Replacement Level Podcast

This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Nathaniel Rakich. Nathaniel’s work has appeared at FanGraphs, FiveThirtyEight, and in the Hardball Times. He joined me to discuss his Hall of Fame projection system. We went over every player on the ballot, discussed why some players perform better with voters who keep their selections private, and who […]

This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Andrew Baggarly. Andrew covers the Giants for The Athletic. Andrew discussed the Giants busy offseason and their acquisitions of Evan Longoria and Andrew McCutchen. He also detailed what went wrong for the Giants last year which included analysis on Madison Bumgarner, Brandon Belt, and Brandon Crawford. Andrew […]

  This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Ryan Divish. Ryan covers the Mariners for the Seattle Times. Ryan shared some stories on Edgar Martinez, spoke about the Mariners losing out on Ohtani, and discussed his Hall of Fame ballot as well. This is Ryan’s first year voting, he went into great detail about who […]

This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Evan Grant. Evan covers the Texas Rangers for the Dallas Morning News. Evan shared some stories on Adrian Beltre, spoke about the Rangers losing out on Ohtani, and discussed his Hall of Fame ballot as well. All episodes can also be downloaded for free on Apple Podcasts & Stitcher. […]

This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jayson Stark. Jayson is the author of several books and was previously a senior writer at ESPN. He joined me to discuss the Hall of Fame. Jayson was recently a member of the Veterans Committee that elected Alan Trammell and Jack Morris. He detailed how the room […]

This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Lynn Henning. Lynn covers the Tigers for The Detroit News. Lynn joined me to discuss the careers of new Hall of Fame inductees Alan Trammell and Jack Morris. He called Trammell the most effortless and graceful player he’s ever covered, he also detailed the contempt that Morris […]

This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Rob Biertempfel. Rob covers the Pirates for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Rob discussed what the Pirates plan to do with Andrew McCutchen. He also spoke about Gerrit Cole’s regression, Starling Marte’s PED  suspension from last year, and the rise of Felipe Rivero. He also discussed his Hall of […]

This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jeff Fletcher. Jeff is the Angels beat writer for the Orange County Register. We started the podcast by discussing Shohei Ohtani. The Angels are one of seven teams he selected as finalists to land his services. Jeff explained how the Angels would use the two-way star. He […]

This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Sean Forman. Sean is the president of Sports Reference and the creator of Baseball-Reference. Sean joined me to discuss Bill James’ recent essay that was critical of how wins above replacement is calculated. He explained the value of metrics being context neutral, but also discussed what a […]

This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Joe Lemire. Joe is the senior writer at SportTechie. He joined me to recap the 2017 season and discuss his piece on the top nine tech stories in baseball this year. We started the podcast by discussing the life and career of Roy Halladay. Later, we discussed […]