Five and Dive, Episode 530: That's a Clown Assignment, Bro

About this episode

The hosts discuss fiction writing and five baseball topics including player assignments and injury updates.

In Episode 530, Patrick, Jeffrey and Craig chat about fiction writing, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Triple-A is best, Triple-A makes it safe: Konnor Griffin heads to Indianapolis, and some other minor and major league assignments of note. 2. License to IL: A late Spring injury round up. 3. These go to 26: You probably will have heard of them byt the end of the year 4. Around the Horn: Another Cris Sanchez extension, another MLB Gameday face lift 5. Have either of our hosts checked PECOTA lately? The answer may not surprise you. Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive . If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is fiveanddive@baseballprospectus.com . Our theme tune is by Andy Matthews, who you can follow on Bluesky @andymatthewsmusic . You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music . It was produced by Barrie Maguire and Tim Ferguson.

People in this episode

Hosts: Patrick, Jeffrey, Craig, Andy Matthews, Barrie Maguire, Tim Ferguson

Topics covered

• fiction writing
• Triple-A baseball
• injury updates
• player extensions
• PECOTA analysis

Keywords

• Triple-A
• Konnor Griffin
• injury round up
• Cris Sanchez
• PECOTA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PECOTA, Patreon, Spotify, Apple Music

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