Title: The 5th Deck Podcast – S1E06 – A Red Bull-chugging infielder by any other name
Date: March 9, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the latest edition of The 5th Deck Podcast, Andrew Stoeten and I discuss the World Baseball Classic, the Blue Jays’ infield depth, and more.
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Title: The 5th Deck Podcast – S1E05 – 3 pitching coaches in a trench coat
Date: March 2, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the latest edition of The 5th Deck Podcast, Jonah Birenbaum and I discuss Kevin Pillar as a lead-off candidate, the Blue Jays bullpen, and a bunch more.
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Title: The 5th Deck Podcast – S1E03 – Best shape of their lives
Date: February 16, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the latest edition of The 5th Deck Podcast, Israel Fehr and I discuss Dalton Pompey’s potential, Joe Biagini’s role, and other Blue Jays spring training storylines.
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Title: The 5th Deck Podcast – S1E02 – Springtime in Kamagaya
Date: February 9, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the latest edition of The 5th Deck Podcast, Arden Zwelling and I discuss Japanese phenom Shohei Otani and examine the Blue Jays’ pitching staff ahead of Spring Training.
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Title: The 5th Deck Podcast – S1E01 – No half measures
Date: February 2, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In the first official edition of The 5th Deck Podcast, Jonah Keri and I discuss the Toronto Blue Jays’ approach to the offseason and their standing ahead of Spring Training.
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Title: Coming Soon: The 5th Deck Podcast
Date: January 26, 2017
Original Source: The Athletic
Synopsis: In 2017, I’ll be hosting a weekly podcast at The Athletic called The 5th Deck Podcast. This first episode is a brief teaser announcing the podcast’s creation and briefly talking about Kendrys Morales.
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Title: FNTSY Sports Network television appearance
Date: June 21, 2016
Original Source: FNTSY Sports Network
Synopsis: I made an appearance on FNTSY Sports Network to discuss some young potential waiver-wire pickups and some aging pitchers.
Title: Fantasy Baseball Analyst at Rotographs
Date: January 21, 2016
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: I’ve started back up at Rotographs on what’s close to a full-time basis. I’ll be contributing at least four pieces a week and, once the season starts, be manning the larger side of their Roto Riteup platoon, providing a for-your-coffee breakdown of the prior day’s baseball happenings.
There will probably be too much volume for me to re-post everything here, so make sure to check out my Rotographs archive, in addition to this site, where anything I write for the Fangraphs side will definitely still appear.
Title: Riding the Waves of BABIP Variance with Chris Colabello
Date: April 12, 2016
Original Source: Fangraphs
Synopsis: For my latest at Fangraphs, I spoke with Chris Colabello at spring training about the ups and downs of life as a high-variance hitter and how to keep faith in your process.
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Title: ERIC THAMES WENT FROM QUAD-A SLUGGER TO KOREAN LEAGUE STAR. WHAT’S NEXT?
Date: April 12, 2016
Original Source: Vice
Synopsis: I caught up with Eric Thames, former Blue Jays prospect and current king of the KBO league, to talk baseball, life in Korea, bad dating beats, and more.
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