Umpires, Concussions & Evan Longoria

Hosts: Robert Shaw and Wayne Parillo

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Guest: Jeff W Zimmerman

Writer Fangraphs.com and Royalsreview.com. Follow him at @jeffwzimmerman

• Rob Shaw graduates! 0:35 – 0:49
• Umpire Projections, small strike zones and what you can learn from them 0:55 – 3:08
• Injury Projections – how 40% of pitchers will go down 3:21 – 4:53
• Will there be a pitcher contract limit 5:01 – 7:28
• Power Pitchers v Breaking ball pitchers & Starters v Relievers 7:29 – 8:56
• Concussions – what the data tells us after players come back 9:15 – 12:34
• Aging & Derek Jeter 13:00 – 14:53
• How will Evan Longoria & his “young player with old player skills” translate? 15:00 – 16:09
• Why Rays Fans will Be Mad 16:09 – 17:32
• The Credits 17:32 – the End

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