Defensive Indifference: A 2080 Baseball Podcast

Burke Granger, Nick Faleris and Dave DeFrietas break down the 2020 MLB Draft hauls for each AL East club, then pick their favorite draft classes from the division.

Nick Faleris and Burke Granger break down the five-round MLB Draft for each AL Central club, then conclude by picking their favorite class from the division. 00:04:00 - Detroit Tigers Draft Class 00:19:00 - Kansas City Royals Draft Class 00:32:00 - Chicago White Sox Draft Class 00:41:45 - Cleveland Indians Draft Class 00:50:45 - Minnesota Twins Draft Class 01:03:30 - Quick Wrap  01:05:15 - Burke’s favorite AL Central Class  01:06:00 - Nick’s favorite AL Central Class  01:09:00 - Quick preview: AL East Breakdown 

Nick and Burke break down Day One of the 2020 MLB Draft, covering highlights from the first 37 selections.

Adam McInturff and Nick Faleris break down the recent Mariners trades and discuss the improving farm system.

Nick Faleris, John Eshleman and Adam McInturff hop on the line to wrap this year's AFL coverage and discuss 2080 Baseball's First and Second Team All-AFL selections.

Ryan Sullivan and John Eshleman spend an hour with baseball legend Joe McIlvaine, discussing all things scouting and today's game.

In Episode 5 of this special limited AFL Series of Defensive Indifference: A 2080 Baseball Podcast, hosts Ryan Sullivan and John Eshleman are joined by Nick Faleris as the three discuss this year's Fall Stars Game, featuring the top talents in the Fall League.

On this week's installment of the Defensive Indifference AFL limited series, Assistant Director of Scouting Adam McInturff joins Ryan Sullivan and John Eshleman to discuss two topics near and dear to him. The trio provides a seminar on fastball command in segment two and in segment three they discuss how the Arizona Fall League relates to the MLB Rule V draft. Ryan and John open the show by discussing the prodigious AFL performance of Mets 1B Peter Alonso.

Co-hosts Ryan Sullivan and John Eshleman are back to discuss John's first week of AFL action, highlighted by lights-out Astros hurler Forrest Whitley. They proceed to talk about valuing fastballs, both in a vacuum and as part of the whole repertoire, before discussing how the AFL context influences defensive grades. Tangents abound. 

In the first episode of this special diPOD subseries focused on fall action in Arizona, hosts Ryan Sullivan and John Eshleman introduce this project and discuss instructs.

Nick Faleris and Burke Granger discuss 2019 MLB Draft standouts from the Under Armour All America Game and Workout, including Bobby Witt Jr., Rece Hinds, Daniel Espino, Gunnar Henderson, CJ Abrams and more.

2080 Baseball's Midseason Top 125 Prospect Rankings are live and Nick Faleris, Dave DeFreitas and Adam McInturff are here to step through them on a bonus episode of Defensive Indifference: A 2080 Baseball Podcast.

Nick Faleris, Adam McInturff and Burke Granger share thoughts on this year's homer-happy MLB Futures Game, including breakdowns of the game's MVP Taylor Trammell (OF, Reds), Yusniel Diaz (OF, Dodgers), Touki Toussaint (RHP, Braves), Matt Manning (RHP, Tigers), Adonis Medina (RHP, Phillies), Dakota Hudson (RHP, Cardinals), and more. 

Dave DeFreitas and Adam McInturff return to the podcast and join Nick in discussing Manny Machado and JA Happ as trade targets, as well as an opening discussion on the Braves' failure to sign Carter Stewart (8th overall draft pick).

Brian Sakowski of Perfect Game USA joins Nick Faleris and Burke Granger to discuss the first big scouting showcase for the 2019 Draft Class -- the Perfect Game National Showcase, hosted at Tropicana Field. Burke and Brian go over thoughts on some of their favorite performers from the event and discuss the showcase circuit more broadly. The three close out the draft-centric episode answering a mailbag question asking to rank the top Oregon State hitters.

Adam McInturff and John Eshleman go over John's tour through the Arizona complexes for Extended Spring Training and Nick Faleris joins the conversation to discuss the difficulties in scouting J2 players and how things can change between signing the player and state-side ball. In segment two Adam and Nick discuss some Florida State League All-Star participants and Adam's upcoming schedule.  

In Segment 1, Nick Faleris, Dave DeFreitas, Adam McInturff and Burke Granger start to transition into trade season by stepping through the analysis of putting together hypothetical trade packages for two talented arms with several years of control remaining. In Segment 2, Nick, Burke and Adam discuss last week's MLB Draft with a focus on Days 2 and 3, including some of Burke's and Nick's favorite picks and a few noteworthy draft classes. 

Nick Faleris, Burke Granger and Adam McInturff discuss initial reactions to Day 1 of the Draft, including a look at the top 10 selections plus more in depth analysis of the drafts hauls for the Rays, Royals, DBacks, Indians, Pirates, Mariners, and more.

Nick and Burke discuss MLB Draft first round target Mike Vasil and his announcement requesting to redraw from the Draft, plus eight names outside of the first two rounds you should know. Adam joins nick in segment two to clear out his SAL notebook with thoughts from recent looks at Braves and Royals prospects.

Nick, Dave and Burke welcome as guests The Athletic's Melissa Lockard and Emily Waldon, as well as Baseball America's Carlos Collazo, to discuss hot starts from 2017 draftees and the upcoming 2018 MLB Draft, respectively. Plus, Dave shares thoughts on a talented Triple-A Durham Club (Rays).