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On this week’s episode of the Call To The Bullpen MLB Podcast, Corey and Pat kick things off by discussing Bryce Harper. Should the Nationals play him Opening Day? Should he start out in AAA? Should he wait until June? They cover all angles, plus a variety of other topics.
In case you’re missing it, we are living in a baseball world where the following two tweets can pop up in succession, as they just did in my feed.
Albert Pujols is heading to Anaheim, and Prince Fielder and Yu Darvish are the next dominoes to fall in baseball’s Hot Stove. Kurt analyzes what has already happened, and what to expect next.
In a sports world filled with greed and fights over a couple more million dollars, Pujols stood out as the beacon of hope against greed and as loyalty to a team. Or so we thought.
Excitement for sports fans ran deep Thursday night as two thrilling events were unfolding at the same time.
Led by their Four Aces, the Phillies cruised to their fifth straight NL East title, winning a franchise-record 102 games. The Cardinals needed an incredible collapse by Atlanta and help from Philadelphia to earn the wild card. They meet up starting today in one NLDS matchup.
Former MLB pitcher Curtis Leskanic was pulled over recently with an astounding blood alcohol level of .331. .331! For the record, the legal limit in Florida is .08. Dude.
To this point the Nyjer circus – which we got another example of last night – has proven to be a tonic that has loosened the Milwaukee clubhouse, which remains good, unless that amusement crosses the line to becoming a distraction.
Unlike any other sport, baseball is the one where failing 7 out of 10 times can make you a Hall of Fame caliber player. This is why it is so important to recognize who’s hot, who’s not, and catch guys when it benefits you the most. And as always, that’s what we are going to point out to you in this week’s hitting planner.
As we head down the stretch, there will be teams who are trying to win every game they play, and then there will be teams who don’t care as much about Ws and Ls as they do seeing what they have on the roster. How will this influence your lineups? Help is here with this week’s hitting planner.
Over the next 38 days, the National League Central Division will go a long ways toward being decided. During that time-frame, the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals will each play 35 games…including 12 against each other, beginning Monday night at Miller Park.
As we are entering the hottest point of the year, expect some bats to heat up. This is usually a time when pitchers begin to feel the effects of the long season and hitters start to see the ball better than ever, and we have outlined a few of them in this week’s hitting planner.
Not surprisingly, Albert Pujols’ swift return from injury has been met with surprise and even skeptics. With PED testing now firmly in place for nearly a decade, isn’t time to start giving baseball players the benefit of the doubt?
Evan Schwartz takes a look at some MLB players who are having black swan seasons either heading into free agency or right after earning a big contract.
This scoring period marks the second full week off from interleague play before the circus gets started back up. There are many unknown players who are going to have some breakout games and give you the leg up on the competition, as outlined in this week’s hitting planner.
