Baseball Isn’t Boring

Bradfo joins the Greg Hill Show to discuss what the Red Sox plans are as we move closer and closer to the 2023 MLB Trade Deadline!

This MLB Trade Deadline has already been wild and unpredictable, thanks in part to the wild and unpredictable nature of the MLB standings and teams. Bradfo sets the scene for one of the season's key moments - Deadline Day - looking back at lessons from last year and digesting what's what when it comes to this season's unpredictable nature.

The Weekly BIB Power Rankings with Producer Evan and Skiff are here! Notable teams on the outside looking in include the Angels, Yankees, Brewers, and Marlins, all of whom are buyers at the deadline and consider themselves contenders in 2023. Multiple teams have made substantial leaps due to their recent successes while others slide down the list due to rather weak performances in the past week......

There is the excitement of watching your team make bold Trade Deadline moves in an attempt for a postseason run, and then there is ... being linked to the sellers. Courtney Finnicum - the voice of the White Sox fans - jumps back in on the podcast to offer valuable perspective of what life is like for those fans having to hang their hats on minor-leaguers and thoughts of 2024. Let's just say this:...

You know all the names coming back to the contenders. Lucas Giolito. David Robertson. Lance Lynn. Aroldis Chapman. Max Scherzer. Jordan Hicks. But do you know the minor-leaguers who are being exchanged for these guys? Well, Sam Dykstra of MLB Pipeline is here to tell you who is who when it comes to the future of these franchises, and which teams got the best prospects in this flurry of trades.

As part of the recent podcast where Bradfo sits down with current Dodgers reliever Ryan Brasier, the pitcher goes into detail how he found his recent success after his new team simply said he needed to start throwing a pitch he had never thrown - a cutter. To listen to the entire podcast, click here.

Shohei Ohtani. Ronald Acuna Jr. Corbin Carroll. Gerrit Cole. They are all seemingly running away with their respective end-of-the-year awards. But one category that is very much up for grabs is the American League Rookie of the Year. It's made even more interesting by the sudden presence of Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas, who is coming on strong despite still living life at +3000. Bradfo sits...

There was Lucas Giolito. There was David Robertson. Now there is Max Scherzer. The big deals are coming fast and furious, and Bradfo is reacting. We dissect exactly what happened with Scherzer going from the Mets to the Rangers, what it means for both teams and what it says about the market. Sometimes - as last year's Deadline showed - the prospects coming back who you never heard of can be pretty...

There are plenty of examples of reclamation projects throughout baseball, with the Rays and Dodgers oftentimes being the teams finding the secret sauce to fix players - particularly pitchers. The latest example is former Red Sox and current Dodger Ryan Brasier, who has been absolutely dominant for Los Angeles after being released by Boston. How? Why? Well, Brasier joined Bradfo to explain exactly...

The player who helped launch the Baseball Isn't Boring campaign, Joe Kelly, has been traded to the Dodgers. It seemed only fitting that Bradfo would offer an instant reaction to the deal, including sound from another podcast he was taping with Dodgers reliever Ryan Brasier while both were finding out in real-time that the trade was going down.

It was one of the bigger moves of the 2022 Trade Deadline, with longtime Royal Whit Merrifield finally moving on from Kansas City in a trade that sent him to Toronto, where he has had an All-Star season in 2023. Bradfo catches up with Merrifield for a quick reflection on everything he learned goes into being part of a Deadline deal.

The Trade Deadline action kept churning along with the Mets dealing reliever David Robertson to the Marlins for two teenagers. Robertson just happened to be one of the picks in the Baseball Isn't Boring Trade Deadline Draft, with Bradfo, Producer Evan, Sammy, Gordo and Pat predicting where all these rumored players are going to end up. It's the best way to prepare for one of the baseball's season'...

The Newest Atlanta Brave acquired via trade from the Colorado Rockies, Relief Pitcher Pierce Johnson sits down with Bradfo to give a behind-the-scenes look at what it is like to be dealt at the Trade Deadline and the sudden switch from pitching for a team that has no chance at the postseason to pitching for a team that is right in the thick of playoff contention and of course, forgetting your toot...

There haven't been many bigger Trade Deadline deals in recent years than Justin Verlander going to Houston in 2017. It's why getting the perspective of someone who was in that clubhouse at that time is so fascinating. Fortunately, Bradfo can draw on the experiences of a player who was in the middle of the chaos - Braves reliever Collin McHugh - to talk about that deal, along with all the intrigue...

The Trade Deadline is officially in full swing, with the Angels defining their intention on keeping Shohei Ohtani and going for a postseason berth with the late-night trade for Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez. Bradfo not only picks through that huge deal, continues the Deadline conversation with four more Trade Deadline Confessions - Collin McHugh, Pierce Johnson, Kenley Jansen and Richard Bleier...

As we inch closer and closer to the MLB Trade Deadline, smaller scale trades are starting to occur across the league, with the latest being the Los Angeles Dodgers acquiring Kike Hernandez from the Boston Red Sox for two minor league pitchers, Nick Robertson and Justin Hagenman. After this trade was officially announced, the Boston Media caught up with Chaim Bloom to discuss how the trade came abo...

We have a trade! The Red Sox sent Kiké Hernandez to the Dodgers for a pair of minor-league pitchers. Here comes the Trade Deadlne! Bradfo offers up a bit of reaction from Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom after his deal just to keep the trade convo going. But the true meat and potatoes of today's podcast is Bradfo's conversation with one the voices of America's Team, the Cincinnati Reds,...

The Trade Deadline is heating up and Baseball Isn't Boring isn't slowing down, with another couple of Trade Deadline Confessions from players who have lived that Deadline life. This time Bradfo catches up with Adam Ottavino and Tommy Pham.

Brennan Bernardino has become one of the best feel-good stories of the season - both with the Red Sox and in Major League Baseball. It's why the reliever's appearance on the podcast with Bradfo, Gordo and Sammy is so well-timed. In his very first podcast appearance, the 31-year-old reliever offers details of his unbelievable journey - which includes some of the most disgusting jobs anyone could im...

The Mets might be seven games out of a postseason spot, but Brandon Nimmo is always in first-place when it comes to living the life of a Baseball Isn't Boring podcast guest. Making his third appearance on the podcast, Nimmo joins Bradfo to talk about the greatness of the game, how it looks and feels different from what he thought in spring training, how Wally Backman told him he was headed to the...

Can a team be both buyers and sellers at the Trade Deadline? It didn't work out well for the Brewers and Red Sox last season, but Seattle President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto offered an example of the Mariners doing exactly that a couple of years ago. To listen to the entire Dipoto on the podcast, click here.

Usually the chaos for the MLB Power Rankings involves the second tier of team in the Top 10. But this week, Producer Evan (O'Brien) and Skiff (Liam Skiffington) threw us a curveball. Not only did the guys have very different teams in the final few spots, but they also shockingly disagreed which team was the best in all of baseball. Listen as they try and explain themselves to Bradfo.

There is no better time for Jerry Dipoto to make his return to the Baseball Isn't Boring podcast, with the Mariners' President of Baseball Operations joining Bradfo to talk about the what's what when it comes to the upcoming Major League Baseball Trade Deadline. Dipoto offers insight into the current landscape of the Deadline, while reflecting on some of moves he made that made a big difference fo...

In the latest in the series of 'Trade Deadline Confessions', Mets slugger Daniel Vogelbach reflects on being dealt a year ago just 11 days out of the Trade Deadline, going from the Pirates to New York. Vogelbach also offers perspective on what the dynamic is like from the players' viewpoint.

Boston Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale was afforded the opportunity to take a trip to the National Baseball Hall of Fame last week, offering the pitcher a new perspective on both the iconic museum and his current lot in life.