The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

Sometimes in the Arizona Fall League you see a desert mirage. No that's too cliche. AFL performance is as easy to grasp as a handful of sand. That's not much better. It's been a while, friends.  

In Episode 425, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the benefits of a BP subscription and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Say It Is Soto: Where we stand on the free agency of one Childish Bambino  2. Life is too Short to Spend the Rest of it Down Here in Tampa: Where we stand on the Rays stadium situation both now and in the future. 3. Our Semi-Annual Hall of Fame segment: The HoF...

In Episode 424, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig indulge in some (advent calendar) coffee chat and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. The Postman Only Rings Twice: Roki Sasaki is being posted, eventually.  2. There is No Such Thing as a Free Agency: 50 free agents, ranked 3. Television Man, I Know What You Are Trying to Be: Diamond Sports is still going to be showing baseball games. This is p...

In Episode 423, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about sprinkler systems and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. We Dug Cole Together: Catching up on what actually happened with Gerrit Cole's opt out 2. To Catch a Rising Free Agent Star: What's a worse sign for Scott Boras, the Yankees calling his bluff or the quality of this year's one-liners? 3. Thank You For Sending Me An Angel: We che...

In Episode 422, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Christmas lights and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. We Dug Cole together: A cannier podcast would wait until the Cole opt out was sorted to do a segment on it. This is not that podcast 2. For Whom the Bellinger Tolls: Like (spoiler alert) Gerrit Cole, Cody Bellinger will be staying put. What does that mean for the 2025 Cubs? 3....

In Episodes 420 and 421, Patrick, Jeffrey, and (eventually) Craig discuss nine mostly baseball topics in between fighting with Tempe, AZ wifi. I was a Freeman in Paris, I felt unfettered and alive: The Dodgers strike first in Game 1, thanks to the first of several weird Yankees tactical moves. Helplessly hoping, her harlequin hovers nearby: Dodgers make it 2-for-2 while dealing with an Ohtani inju...

In Episode 419, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. The Judges of Normality are Present Everywhere: Before the preview, there's the discourse. 2. The World Series Preview: Well, who ya got?  3. Fernandomania: The Dodgers lost one of their franchise icons this week  4. Around the Horn: Some potential postings and some actual injuries  5. Base 10 Supremacy rears its u...

In Episode 418, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about advent calendars (and the coffee that sometimes comes inside them) and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Theeeeeeeee Yankees Win: Juan Soto is a tough out, and the Guardians made too many easy outs. 2. I am the Edman, coo-coo-cachoo: The Dodgers turn the Grimace Shake meme back on the Mets. That's a sentence people will definitely u...

In Episode 417, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Unhappy Meal: The Dodgers take the Mets lunch at Citi Field. You might say they've been hamburgled. 2. Christmas Creep:  The Guards and Yanks play an instant classic, as Cleveland hangs around thanks to some big bombs. 3. Here we are now, going to the South Side...no, further south: You might think it's playoff tim...

In Episode 416, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about weekend Fall excursions and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Playing Catch Up: The league did not consult our pod schedule for their playoff schedule, so we have a bit of catching up to do. 2. Escape from LA: The Mets head back home with a split, but did we learn more about the Dodgers?  3. The Empire Strikes First: The Yankees mi...

In Episode 415, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about cold sweats and horror movies (not related) and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Purple October: The Mets move on, and the Philles (well mostly their fans) are flailing a bit for an explanation   2. Royal Pains: The Garrett Hampson led KC offense could overcome the Yankees. We're as shocked as you are. 3. Pitching Chaos (no, not th...

In Episode 414, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig indulge in some more coffee chat and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Split-Split-Split-Splitadelphia: The Mets/Phillies series is as chaotic as we (well two of us) could have hoped. 2. Stay Class...everyone involved: Meanwhile the Dodgers/Padres series is just a mess. 3. Central Planning: Tigers/Guardians get the short shrift on the pod, bu...

In Episode 413, a very tired Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the waning of the British Empire I guess and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Ooh, baby, baby, it's a wild card: Recapping what we learned from the Wild Card Series and where the eliminated teams go from here.  2. ALDS Preview 3. NLDS Preview  4. Around the Horn: Some surprising managerial and front office movement mea...

In part two of Episode 412, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five more mostly baseball topics.  1. Like Confetti how it falls, let ‘em leave with it all: Game 163 was really game 161 and 162, but even more chaotic than that sounds. 2. Pete Rose died. 3. Mets/Brewers Wild Card Preview  4. Braves/Padres Wild Card Preview  5. Some very brief Giants front office chat, we're all so tired.   Five and...

In part one of Episode 412, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about breakfast and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. The Last Day of School: Are the weird and wild stuff from the not-actually last day of the season. 2. Here We Are Now, Going to the Southside: Only the second most infuriating owner letter of the week. 3. Tigers/Astros Wild Card Preview  4. Royals/Orioles Wild Card Preview...

In Episode 411, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about playing video games with the kids and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Here I Am, Rock You Like a Hurricane: We may not have a Game 163 anymore, but you get a bonus 161 and 162 on Monday.  2. The Tigers Have Spoken: Detroit is in the driver's seat for an AL Wild Card spot, somehow.  3. Uprooted in Oakland: John Fisher is a...well,...

In Episode 410,  Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about bedtime footwear and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. FRAUD WATCH: The entire AL Wild Card race is on fraud watch, except you Detroit, you're cool. For now.   2. Fifty is Nifty: Ohtani makes some history, again. 3. The cardinal rule is to keep them playing and to keep them coming back: CJ Abrams heads to Palm Beach for a week afte...

The minor league season may be coming to an end, but there is no stopping the Heat Check. Smith and Nathan once again drop in to check on some prospects finishing the season with a flourish.

In Episode 409, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig settle all Brewers business and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Natty BohNo: The Orioles remain in free fall, and Craig Kimbrel may have tumbled out of Hall of Fame consideration.  2. Ooh baby, baby, it's a wild card: The Twins are also in free fall and now have the Tigers in a dead heat for the last playoff spot. Meanwhile in the NL, a Met...

In Episode 408, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about youth sports and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Not Everybody Gets to Go To Space, and That's Okay: Not everybody gets to go the playoffs either, and some teams are struggling to get there more than others. 2. How to Get to Heaven from Fort Myers, FL: One of the weirder baseball topics we've had on the pod, as a Twins draft pick...

In Episode 407, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat NCAA conferences and proper use of idoms and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Anger Management: Anthony Banda broke his hand punching a wall, this is maybe a more complicated story than first blush 2. Pax Romana: James Paxton hangs up the cleats. 3. Around the Horn: some very late-season call-ups, another near no-no, and Atlanta loses an...

In Episode 406, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Wake Me Up When September Ends: Three teams staring out the window and waiting for the offseason. 2. St. Paul 'aints: The Twins are trying to make the AL Wild Card an actual playoff race.  3. Around the Horn: Six gets deep-sixed, a lot of pitchers are targeting a late September return, and Cavan Biggio pops up aga...

In Episode 405, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about extremly complicated coffee and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Playoffs? PLAYOFFS?! I just hope we can win a game: The AL East race stays tight (due in large part to Wyatt Langford) while the NL Wild Card race tightens up. But mostly the Yankees just can't be normal.  2. This is how I win (54% of the time): Jerry Dipoto remains t...

With the minor league season wrapping up, Smith and Nathan are back to check up on the prospects making a strong last impression. 

In Episode 404, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Wake Me Up When September Ends: We examine the state of play heading into the last month of the season.    2. Call Me (Call Me) On The Line: Chase Anderson (!) and others get the September call-up, plus, another Angels rant.   3. Around the Horn: We check in on some injuries and (sigh) the stadium situation for th...