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Dusty Baker On His New Book + A Celebration of the Baseball Glove in MLB History
Jun 9, 2026
36m 21s
We Play Baseball Jeopardy With Ben Clemens of FanGraphs
May 21, 2026
39m 16s
Defensive Guru Perry Hill Teaches How To Think 'Inside The Box'
May 7, 2026
31m 13s
Jo Adell on Fearlessness, Difficult Ballparks, and of course Home Run Robberies
Apr 23, 2026
28m 59s
ABS Replay Review: Buffer Zones and Strategy w/ Jayson Stark, Oyster Analytics
Apr 9, 2026
37m 27s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/9/26 | ![]() Dusty Baker On His New Book + A Celebration of the Baseball Glove in MLB History✨ | Dusty Bakerbaseball history+4 | Dusty Baker | Crossroads, A Memoir in Baseball and Life | — | Dusty BakerCrossroads+5 | — | 36m 21s | |
| 5/21/26 | ![]() We Play Baseball Jeopardy With Ben Clemens of FanGraphs✨ | baseballJeopardy+3 | Ben Clemens | FanGraphs | — | baseballJeopardy+4 | — | 39m 16s | |
| 5/7/26 | ![]() Defensive Guru Perry Hill Teaches How To Think 'Inside The Box'✨ | defensive excellencebaseball coaching+3 | Perry Hill | Seattle Mariners | — | defensebaseball+5 | — | 31m 13s | |
| 4/23/26 | ![]() Jo Adell on Fearlessness, Difficult Ballparks, and of course Home Run Robberies✨ | home run robberiesfearlessness in baseball+3 | Jo Adell | Los Angeles Angels | — | Jo Adellhome run robbery+5 | — | 28m 59s | |
| 4/9/26 | ![]() ABS Replay Review: Buffer Zones and Strategy w/ Jayson Stark, Oyster Analytics✨ | robo-umpbuffer zone+3 | Jayson StarkMaxfield Lane+1 | Oyster Analytics | — | robo-umpbuffer zone+5 | — | 37m 27s | |
| 3/26/26 | ![]() MLB Season Preview w/Chelsea Janes + WPBL shortstop Joely Leguizamon✨ | MLB season previewbaseball predictions+4 | Chelsea JanesJoely Leguizamon | SNYThe Washington Post+1 | — | MLBbaseball+5 | — | 37m 10s | |
| 2/26/26 | ![]() Educating People About Jackie Robinson and Josh Gibson in 2026✨ | Black History MonthJackie Robinson+4 | Samantha Gibson | The Jackie Robinson Museum | — | Jackie RobinsonJosh Gibson+5 | — | 36m 29s | |
| 1/29/26 | ![]() Michael Chernow (Pirates Coach & Player Development Director) + 3 SABR Analytics Awards Finalists✨ | baseballplayer development+3 | Michael ChernowZach Crizer+2 | PiratesSABR+3 | — | Michael ChernowSABR Analytics+6 | — | 39m 11s | |
| 12/30/25 | ![]() Twins Pro Personnel Analyst Nihar Maskara On What It's Like To Work In Baseball✨ | baseball analyticsMLB+3 | Nihar Maskara | Minnesota TwinsWake Forest+1 | — | baseballanalytics+5 | — | 28m 58s | |
| 11/6/25 | ![]() NPB Fielding Bible Award Winner Tyler Nevin On The Most Unusual Pickoff, Tatsuya Imai and a 5-Foot-2 Defensive Superstar✨ | Japanese baseballfielding excellence+3 | Tyler Nevin | Seibu LionsNPB | — | NPBFielding Bible Award+3 | — | 23m 51s | |
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| 10/23/25 | ![]() 2025 Fielding Bible Awards Winners Announcement✨ | Fielding Bible AwardsBaseball Defense+3 | Nico HoernerErnie Clement+1 | CubsBlue Jays+4 | — | Fielding Bible AwardsDefensive Team of the Year+3 | — | 37m 15s | |
| 9/25/25 | ![]() Mark Simon and Ben Clemens On The Biggest Surprises in Baseball In 2025✨ | surprises in baseballMLB regular season+3 | Ben Clemens | FanGraphsBrewers+2 | — | surprisesbaseball+5 | — | 34m 18s | |
| 9/18/25 | ![]() Angels CF Bryce Teodosio Has Played Aggressive, Gotten His Uniform Duty His Whole Baseball Life | On this week's episode, Mark Simon is joined by Angels center fielder Bryce Teodosio, one of the top defensive players in baseball since his recall from the minors about 6 weeks ago. Bryce talked about his aggressive approach and how he makes plays like a home run robbery against Andy Pages. He also explained the way pre-game prep helps him get ready for making improbable catches. At episode's end, Mark takes a look at the top contenders for this year's Fielding Bible Awards. Thanks as always... | 14m 49s | ||||||
| 8/26/25 | ![]() No. 1 Minor League Prospect Konnor Griffin of the Pirates On What Goes Into Playing SS & CF | On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by the No. 1 prospect in minor league baseball, Pirates shortstop and center fielder Konnor Griffin, who at age 19, is playing solid MLB-caliber defense right now. Konnor talked about why he plays the positions so aggressively, what it's been like learning from older players, the hard parts of playing defense, and more. Mark was also joined by his SIS colleague, VP of analytics Alex Vigderman, who described a project he presented with Joe Rosales ... | 26m 23s | ||||||
| 8/7/25 | ![]() Marlins Shortstop Otto Lopez on The Challenges of Shortstop, The Value of Badminton | On this episode Mark Simon talked with Marlins shortstop Otto López, one of our Defensive Player of the Month selections about his midseason position switch, the challenges of playing shortstop, and why playing badminton as a kid was helpful to him. If you would like to read a written transcript of Otto's interview, head here. Then Mark is joined by his SIS colleague Bailey Knight for a discussion of how they watch baseball and what they think about when they watch baseball at different level... | 23m 32s | ||||||
| 7/24/25 | ![]() Rockies Prospect & Minor League Gold Glove Winner Kyle Karros + Top Drafted Pitchers w/ Brandon Tew | On this episode, Mark Simon talks with Rockies minor league prospect Kyle Karros of the Albuquerque Isotopes about the intricacies of third base defense and SIS prospects expert Brandon Tew about the top pitchers selected in the MLB Draft. Kyle talked about his 6-foot-5 frame comes into play as a third baseman, why he loves watching Nolan Arenado play third base, and what suggestions he has for any aspiring third basemen (learn to make all the throws!) Watch a highlight of Kyle here: htt... | 27m 28s | ||||||
| 7/10/25 | ![]() Cam Smith Knows He Needs To Ask A Lot Of Questions (+ Sports-Reference's Adam Darowski) | You can find a transcript of the episode here On this episode, our Mark Simon talks to Astros rookie right fielder Cam Smith, who ranks among the leaders in Defensive Runs Saved despite never having played the position before this season. Cam talked about his welcome to the big leagues' moments and explained how teammate Jake Meyers and the Astros outfield coaches have helped in his acclimation to a new position. Then, we switched topics. Mark went to the SABR convention and shared some of th... | 20m 21s | ||||||
| 6/19/25 | ![]() Giants VP Randy Winn On The Intricacies Of Playing Defense (+ Mariners stats whiz Alex Mayer) | On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by Giants vice-president of player development Randy Winn, Mariners communications manager Alex Mayer, and his SIS colleague Greg Halperin. Randy explained his new role under new Giants president Buster Posey, shared why teaching players how to hit the cutoff man is a priority to him, described how he and the organization use data, and told stories of new Hall-of-Famer Ichiro and how he played defense. Alex talked about his enjoyment of finding statistica... | 45m 28s | ||||||
| 6/5/25 | ![]() Diamondbacks Pitcher-Turned-Shortstop Geraldo Perdomo and MLB Pitcher-Turned-Coach Jay Jackson Join Us | On this episode, Mark Simon was joined by both a current major leaguer and a former major leaguer. Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo stopped by to talk shop with regards to why he's a shortstop and how he plays his position. He shared with us his approach in the field and how he uses his instincts. Former MLB and NPB relief pitcher Jay Jackson also joined us to share lessons learned from his MLB career that he's turned into a self-published book about positivity. He also spoke to us ab... | 39m 07s | ||||||
| 5/22/25 | ![]() Tanner Murray Is One Of The Next Great Rays Defenders (+ Venezuelan Baseball Writer Daniel Álvarez-Montes) | On this episode, Mark Simon welcomes 2024 Rays Minor League Defensive Player of the Year Tanner Murray, who plays two infield positions and is now learning the outfield. Tanner talked about his transition to new positions and the other players on the well-loaded Durham Bulls that could be great defensive major leaguers in the future, like Carson Williams and Tre' Morgan. Mark also spanned the globe talking with baseball writer Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extra Base about the current generatio... | 34m 07s | ||||||
| 5/8/25 | ![]() Volleyball -->Gold Glove Defense, Defensive Positioning, Scoreboard Watching (w/ Joe Mack, Katie Krall) | On this episode, we cover how playing volleyball helped a future minor league Gold Glover, got an explanation on how defensive positioning models are developed and talked about what stats belong on a baseball scoreboard. Joining Mark Simon, our first guest was Marlins prospect Joe Mack, who won a Gold Glove as a catcher last season. Joe talked about how he developed at the position and what he's working on now. Then Katie Krall, baseball analyst for Marquee Sports Network and former researc... | 39m 59s | ||||||
| 4/24/25 | ![]() Fernando Tatis The Gymnast & Elly De La Cruz Brings The Joy (w/ Doug Glanville, Davy Andrews) | On this episode, Mark Simon welcomes in ex-major leaguer Doug Glanville, FanGraphs writer Davy Andrews, and his SIS colleague, Mark Bricker. Mark and Doug talked about Doug's new baseball newsletter, Welcome To Glanville and Mark pitched 3 ideas about defense that Doug could write about (Fernando Tatis The Gymnast is one). From ideas for articles to actual articles, Mark and Davy talked about what Davy's written about defense this season on Elly De La Cruz, Oneil Cruz, and what adding/losin... | 36m 54s | ||||||
| 4/10/25 | ![]() The 'All-Scrapes Team' and Breaking Down MLB's Japanese Pitchers (w/Hannah Keyser & Brandon Tew) | On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by national baseball writer Hannah Keyser and SIS operations analyst Brandon Tew. Hannah, who formerly wrote for Yahoo Sports, introduced us to her thrice-weekly baseball newsletter, The Bandwagon, which she co-authors with Zach Crizer. She shared what early-season baseball happenings surprised her and 'confirmed her priors.' Then she played along and guessed at the members of 'The All-Scrapes Team' (or 'The All-Ouch Team') - players who have dove f... | 41m 31s | ||||||
| 3/25/25 | ![]() Predictions & Analysis, Minor League Hitting Coach Life + a Women's History Month Baseball Lesson (ft. Chelsea Janes, Amanda Kamekona, Myra Faye Turner) | On this episode, Mark Simon welcomes Washington Post national baseball writer Chelsea Janes, Cleveland Guardians minor league assistant hitting coach Amanda Kamekona, and children’s book author Myra Faye Turner, who gave us a Women’s History month baseball lesson. Mark and Chelsea discussed the best defensive teams entering 2025, underachievers in 2024 who could be in for big years this season, players with injury concerns, sleeper MVP and Cy Young picks, and predicted LCS and World Series ma... | 42m 26s | ||||||
| 2/20/25 | ![]() Black History Month: Missouri Head Baseball Coach Kerrick Jackson & Black Play-By-Play Broadcaster & Scholarship Fund Founder & Recipient, Adam Giardino and Grayson Singleton | For our 5th annual episode with a connection to Black History Month, Mark Simon is joined by Missouri head baseball coach Kerrick Jackson, and Adam Giardino and Grayson Singleton of the Black Play-By-Play Broadcaster & Scholarship Fund. Kerrick is the first Black head baseball coach in SEC history. He shared the story of his career path and influences, explained how data and analytics have become a big part of his job, and explained why his school is participating in this weekend's Andre ... | 29m 28s | ||||||
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