Willie Hernandez)? And, finally: free agency, which starts soon. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to […]

Episode 265 Dayn Perry, contributor to CBS Sports’ Eye on Baseball and author of two books (one of them serviceable), receives and eats a vegetarian meal at his hotel room in Dearborn, Michigan. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter. You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things. […]

Episode 264 Marc Hulet, author of the site’s organizational top-15 prospect lists and assorted other minor-league coverage, discusses four players — Evan Gattis (Braves), Joe Panik (Giants), Javier Baez (Cubs), and Jonathan Schoop (Orioles) — and the larger concerns each raises with regard to prospect analysis generally. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli […]

Episode 263 As in all his previous appearances on FanGraphs Audio, Dave Cameron utilizes this one to analyze all baseball. Absurd? Perhaps. But also so is life — and yet we still live it. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter. You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder […]

Episode 262 Advanced NFL Stats is more or less to gridiron football what FanGraphs is to baseball — with the caveat, perhaps, that football is fluid (as opposed to baseball, which is turn-based) and presents certain challenges for that reason. Brian Burke, the proprietor of said nerdly internet website, is the guest on this edition […]

Episode 261 Dayn Perry, contributor to CBS Sports’ Eye on Baseball and author of two books (one of them serviceable), is in Detroit, where he is actually covering the ALCS for an actual and accredited internet site. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter. You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes […]

Episode 260 Prospect analyst Mike Newman discusses players he’s seen — including, in this case, catcher Hector Sanchez (Giants), first baseman D.J. Hicks (Twins), and shortstop/second baseman Nick Franklin (Mariners) — and the larger concerns each raises with regard to prospect analysis generally. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter. You can […]

Episode 259 Are this season’s playoffs too dramatic? Managing editor Dave Cameron’s answer might shock you — although, probably only if you’re easily shocked. Also asked: Why does everyone hate A-Rod so hard? And: Are the Cardinals magic? Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter. You can subscribe to the podcast via […]

Episode 258 David Laurila, curator of FanGraphs’ Q&A Series, talks with former major-league left-hander and co-author (with Yahoo’s Tim Brown) of a recently released autobiography, Jim Abbott. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter. You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things. Audio after the jump. (Approximately 17 […]

Episode 257 First, imagine FanGraphs managing editor Dave Cameron. Next, imagine all baseball. Now, imagine Dave Cameron analyzing all baseball. That’s precisely what follows in this episode of FanGraphs Audio. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter. You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things. Audio after the […]

Episode 256 Marc Hulet, author of the site’s organizational top-15 prospect lists and assorted other minor-league coverage, discusses this year’s forthcoming Arizona Fall League, both (a) reviewing the 2012 minor-leagues seasons from three of the AFL’s top performers in 2011 (i.e. Houston’s Robbie Grossman, Oakland’s Michael Choice, and Milwaukee’s Miguel De Los Santos), and also […]

Episode 255 This edition of a FanGraphs Audio represents an experiment — namely, a simulcast experiment with Baseball Prospectus’s own podcast, Effectively Wild, hosted by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter. You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things. Audio after the […]

Episode 254 Dayn Perry, contributor to CBS Sports’ Eye on Baseball and author of two books (one of them serviceable), fertilizes FanGraphs Audio with his words and with his mind. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter. You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things. Audio after the […]

Episode 253 FanGraphs author and proprietor of Mariners SB Nation blog Lookout Landing Jeff Sullivan fights baseball with his words. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter. You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or other feeder things. Audio after the jump. (Approximately 54 min. play time.)

Episode 252 Prospect analyst Mike Newman discusses three players he saw in person this season — catcher Mike Zunino (Mariners), shortstop Brad Miller (also Mariners), and German outfielder Max Kepler (Twins) — and the larger concerns each raises with regard to prospect analysis generally. Don’t hesitate to direct pod-related correspondence to @cistulli on Twitter. You […]