Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary
2192 episodes transcribedBen and Sam discuss the rumored approach of the international approach with highly informed guest Jorge Arangure.
Ben and Sam discuss Aroldis Chapman’s role and how much control players should have over the way they’re used by their teams.
Ben and Sam talk to Ian Miller about his WBC experience and the response to the tournament in the US and abroad.
Ben and Sam discuss their expectations for Tim Lincecum and Roy Halladay after their disappointing 2012 seasons and struggles this spring.
Ben and Sam discuss the Brewers’ Carlos Gomez extension and the increasing scarcity of impact free agents.
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about how many games a team formed from the three worst teams in baseball would win, whether catchers (and non-catc...
Ben and Sam discuss Ben’s trip to Phoenix for the SABR Analytics Conference, covering the sabermetrics of marketing, clubhouse chemistry, knuckleballe...
Ben and Sam analyze the Justin Upton trade and Arizona’s offseason.
Ben and Sam discuss the ins and outs of umpire-manager arguments.
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about pitcher injuries and pitching prospects, hitter BABIPs (specifically Mike Trout’s), and whether they boo base...
Ben and Sam discuss an assortment of topics, including the Astros’ outlook for 2013 and beyond, Alex Rodriguez’s long-awaited surgery, the Marlins and...
Ben and Sam discuss PECOTA’s projections for top draft picks from 2007 and talk about whether FIELDf/x and comparable technologies will ever pose a th...
Ben and Sam discuss the three-way trade between the Mariners, A’s, and Nationals and talk about whether Seattle was too fixated on adding power this o...
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about how much steroids help, the best farm systems in baseball, and how they’d try to negotiate a hypothetical tra...
Ben and Sam answer several questions submitted but not answered during Ben’s Monday chat.
Ben and Sam discuss TV shows, the lack of things to talk about, and some interesting findings about pitchouts.
Ben and Sam discuss the rejected trade that would have made Justin Upton a Mariner.
Ben and Sam try to figure out whether the sabermetric movement has helped keep Jack Morris out of the Hall of Fame or given him a better chance to get...
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about the Hall of Fame, preparing for interleague play, the 162-game schedule, and methods of preserving parity.
Ben and Sam discuss the Hall of Fame voting and what their own ballots would look like.
