Baseball HQ Radio

About Baseball HQ Radio

Baseball HQs internet radio show brings you weekly fantasy baseball insights from our top analysts and special guests. Join host Patrick Davitt as we uncover the inner workings of what it takes to win.

Publisher

Patrick Davitt - BaseballHQ.Com

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

18 Jun 2021

Latest episode

6 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

75 of 167 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Goodbye, Farewell, and Amed

   Host Christopher Smith discusses baseball's evolving landscape, offering insights into player trends and team strategies.

2. 

   3 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   BaseballHQ Radio 2026-Mar-3: Two-Tout Tuesday Edition w Gene McCaffrey

   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

3. 

   27 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   BaseballHQ Radio 2026-Feb-27: Friday Full Edition w Ariel Cohen

   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

Inside a recent episode

Goodbye, Farewell, and Amed

Published 6 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It's the final edition of the pod. Why? Well, I guess the industrial psychologists might say I've burned out like I'm an old candle. I started playing fantasy baseball in 1991. I started at Baseball HQ in 1999, and I started the pod with Ron Schandler in 2006, so that's 35 years playing 27 years at Baseball HQ and 20 years doing Baseball HQ Radio. It's kind of daunting to think how many hours I spent in this pursuit. I don't regret the lost time. I was pretty good about compartmentalizing, especially when my daughters were young, but after these 35 plus years, I've just had my share of all the fun. […]

Who has been a guest on Baseball HQ Radio

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Fred Zinkie
• James Anderson
• Paul Sporer
• Greg Jewett
• Sara Sanchez

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

272 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

65

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

95

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Books guests

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