Baseball HQ Radio

Show No. 24 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a guest expert interview, our weekly player news update, and HQ commentary... First, PD talks with Ariel Cohen, of the ATC projection/valuation systems, the Beat the Shift podcast and Rotoballers (3:25), discussing his fantasy baseball (and softball) seasons so far, a two-for-one trade he made to acquire Dodgers SP Yoshinobu Yamamoto and questions about player valuations... Then, Ray Murphy has our weekly player news review... In AL News (42:35), Ray looks at LA SS Zach Neto and TOR RHSP Max Scherzer... And in NL News (42:35), Ray looks at SD 1B Luis Arraez and ATL RHSP Bryce Elder... In Part 2 of our expert interview (1:06:30), PD and Ariel Cohen discuss buying, selling or holding a dozen players having unusual 2025 seasons, including TOR closer Jeff Hoffman, ATH OF Denzel Clarke, and boring veteran linchpin PIT OF Bryan Reynolds... Then we have our BaseballHQ commentaries... In the Minor League Minute (1:58:35), BaseballHQ minor-leagues analyst Rob Gordon looks at top prospects including STL SS JJ Wetherholt and CHC OF Owen Caissie... And in the Frequent Flyer (2:03:00), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at Trey Yesavage... Runs 2:09:10

Show No. 23 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a guest expert interview, our weekly player news update, and HQ commentary... First, PD talks with Jason Collette, of Rotowire and the Sleeper and the Bust pod (3:25), discussing hot summer sluggers and pitcher wins... Then, Ray Murphy has our weekly player news review... In the AL News (41:20), Ray looks at hitters including the Rafael Devers saga (Part 1) and KC LHSP Kris Bubic... And in NL News (1:05:05), Ray looks at SF DH Rafael Devers (Part 2) and STL RHRP Ryan Helsley... In Part 2 of our expert interview (1:28:30), PD and Jason Collette discuss eating Crow, as in Pete Crow-Armstrong, Bluesky musings and his RoS Boons and Banes... Then we have our BaseballHQ commentaries... In the Minor League Minute (1:58:25), BaseballHQ minor-leagues analyst Rob Gordon looks at nine top SP prospects, including NYM SP Jonah Tong, WAS SP Travis Sykora and TOR SP Trey Yesavage...... in the Frequent Flyer (2:05:15), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at NYM RHP Nolan McLean... and in his Extra Innings comment (2:08:35), BaseballHQ Radio host Patrick Davitt discusses big news in Tampa!... Runs 2:17:10

Show No. 22 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a guest expert interview, our weekly player news update, and HQ commentary... First, PD talks with Scott Pianowski, of Yahoo! Sports (2:25), discussing three hot hitters and three hot pitchers to pickup, and would you trade Shohei?...

Then, Ray Murphy has our weekly player news review... In AL News (42:45), Ray looks hitters including BAL 3B Jordan Westburg and BOS RHSP Brayan Bello... And in NL News (1:09:45), Ray looks at Reds 3B Noelvi Marte and MIL RHSP Jacob Misiorowski...

In Part 2 of our expert interview (1:32:45), PD and Scott Pianowski discuss 12 fantasy MVPs of the year so far, Roman Anthony's callup, his boons and banes, and some obligatory NHL chat...

Then we have our BaseballHQ commentaries... In the Minor League Minute (2:20:30), BaseballHQ minor-leagues analyst Rob Gordon looks at six prospects including BAL C Sam Basallo and CIN RHP Chase Burns... And in the Frequent Flyer (2:25:15), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at SF RHRP Randy Rodriguez...

Show runs 2:32:00

Show No. 19 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a guest expert interview, our weekly player news update, and HQ commentary... First, PD talks with Nate Schwartz, of PitcherList.com (3:10), discussing the new Statcast bat-path metrics, ATH OF Lawrence Butler and why pitchers aren't sufficiently terrorized by Aaron Judge... Then, Ray Murphy has our weekly player news review... In the AL News (35:35), Ray looks hitters including Giancarlo Stanton and Tyler Mahle... And in NL News (0:54:59), Ray looks at James Wood and Camilo Doval... ... In Part 2 of our expert interview (1:14:10), PD and Nate Schwartz discuss in-depth about Ryan Pepiot's tinkering, plus Nate will have some boons and banes for the RoS... Then we have our BaseballHQ commentaries... In the Minor League Minute (1:40:30), BaseballHQ minor-leagues analyst Rob Gordon looks at six prospects including PIT SP Bubba Chandler, KC 1B/OF Jac Caglianone and TOR SS Arjun Nimmala... In the Frequent Flyer (1:45:50), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at PHI OF Justin Crawford... and in his Extra Innings comment (1:50:10), BaseballHQ Radio host Patrick Davitt discusses league averages for some of those Statcast metrics, and announces Mr. Average SP for 2025!... Runs 1:58:00

Show No. 18 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a guest expert interview, our weekly player news update, and HQ commentary... First, PD talks with Jerren Bright, an engineer at the University of Waterloo Vision and Image Processing Lab, where a team is working on PitcherNet, a system to allow pitcher motion data to be captured from a TV image or a smartphone video.
In Part 1 (3:20), Jerren and PD discuss how the PitcherNet project got started and how the technology works... Then, Ray Murphy has our weekly player news review... In the AL News (20:10), Ray looks hitters including Julio Rodriguez and Shane Smith... And in NL News (43:10), Ray looks at Pete Crow-Armstrong and Hayden Birdsong... In Part 2 of our expert interview (1:14:35), PD and Jerren Bright discuss the future potential of PitcherNet, both inside baseball and outside...
Then we have our BaseballHQ commentaries... in the Frequent Flyer (1:28:05), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at CLE 1B/OF C.J. Kayfus... and in his Extra Innings comment (1:31:30), BaseballHQ Radio host Patrick Davitt discusses what do about Jeff Hoffman... Runs 1:42:05

Show No. 15 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a guest expert interview, our weekly player news update, and HQ commentaries...First, in Part 1 of our two-part feature interview with Mike Gianella of Baseball Prospectus (2:45), PD and Mike discuss putting our drafts into the rearview mirror, why Mike loves April·and hates it, and the perils of overanalyzing slow starts, plus we'll throw in a few short snapper player comments... Then, Joe Orrico pinch-hits for Ray Murphy with our weekly player news...In AL News (47:40), Joe looks at players including Reid Detmers and Byron Buxton... And in NL News (1:00:40), Joe covers players including Bailey Falter and Mickey Moniak... In Part 2 of our expert interview (1:13:05), PD and Mike Gianella discuss using seasonal dynamics in managing closer and relief pitching, and Mike has some Boons and Banes... Then we have our BaseballHQ commentaries... In the Minor League Minute (1:28:55), Rob Gordon looks at five prospects, including CHW OF Braden Montgomery and CHC SP Cade Horton... And in the Frequent Flyer (1:33:50), Alex Beckey looks at MIN OF Carson McCusker... Runs 1:39:50