8 episodes
Irrevocable Waivers Jon Becker
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Irrevocable Waivers is a baseball podcast hosted by FanGraphs resident sheet man, Jon Becker. Joining him is, Liam, a random carpenter, who just happens to know a thing or two about baseball. Together they endeavor to understand why they’re even doing this and wait for it all to fall apart.
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Nationals Pass Time
Jon and The Washington Post’s Andrew Golden (@andrewcgolden) shoot the shit on the Nationals’ 2024 and beyond including Sean Doolittle’s role, when James Wood will be up, and how Nasim Nuñez has dealt with barely playing despite being on the roster and healthy all season.
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Episode 7: The Hituation Room
Jon and Liam are joined by Jarrett Seidler (@jaseidler), Robert Orr (@NotTheBobbyOrr), and Thomas Nestico (@TJStats) to discuss Stacast’s new bat tracking metrics, how we like to use them, and what other data points we’re looking forward to having.
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Episode 6: Widening The Lens
Jon talks with Pat Ellington Jr. (@tangible_uno) about how Black baseball isn’t just African-American baseball, what the league needs to do to better accommodate different all cultures, and the economic factors driving a decline in working class youth participation.
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Episode 5: Hoggchat
Jon is joined by Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel to talk Pat Murphy, Craig Counsell, the Brewers’ many early-season run-ins with other teams and umpires, and Walker McKinven’s Catching Lab.
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Episode 4: Attack Angles
After a hiatus, Jon and Liam return to discuss how data the public doesn’t have access to is used for hyper-specific in-game approaches. They also talk about some early-season trends, the aesthetics of today’s game, and minor league consolidation.
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The Dead Air Scrolls with BP’s Craig Goldstein
Craig Goldstein comes on the podcast.
The agenda is quickly derailed by Liam and Craig as they take over.
Becker is in shambles.
Liam does bits for 85 minutes.
Craig thinks he can kick Marc Carig’s butt.