Beyond the Diamond

Colby and Hunter sit down with Collegiate Baseball and MAAC Player of the Week Justin Guerrera, Captain for the Fairfield Stags

We talk with Justin about the transition from High School to College

The recruiting process

The COVID shutdown last season

The mental side of baseball and how important that is to have success

The Whoop Band and how that has changed his way of thinking about recovery and sleep

Being named a Captain as a Junior

Playing in the CT Collegiate Baseball League

His Brother being his biggest role model and the person who got him into the game of baseball

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In the tenth episode of Beyond The Diamond, Colby and Hunter are joined by friend and analytics expert Joshua Mould

We discuss what he has accomplished as the Villanova Sports Analytics Club Co-Founder and President

Being published on Fangraphs on multiple occasions

How to get your foot in the door when it comes to learning more about the wide world of sports analytics

Joshua and Hunter also go over some takeaways and lessons learned from attending the SABR Analytics Conference last weekend

Afterwards, we get into the newest rule changes being instituted in the minor leagues

Weighing the pros and cons of what they bring to the table

Of course, it wouldn't be a Beyond The Diamond episode without some college baseball talk! 

Joshua weighs in on his Notre Dame Irish (who are currently #17 overall per D1Baseball)

Hunter goes over some positives that he took away from UConn's week

Colby previews Fairfield's opening day with an in-depth breakdown of what to expect from the roster (with a lineup that just hits as we saw today in their home opener against Canisius)

And it would not be a proper BTD episode without some Vandy Talk

Colby admits that Rocker is insane after he shut him up by throwing 8.0 innings

Colby also predicts that Jack Leiter will throw a no-hitter on Saturday (spoiler alert, he was right)

We then look ahead at what is to come this weekend

To make the show even better, a reminder that we are only a little over a week away from the MLB season officially kicking off 

It is truly the most wonderful time of the year! 

Thank you all for your support over our first ten shows, and we cannot wait to bring you more fun content as we get into the thick of baseball season. 

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Colby and Hunter break down the latest college baseball news

Including taking a look at this week's D1Baseball.com Top 25

Highlighting the latest on: 

Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Boston College, UC Santa Barbara, Oregon, UCLA, LSU, Arizona, Virginia, Mississippi State

Virginia Tech and their "Home Run Hammer"

and of course, UConn! 

We also preview this weekend's slate of games 

Give our thoughts on the Jake Odorizzi signing 

Why the Astros are still a force to be reckoned with

Check out Fairfield's social media channels soon for a new hype video produced by Colby in preparation of Opening Day in a little over a week! 

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Colby and Hunter Continue their College Baseball talk

Hightlights include:

Arkansas is the newest team to blaze through tough opponents in a week

Vandy featuring superstars Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter along with Miles Garrett

UVA vs UNC featuring pitching galore and Austin Love might be the most underrated pitcher in baseball

Mike Vasil continues his scorching hot start to the season

UCONN bounces back after a tough loss in game 1 to take two out of three from Southern Miss

Ole Miss gets shocked by UCF (or did they?) --> BeyondtheDiamond predicted UCF as a team to look for on upset watch last week

Special Shout out to Boston College, repping Northeast baseball proudly and being ranked for the first time since 2016

UCLA bounces back sort of

Wes Clarke just can't stop hitting bombs

Notre Dame is a team to look out for (sick unis too)

MLB Spring Training

Ohtani, Tatis, and Franco all go yard over 400ft

JBJ to the Brewers for 2 years $24M

June 2nd is now annual Lou Gehrig Day to raise awareness for ALS

Hunter and Colby will support anything that raises awareness for ALS as we lost a close friend and mentor to ALS in October of 2017

Here is a link to donate to support ALS: https://petefrates.com/donate/

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Recap of the first weekend of College Baseball

Hightlights include: 

Vandy featuring Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter

Florida vs Miami featuring the wild extra-inning game Saturday

UCONN vs UVA featuring Mike Vasil, definitely low-stress game 2 and a pitchers duel game 1

UCLA's blunders featuring them sucking

Ole Miss running the table featuring them convincing beating 3 top 10 opponents 

As well as the MLB continuing to refuse to market Mike Trout

Bryce Harper is jacked

Let's get baseball players jacked 

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Today Colby and Hunter have the pleasure of being joined by Fairfield starting pitcher and team captain Jake Noviello

In this highly insightful interview, Jake previews what's on tap for Fairfield's team this season

Discusses the transition from high school to college

And reflects on how influential his dad has been for him throughout his career

Afterwards, the guys take a look at the upcoming matchups for the Opening Weekend of College Baseball

Highlighted by UConn-Virginia on Friday afternoon! 

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Colby and Hunter talk about the legendary career of Dustin Pedroia

 How our childhood idols are fading fast

Break down the heated Hall of Fame debate

 Try to find a rational middle ground

Offer their takes on the Nolan Arenado trade to St. Louis

Talk some more Hot Stove buzz 

And wrap up with some rapid-fire questions

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Hunter and Colby open up with a tribute to Hank Aaron 

Then continue with free agency news (Springer/Brantley) and stir up the Hot Stove with some possible rumors

COVID impact on owners and teams

Where will Trevor Bauer go?

Begin College Baseball talk with some power rankings and our thoughts on our teams!

Open up with the latest Hot Stove moves including the Lindor trade, Kluber & DJ to the Yanks, and Henriks to the White Sox

Discussion about marketing the game

Rule changes (what we like and what we don't)

Our suggestions on how to reach a wider audience

How to reach the current die-hards of baseball

Olympics and World Baseball Classic

And much much more!

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Beyond the Diamond sits down with Angels Prospect David Mackinnon

David gives us an insight into what life has been like for him during COVID

Gives us an update of sorts on the players vs owners dispute from the spring

David gives us some motivation that he uses every day and much much more

Definitely don't want to miss this one