Ballpark Dimensions

Baseball’s biggest news, trends, trades and highlights, all broken down from an analytical angle. Subscribe now to stay up-to-date on Majors' most important storylines using the same data as cutting-edge front offices. Enjoy two episodes per week, one with Matt Meyers and Mike Petriello, and another with Mandy Bell and Sarah Langs.

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Name That Game, A Trivia Trip Through History –...
Host Mike Petriello, national editor Matt Meyers and MLB.com researcher Sarah Langs play a trivia game attempting to name the teams, year and significance of games throughout history based on short 45-60 second clips of historic broadcasts.
47 min
227
How Live Baseball on Television Gets Made – Sea...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers note a Willie Mays fun fact before being joined by ESPN baseball producer Andy Jacobson, who talks about the ins and outs of live baseball production, including producing the ESPN2 Statcast alternate broadcasts.
39 min
228
An Extra Innings Home Run Derby and The All-Tim...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers talk about which season fans voted for as the best of all time, the passing of Tigers legend Al Kaline and underappreciated Hall of Famers, Justin Turner’s idea for a Home Run Derby in extra innings, and how many toothpicks Dusty Baker has actually gone through.  
38 min
229
How To Formulate A Roster for a 2020 Baseball C...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers talk about what it’s like to watch 1980s classic baseball, talk about current pitchers selecting their favorite ever pitches, and work out a formula to try to imagine what the rosters would be for a season-opening baseball celebration game to take the place of the 2020 All-Star Game.
46 min
230
Drafting the last 25 World Series champions – S...
MLB.com columnist Will Leitch joins host Mike Petriello and MLB.com national editor Matt Meyers to draft each of the last 25 World Series champions, ranking them from best to worst, from the 1995 Atlanta Braves to the 2019 Washington Nationals.
84 min
231
87 Years of Being a Cubs Fan – Season 6, Ep. 10
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers react to Noah Syndergaard’s elbow injury, talk about the “season” that Barry Bonds hit 95 homers and share possibly unpopular baseball takes, before Mike’s 99-year-old great uncle Frank joins the show to discuss becoming a Cubs fan back in 1933 and seeing them finally win in 2016.
49 min
232
The Best Baseball You’ve Ever Seen – Season 6, ...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers reminisce about their favorite baseball moments, including the first games they ever attended, the best and weirdest games they ever saw and their own personal on-field highs, including Matt bringing in Little League teammate Teddy Wayne to verify his story.
53 min
233
Talking Baseball, Without Baseball – Season 6, ...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers try to cope with the suspension of the baseball season by thinking about what a shortened season might mean, looking at their favorite losing teams, talking about xERA & Hawk-Eye, before Matt tries to stump Mike with a collection of old found baseball cards.
44 min
234
Judge is hurt, the cool thing the Rockies are d...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers look at the effect of Aaron Judge’s rib injury and how the extensions for Christian Yelich and Yoan Moncada impact the Central divisions. They then investigate an interesting Rockies approach and how managers are reacting to the three-batter minimum. Finally they dig into the new MLB.com contest, “The Vault.”
48 min
235
The 2019 breakout that’s for real, how to measu...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers look at whether the Yankee injuries open up the AL East, which 2019 breakout is a strong bet to keep mashing, whether the Dodgers might have the deepest lineup ever and how confident to be in Lorenzo Cain having a rebound from a down 2019.
43 min
236
2020’s deepest lineup, the other fascinating TB...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers project 2020’s deepest lineup, dig into the overlooked Emilio Pagan-Manuel Margot trade, check out how the new rule changes will impact the game, and investigate some of the new 2020 projections.
51 min
237
The Mookie Betts trade rocks the sport – Season...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers dissect the impact of the Mookie Betts and Joc Pederson trades, including how it impacts each team involved and those teams not involved as well
39 min
238
How Castellanos might fit in Cincy, Betts might...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers discuss how Great American Ball Park might affect Nicholas Castellanos, what the Cubs might do now that Kris Bryant’s service time case has been resolved, ponder a potential Mookie Betts trade, and look at how Dusty Baker and the Astros might fit together.
43 min
239
Ozuna and Donaldson find new homes, why the met...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers discuss the numbers behind Marcell Ozuna signing with the Braves, Josh Donaldson joining the Twins, why Infield Outs Above Average has Ozzie Albies declining so much, why the Mike Moustakas second base experiment could work and what’s happened in the NL Central this winter.
34 min
240
Statcast Infield Outs Above Average Is Here – S...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers celebrate that José Martínez has finally been traded to the Rays, then turn to the newest expansion of Statcast data into Infield Outs Above Average, before welcoming in MLB.com Sr. Data Architect Tom Tango to provide a deeper dive into how a metric gets made.
43 min
241
What the Brewers up to, what if the Reds get Li...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers dive into all of Milwaukee’s moves, look at Francisco Lindor trade rumors, and reflect upon some of the fun stories we may have overlooked in 2019.
38 min
242
Cole, Rendon, Strasburg, and Winter Meetings Ma...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers break down the action from the Winter Meetings, including the big signings of Anthony Rendon and Gerrit Cole, why Mike didn’t like the trades the White Sox and Angels made, and what comes next.
42 min
243
New Podcast: Wheeler, Moustakas, and Hamels all...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers break down a suddenly hot Hot Stove, with the data behind Zack Wheeler heading to Philadelphia, Cole Hamels to Atlanta, Mike Moustakas to Cincinnati, as well as wondering what’s up with Omar Narváez’s batted ball data, and some interesting non-tendered players.
35 min
244
Grandal to Chicago, how Trout gets to October, ...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers celebrate Yasmani Grandal signing with the White Sox, ask how the Angels can get Mike Trout to the playoffs, project Gerrit Cole’s future, wonder where the relievers will come from and welcome in MLB.com’s Sarah Langs to talk about Anthony Rendon and baseball stats.
53 min
245
The Pomeranz breakout, why Ozuna underperforms,...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers look at why it made sense for Atlanta to sign Will Smith, note the incredibly impressive feats of Drew Pomeranz, wonder why Marcell Ozuna keeps underperforming, and investigate whether Nicholas Castellanos can play credible defense.
46 min
246
How will Anthony Rendon age, what if Mookie is ...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers wonder how past versions of Anthony Rendon have aged, look at the ramifications of the Red Sox possibly trading Mookie Betts, try to find the next Mike Tauchman, note the historic aspect of Will Harris in Game 7 of the World Series, and dig into the qualifying offers and upcoming awards.
43 min
247
Everything worth knowing about the 2019 World S...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers preview the World Series, look at how the postseason may not be as random as it once was, figure out what’s ailing Yordan Álvarez, wonder how Yuli Gurriel is somehow simultaneously not striking out and not hitting and investigate how many Hall of Famers might be in this year’s Fall Classic.
35 min
248
The Nationals are headed to the World Series, b...
Host Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers break down how the Nationals dominated the Cardinals, why you should know Tanner Rainey, what’s going on with Giancarlo Stanton in the ALCS and introduce your newest name to know: Cole Uvila.
26 min
249
What you need to know about the 2019 Division S...
Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers look at what has changed in October, preview the Dodgers/Nationals and Braves/Cardinals Game 5 matchups, dissect the Rays/Astros series, and break down the dominant Yankees win.
47 min
250
9 things that change in October, what the Brewe...
Mike Petriello and national editor Matt Meyers look at what changes about October baseball, how the Brewers have made this run, what makes Tim Anderson and the White Sox so interesting and look ahead to the playoffs.
50 min