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Our bracket challenge winner, Arik Tieke, is on with us to talk about the NBA Playoffs, how defense will win this championship, and thankfully for him, not that much about the trainwreck that is the Lakers.

Not only is it shamrock season, it's madness season! The guys are here to give you their thoughts on the matchups this year, and game-by-game picks for their brackets. Spoiler alert: the Midwest region is a mess.

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Just shy of the 100 day mark, the owners and the players association agreed to a new CBA, meaning we will actually have baseball this season! Harrison and Sam are here to babble on about how the owners only care about money, and what's going to be different with this new CBA!

Harrison is back from London, meaning the podcast returns from a long hiatus! With all of the controversy around NFL overtime rules being amplified due to all of the OT games in this year's playoffs, we give you our favorite realistic and a couple of unrealistic proposals to change the current format.

It's the night before the NBA Draft for 2021, and we both have mocks for the lottery (1-14) to share!

The midsummer classic is in the Rocky Mountains this year, and we are here to talk about both rosters and which players did (and didn't) deserve to be there!

How did the Nets get bounced, and similarly, is this Bucks team good enough to keep going? And what in the WORLD is going on the wild, wild, wild West? Clips or SunsIn4?

Do the Bucks have a chance? More importantly, do the Hawks have a chance? And what in the world is happening in the Wild West? Find out in this episode!

Now that we have finally graduated college, we get back to the grind of giving you our opinions! Mainly, we talk about the hot starts of Oakland, Boston, and San Francisco, along with the troublesome starts of Atlanta and Minnesota, and how much to trust early in the season.

With not a ton of big headlines, Harrison and Sam go down the rabbit hole of Baseball Savant and Baseball Reference, starting with the best performers so far this season, and ending with...the 2009 rookie class? You'll have to listen to find out how we get there!

It's time to grab your brackets because we have analysis on each of the 68 teams in the tournament! We went live on our Twitter on Tuesday revealing our bracket and we posted it on Twitter as well so check it out!

After a week off, the guys are back to tell you about the relevant teams in the National League, including win total projections!

Baseball season is here, and so are our projections for win totals for all 30 teams! This week, we overview the top 10 teams in the American League, and we have Daniel Multz to help us!

We brought on Ari Cohen for this week's episode to discuss NBA, including the unexpected success of the Jazz and Kings!

So many moves have gone down that the boys haven't addressed! In this episode, you'll hear their opinions on the 4 major trades made in MLB and NBA, along with thoughts on the Liam Hendriks signing!

Sam did some serious number-crunching over the past week, and in this episode, he and Harrison do some light analysis on the NFL playoffs that are coming up. As a bonus, tweet at/DM either @TheStatCast or @SamGreeman13 if you want his full set of probabilities that he calculated!

Time for the fellas to tell you who to keep an eye on in the Eastern Conference, including win projections for all 15 teams! Look for our short episode on awards picks sometime this weekend.

With an off day before Christmas, it's the perfect time to let the fellas tell you what they think of each team in the West, including a recap of all offseason additions/subtractions for each team, and win projections!

In this episode, the fellas use FanGraphs' free agency crowdsource results, which give consensus years/money for free agent contracts for players, and we say whether the figures are accurate, in addition to which club we think they will join.

With all of the (mediocre) free agent signings wrapping up, Harrison and Sam are here to give you their thoughts on them! Was the Westbrook-Wall trade pointless? Is Gordon Hayward going to do anything? Find out!

The draft is over, and we have a lot of takes on it! Obviously free agency will be covered next week, but we have to talk about Sam's Aaron Nesmith takes and Harrison's Patrick Williams takes!

This is a very special episode (for Sam) because it's an entire hour dedicated to Sam's favorite dark horse, the Reds, and we got Wick Terrell from the Red Reporter on SB Nation to join us!

We're publishing this in the early morning the day of the NBA draft, and while we know we've definitely got a roller coaster ahead, here are our picks for the first round! Don't worry, this one's quick--less than a minute per pick on average. 

The NBA offseason is very much on our radar, and we brought on Ari Cohen to discuss possible Westbrook trades, Jrue Holiday trades, and some draft coverage!

With no live sports every day of the week, it's time to turn our attention to the MLB offseason which is officially upon us! This episode we are again joined by Daniel Multz and this one's a long one, so strap in!

The 2020 World Series is over, and we have reactions for you! We talk about the wild game 4 ending, the clinching game 6, and the idiocy of both Kevin Cash and Justin Turner.

The 2020 World Series is finally here, and The Stat Cast has you covered with a position-by-position breakdown of the series! Here's the breakdown:

-How they both got here (2:03)

-Bullpen (20:29)

-Starting Pitchers (30:45)

-Catcher (47:21)

-First Base (48:53)

-Second Base (52:02)

-Third Base (54:17)

-Shortstop (57:50)

-Left Field (1:00:03)

-Center Field (1:02:59)

-Right Field (1:05:19)

-DH and Predictions (1:07:49)

The boys are back to discuss what went wrong with their series predictions two weeks ago, and are also joined by ASN's Dan Treacy to separate the real teams from the fake teams in this weird postseason! Plus, there's a few minutes of NBA Finals talk at the end!

In this episode, we are joined by our good friend Arik to go over what went right for the Lakers and what went wrong for the Heat in game 1. We also provide some insight into the possible changes Miami could make in game 2. Jump in!

We are joined by Daniel Multz to give series-by-series predictions for this wild MLB playoffs! Ready for some hot takes? Jump in and listen!

It's the final regular season episode of The Stat Cast! Sam and Harrison give their takes on the current playoff field, as well as the most deserving candidates for MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of the Year in the MLB!

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