Dugout Study Hall - On The Farm's LaMar Gibson (@InsideFastball) joins Alexander Chase (@chase_rate) to talk through the need-to-know info about the MLB Draft: how the major mechanics work, why it's so unpredictable, and which players are worth following regardless of where they land.

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Episode outline:

• How is the MLB Draft different from other drafts?
• Why do teams intentionally pass on good players?
• "Moneyball," draft archetypes, and what's changed in the past two decades
• Druw Jones: lock for first?
• Termarr Johnson, Brooks Lee, and Kevin Parada: early names worth remembering
• Kumar Rocker headlines a depleted pitching class

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Dugout Study Hall - Expert layman Matt Goodwin (@TheCorkedMatt) and fake baseball economist Alexander Chase (@chase_rate) talk about summer, Pitcher Bot's Cameron Grove and some analysis around pitch usage, which pumpkins have been good and so much more! Please help us with a FIVE STAR RATING and a REVIEW wherever you listen and ENJOY!

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Episode Outline:

• Summer plans
• Pitcher Bot Tweets
  • Teams getting better at having players throw their best pitches
  • Which teams are better at developing pitching talent
• Pumpkins who have been good (and will they go back to being pumpkins?)
  • Tony Gonsolin
  • Tyler Anderson
  • Nick Pivetta

Note: Episode recorded on 06/29/22

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Dugout Study Hall - Expert layman Matt Goodwin (@TheCorkedMatt) and fake baseball economist Alexander Chase (@chase_rate) talk a whole lot about rookies including rookie fWAR, rookie buy/sell, and much more! Please help us with a FIVE STAR RATING and a REVIEW wherever you listen and ENJOY!

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Episode Outline:

• Warm-up: Oneil Cruz callup and major-league samples
  • Opposite forces from CBA / Pandemic
  • Have our expectations matched reality?
• Number of the Week: 11.1 fWAR from rookie pitchers
  • Why have this year's pitchers had less of an impact?
• Case Study: Adapting on the fly
  • Has Spencer Torkelson shown that he's learning through his tough year?
• Rookie targets to believe in for redraft

Note: Episode recorded on 06/22/22

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