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Baseball HQs internet radio show brings you weekly fantasy baseball insights from our top analysts and special guests. Join host Patrick Davitt as we uncover the inner workings of what it takes to win.
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Show No. 19 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a two-part interview with Lenny Melnick, from of Lennymelnickfantasysports.com... in Part 1 (2:40), Lenny and PD discuss the good old days of fantasy baseball, including the earliest experts' leagues ... and in Part 2 (1:19:50), Lenny tells PD about assessing player disappointments, including Andrew Benintendi, Jose Abreu and Julio Rodriguez, plus his Boons and Banes ... In the Market Watch player news report, PD and Ray Murphy discuss hitter and pitcher news from the AL (32:25) and the NL (57:25) ... In the Minor League Minute (1:44:55), BHQ minor leagues analyst/scouting team member Rob Gordon looks at six prospects, including STL RHP Tink Hence, CHC OFs Owen Caissie and Brennen Davis, and WAS OF James Wood ... In the Frequent Flyer (1:48:40), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at LA 2B Andre Lipcius ... And in Extra Innings (1:52:05), PD looks at building a metric to assess team support for SPs ... Runs 2:01:15
Show No. 16 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a two-part interview with Larry Schechter, from the author of 'The History of Fantasy Sports'... in Part 1 (2:25), Larry and PD discuss his leagues and injuries, the early days of fantasy sports ... and in Part 2 (1:29:30), Larry tells PD about the growth of fantasy sports, and the entrepreneurs who drove that growth, plus his Boons and Banes ... In the Market Watch player news report, PD and Ray Murphy discuss hitter and pitcher news from the AL (33:30) and the NL (1:07:25) ... In the Frequent Flyer (2:15:10), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at BAL RHSP Chayce McDermott ... And in Extra Innings (2:18:35), PD looks at how bullpens affect SP ERA ... Runs 2:28:10
Show No. 15 is a Friday Full Edition featuring an expert interview (2:35) with Todd Zola, from Mastersball, ESPN, Rotowire and SiriusXM... Todd and PD talk about the relationship between flyball distance and HRs, about using the latest stats and probabilities, and about what's up with Kevin Gausman ... plus a new approach to Boons and Banes! ... Later, Podapalooza contest winner and 'Regular Joe' Bill Francis (2:18:20) tells PD about his 2024 league, his fantasy research sources, pre- and in-season, and some picks to click for the rest of this season ... In the Market Watch player news report, PD and Ray Murphy discuss hitter and pitcher news from the AL (20:50) and the NL (49:45) ... In the Minor League Minute (2:48:35), BHQ minor leagues analyst/scouting team member Rob Gordon looks at six top prospects including TAM IF Junior Caminero and NYM RHP Christian Scott ... And in the Frequent Flyer (2:52:25), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at PIT RHP Paul Skenes ... Runs 3:05:10
Show No. 14 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a two-part interview with Jason Collette, from Rotowire and the Sleeper and the Bust podcast... in Part 1 (2:25), Jason and PD discuss the injuries rocking his fantasy teams, player news including Amed Rosario's fast start and Victor Scott's slow start ... and in Part 2 (1:44:05), Jason tells PD about topics from his Collette Calls columns at Rotowire, including trends in SBs, Wins and HRs, plus his Boons and Banes ... In the Market Watch player news report, PD and Ray Murphy discuss hitter and pitcher news from the AL (50:05) and the NL (1:23:00) ... In the Minor League Minute (2:25:40), BHQ scouting team member Rob Gordon looks at MIN OF Emanuel Rodriguez, MIL 3B Tyler Black, TOR OF Orelvis Martinez and University of Georgia OF Charlie Condon ... In the Frequent Flyer (2:30:50), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at WAS OF James Wood ... And in Extra Innings (2:34:20), PD looks at the distribution of SBs ... Runs 2:44:45
1Show No. 13 is a Friday Two-Tout Extra-Full Edition featuring an interview (2:50) with Dr. Peter Chalmers, professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Utah, an expert on baseball-related injuries to the elbow and shoulder, and a practicing surgeon ... Dr. Chalmers and PD discuss Tommy John surgery, the UCL, its connection to pitching mechanics, and what he'd do to greatly reduce the incidence of the injury ... Then, our second interview (1:09:05)features Dave Potts, from RotoGrinders ... Dave tells PD about the value of a stud pitcher in DFS lineups, about assessing early underformers like George Kirby and overperformers like Tanner Houck, and about using DFS research in managing full-season leagues, and he has some Boons and Banes for this weekend's FAAB run... ... In the Market Watch player news report, PD pinch-hits for Ray Murphy, discussing hitter and pitcher news from the AL (47:55) and the NL (59:00) ... In the Minor League Minute (2:10:35), BHQ scouting team member Rob Gordon looks at TEX RHP Jack Leiter, BAL SS Jackson Holliday, PIT RHP Paul Skenes, TAM SS Carson Williams, COL OF Zac Veen, and MIN OF Emanual Rodriguez ... In the Frequent Flyer (2:14:00), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at NYM SP Christian Scott .... Runs 2:21:00
Show No. 12 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a two-part interview with Jeff Erickson, from Rotowire and SiriusXM fantasy sports... in Part 1 (2:35), Jeff and PD discuss managing through injuries, extreme strategies in drafts, and being OK with being outbid in FAAB ... and in Part 2 (1:22:30), Jeff tells PD about the usefulness of including coaches and organizations in player valuations, slow stars by Spencer Torkelson and Ronald Acuna, surprisingly quick starts by Paul Blackburn and Cody Bradford, and his Boons and Banes for this weekend's FAAB runs ... In the Market Watch player news report, PD and Ray Murphy discuss hitter and pitcher news from the AL (37:15) and the NL (1:13:05) ... In the Minor League Minute (1:57:30), BHQ scouting team member Rob Gordon looks at the hot-starting Norfolk Tides, and six prospects: ARI C Adrian Del Castillo, TEX RHP Jack Leiter, ATL SP AJ Smith-Shawver, TAM IF Junior Caminero, COL OF Jordan Beck, WAS OF James Wood ... In the Frequent Flyer (2:01:00), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at HOU 1B/2B/OF Joey Loperfido ... And in Extra Innings (2:04:25), PD looks at the great 2024 pitcher injury explosion ... Runs 2:11:45
Show No. 11 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a two-part interview with Joe Orrico, from sportsethos.com and the Fantasy MLB Today podcast... in Part 1 (3:00), Joe tells PD why he focuses on shallow leagues, and analyzes hitters including Esteury Ruiz, Jared Walsh, Michael Conforto, and early-season 1.000-OPSers ... and in Part 2 (1:39:05), Joe tells PD about pitchers including Grayson Rodriguez, Garret Crochet, Ronel Blanco and Sean Manaea ... and has some Boons and Banes for this weekend's pickups ... In the Market Watch player news report, PD and Ray Murphy discuss hitter and pitcher news from the AL (47:00) and the NL (1:08:45) ... In the Minor League Minute (2:13:10), BHQ scouting team member Rob Gordon looks at Paul Skenes, Jackson Holliday, Heston Kjesrtad and other prospects ... In the Frequent Flyer (2:16:20), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at Japanese SP Roki Sasaki ... And in Extra Innings (2:19:35), PD has a first-week(ish) baseball quiz ... Runs 2:31:45
Show No. 10 is a Roundtable Edition featuring interviews with Ray Murphy, from BaseballHQ.com, and Todd Zola, from Mastersball, ESPN, Rotowire and SiriusXM... in Part 1 (2:05), the panel talks about end-of-spring and Opening Day storylines, including changes in Shohei Ohtani's fantasy value, Jackson Holliday's demotion, JD Martinez's signing, and more ... and then in Part 2 (43:25), it's our massive Opening Day Boons and Banes, including Tim Anderson, CJ Abrams (twice), Mitch Keller and Tyler Glasnow (also twice) ... In the Minor League Minute (1:21:50), BHQ minor leagues analyst Rob Gordon has his final spring training report ... In the Frequent Flyer (1:25:20), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at BOS SS/OF Ceddanne Rafaela ... And in Extra Innings (1:28:45), PD looks at whether two fantasy managers can use the Doug Dennis no-starters strategy without sinking both of them ... Runs 1:37:05
Show No. 9 is a Two-tout Tuesday Edition featuring interviews with Mike Gianella, from Baseball Prospectus, and Doug Dennis, bullpens columnist at BHQ.com... In our first expert interview (2:10), Mike and PD discuss the no-starting pitcher strategy at Tout Wars-AL, his BP series on bid limits, touching on hitters like Josh Lowe, Josh Jung, and Esteury Ruiz, and pitchers like Eury Perez, Yimi Garcia and Shane Baz, plus his Boons and Banes... And in the second expert interview (1:05:05), Doug tells PD about his successful use of the no-starters strategy in Tout-AL, why he paid almost $30 to roster Mike Trout, and why he drafted all three closer candidates in KC, plus he'll have his spring training bullpens update from BaseballHQ, including a shaky closer in DET, injured closers in MIN and MIL, a closer mess in SD, and maybe no closer for the Cubs! ... Runs 1:44:30
Show No. 8 is a Friday Full Edition featuring interviews with Paul Sporer, from Rotographs and the Sleeper and the Bust podcast ... in Part 1 (2:15), Paul and PD discuss fantasy pitcher breakouts, including George Kirby, Hunter Brown and Yu Darvish ... and in Part 2 (1:43:05), Paul tells PD about fantasy hitter breakouts, including Oneil Cruz, Anthony Volpe and Jackson Merrill ... In the Market Watch player news report, PD and Ray Murphy discuss hitter and pitcher news from the AL (42:00) and the NL (1:11:40) ... In the Frequent Flyer (2:24:00), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at STL OF Victor Scott ... And in Extra Innings (2:27:20), PD looks at the worst Gold Glove award in baseball history ... Runs 2:35:45
Show No. 7 is a Two-Tout Tuesday Edition featuring interviews with Nick Pollack, from PitcherList.com, and Ed DeCaria, director of research at BaseballHQ.com... In our first expert interview (1:35), Nick and PD discuss some of the starting pitchers he's been talking about over at PitcherList.com, like Eury Perez of MIA, Anthony Desclafani of MIN and Cody Bradford of TEX, and some of the rotations he's addressed, including the Orioles, the Angels and the Pirates, and he·ll have some starting pitcher Booms and Banes ... In the second expert interview (46:30), Ed tells PD about what makes good fantasy baseball research, adjustments to HQ's PQS metric for starters, and Ed's own work on assessing Playing Time... Runs 1:38:40
Show No. 6 is a Friday Full Edition, coming to you on Thursday because of Tout Wars weekend... We'll have interviews with Peter Kreutzer, from the Rotoman Guide at Substack and the Rotoman Fantasy Baseball Guide, and Matt Beagle, Strat-o-matic analyst at BHQ.com... In our first expert interview (2:30), Peter and PD discuss Tout Wars and drafting philosophies; differences of valuation opinion between Peter and various experts' leagues, like Juan Soto and Grayson Rodriguez; and prospect values, including Jackson Chourio, Curtis Mead and Colt Keith ... And in our second expert interview (2:09:50), Matt tells PD about the Strat-O-Matic game format, some players he has identified as good bets, and how those players (like Ryan Borucki and Wilmer Flores) map to standard Roto formats... ... In the Market Watch player news report, PD and Ray Murphy discuss pitcher news (1:11:20) about Gerrit Cole, Devin Williams and Emmanuel Clase, and hitter news (1:43:15), including Jose Altuve and Pete Alonso ... In the Minor League Minute (3:06:15), BHQ scouting team member Rob Gordon looks at more intriguing spring training roster battles involving prospects, including Wyatt Longford, Colton Cowser, Orion Kerkering and many more ... Runs 3:12:00
Show No. 5 is a Two-Tout Tuesday Edition featuring interviews with Jeff Zimmerman, from Rotographs, the Launch Angle podcast, and The Process fantasy baseball manual, and Jock Thompson, team analyst at BHQ.com... in our first expert interview (2:20), Jeff and PD discuss player analysis including a "modern lineup" in HOU, the possibility of Esteury Ruiz as a power source, and a new view of roster management in DET ... 2024 batter breakouts including Luis Robert and Maikel Garcia ... and the 2024 "Appendix Edition" of The Process fantasy baseball owners manual... plus some Boons and Banes ... and in the second expert interview (1:14:40), Jock tells PD about how he pans the river of baseball reporting to find gleaming nuggets of actionable news, as well as some key players and Boons and Banes in the AL West ... And in Extra Innings (1:51:40), PD looks at very recent news on injuries affecting two key fantasy pitchers ... Runs 1:59:25
Show No. 4 is a Friday Full Edition featuring interviews with Ron Shandler, founder of BHQ.com and the BABS fantasy baseball system, and the author of the new book Fantasy Expert... and Scott Pianowski of Yahoo! Sports... In our first expert interview (2:40), PD asks Ron about his book: how the fantasy baseball industry got rolling, how he rolled with it to build the best fantasy baseball website in the business, and some of the characters he encountered along the way... In our second expert interview (1:51:50), Scott and PD discuss twenty-plus fantasy topic Scott has been thinking about, including some superstars "undraftable" at current ADPs, boring old vets (including one who's been in MLB for two seasons), shopping for closers, and drafting non-closer relievers... Scott also has a Stanley Cup pick (and if you know him, it's gonna surprise you) and a big set of Boons and Banes... ... In the Market Watch player news report, PD and Ray Murphy discuss hitter and pitcher news from the AL (1:04:25) and the NL (1:29:15) ... In the Minor League Minute (2:51:00), BHQ scouting team member Rob Gordon looks at interesting prospect/position battles this spring ... Runs 2:58:05
Show No. 3 is a Friday Full Edition, featuring interviews with Ariel Cohen, the ATC projection/valuation systems Fangraphs and the Beat the Shift podcast ... and Ryan Bloomfield, Speculator columnist and analyst at BHQ.com... In our first expert interview (2:20), Ariel and PD discuss Ariel's drafts so far, how he manages the ATC projections system, what fantasy managers do wrong with projections, how he generates dollar values for auction-style drafts, and his boons and banes ... In the second expert interview (2:09:10), Ryan and PD discuss Ryan's LABR-Mixed draft this week, Speculating about 2025's ADP Risers, and "Recency Bias Rebounds for 2024" ... In the Market Watch player news report, PD and Ray Murphy discuss hitter and pitcher news from the AL (1:16:50) and the NL (1:45:00) ... In the Minor League Minute (2:57:10), BHQ scouting team member Rob Gordon looks at spring training prospects to watch ... And in the Frequent Flyer (3:00:50), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at NYY C Austin Wells ... Runs 3:07:15
Show No. 2 is our first Two-Tout Tuesday Edition of 2024, featuring interviews with Todd Zola, from Mastersball, ESPN, Rotowire, and SiriusXM, and Brant Chesser of BaseballHQ.com... In our first expert interview (1:50), Todd and PD discuss why he took Kyle Tucker second overall in a recent draft, the effects on pitchers when they change divisions, whether hitter K rates are projectable, and his Boons and Banes ... And in the second expert interview (59:35), Brant and PD discuss how he analyzes the players in his Arsenal Report and Facts and Flukes coverage at BaseballHQ.com ... Runs 1:24:50
Show No. 1 is a Friday Full Edition featuring interviews with Gene McCaffrey, fantasy baseball writer at The Athletic, and Brent Hershey, co-GM, BaseballHQ.com... in our first expert interview (2:15), Gene and PD discuss some of the hitters he'll be featuring in his columns at The Athletic, including Yainer Diaz, Vlad Guerrero, Zach Gelof, Francisco Lindor, Gunnar Henderson, and Riley Greene ... and in the second expert interview (1:59:10), Brent and PD discuss the new BaseballHQ website and prospects being taken in drafts this season, like Wyatt Langford, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Ricky Tiedemann, Dylan Crews, and Kyle Manzardo ... In the Market Watch player news report, PD and Ray Murphy discuss hitter and pitcher news from the AL (1:08:35) and the NL (1:40:15) ... In the Frequent Flyer (2:56:20), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at HOU 3B Zach Dezenzo ... Runs 3:03:15
Show No. 18 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a two-part interview with Steve Gardner, Senior Fantasy Editor and baseball writer at USA Today ... in Part 1 (3:25), Steve tells PD about players in his experts' leagues, including Bo Bichette, Elly de la Cruz, Jackson Merrill, and Javier Assad ... and in Part 2 (1:41:05), Steve and PD discuss the new Statcast bat-speed metrics, why (almost) all closers suck, and his Boons and Banes among fast and slow starting rookies ... In the Market Watch player news report, PD and Ray Murphy discuss hitter and pitcher news from the AL (59:00) and the NL (1:15:05) ... In the Frequent Flyer (2:06:10), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at ATL RHSP Hurston Waldrep ... And in Extra Innings (2:09:40), PD looks at the new Statcast bat-speed metrics ... Runs 2:18:30
Show No. 17 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a two-part interview with Ariel Cohen, from the ATC projection/valuation systems, the Beat the Shift podcast and Rotoballers... in Part 1 (2:55), Ariel and PD discuss pre-season and in-season strategies for managing SP injury risk, as well as player valuations ... and in Part 2 (1:52:45), Ariel and PD discuss ideas about how MLB could fix the SP injury issue, and his Boons and Banes ... In the Market Watch player news report, PD and Ray Murphy discuss hitter and pitcher news from the AL (54:35) and the NL (1:28:30) ... In the Minor League Minute (2:27:50), BHQ minor leagues analyst/scouting team member Rob Gordon updates eight prospects, including SF SS Marco Luciano and NYY OF Jasson Dominguez ... In the Frequent Flyer (2:31:25), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at SD RHP Adam Mazur ... And in Extra Innings (2:34:45), PD looks at very low-pitch-count complete games ... Runs 2:45:25
In our annual end-of-season roundtable, PD is joined by Todd Zola, from Mastersball, ESPN, SiriusXM and Rotowire and Ray Murphy, the co-GM, projections meister, analyst and writer at BaseballHQ.com. In Part 1 (0:50), PD, Todd and Ray have their top stories from the year for MLB and fantasy, and key takeaways for 2024... In Part 2 (25:40), they look at the top (and bottom) fantasy players from 2023... and in Part 3 (48:40), they have some Boons and Banes for 2024 ... Runs 1:21:40
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Grand Master PD, tremendous rap of Edward Olivares. I can only imagine KC's front office with exasperated hands in the air.
So looking forward to the Olivares theme song...
I love this podcast. It's produced with throwback-like bumper music that brings to mind "This Week in Baseball." Patrick Davitt navigates the listener through each Friday-Full episode with terrific references to pop-culture and pun-ny cast-off comments. But the real beef is the consistent presence of perspective with stats to help with your team. PD's Canadian accent makes the listener feel like a participant, like you are talking baseball while sitting around someone's kitchen table opening waxpacks as you cut your gums on the sharp edges of the gum inside each. Truly great presentation of terrific content that can help you in all facets of fantasy baseball.
This podcast seems to be permanently two episodes behind on castbox...
great pod cast!!