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  • WBC Preview: Mexico

    2:10: Introduction to Tadeo Varela (@TadeoVarela), sabermetric analyst for Toros de Tijuana and Charros de Jalisco

    2:40: Introduction to Bambino Sedano (@bambino_sedano), reporter for Puro Beisbol
    3:40: Who is or isn’t playing on Team Mexico — Khris Davis news
    7:20: Excitement in Mexico for the WBC
    12:30: Sabermetrics in Mexico
    13:40: Japhet Amador, El Gigante de Mulegé
    16:45: Nicknames
    18:45: Names unfamiliar to the MLB crowd including the Mike Trout of Mexico!
    20:50: Overall pitching strength of Team Mexico
    28:00: LMB vs LMP
    30:15: Pool D projections
    32:45: Some additional names to watch

    41 min
  • WBC Preview: Netherlands

    1:00: Introduction to Seb Visser (@sebvisser34), Dutch player, and press officer for Team Netherlands

    3:30: Pitching staff overview
    10:55: Position player overview
    16:15: Pool A
    17:40: Baseball in Netherlands/Curaçao/Aruba

    23 min
  • WBC Preview: Italy

    0:35: Introduction to Kevin Senatore (@ksderwei97) from MLBItalia.eu

    3:30: Italy’s opponents in Pool D
    4:30: Pitching staff
    12:30: Position players
    19:00: Kevin’s writing at MLBItalia
    21:00: Italy’s past and present in baseball
    27:30: Italy's manager's farewell

    30 min
  • WBC Preview: Columbia

    1:15: Introduction to Carlos Amador (@YankeeRolo)

    3:25: Colombia’s path to the WBC
    5:25: Stars for Team Colombia
    7:25: Top two starting pitchers
    10:00: Unfamiliar names to MLB crowd
    15:10: Speed and defense
    17:25: Team USA upset?
    20:40: Carlos’s many podcasts

    24 min
  • WBC Preview: Venezuela & Dominican Republic

    1:30: Venezuelan team with Octavio Hernández (@octaviolider) — Analyst for Venezuelan National Team’s scouting department

    10:30: King Félix
    17:15: Why some players choose not to play for their national team
    19:30: Dominican Republic team with José Gómez (@JoseEGomezF) — Director Of Baseball Ops @EscogidobbClub, Asst. General Manager for Dominican National Team
    31:20: Starlin Marte playing center field
    37:55: State of technology for tracking prospects in the region
    41:20: Health of academies in the current political environment
    47:50: The dwindling enthusiasm for the Caribbean Series
    50:20: Enthusiasm for the WBC and thoughts about its current rules and future

    58 min
  • WBC Preview: Pacific Rim (Australia, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, China)

    2:30: Australia with Anthony Rescan

    @AnthonyRescan — Beyond the Boxscore
    10:45: Taiwan with Rob Liu
    @GOCPBL — http://www.cpblstats.com/
    25:00 South Korea with Sung Min Kim
    @sungminkim — River Avenue Blues
    37:30: Japan with Kazuto Yamazaki
    @KazutoYamazaki — Beyond the Boxscore
    46:30: Power ranking the Pacific Rim
    50:30: After concluding with roundtable, William Chu runs down the Chinese team.
    @ChineseBangqiu — http://www.chinesebangqiu.com/

    1 hr 4 min
  • 01.09 - MLB Advanced Media's Mike Petriello

    1:40:  Petriello’s career path

    3:00 :  Statcast’s introduction to the world
    6:00 :  How validated is the Statcast data
    8:40 :  BARRELS!
    11:00:  Future of MLB Plus broadcasts
    13:45 :  Perfecting FIP and pitching metrics
    18:30 :  Inconsistencies between stadiums Statcast calibrations
    20:30:  New defense charts on Baseball Savant
    24:00 :  Statcast means inevitable robot umps?

    29 min
  • 12.21 - Baseball Prospectus-Toronto's Joshua Howsam

    1:30: Free agents Edwin Encarnación and José Bautista

    2:45: Do the Blue Jays have more work to do in the offseason?
    6:60: What do the Jays look like beyond 2017?
    11:15: Breaking down the 2016 playoffs
    14:45: The 2017 Blue Jays rotation
    20:15: Chasing the 2017 Red Sox

    26 min

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