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Eno Sarris and Derek VanRiper discuss advanced stats and fantasy baseball strategy, prospects, and more. From the first move of the Hot Stove season to the final pitch of the World Series, join us for year-round baseball talk.
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Is the Nationals' Rebuild Ahead of Schedule?
Eno, DVR and Britt discuss Mike Trout's knee injury, José Abreu's demotion to West Palm Beach, the Twins' unusual home-run celebration, and the newest additions to the City Connect uniform lineup, before taking a look at the Nationals' current rebuilding efforts.
Rundown
1:12 Mike Trout Has a Torn Meniscus; Looked Like He Was 'Back'. Before Injury
9:46 José Abreu Optioned to rookie-level West Palm Beach
18:09 Bring Food to Home-Run Celebrations?
22:22 Thoughts on Mets, Rays City Connects
29:49 How Far Along Is the Nats' Rebuild?
45:21 Early-Season Series of Note: O's-Yankees, Rays-Brewers & Dodgers-D-backs
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Promotions, Triple-A Strikeout and Walk Rates & Early Hitter Movers
Eno and DVR discuss promotions for Joey Loperfido and Pete Crow-Armstrong, the impact of the ABS strike zone and Triple-A, big movers among top hitters in DVR's upcoming hitter rankings, concern about Corbin Carroll's power outage, and fallout from another weekend of waiver-wire adds and drops.
Rundown
2:33 Joey Loperfido Promoted to Houston
7:35 The Impact of Triple-A ABS Strike Zone on Strikeouts and Walks
17:32 Injury Updates: Kyle Bradish, Vaughn Grissom & Taj Bradley
25:55 Elly De La Cruz Moving Up Redraft Rankings
33:11 Concern Level About Corbin Carroll's Shoulder, Lack of Pop
39:24 Nolan Jones Struggles + IL Stint
41:53 Where the Money Went: Jo Adell & Pete Crow-Armstrong
51:26 Tempering In-Season Bids w/Streamers vs. Players That Might Stick
58:03 Frequently Dropped Players From the Weekend
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Sweepers, Pitch Design & Colorado with Adam Ottavino and Early Hitting Metrics that Matter
Eno and DVR are joined by Mets pitcher Adam Ottavino to discuss sweepers, pitch design and development, and the success he had during a long run in Colorado. Plus, they examine the quick demotion for Jackson Holliday, several surprising starting pitchers, and hitting metrics that move the needle despite limited samples from the first month of the season.
Rundown
0:21Adam Ottavino Joins the Show!
8:44 How Adam Throws His Sweeper
16:35 Citi Field's Unique Park Factors Based on Game Time
21:22 Players Entering the Game with More Pitches, Even as Relievers
27:11 Jackson Holliday Sent Back to Triple-A
36:57 Erick Fedde's Successful Return to MLB from a One-Year Stint in the KBO
43:01 Ranger Suárez's Early K% Jump
47:37 Graham Ashcraft: Casey Mize in Reverse? Ks Preceding Better Ratios?
51:24 What Matters for Hitters in Smaller Samples?
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How to Build an Elite Bullpen, the Pirates' Paul Skenes Plan & Another Jordan Walker Demotion
Eno, Trevor and DVR discuss Jordan Walker's demotion, the Pirates' plan for building up Paul Skenes' workload while trying to backload his innings, and the key ingredients to building an elite bullpen.
Rundown
0:43 Make It Make Sense: Jordan Walker's Demotion to Triple-A
6:31 Falling Between Organizational and Individual Coaching
15:34 Tracking Workloads: The Pirates' Plan for Paul Skenes
21:41 In-Game Monitoring Technology
29:51 Building an Elite Bullpen
30:17 What Traits Do You Want In a Closer?
35:03 How Many Defined Roles Do You Want?
46:13 Unintended Consequences with Limited Pitcher Availability?
56:19 Command Thresholds For Elite Relievers
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The New Challenge of Being Patient with Prospects & When to Worry About A Contender's Slow Start
Eno, DVR and Britt discuss another excellent showing from Jared Jones and an impressive outing from Mason Milller in the Bronx on Monday afternoon. With teams having greater incentives to bring prospects up when they are ready, the new challenge is having a plan to change course if they struggle. Plus, is there legitimate reason to worry about the slow start of the Astros (7-16 entering play Tuesday) or the Cardinals (10-13)? And, is Blake Snell's bumpy start in San Francisco the byproduct of a late-spring signing?
Rundown
4:10 Jared Jones & Mason Miller Continue to Impress
13:50 An Ump Show in the Bronx
17:52 Jackson Holliday's Early Struggles & When to Adjust a Plan
28:45 Having Defensive Value to Fall Back On
36:53 What's Different About the 2024 Astros?
49:35 The Cardinals' Offense is Going to Wake Up (Right?)
58:01 Is Blake Snell Struggling Because of Signing Delay?
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Early Season Starting Pitcher Risers
Eno and DVR discuss news and notes from the weekend including an encouraging diagnosis for Spencer Strider before examining several risers from Eno's first in-season update of his 2024 starting pitcher rankings.
Rundown
4:20 Underwent Internal Brace Procedure Rather Than Second Tommy John Surgery
7:28 Another SP Injury for Arizona: Merrill Kelly
13:10 Francisco Àlvarez: Out 6-8 Weeks
21:46 Eno's Updated Starting Pitcher Rankings
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27:31 Reid Detmers' Early Success
32:22 Casey Mize: Will Strikeouts Show Up With His New Arsenal?
38:09 Javier Assad: What Eno Likes About Him
40:51 Brady Singer: Moves Up Slightly!
44:21 Zack Littell: LODEM Goodness?
48:56 Paul Skenes: Callup Coming Shortly?
53:47 Where the Money Went: Looking Back at Weekend Pickups
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Customer Reviews
This podcast is good stuff+
A great blend of smart guys who use the deep analytics but just enjoy the game and like to talk ball.
most informative
i listen routinely to just two fantasy baseball podcasts. rates and barrels and baseball hq radio. they both deliver content without the bro-chatter, and their hosts and guests track their biases - signaling their respect for the challenge it is predicting and projecting players’ success. that’s important to me, as a consumer of baseball skills analysis who hasn’t got the luxury of time to do the kind of in-depth research that eno sarris and derrick van riper are able to.
but when it comes to pitching analysis, eno sarris may be the most down-to-earth among independent pitching skills analysts. he knows he’s speaking to a broad audience. he offers hands-down pithier descriptions of a pitcher’s skills, supported by the evidence he generates with his stuff and location models, by comparison to what some other pitching analysts do with theirs. and he is regularly careful to define his terms. as a non-expert, when i tune in to listen to Rs
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