Ben Lindbergh and FanGraphs writer Dan Szymborski banter about how much spring training stats matter, which players improved their projections the most this spring, whether prospects really have a harder time making the transition to MLB from Triple-A today, their spring training award winners, the five-ish biggest questions/storylines for each of them this MLB season, and a smattering of “bold predictions” from EW listeners. Then (1:23:29) Ben brings back the “Baseball Jobs” series by interviewing Josh Kantor, longtime Fenway Park organist, to talk about how he got his gig, his side projects, the ins and outs of his in-game responsibilities, the upcoming season, and much more, followed by a brief keyboard performance.

Audio interstitial: Josh Kantor and Nancy Faust, “Sweet Caroline”

Audio outro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to 2015 spring study

Link to Hoyer quote

Link to Ben’s new prospects article

Link to Ben’s old prospects article

Link to spring champions

Link to ST team wins

Link to FG ST leaderboards

Link to five Clemens questions

Link to listener bold predictions

Link to EW predictions ballot

Link to previous Baseball Jobs pod

Link to Josh Kantor wiki

Link to Baseball Project pod

Link to Baseball Project song

Link to Kaminski pod

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