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Stolen Signs

Kendall Guillemette and Harry Pavlidis discuss baseball statistics, as well as look for the stories and people behind the stats.

Ranked #1

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Episode 13: Wins Above Replacement discussion with Sean Forman (bWAR), David Cameron (fWAR), Greg Matthews (openWAR), Rob McQuown and Jonathan Judge (WARP)

Episode 13: Wins Above Replacement discussion with Sean Forman (bWAR), David Cameron (fWAR), Greg Matthews (openWAR), Rob McQuown and Jonathan Judge (WARP)

We welcome Sean Forman from Baseball Reference, David Cameron from FanGraphs, Greg Matthews from openWAR, Rob McQuown an... Read more

Ranked #2

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Episode 20: Spin Rates and Designing Pitches with Jeff Long

Episode 20: Spin Rates and Designing Pitches with Jeff Long

2:32 Revisiting PECOTA team projections 10:44 Announce winners of The Shift by Russell A. Carleton giveaway 14:40 Spin ... Read more

15 Mar 2018

1hr 21mins

Ranked #3

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Episode 19: Park Factors and Pitch Design

Episode 19: Park Factors and Pitch Design

When we talk about park adjusted stats, and park factors, what does all of that mean? How do we arrive at those numbers ... Read more

1 Mar 2018

1hr 5mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 23: Evaluating Baseball Statistics with Sam Miller of ESPN

Episode 23: Evaluating Baseball Statistics with Sam Miller of ESPN

Sam Miller joined us to talk about his recent article about evaluating Statcast's new Pop Time metric. Surprising exactl... Read more

17 May 2018

1hr 14mins

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Episode 10: Looking back at PECOTA

Episode 10: Looking back at PECOTA

We start by talking about projection systems in general, then dive into 2017 PECOTA team projections. We look to see how... Read more

12 Oct 2017

1hr 16mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 18: Making PECOTA with Jonathan Judge and Rob McQuown

Episode 18: Making PECOTA with Jonathan Judge and Rob McQuown

We talk with Jonathan Judge and Rob McQuown, who oversee Baseball Prospectus' PECOTA projections to get some more insigh... Read more

16 Feb 2018

1hr 16mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 26: It seems the seam material has a material impact with Dr. Meredith Wills

Episode 26: It seems the seam material has a material impact with Dr. Meredith Wills

Talking about the materials that make up a baseball with Dr. Meredith Wills. We also revisit two-way players, dig into d... Read more

14 Jun 2018

1hr 10mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 14: Shohei Otani and Japanese Baseball with Ben Lindbergh and Kaz Yamazaki

Episode 14: Shohei Otani and Japanese Baseball with Ben Lindbergh and Kaz Yamazaki

We talk with Ben Lindbergh and Kaz Yamazaki about the NPB posting system, differences between the mounds, balls, culture... Read more

7 Dec 2017

1hr 23mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 12: Making Sausage and Catching Up

Episode 12: Making Sausage and Catching Up

Harry and Kendall look back at the World Series, discuss the Cy Young awards and the BBWAA vote has lined up with BP's p... Read more

16 Nov 2017

1hr 25mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 17: These Are Not the Robot Umpires You're Looking For

Episode 17: These Are Not the Robot Umpires You're Looking For

We talk to Jeff Long, Sean O'Rourke, Wayne Boyle, and Russell Carleton about their recent Pitching Week article about th... Read more

1 Feb 2018

1hr 4mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 25: Sergio Romo is The Opener with R.J. Anderson

Episode 25: Sergio Romo is The Opener with R.J. Anderson

R.J. Anderson of CBS Sports came on to talk with us about the Rays recent usage of Sergio Romo as a starting pitcher. We... Read more

31 May 2018

1hr 11mins

Ranked #12

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Episode 24: Report of the Committee Studying Home Run Rates in Major League Baseball

Episode 24: Report of the Committee Studying Home Run Rates in Major League Baseball

We discuss the Report of the Committee Studying Home Run Rates in Major League Baseball released on May 24, 2018. We tal... Read more

24 May 2018

1hr 51mins

Ranked #13

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Episode 29: Building a Baseball Team for the Playoffs and the Future

Episode 29: Building a Baseball Team for the Playoffs and the Future

We talk about how you build a baseball team for the playoffs and the future. It’s good to talk about baseball. Enjoy the... Read more

4 Oct 2018

58mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 31: Changing Pitchers, Changing Players, Changing Owners

Episode 31: Changing Pitchers, Changing Players, Changing Owners

Harry and Kendall talk about the quantifying The Opener phenomenon, Bill James' comments about replacing players, trying... Read more

15 Nov 2018

54mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 30: In the playoffs (and always) pitching and catching are important

Episode 30: In the playoffs (and always) pitching and catching are important

In the playoffs (and always) pitching and catching are important Donate to the Lupus Foundation Required Reading The ... Read more

25 Oct 2018

25mins

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