In Episode 385, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the kids and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Houston we have a pennant race: The Astros are hot, surely the Mariners have a response, right? 2. If you win 20 in the show you can let the fungus grow back: Keep Baseball (barely) Weird. 3. Around the Horn: A pitcher throws up, a purpl…

In Episode 384 Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about vinyl records and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Drove to Chicago, All Things Known, All Things Known: Craig needs to brush up on his landmark 2000s indie albums, and we brush up on the state of the Cubs...eventually. 2. Meyer's Rigged Test: Max Meyer will eventually be back in Mia…

In Episode 383, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about John Goodman and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Willie Mays (1931-2024) 2. Thanks, I Hate It: As tonal shifts to the pod go, this is a drastic one, but also we've watched that Nintendo Switch ad (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itU98oBYGvE) 100 times now. 3. Around the Horn: The B…

Smith and Nathan check in some catchers and share some Father's Day memories on this episode of the Heat Check.Por Bret Sayre

In Episode 382, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about moving and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. IL Communication: The Dodgers have a particualrly bad weekend, but they aren't the only likely playoff team dealing with injury concerns. 2. I've got I-95 problems: What if a Yankees/Red Sox Sunday Night game happens and nobody really care…

In Episode 381, Patrick and Jeffrey chat about lakes (again) and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1.This is the sound of settling: The Mariners might just be the best team inthe AL West. Is that enough? 2. The Medium Place: Is it better to be good, bad, or just actually interesting? It's a long season after all. 3. Around the Horn: Cavan B…

In Episode 380, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Patrick's 90s CD collection and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. Ooh, baby, baby it's a wild card: With 100 or so games to go, we take stock of the NL Wild Card race, such as it is. Sorry We Missed You: The Bad Place: Some of our favorites are off to some rough starts. Around the Horn:…

Smith and Nathan check in on an old Yankees prospect, a current Yankees prospect and everyone else trending up or down over the last few weeks. Plus Eli Walsh has a report on the Padres Leodalis De Vries.Por Bret Sayre

In Episode 379, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about celebrity lookalikes and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here: MLB hands down five suspensions for betting on baseball. Let's discourse about the discourse. 2. Sorry We Missed You: The Good Place: Some great early season per…

In Episode 378, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Patrick's latest baseball cad haul and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Sunday Afternoon is Also Alright for Fighting: The Brewers don't need much prodding to get into an on-field kerfluffle, but Tommy Pham is here to help anyway. 2. Tork Wrench: Former first overall pick Spencer To…

In Episode 377, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Because we are a Mets podcast: Well one of us already has a Mets podcast, but everyone has to suffer this week. 2. Life is too short to spend the rest of it down here in Tampa: The Rays are under .500, not hitting, and probably will just keep being the Rays. 3. Arou…

In Episode 376, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about taking children to minor league games, clean up some housekeeping, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. Where Angels fear to tread: Angel Hernandez retires abruptly, and he's a famous enough baseball figure to get his own segment. Acuña Cortada: Ronald Acuña tears his other ACL and we …

In Episode 375, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss upcoming lunches and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. You might catch me in Atlanta, looking like a boss: Atlanta isn't bossing the NL East this year as their lineup has been pretty dang average. 2. And we'll never be Royals: The Royals on the other hand... 3. Around the Horn: The Card…

Smith and Nathan find some more arrows pointing up among prospects, while John Trupin checks in with a report on Rockies first rounder Chase Dollander.Por Bret Sayre

In Episode 374, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig catch up on Wings of Desire and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. The Games are Inside the Computer?: This was supposed to be about the Roku Sunday baseball deal, is mostly about Garfield. 2. I’m shocked, shocked to finding gambling going on in here: David Fletcher is linked to the ongoing Cali…

In Episode 373, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about middle-aged dreams, thank you notes from small children, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Always an Angel, Never a God: Not a good week in Anaheim 2. Sorry We Missed You: Arizona Diamondbacks: We check in on the defending NL champs who are off to a scuffling start. 3. Around the…

Smith and Nathan are joined by @Upper_Beck to discuss a Rays pitching prospect, a Rays hitting prospect, a former Rays hitting prospect, and anybody else in Minor League Baseball in need of a heat check.Por Bret Sayre

In Episode 372, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Not the Quarter Pole: Who's in first, who's gonna be in first, and Ryan O'Hearn is the best hitter in baseball, just like we all thought. 2. Not in the Cards: The Cardinals are not in first, not likely to make the playoffs, so what comes next? 3. Around the Horn: De…

In Episode 371, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about recent battign practice playlists and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. The Gang Has the Best Record in Baseball: Okay, it's time to talk about the Phillies 2. The Kids Aren't All Right: Fanatics and Perfect Game team up to sell you some high schoolers autographs. 3. Around the Horn:…

In Episode 370, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about their weekend and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Sink, Florida, Sink: Miami ships their best hitter off to San Diego, a couple months earlier and for a lesser return than you might expect. 2. The masculine urge to say “we’re back” 20 minutes after saying “it’s over”: What's up wit…

In Episode 369, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about what is annoying Craig this week and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Always an Angel, Never a God: Mike Trout tore his meniscus which means it's time to reflect on what baseball greatness is once again. 2. It says bee and there's a picture of a bee on it: The content market never s…

In Episode 368, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Central Planning: The White Sox (?!) and Twins are hot, and the AL Central might be the most interesting division in baseball 2. I wsn't talking about the hot dog: MLB and restaurant delivery apps, they go together like relish and honey mustard. 3. Around the Horn: …

In Episode 367, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about DVD players and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Can't you Snell that Snell: Blake Snell is hurt and no learning will occur. 2. The masculine urge to say “we’re back” 20 minutes after saying “it’s over”: Checking in on some early-season lines for both good and ill. 3. Around the Hor…

The Heat Check is back for another season of minor league baseball. Nathan and Smith take a look at who is off to a hot start and Ben Zeidman dives deeper on Joey Loperfido.Por Bret Sayre

In Episode 366, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Bluey (again) and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Here we are now going to the South Side: Things have gotten quite bad for the pale hose, and we recorded this segment before they were shut out again. 2. Fraud Watch: Some teams that miught be playing some fradulent baseball in the …

In Episode 365, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Bluey and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Ascent into Madness: A podcasts segment that will also be a column but also needed to be a podcast segment and doesn't even include the FAA investigation. 2. What's got into that cat?: Have the Mets stolen the Pirates friskiness, and who el…

In Episode 364, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Wilyer Abreu's defense and continental drift and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Real or No Real: April baseball is just a construct. 2. Profar away, doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore: Jurickson Profar found himself very relavant this past weekend. 3. Around the Horn: Even …

In Episode 363, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about allergies and bros and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Real or No Real: We debate how real the baseball season is so far. 2. Holliday, far away, to stay: A third Jackson has entered the majors. 3. Around the Horn: Mostly injuries, some Ohtani 4. What to Watch: some intriguing pitch…

In Episode 362, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about chain steakhouses and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Me and UCL and Everyone We Know: A lot of pitchers got hurt since the last show, we (and everyone else) try to figure out what is happening. 2. Stephen at Home: In other news, an oft-injured ace hangs it up officially. 3. Around…

In Episode 361, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the rain and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. National Jump to Conclusions Week: No-hitters, 0.00 ERAs, and hoo boy the Marlins. Booted from Oakland: The A's have a new home, temporarily maybe. Things are going badly in their current one though. Around the Horn: Josh Jung is hurt again, Julio T…

In Episode 360, Jeffrey and Craig chat about Crismatt and coffee and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. National Jump to Conclusions Week: Some teams are who we thought they were (derogatory). Some teams are who we thought they were (complimentary). Yankees fans are definitely who we though they were (horny for Waldo). 2. Everybody Hurts,…

In Episode 359, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Ohtani and a bunch of NL West moves and then discuss the five teams in the American League East 1. The Yankees are a CBS procedural, we just can't agree on which one. 2. The Jays can't keep getting away with this (winning 90 games and feeling underwhleming every year). 3. The Rays can't keep ge…

In Episode 358, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Shohei Ohtani (after ever other baseball podcast on the planet), Chase Anderson (probably only on this baseball podcast), and some Guardians roster moves before discussing the five teams in the NL East Atlanta remains a strong favorite for the division, but some cracks might be showing. The Phi…

Smith and Nathan are back with another season of the Heatc Check, and they've assembled members of the BP Prospect Team to draft their most underrated prospects going into the 2024 minor league season.Por Bret Sayre

In Episode 357 Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the actual Dylan Cease trade and then discuss the five teams in the AL Central 1. The Twins are projected to win how many games? 2. The Guardians are determined to get under their projection. 3. The Tigers might be frisky? 4. The Royals are prepared to single you to death and maybe pitch a littl…

In Episode 356, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about scavenger hunts and Travis Bazzana and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Stay Ceasey, San Diego: The Padres trade for Dylan Cease, just like we were all thinking on the last show. 2. Can't you Snell that Snell?: A Cy Young Runner up has a new own, but a two-time winner is still in li…

In Episode 355, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the Dylan Cease trade that hadn't happened yet and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. PECOTA loves the St. Louis Cardinals, we just think they're neat. 2. The Cubs are probably going to be around .500 3. The Brewers are probably going to be around .500 (Jeffrey is more bearish) 4. The…

In Episode 354, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig cover the recent AL East and NL West news and then discuss the five teams in the AL West. 1. The Astros are still here, still good, but now kinda boring. 2. The Rangers are not boring, but very injured 3. The Mariners are The Mariners 4. The Angels still have Mike Trout, but we don't talk much about Mike …

In Episode 353, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about fast food and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect: We finally have Vegas stadium renderings. We also have questions. 2. Everybody Hurts, Springtime: A long list of preseason injuries to go through. 3. Zunino TV: Remebering Mike Zunino and I guess the 20…

In Episode 352, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Will Ospreay and Zack Wheeler and then discuss the five teams in the NL West. 1. The Dodgers are inevitable, famous...likable? 2. Did the Diamondbacks do enough? What does enough even mean with six playoff teams? 3. The Giants might be the most average team in baseball, even after signing Matt …

In Episode 351, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about secret weddings and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. The Rite of Spring: Spring training has started, are our podcast hosts learning? 2. A joyous return of baseball: A lot of pitchers are already hurt. 3. Around the Horn: Free agency is still slow going, although both Enrique Hernan…

In Episode 350, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about trips to the zoo and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. I hope he tells us to burn our pants: Yes it's time for fabrication and tailoring chat on your favorite baseball podcast. That's Cub: Cody Bellinger is a Cub again The Bore-us angle: Yes it's time for Scott Boras chat on your favori…

In Episode 349, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about watching college games and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Go Birds: Hyun-Jin Ryu has flown back to Korea and the Hanwha Eagles 2. #RaysMethod: The Rays sign Amed Rosario for not all that much. 3. The Expanse: Jeff Passan wrote about baseball's expansion plans, and we discuss them.…

In Episode 348, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about hiking and sandwiches and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Chase Anderson Facts: Chase Anderson has signed a deal with the Pirates. That is really the only Chase Anderson fact for now. 2. A joyous return of baseball: Most of the Orioles are hurt, also Josh Jung...again. 3. There is …

In Episode 347, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss Mike Rizzo's view on fastballs and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Becaue We're a Mets Podcast: A former Mets GM is suspended, while a current Mets owner is losing a lot of money? Plus, some bread box chat. 2. Minor Threat: MLB continues to be habitual rake steppers when it comes to t…

In Episode 346, Patrick and Jeffrey discuss Netflix documentarties and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. It sure is a (psychological) projection system: It's PECOTA Week and this is a PECOTA segment. 2. Don’t Come Back to Oakland (Waste Another Year): Perhaps we are uniquely concerned with weird A's moving stuff among baseball podcasts, …

In Episode 345, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the end of prospect list season and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Natty Boh'kay we'll see how this goes: The Orioles have new owners, eventually. 2. Say yes! to Michigan: The Tigers have a new second baseman, shortly 3. There is no such things as a free agency: A lot of teams hav…

Smith chats with Grant, Jeffrey and Ben about the A's, Phillies and Pirates prospect lists.Por Bret Sayre

In Episode 344, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Hi-diddle-dee-dee, goddamn, the Pirates life for me: The 39th Pirates topic in the history of the pod, we think. 2. A weekend in Utah won't fix what's wrong with us: We now have a Mountain West bias on the pod, at least that is different, we guess 3. There is no suc…

In Episode 343, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig fail to remember much about Dante's Inferno and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. I left my Hicks in San Francisco: Jordan Hicks signs with the Giants to be a...starter? 2. No one wants to pitch anymore: The pitching market appears to be slowly moving now. So there's that. 3. Hall Pass: One of …