Baseball HQ Radio

My little joke. Amed Rosario is not mentioned in the pod.

Show No. 4 of the 2026 fantasy baseball season is a Tuesday Tout Edition featuring an interview with Gene McCaffrey, the Wise Guy of fantasy baseball... first (2:40), PD and Gene talk about spring training and the World Baseball Classic, about this year's draft trends, and drafting pitchers like Garret Crochet, Zack Wheeler, Gerrit Cole and Cody Ponce, and hitters including Gleyber Torres, Alec Bohm, Jake Burger and Marcus Semien... Then (35:45), PD talks with Gene about auction theory, including unusual auction strategies he has seen—and tried—over the years, plus he has a bushel basket of boons and banes, and a quick story about the time he got flattened on the field at Shea Stadium by Ted Kluszewski...... Runs 1:13:05

Show No. 3 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a guest expert interview, our weekly player news update, and HQ commentary... First, PD talks with Ariel Cohen, of the ATC projection/valuation systems, the Beat the Shift podcast, Rotographs and Rotoballers (2:40), in a wide-ranging discussion of fantasy auctions—Ariel's basic principles, ironclad rules, and working with values... Then, Ray Murphy has our weekly player news review, and after a quick update on the BaseballHQ website and personnel, it's the AL News (35:10), and looks at hitters including Alejandro Kirk and AL pitchers including Pablo Lopez and the Twins rotation... And in NL News (1:13:00), Ray looks at hitters including Bo Bichette and NL pitchers including Andrew Abbott... In Part 2 of our expert interview (1:39:50), PD and Ariel Cohen discuss how Ariel uses player position "tiers" to manage the auction, and how he works the draft through nominations, plus he has some Boons and Banes for the coming season... Then we have our BaseballHQ commentary... In the Minor League Minute (2:18:55), BaseballHQ minor-leagues analyst Rob Gordon looks at PIT SS Konor Griffin, STL 2B JJ Whetherholt, and NYM OF Carson Benge...Runs 2:28:10

Show No. 2 of the 2026 fantasy baseball season is a Two-Tout Tuesday Edition featuring an interview with Ron Shandler, founder of BHQ.com and the BABS fantasy baseball system, and the author of the new book Fantasy, Reconstructed... In the first part of the talk, (1:35), PD and Ron discuss why he wrote a book on fantasy sports rules, and narrows in onto winning and fixing FAAB...Then in the second half (32:45), PD talks with Ron about game play, including post-season leagues, retro-drafting, "Bottom Tier Fantasy," the Sixto Draftcano league format, and 7G, a variant he came up with and now plays in his home league... Plus Ron has some Boon and Banes for the coming season... Runs 1:08:55

Show number 1 of the 2026 fantasy baseball season is a special ·opening-of-spring-training· Roundtable edition (2:15) with projection aces Todd Zola and Ray Murphy... Todd, Ray and host Patrick Davitt talk about applying spring training performances to pre-season projections... We also discuss the effects of recent player news, including hamate bone injuries to Francisco Lindor, Corbin Carroll and Jackson Holliday... And we close with our first Boons and Banes for 2026 among hitters, starting pitchers and relievers... Runs 1:21:05

Host PD talks with Ron Shandler, Ray Murphy, Alex Beckey and Todd Zola about Trey Yesavage, AI in fantasy baseball, and changing the rules... Runs 1:11:10

It's a two-part end of season roundtable edition... In Part One (2:25), Todd Zola, Ray Murphy and PD talk about 2025... The big stories in real baseball and fantasy baseball... End of season awards... Biggest bargains and busts... And a discussion of who should and who will be the hotly debated AL MVP· Then in Part 2 (49:25), Todd, Ray and PD look ahead to 2026, including stories to watch in the offseason and spring training... Hitters and pitchers outside the top rounds who could deliver top-round value... Hitters and pitchers inside the early rounds who will not return value ... Predictions of 2026 Fantasy Cy Young and 2026 Fantasy MVH... And where Cal Raleigh should and will be drafted next season... Plus we·ll get a FPAZ update... Runs 1:39:25

Show No. 35 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a guest expert interview, our weekly player news update, and HQ commentaries... First, PD talks with Ariel Cohen, of the ATC projection/valuation systems and the Beat the Shift podcast (2:50), discussing when and how he will update his ATC projections this offseason and his recent baseball trip to Toronto... Then, Ray Murphy has our weekly player news review... In the AL News (31:00), Ray looks hitters including TOR SS Bo Bichette and TOR RHSP Trey Yesavage... And in NL News (0:55:49), Ray looks at STL 1B Willson Contreras and MIL LHSP Jose Quintana, plus a FPAZ update... In Part 2 of our expert interview (1:14:20), PD and Ariel Cohen discuss 2025 in review·the big stories, the breakouts and breakdowns, where Cal Raleigh should be drafted next season, and some Boons and Banes for 2026... Then we have our BaseballHQ commentaries... In the Frequent Flyer (1:43:25), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at DET SS Kevin McGonigle... and in his Extra Innings comment (1:46:55), BaseballHQ Radio host Patrick Davitt rollsthe 2025 credits... Runs 2:01:45

Show No. 34 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a two-part guest expert interview with Justin Mason, of Rotographs and the Sleeper & The Bust podcast, our weekly player news update, and HQ commentaries... First, in Part 1 of the expert interview (3:10), PD and Justin discuss players in his most recent Roto Riteup at Rotographs, including SF OF Drew Gilbert and CHW RHSP Davis Martin, and his year-long tracking of his regular streaming SP recommendations... Then, Ray Murphy has our weekly player news review... In the AL News (39:00), Ray looks hitters including TOR OF Daulton Varsho and pitchers including MIN RHSP Pablo Lopez... And in NL News (1:00:15), Ray looks at hitters including ATL OF Ronald Acuna and pitchers including MIA RHSP Edward Cabrera... In Part 2 of our expert interview (1:15:15), PD and Justin Mason discuss some draft selections in the first 11 rounds of the way-too-early Meatball draft, including hitters like BOS OF Roman Anthony in the third and TOR C Alejandro Kirk in the ninth... and pitchers like Cristopher Sanchez in the 3rd and Ryan Pepiot in the 10th (and no pitchers in the second)... Then we have our BaseballHQ commentaries... In the Minor League Minute (1:57:00), BaseballHQ minor-leagues analyst Rob Gordon looks at six more top prospects, including NYM RHP Brandon Sproat, KC C Carter Jensen and ATL RHP JR Ritchie... and in the Frequent Flyer (2:03:05), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at LA OF Kendall George... Runs 2:09:30

Show No. 33 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a guest expert interview, our weekly player news update, and HQ commentaries... First, PD talks with Derek Van Riper, host of the Rates & Barrels pod and a writer at The Athletic (3:00), discussing the way-too-early Meatball Draft, and hitters in the news including SEA C Cal Raleigh and LAA SS Zach Neto... Then, Ray Murphy has our weekly player news review... In the AL News (44:15), Ray looks at hitters including TEX 2B Marcus Semien and pitchers including MIN RHSPs Mick Abel and Taj Bradley... And in NL News (1:06:08), Ray looks at hitters including SF OF Luis Matos and pitchers including MIL RHRP Abner Uribe... In Part 2 of our expert interview (1:28:25), PD and DVR discuss pitchers in the headlines, including Spencer Strider and Shane Bieber, as well as pitchers who force hitters into bad swing decisions... Plus Derek has some RoS Boons and Banes... Then we have our BaseballHQ commentaries... In the Minor League Minute (1:57:40), BaseballHQ minor-leagues analyst Rob Gordon looks at six prospects including NYM RHSP Jonah Tong, CHW OF Braden Montgomery and WAS RHSP Jarlin Susana...... in the Frequent Flyer (2:02:35), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at STL MI JJ Wetherholt... and in his Extra Innings comment (2:05:55), BaseballHQ Radio host Patrick Davitt discusses Cal Raleigh's truly historical season... Runs 2:14:50