Baseballholics Anonymous

The Mound Twitter: @ImEVpositive, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~5:00) News Kershaw Harvey Kang Debuts of Giolito, Taillon, Glasnow   2nd Base (~28:15) Extract Doug: Julio Urias Sam: Eduardo Nunez   Interlude: Arrieta (~48:00)   3rd Base (~52:00) Game: Over/Under     Home (~1:19:15)  Occam's Razor, sharp and dull Preseason prediction revisited     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @ImEVpositive, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~5:45) News Urias Yu back Ejecting Thor Mookie Moustakas   2nd Base (~25:00) Extract Doug: Michael Fulmer Sam: Carlos Gomez   3rd Base (~40:30) Game: Tie Breakout     Home (~55:00)  The New Strike Zone Robot Umps Revisited     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @ImEVpositive, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~1:15) News The Brawl Stras Inks with Nats Twins Prospects Kershaw Sonny Gray   2nd Base (~34:15) Extract Doug: Jon Gray Sam: Anthony Rendon   3rd Base (~54:15) Game: Read Between the Lies     Home (~1:19:00)  Two Baseballholics Sofa-scouting Harvey-Strasburg     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @ImEVpositive, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~2:30) News Cubs Richards 80 G for Dee G The Kang Show is back on the air Ay Papi!   2nd Base (~30:00) Extract Doug: Jose Berrios Sam: Daniel Murphy   3rd Base (~48:00) Game: Over/Under Altuve Harper Prince Votto Wainwright Arrieta Nola Velasquez     Home (~1:17:30)  The evolution of DFS, how and why it's a different game in 2016     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @ImEVpositive, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~1:45) News Carrasco Arrieta Harper Stras Rasmus Wainwrong   2nd Base (~25:15) Extract Doug: Matt Harvey Sam: Tyler White   3rd Base (~44:30) Game: Who Done It?       Home (~1:08:45)  A Trek Through the Standings     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @ImEVpositive, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~3:30) News Kersh vs. Bum Schwarber Mazara Correa Orioles Greinke Giles Story...   2nd Base (~43:30) Extract Sam: Trevor Story Doug: Madison Bumgarner   3rd Base (~1:04:00) Game: The Wonder Years       Home (~1:18:15)  A Week's Worth of Change     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @ImEVpositive, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~3:15) Predicting the Standings   2nd Base (~52:00) Predicting the Awards   3rd Base (~1:17:30) Game: Occam's Razor  Predicting outcomes    Home (~1:35:45)  Reviewing the BAn fantasy auction     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @ImEVpositive, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~3:15) The Future of Sabermetrics Inspired by Rob Arthur's article at 538: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-baseballs-new-data-is-changing-sabermetrics/    2nd Base (~19:00) Extract Taijuan Walker Marcell Ozuna   3rd Base (~35:00) Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?  brought to you by PECOTA     Home (~57:00)  Celebrations, Unwritten Rules, Old School vs. New School     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @ImEVpositive, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~3:00) Draft Strategies   2nd Base (~31:15) Breakouts, Bargains and Busts We each give 3 players for each of 3 categories. Breakouts - top players who could ascend to elite status Bargains - lower-ranked players who should return value higher than their ADP Busts - top players who will fail to live up to the hype in 2016   3rd Base (~1:04:15) Game: Fantasy Pop Quiz   - We each choose three questions to ask the other, painting various scenarios on fantasy draft day    Home (~1:27:30)  Using the average ADP from here: http://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/adp/overall.php  Best and Worst values of each round Rounds 1 through 5 Round 10 Round 15     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @ImEVpositive, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com     ***The Baseballholics Anonymous Fantasy Auction League has arrived!*** We've turned entry into a game this year, so if interested then please follow these instructions. [those who submit an entry MUST be able to participate in the auction, scheduled for Sunday, March 27, at 5:30 PT / 8:30 ET] There are 12 spots available for the 15-team league. To enter, send us an email at baseballholics@gmail.com, with the following items in the body of the email: 1. Answer the following: Which game has been played the most times on Baseballholics? A. Occam's Razor B. Read Between the Lies C. Who Done It? D. The Wonder Years   2. Review the show on iTunes, then copy+paste your review into the email. It's shameless promotion, we know. (if you have reviewed us already in the past, then please copy+paste the og review)   3. Tell us a BRIEF summary of your Baseballholism, and why you would be a good fit for our baseball addiction group

The Mound Twitter: @ImEVpositive, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com Special Guest: Bret Sayre, @dynastyguru       ***The Baseballholics Anonymous Fantasy Auction League has arrived!*** We've turned entry into a game this year, so if interested then please follow these instructions. [those who submit an entry MUST be able to participate in the auction, scheduled for Sunday, March 27, at 5:30 PT / 8:30 ET] There are 12 spots available for the 15-team league. To enter, send us an email at baseballholics@gmail.com, with the following items in the body of the email: 1. Answer the following: Which game has been played the most times on Baseballholics? A. Occam's Razor B. Read Between the Lies C. Who Done It? D. The Wonder Years   2. Review the show on iTunes, then copy+paste your review into the email. It's shameless promotion, we know. (if you have reviewed us already in the past, then please copy+paste the og review)   3. Tell us a BRIEF summary of your Baseballholism, and why you would b

The Mound Twitter: @ImEVpositive, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~3:30) Signings & Trades Gallardo Fister Kendrick Latos Rodney Clippard Dickerson-McGee Segura/Wagner-Hill/Diaz/Anderson Slide Rule   2nd Base (~47:15) Offseason Extract D: Raisel Iglesias S: Randal Grichuk and Stephen Piscotty   3rd Base (~1:08:30) Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?   - new and improved!?    Home (~1:31:00)  Baseball Prospectus Mock Draft     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @ImEVpositive, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~2:00) Signings Upton Cespedes Cuban Missile Fallout Parra    2nd Base (~28:15) Offseason Extract D: Justin Verlander S: Jung Ho Kang   3rd Base (~47:45) Game: Total Recall   - new game, inspired by last week's title    Home (~1:02:30)  Reader Email Keeper decisions Cheap Buxton vs Pricey Stras       Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @ImEVpositive, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~4:30) News Arbs Arrieta Aroldis Storen Donaldson Fern Signs Crush A. Gordon IPK Chen Maeda Span Napoli Swaps Revere for Storen    2nd Base (~44:45) Offseason Extract D: Jon Gray S: Adam Eaton   3rd Base (~1:08:30) Game: The Wonder Years      Home (~1:23:30)  The Hall Trimmed Electorate Griffey-Piazza Bonds-Clemens Hoffman-Wagner Bags-Rock Brought to you by: The Soapbox       Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right Break Music by PBR Streetgang     To downlaod the pod directly, just Right-click on the following link, and choose "save link as"   

The Mound Twitter: @ImEVpositive, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~3:30) News Iwakuma (again) Leake D. Murphy H. Alvarez Jaso Ottavino Frazier trade Aroldis trade Unsigned Free Agent Extravaganza    2nd Base (~36:15) 2015 Year In Review Risers and Fallers Most Improved Players Did Harper pass Trout? What can we learn from the Royals? Most with the Least? Least with the Most? Fantasy Booms and Busts   Stretch (~1:33:15) Kazmir   3rd Base (~1:38:30) Game: Who Done It?      Home (~1:56:30)  The State of DFS, blackouts in NY and IL       Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right Break Music by PBR Streetgang     To downlaod the pod directly, just Right-click on the following link, and choose "save link as"   

The Mound Twitter: @ImEVpositive, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~3:30) News AZ - Greinke, Shelby CHC - Heyward, Lackey SF - Samardzija, Cueto LAD - Iwakuma The other other Giles, Appel falls far from the tree Walker for Niese    2nd Base (~31:15) Off-season Extract Jeff Samardzija Chris Sale and Cole Hamels   3rd Base (~49:30) Game: Read Between the Lies Wood's gem Greinke 1998 Cueto Pine Tar Stew      Home (~1:09:00)  Listener Email Question: Should the Rockies screw pitching?       Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right Break Music by PBR Streetgang     To downlaod the pod directly, just Right-click on the following link, and choose "save link as"   

The Mound Twitter: @sammydacipher, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~2:45) News Price Zimmermann Trumbo to O's A's keep shaking it up Framing Conger    2nd Base (~27:30) Off-season Extract Albert Pujols Jonathan Lucroy   3rd Base (~44:30) NEW Game: The Wonder Years Time-based trivia      Home (~1:00:00)  What determines HoF eligibility. a.k.a. Why is David Eckstein on the ballot? Scope of the new class Brandishing the Rock       Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right Break Music by PBR Streetgang     To downlaod the pod directly, just Right-click on the following link, and choose "save link as"   

The Mound Twitter: @sammydacipher, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~3:15) Trades Kimbrel Andrelton Karns Lynn TJS    2nd Base (~20:15) Qualifying Offers Accepted: Rasmus, B. Anderson, Wieters   3rd Base (~31:15) Game: Occam's Free Agent Razor Heyward Zimmermann Utley Crush Samardzija J-Up       Home (~49:30)  Baseballholics congregate at the Arizona Fall League       Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right Break Music by PBR Streetgang     To downlaod the pod directly, just Right-click on the following link, and choose "save link as"      

The Mound Twitter: @sammydacipher, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~4:30) World Series Review    2nd Base (~30:00) Awards   3rd Base (~1:02:00) Game: Who Done It?     Home (~1:20:45)  Celebration       Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right Break Music by PBR Streetgang     To downlaod the pod directly, just Right-click on the following link, and choose "save link as"      

The Mound Twitter: @sammydacipher, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~2:45) NLCS Review    2nd Base (~22:45) ALCS Review   3rd Base (~58:00) Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?     Home (~1:18:30)  A Wicked Rain Delay, brought to you by FOX World Series Props, through Rose-colored glasses       Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro –Never Seems Right Break Music by PBR Streetgang     To downlaod the pod directly, just Right-click on the following link, and choose "save link as"