Ep. 55: A Stat-Savvy Closer With Glen Perkins
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann play "College Baseball Player, Figure From American History, or Nicolas Cage Character?" (02:40) and talk to Twins pitcher Glen Perkins about his return ...
13 Feb 201741min
Ep. 54: Baseball in the White House and a Rebuilt Reliever
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann talk to former White House press secretary Josh Earnest about his Royals fandom (03:20), following baseball in the White House (13:55), President Obama's...
6 Feb 20171h
Ep. 53: Jerry Dipoto and the Next Steps for Statcast
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann produce one last edition of 'What Did Jerry Dipoto Do?' with Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto (01:08), who dishes on trading tactics (03:43), GM etiquette (08:58...
30 Jan 201759min
Ep. 52: The New Stats That Help Explain Surprising Pitching
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann remember Yordano Ventura (01:32) and talk to Baseball Prospectus writers Jeff Long and Jonathan Judge about their new attempts to quantify how some pitch...
23 Jan 201757min
Ep. 51: More Mariners Moves and an Elbow Bellwether
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann bring back Baseball Prospectus writer Meg Rowley for a second round of "What Did Dipoto Do?" after another active week for the Mariners GM (1:46). Then t...
16 Jan 201756min
Ep. 50: A Winter on Waivers, Free-Agent Trout, and Dipoto's Deals
Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann talk to Cubs pitcher David Rollins about changing teams five times in 36 days (01:25). Then they bring on FanGraphs writer Nathaniel Grow to discuss a legal loophole ...
9 Jan 201750min
Ep. 49: The Statistical Trends of 2016
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann bring on writers/analysts Jeff Sullivan (2:30), Rob Arthur (14:42), Corinne Landrey (26:40), Gerald Schifman (36:08) and Jeff Zimmerman (47:10) to discus...
2 Jan 201757min
Ep. 48: All Aboard the Raines Train
Inspired by ‘Rogue One,’ The Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann pick the former players they’d like to see CGI’d back into their primes. Then they bring on Jonah Keri of CBS Sports to discuss ...
19 Dec 201653min
