The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

Craig, Emma, and Jeffrey dissect a powerpoint presentation about pasta. Yes, we have all reached that part of the quarantine. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ETU0cxIwgU2kHBOUWOk6k-LDnu5VKzeNL9c89ox-3p4/edit?usp=sharing Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is fiveanddive@base...

In Episode 214 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett reflect on a non-existent opening weekend, a very bad deal for amateur players, and a surreal Wrestlemania event.

After some technical difficulties (please stand by), TINO is back with several drafts to talk about. There's major changes to the MLB one coming, and JP has finally scored Mike Trout in a fantasy one. The crew breaks down the pitching in the TINO 2.0 dynasty fantasy draft, and also breaks down Kyle Lohse's golf skills before diving in on Noah Syndergaard and a bevy of fantasy corner outfielders. E...

Emily Nemens discusses the conflicts in and the process of writing her new baseball novel, The Cactus League. Plus Hall of Fame pitcher Waite Hoyt spins a harrowing tale during a rain delay and Joe DiMaggio tries to withstand a “hot condition,” as well all sometimes must. TABLE OF CONTENTS Surviving Waite Hoyt’s Rain Delay of the Soul*Joe DiMaggio’s Trying Year*Emily Nemens: Players in Spring Trai...

Craig and Emma go in depth on the MLB and MLBPA agreement on service time and everything else, discuss "Opening Day" and Noah Syndergaard's non-elective Tommy John surgery, Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is fiveanddive@baseballprospectus.com . Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockto...

With baseball and life on hiatus because of Covid-19, we decided to do something different this week. Mike, Jon, and Samuel welcomed in Levi Weaver for an honest and unfiltered discussion about life. With three dads on the pod, there's a lot of talk about parenting and all that implies. There is some baseball however, as Levi details the process of building relationships with players and how that...

It's been a weird couple of weeks, but Craig and Bradford get together to discuss where baseball stands, where it might be going, and why Bill James should really stop tweeting. Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is fiveanddive@baseballprospectus.com . Our theme tune is by Jawn St...

In Episode 212 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett talk about hummus recipes, read some restaurant menus, break down the Wrestlemania card, and analyze the mid-2000s Topps design with our good friend David Roth. We also very briefly discuss the 2020 Mets bullpen, but not Ryley Gilliam.

Mark Simon, co-author of The Fielding Bible V, discusses the latest in defensive evaluation, climbing the ladder at “Baseball Tonight,” and tries to explain Gio Urshela, Paul DeJong, and other mysteries of defense. Plus two New York teams brawl but that’s not the most dangerous thing happening, and why baseball ducked an otherwise deadly disease. TABLE OF CONTENTS Quarantine the World Series*Why D...

The final positional week podcast is here, with relief pitchers closing out the series. Mike, Jon, and Samuel go through the most varied of positions breaking down what to and not to do when it comes to drafting a closer. They go through the top line relievers, help you mine some gems, and talk through general strategy in the middle. It's the last one, celebrate that with us by tuning in! Flags Fl...

Leody Taveras won't be playing games for a while, but the prospect team has a lot of thoughts on him.

Infinite Inning 136: War Criminal in the Booth Cliff Corcoran returns to discuss the burning issues of the day, including the everybody-gets-a-playoff-spot trial balloon. Plus, a player asks for help after a hurricane and how the 1922 World Series relates to a non-existent musical about the Founding Fathers called “Morris!” TABLE OF CONTENTS Tony Fernandez and the Hurricane: What’s Good, Anyway?*B...

In Episode 211 of For All You Kids Out There, baseball is shut down and Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss how we got here and where we might be going. In the second half of the show, let's pretend like the season is happening and discuss the Mets starting pitching with Allison and McCague. And in the third half of the show we answer a boatload of correspondence with Patreon supporter Tom Hubert.

We will be back to divisional previews next week, but for Episode 42, Emma and Craig discuss the baseball-wide shutdown. Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is fiveanddive@baseballprospectus.com . Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music...

We continue our season preview with more talk about Russian composers and Rylan Bannon.

It's all about LABR this week! Jon is out so Mike brings in USA Today's Steve Gardner and Baseball Prospectus President Bret Sayre to talk about all the action down in Florida. The first half of the pod is Mike and Steve going through NL Only, then after a brief jazz break Bret arrives to help break down the AL side of things. If you love LABR, this is your lucky week. Flags Fly Forever is a Baseb...

In Episode 41, Craig (!) and Bradford discuss the Yoan Moncada extension and then preview each of the five teams in the AL East. 1. Can the Yankees best their PECOTA projection despite their spate of injuries? 2. How will Craig's favorite team, the Tampa Bay Rays, fare with a rejiggered lineup? 3. How much better can Rafael Devers get, and will it be enough to offset the Red Sox pitching staff? 4....

In Episode 210 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett cover the paucity of Mets news, preview the 2020 Mets Outfield with Amazing' Avenue writer and social media superstar Rich Staff, and answer your correspondence on a Steven Matz trade and the coronavirus.

Starting pitcher week is here, and do we have a lot to talk about. Mike, Jon, and Samuel break things down in a slightly different format this week using ADP as opposed to the tier rankings you're used to. That doesn't mean the conversation is any less robust. There's a good discussion about names that have a lot of helium right now(Chris Paddack for example) as well as discussing the merits of ta...

In Episode 40, Jeffrey and Emma discuss hard seltzer snobbery and then tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics. 1. Milwaukee's Best: Christian Yelich has signed an extension, it seems fine. 2. Come Sale Away: Chris Sale does not need Tommy John surgery...yet. And Collin McHugh might be the Red Sox second best starter and/or best reliever. 3. More efficient high-fives: Coronavirus, possibly comin...

In the first of our "season preview" episodes, there is already baseball being played in locations warmer than Jeffrey's house, so we bring on Alec Dopp and Keanan Lamb to chat about preseason rituals and how we pass the offseason. Meanwhile, Jeffrey waxes poetic for columns lost to time and possibly the Mandela Effect.

Mark and J.P. discuss bad rosters they can't remember and a possibly decent Marlins one. The Yankees have a hole on their 2020 roster, who might fill them? Can they talk themselves into Chris Sale...probably not, but there's ones to watch and correspondence to answer. Email: tinopodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @tinopodcast / @hoodieandtie / @GhostRunneron2B Patreon: patreon.com/TINOPodcast Music from h...

In Episode 209 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett aren't really feeling baseballish yet, but nevertheless they chat about injuries in camp, the 2020 Mets infield (with our good friend Greg Karam), and then wrap things up with a lot of AEW Revolution (and other wrestling) thoughts.

In Episode 39, Jeffrey and Bradford tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics. 1. A joyous return of baseball: Injuries have hit the Yankees particularly hard, but they are slightly better equipped to handle it than the Angels. 2. Puig Your Outfielder?: Yasiel Puig remains a free agent despite being a viable major league outfielder. Five and Dive investigates. 3. Angels in the tee box: Mike Trout...

David Roth returns to talk the non-sale of the New York Mets, the irrational trade of Mookie Betts, and asks why the president has an old-time Yankees second baseman on his mind. Plus, a tender encounter with a warm Yankee Stadium security guard and why childhood inadequacy can leave one feeling like Juan Samuel. TABLE OF CONTENTS Face Down in Joe Girardi’s Bouncy Castle*David Roth: The 1961 Yanke...