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Veronica Alvarez

In our second annual Women &amp; Baseball episode, Mark Simon is joined by A’s minor league catching coach Veronica Alvarez (@veronicaoalvarez), FanGraphs prospects writer Tess Taruskin (@tesstass), and SIS research analyst Sarah Thompson (@sarah_stats).Veronica talks about her work with the A’s and as head coach for Team USA in women’s baseball. She explains how she works with prospects and what she values when it comes to different areas of catching. She also speaks to the rise of women coaches in MLB and the minor leagues (0:35).Tess talks prospects – from Bobby Witt and Julio Rodriguez to the many catchers whom FanGraphs rates highly. She also talks about the challenges of projecting a player’s defensive performance and offers advice on breaking into prospect writing (16:10).Sarah discusses her recent presentation at the SABR Analytics conference, a study of third base coach aggressiveness and effectiveness. She cites specific examples of teams and players who stood out in those regards (35:01).March is Women’s History Month and we’re happy to put a spotlight on women doing good work in the sport. Thank you for listening as always.

In our second annual Women &amp; Baseball episode, Mark Simon is joined by A’s minor league catching coach Veronica Alvarez (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/veronicaoalvarez/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@veronicaoalvarez</a>), FanGraphs prospects writer Tess Taruskin (<a href="https://twitter.com/tesstass" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@tesstass</a>), and SIS research analyst Sarah Thompson (<a href="https://twitter.com/sarah_stats" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@sarah_stats</a>).Veronica talks about her work with the A’s and as head coach for Team USA in women’s baseball. She explains how she works with prospects and what she values when it comes to different areas of catching. She also speaks to the rise of women coaches in MLB and the minor leagues (0:35).Tess talks prospects – from Bobby Witt and Julio Rodriguez to the many catchers whom FanGraphs rates highly. She also talks about the challenges of projecting a player’s defensive performance and offers advice on breaking into prospect writing (16:10).Sarah discusses her recent presentation at the SABR Analytics conference, a study of third base coach aggressiveness and effectiveness. She cites specific examples of teams and players who stood out in those regards (35:01).March is Women’s History Month and we’re happy to put a spotlight on women doing good work in the sport. Thank you for listening as always.

Spotlight on Women & Baseball: Veronica Alvarez, Tess Taruskin, Sarah Thompson

Episode 963 On this episode, we review Prospects Week before traveling back to the 1960s with a guest. At the top of the show, lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen welcomes fellow evaluator Tess Taruskin for her FanGraphs Audio debut. We hear about Tess’s background and how she ended up joining the FanGraphs team before the […]

FanGraphs Audio: Eric Longenhagen and Tess Taruskin Reflect on Prospects Week

Fangraphs’ Tess Taruskin joins me to talk about Fangraphs recently published Giants prospect rankings and the state of the system. We talk about Casey Schmitt’s defense, Joey Bart’s weird development path, Patrick Bailey’s eventful first year and much more!You can follow Tess on Twitter @tesstass. And of course you can follow me @rog61 and get all of my Giants prospect related posts by subscribing to ThereRGiants.comIntro (0:00)How Fangraphs balances various data (3:00)Not overrating difficult seasons (7:30)Hunter Bishop (9:50)Casey Schmitt (11:30)Marco Luciano (15:30)How close is Luis Matos to top? (17:45)Patrick Bailey’s ranking (19:15)Bailey vs. Bart (23:00)Heliot Ramos (28:00)Pitching strategies and armslots (31:50)Kyle Harrison (34:25)Gregory Santos (37:20)Sleepers (39:45)In/Out: “I’m Down” by The Beatles Get full access to There R Giants at rogermunter.substack.com/subscribe

Fangraphs’ Tess Taruskin joins me to talk about <a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/san-francisco-giants-top-39-prospects-2022/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fangraphs recently published Giants prospect rankings </a>and the state of the system. We talk about Casey Schmitt’s defense, Joey Bart’s weird development path, Patrick Bailey’s eventful first year and much more!You can follow Tess on Twitter @tesstass. And of course you can follow me @rog61 and get all of my Giants prospect related posts by subscribing to <a href="http://ThereRGiants.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ThereRGiants.com</a>Intro (0:00)How Fangraphs balances various data (3:00)Not overrating difficult seasons (7:30)Hunter Bishop (9:50)Casey Schmitt (11:30)Marco Luciano (15:30)How close is Luis Matos to top? (17:45)Patrick Bailey’s ranking (19:15)Bailey vs. Bart (23:00)Heliot Ramos (28:00)Pitching strategies and armslots (31:50)Kyle Harrison (34:25)Gregory Santos (37:20)Sleepers (39:45)In/Out: “I’m Down” by The Beatles Get full access to There R Giants at <a href="https://rogermunter.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rogermunter.substack.com/subscribe</a>

There R Giants Pod-73 with Tess Taruskin