2019-06-14 Friday Full Edition features Wise Guy Gene McCaffrey, fantasy baseball columnist at The Athletic, on using Pythagorean win projections to find upside closers, pitch metrics, sneaky buy-lows, ABBA, and his Boons and Banes … Also NL/AL News, Frequent Flyer, Weekend Pitcher Matchups, Talk With Todd, Master Notes ... Runs 2:54:10

BaseballHQ Radio, June 14, 2019

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Show 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

BaseballHQ Radio 2024-Apr-19: Friday Two-Tout Extra-Full Edition w Dr. Peter Chalmers and Dave Potts

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

BaseballHQ Radio 2024-Apr-12: Friday Full Edition w Jeff Erickson

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

BaseballHQ Radio 2024-Apr-5: Friday Full Edition w Joe Orrico

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

BaseballHQ Radio 2024-Mar-29: Roundtable Edition w Ray Murphy and Todd Zola

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

BaseballHQ Radio, June 14, 2019

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