Eno Sarris and Derek VanRiper, along with Trevor May and Britt Ghiroli, discuss advanced stats, strategy, prospects and more. From the first move of the Hot Sto...
Eno and DVR begin their 2025 Position Preview series at shortstop! Are traps looming in Tier 2 for those who take the plunge? Is there enough value beyond the Top 100 overall and still have enough production at the position? Which later targets offer the most value?
Rundown
2:15 ADP Tier 1 -- Bobby Witt Jr., Elly De La Cruz, Gunnar Henderson, Mookie Betts, Francisco Lindor & Trea Turner
18:23 ADP Tier 2 -- Oneil Cruz, Corey Seager, CJ Abrams & Willy Adames
37:12 ADP Tier 3 -- Matt McLain, Ezequiel Tovar, Anthony Volpe & Bo Bichette
56:25 ADP Tier 4 -- Xander Bogaerts, Xavier Edwards, Ceddanne Rafaela, Masyn Winn, Jeremy Peña & Dansby Swanson
1:18:33 ADP Tier 5 -- Zach Neto, Willi Castro, Tyler Fitzgerald, Trevor Story & Carlos Correa
1:23:27 The Late, Late Shortstops of Interest
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1:36:28
Justin Verlander's Next Chapter & Gavin Lux to the Reds
Eno and DVR discuss Justin Verlander's fit with the Giants -- including the potential adjustments he could make to try and rebound from a down year in 2024. Plus, they look at Gavin Lux's outlook and ceiling following a trade to Cincinnati, a five-year extension for Brent Rooker, and mailbag questions about year-to-year inning projections and Blake Snell's case for 'Best Pitcher of the Decade' so far (2020-2024).
Rundown
1:16 Justin Verlander's Next (And Final?) Chapter in San Francisco
9:29 How Good Is The Giants' Pitching Staff?
16:37 Gavin Lux's Ceiling & Fit in Cincinnati
21:12 Making Sense of the Reds' Depth Chart
28:06 Brent Rooker Gets Extension with A's
33:50 Other News & Notes
48:36 Projecting Year-to-Year Innings Workloads
1:00:37 Blake Snell: The Best Starting Pitcher of This Decade?
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1:12:38
How to Become a Pitching Nerd
Eno, Trevor and DVR discuss their paths into becoming pitching nerds while pulling back to discuss the baseline metrics they care about, and digging into a few of the newer tools and numbers they utilize to analyze pitchers.
Rundown
7:45 What Are the Basic Things You Like to Know About Pitchers?
13:33 Year-to-Year Correlations of Pitching Stats
18:47 DIPS Theory & Other Changes Over Time
29:37 The Rise of Deeper Arsenals
34:58 Looking at Changes in Pitch Mix Over Time
43:34 *Newer* Pitch Details to Consider: Vertical Break
53:12 An Example of Seam-Shifted Wake
58:54 A Few Other Tools From Baseball Savant Pages
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1:14:00
Another Dodgers Signing, Mookie's First-Round Status & Jarren Duran's Encore
Eno and DVR discuss Hye-seong Kim's fit with the Dodgers after he signed a three-year deal with the club Friday, Mookie Betts' outlook as a first-rounder coming off of a relatively disappointing 2024 that included time on the IL with a wrist injury, Jarren Duran's surprisingly-low 2025 Steamer projection, and a few other mailbag questions including one about our previous wish for a 'player squishing machine'. #WeAreScience
Rundown
3:36 Hye-seong Kim Signs with Dodgers; The Depth Chart Gets More Crowded
11:21 Will Mookie Betts Return First-Round Value Again in 2025?
22:11 Charlie Morton Signs with Baltimore; Concerns About O's Rotation?
30:03 A New Study Looking at UCL Surgery Recoveries
36:27 Jarren Duran's 2025 Steamer Projection
46:53 Contrarian Targets & Holds
54:33 Playoff League Player Draft Approach
59:43 The Player Squishing Machine
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1:11:31
Corbin Burnes to the D-backs as the 'Mystery Team' Strikes Again!
Eno and DVR discuss Corbin Burnes' surprising move to the D-backs on a six-year, $210 million contract -- plus, Teoscar Hernández's reunion with the Dodgers, another pair of moves from the Nationals, and a few mailbag questions as the new year gets underway.
Rundown
2:44 Corbin Burnes to the D-backs(!): Six-Year, $210M Deal
11:37 Do Teams Overrreact to Qualifying Offer Compensation?
21:25 Teoscar Hernández: Returns to Dodgers w/Three-Year Deal
29:46 Nationals Add Josh Bell & Trevor Williams
42:17 Josh Rojas to Chicago, A Mervis-Brujan Swap & Six-Man Rotation in Boston?
50:25 Mailbag: Under the Radar First Baseman for Deep Leagues?
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