Episode 164

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Jason Collette and Nicholas Minnix talk, among other topics, Aaron Hicks; Domonic Brown; Rafael Montero; Nick Tropeano; the Washington Nationals’ new source(s) of saves; Edward Mujica and Koji Uehara; by request, Derek Holland, Joey Gallo and Joc Pederson; and, of course, a couple of picks for two-turn pitchers.

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Episode 163

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Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix talk, among other topics that include a very interesting tangent or two, Homer Bailey, in light of just announced surgery news; the benching of Colby Rasmus; Joc Pederson’s consecutive starts; Juan Lagares and the directive to run more often; Miguel Gonzalez and the pop-up skill; and Casey Janssen’s possible phase-out at closer.

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Episode 162

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Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix discuss significant September call-ups, including Maikel Franco, Andrew Heaney, Dalton Pompey and Cory Spangenberg, as well as SP-eligible pitchers who are likely to be used as RPs down the stretch; the San Francisco Giants’ rearranged bullpen and, in particular, Sergio Romo; preferences for possible saves among those who might be available in fantasy baseball leagues; and a request, from awhile back, in which a listener asked for an explanation on injury benchmarks for pitchers, specifically in terms of pitch usage and percentages versus quantities.

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Episode 161

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Jason Collette and Nicholas Minnix play a little “Guess who leads the league in. …” before they discuss, among other items, Adam Dunn to the Oakland Athletics; Andy Wilkins; Dilson Herrera; Felix Doubront; Justin Masterson (or, more appropriately, his potential replacements); Kevin Quackenbush; Jonathan Broxton; Miguel Cabrera; by request, Mike Minor and Adam Eaton; and, of course, some two-turn pitchers.

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Episode 160

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Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix discuss, among other items, along with an interesting tangent or two, Zach Walters; Kyle Ryan; Adam Wainwright; Yadier Molina; Shane Greene; Drew Smyly; the Chicago White Sox’s bullpen; Brandon Finnegan; Masahiro Tanaka; and, by request, possible changes in playing time in the final month for players like Hanley Ramirez.

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Episode 159

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Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix discuss, among other items, the exciting arrival of Kiley McDaniel to FanGraphs; Jorge Soler; David Wright; Gregory Polanco; Oscar Taveras; Eric O’Flaherty as Sean Doolittle’s replacement; the what-ifs of a Chad Qualls trade to the Detroit Tigers; Koji Uehara; Derek Holland; and, by request, some thoughts on evaluations of “power outages” of players like Yasiel Puig, along with how to play matchups for stolen bases.

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Episode 158

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Jason Collette and Nicholas Minnix discuss, among other items, Rusney Castillo and his impact on the Boston Red Sox’s roster; the Arizona Diamondbacks’ infield; the Oakland Athletics’ recent bevy of transactions, including the acquisition of Geovany Soto and deactivation of Sean Doolittle; Mike Fiers; Justin Verlander, as well as the mess at the back end of the Detroit Tigers’ rotation; Tim Lincecum; Jacob Turner; Manny Machado; and, of course, a few two-turn pitchers.

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Episode 157

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Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix discuss Avisail Garcia, Rusney Castillo, Gerrit Cole, Jason Hammel, the Los Angeles Angels’ options to replace Gerrit Richards, Jesse Hahn, the Chicago Cubs’ options in place of Edwin Jackson, Kevin Quackenbush, Justin Verlander, and Jacob deGrom.

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Episode 156

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Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix discuss Byron Buxton; Jay Bruce; Josh Hamilton; Mookie Betts and Jackie Bradley Jr; Alex Rodriguez; Rusney Castillo; Mike Minor; Chris Capuano (by request); C.J. Wilson; and a rundown of injured players in the news.

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Episode 155

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RotoGraphs streaming guru Brandon Warne joins Nicholas Minnix to discuss, among other things, Lorenzo Cain’s potentially diminishing PT; Joc Pederson and Alex Guerrero; Carlos Martinez and Shelby Miller; Archie Bradley; Dan Straily; Trevor Rosenthal; Greg Holland; Daniel Norris; Avisail Garcia; Michael Cuddyer; Gerrit Cole; Wil Myers; David Wright; and, of course, this week’s two-turn pitchers of interest.

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