Stolen Signs

Episode 36: Dingers, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and ARod

April 25th, 2019  |  21 mins 41 secs

baseball, mlb

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.

Episode 35: New MLB Rules with Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal

March 14th, 2019  |  1 hr 10 secs

baseball, mlb

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.

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

February 21st, 2019  |  50 mins 52 secs

baseball, mlb, pecota, projections

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

Episode 33: PECOTA 2019 with Jonathan Judge and Rob McQuown

February 7th, 2019  |  51 mins 57 secs

baseball, mlb, pecota, projections

Deep dive into DRC+ and PECOTA with Jonathan Judge and Rob McQuown of Baseball Prospectus.

Episode 32: How big can this Hall get?

December 15th, 2018  |  53 mins 41 secs

baseball, baseball prospectus, mlb

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.

Episode 31: Changing Pitchers, Changing Players, Changing Owners

November 15th, 2018  |  54 mins 46 secs

baseball, baseball prospectus, mlb

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.

Episode 30: In the playoffs (and always) pitching and catching are important

October 25th, 2018  |  25 mins 45 secs

baseball, catching, pitching, world series

In the playoffs (and always) pitching and catching are important

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

August 23rd, 2018  |  50 mins 16 secs

baseball

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.

Episode 26: It seems the seam material has a material impact with Dr. Meredith Wills

June 14th, 2018  |  1 hr 10 mins

baseball, home runs, knitting, mlb

Talking about the materials that make up a baseball with Dr. Meredith Wills. We also revisit two-way players, dig into defensive metrics and why they're difficult, and are reminded that everything old is new again.

Episode 25: Sergio Romo is The Opener with R.J. Anderson

May 31st, 2018  |  1 hr 11 mins

baseball, cbs sports, mlb, mlb draft

R.J. Anderson of CBS Sports came on to talk with us about the Rays recent usage of Sergio Romo as a starting pitcher. We talk about whether this concept will continue and if there may be other teams willing to try it out. We also talk with Anthony Rescan about his Baseball Prospectus Intern project for calculating surplus draft value. We threw in a handful of things we've learned over the last few weeks including tidbits about Kendrys Morales, Jordan Hicks, and the predictive value of xStats.