Stolen Signs

Stolen Signs

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Stolen Signs episodes

  • Episode 36: Dingers, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and ARod

    We talk about the Great Home Run Surge of 2019, the Rabbit Ball, Slippier in the Air Ball, the call up of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Alex Rodriguez on YouTube.

    Links:

    • Moonshot: The Baseball Is Juiced (Again) by Robert Arthur
    • Moonshot: Exit Velocity Is Higher Than Ever
      • by Robert Arthur
    • Moonshot: The Rabbit Ball is Flying in Triple-A Too by Robert Arthur
    • The Call-Up: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. by Jarrett Seidler and Kevin Jebens
    • Circle Change: Who’s Hitting the Extra Dingers? by Zach Crizer
    • Kendall's writing for the Prospectus Notebook
    • ARod on YouTube
      • 22 min
    • Episode 35: New MLB Rules with Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal

      We talked with Jared Diamond about recent MLB rules changes. Specifically related to one of our favorite subjects, two-way players. We address how teams will have to designate players as, pitchers, hitters, or two-way and what effect those rules will have on the game. We also get a peak into Jared's upcoming book.

      Harry and Kendall also dig into some of the upcoming changes that MLB will be testing out in the Atlantic League.

      1 hr 1 min
    • Episode 34: Projection Roundtable with the creators of ZiPS, Steamer, THE BAT and Baseball Prospectus' PECOTA

      We chatted with the creators and maintainers of four major projection systems, ZiPS (Dan Szymborski), Steamer (Jared Cross), THE BAT (Derek Carty) and Baseball Prospectus' PECOTA (Harry Pavlidis) about how their systems are created, how the past is used to project future performance and how projecting young players without much track record can be tricky.

      Music is "Open Your Face" by Parker Projection.

      51 min
    • Episode 32: How big can this Hall get?

      Shohei Ohtani revisited, baseball Hall of Fame bar lowering and how it affects who gets in, lining up optimal player development and what happens when you launch a new statistic.

      Available at Baseball Prospectus

      54 min
    • Episode 31: Changing Pitchers, Changing Players, Changing Owners

      Harry and Kendall talk about the quantifying The Opener phenomenon, Bill James' comments about replacing players, trying to figure out if regular baseball fans could visibly tell the difference between top MLB talent and replacement level talent. Then cap it off with a discussion about the changes at Baseball Prospectus.

      55 min
    • Episode 28: Women's Baseball World Cup and the Rise of the 100 MPH Pitcher

      Harry and Kendall talk about the Women's Baseball World Cup, then look at how the number of 🔥high velocity🔥pitchers has increased over the last 10 years. They wrap up with a discussion of how bullpen usage affects lineups and how it might affect your daily fantasy league.

      • Stolen Bases book by Jennifer Ring, Ph.D.
      • Women's Baseball World Cup website
      • Women's Baseball World Cup YouTube Channel
      • Kalamazoo Yankees vs Colorado Silver Bullets
      • Bullpen (Mis)management Tool
        • 51 min
      • Episode 27: Bringing numbers to the booth with Jason Benetti

        We visit with Jason Benetti, television play by play announcer for the Chicago White Sox. We talk with him about his start in the business, taking over for a broadcasting legend, how he integrates Steve Stone's first hand knowledge, with the plethora of statistical data he has access to.

        We also touch on the All Star Game and how catchers are evaluated for the Hall of Fame.

        1 hr

      About Stolen Signs

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      Kendall Guillemette and Harry Pavlidis discuss baseball statistics, as well as look for the stories and people behind the stats.