In Episode 5 of Defensive Indifference: A 2080 Baseball Podcast, Dave DeFreitas and Nick J. Faleris discuss the state of the Oakland Athletics’ and Arizona Diamondbacks’ systems. See below for a table of contents covering topics discussed in this episode.
Athletics Organizational Review
Diamondbacks Organizational Review
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Episode Topics
00:02:50 – Oakland overview
00:04:20 – Franklin Barreto discussion
00:07:15 – Barreto compared to other shortstops discussed on previous episodes (Gordon/Swanson/Albies)
00:11:30 – Dave breaks down Frankie Montas
00:15:00 – The similar paths of Montas and Gio Gonzalez
00:17:15 – Grant Holmes discussion
00:21:20 – A.J. Puk discussion
00:27:45 – Jharel Cotton and Daniel Gossett; arms close to contributing and developmental buffers for Holmes/Puk
00:29:00 – Dave breaks down Cotton; discussion of breaking stuff and fly ball tendencies
00:33:00 – Nick breaks down Gossett
00:36:00 – Growing stable of arms in Oakland; options to round-out rotation; what to do with Sonny Gray
00:40:00 – Introduction to Oakland positional prospects
00:42:00 – Nick breaks down Matt Chapman; comparing Chapman to Josh Donaldson
00:47:00 – Dave breaks down Max Schrock; future role and path of entry
00:52:15 – Richie Martin discussion; utility options and Arismendy Alcantara
00:59:30 – “Who ya got?”; Dave breaks down Heath Fillmyer
01:01:45 -“Who ya got?”; Nick breaks down Logan Shore
01:06:00 – Diamondbacks intro
01:07:00 – Domingo Leyba discussion
01:14:00 – Jared Miller discussion
01:19:00 – Anthony Banda discussion; when a starter profile doesn’t play-up in relief
01:24:30 – Who do you take? Miller or Banda?
01:27:30 – Socrates Brito discussion
01:32:00 – Joey Krehbiel discussion; Rule 5 discussion, who gets picked and why?
01:41:00 – Dave breaks down Gabe Speier
01:43:30 – Who do you take? Krehbiel or Speier?
01:44:30 – Nick breaks down Sergio Alcantara
01:47:45 – Jamie Westbrook discussion
01:51:00 – Dave compares Westbrook to Jasrado Chisholm
01:54:00 – “Who ya got?”, Dave breaks down Mark Karaviotis
01:58:00 – “Who ya got?”, Nick breaks down Jimmie Sherfy
02:03:30 – Mailbag; Blake Snell‘s outlook and a compare/contrast with Brent Honeywell
