Baseball Isn’t Boring

Zac Gallen did it again. He dominated. And with his domination Tuesday night the Arizona starter continued to establish himself as one of the absolute best pitchers in baseball. Bradfo catches up with Gallen to talk about what it's like to be traded, the honor of Kevin Durant playing him in MLB The Show, how unusual Little League path formed his approach to his big league career and other items. H...

The voting for the Major League All-Star teams kicks off Wednesday at noon Eastern, which leads us to some good All-Star conversation. Bradfo sits down with both Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo and Arizona pitcher Zac Gallen to talk about what it would mean if they could call themselves All-Stars when the teams are selected for this year's event in Seattle. It's an open and honest Baseball Isn't B...

It has been a wild start to the new week. You have the former first overall pick Royce Lewis homering in the year anniversary of blowing out his knee. You have the return of Liam Hendricks, the White Sox closer who took the mound after his battle with cancer. And you have Producer Evan with perhaps the most controversial power rankings he has rolled out to date.

Only five teams in major professional sports have comeback from a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series, four of them coming in the NHL and one in Major League Baseball. That one MLB occasion, of course, was the Red Sox' 2004 history-making team. Now the Celtics are on the brink of pulling it off, which led Red Sox manager Alex Cora to examine what it takes when coming back from such a series hole...

There are quite a few teams who have seemingly turned the corner into contention. The Orioles. The Pirates. The Marlins. And the Diamondbacks, who find themselves just 1 1/2 games behind the mighty Dodgers. Bradfo catches up with Arizona manager Torey Lovullo for a candid conversation regarding exactly how he has convinced his team that it can play with the big boy despite spending a fraction of t...

Just about an hour after Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen wrapped up his save against the Diamondbacks, the Celtics punctuated their Game 6 win the NBA Eastern Conference Finals with one of the most implausible finishes in recent sports history. Jansen, one of the biggest basketball fans in baseball, joined Bradfo to digest the hoop history.

Joe Ryan continues to dominate start in and start out this year for the Twins. He is currently Top 10 in the MLB in nearly every statistical category for pitchers and is climbing with every start he makes. Therefore, we felt as though it was important to sit down with the man himself and discuss the origins of his climb from an underrated piece of the puzzle to a Cy Young contender.

We have had plenty of talk about the good and bad of the new rule changes in Major League Baseball throughout the first few months of the 2023 season. But most can agree there need to be some adjustments. So what are they? Bradfo turns to agent Scott Boras for his thoughts on exactly what needs to be altered after digesting this new world of new rules. As you can imagine, it is some pointed and pa...

Less than two months after making an Opening Day start for the Red Sox, Corey Kluber is being sent to the bullpen. But what the podcast wanted to highlight was how Kluber handled the situation with the media and his teammate, presenting a masterclass within the situation. It's worth listening to Kluber on the day his baseball existence was turned inside-out.

It is a fascinating conversation with the author of a fascinating book: "The 1998 Yankees: The Inside Story of the Greatest Baseball Team Ever". Bradfo sits down with Jack Curry to discuss the ins and outs of the author's best-seller, chronicling the birth of the project, the previously-untold stories and the case for that Yankees team to be called better than any other. Curry and his book doesn't...

It would have been unthinkable just a week or so ago, but here it is: Our own Courtney Finnicum is declaring that the red-hot White Sox are making the postseason. At the time of Courtney's proclamation with Bradfo, the White Sox sit at nine games under .500 but only 5 1/2 games out of first-place, having won eight of their last 11 games. It's a bold take, but one that has some merit.

Tanner Houck has struck out Shohei Ohtani three times in five at-bats. He has whiffed Mike Trout half of the time he has faced him. But that doesn't mean the Red Sox pitcher doesn't pause every once in a while to appreciate the opportunity and the experience that comes with facing such Hall of Famers as those two. Houck sits down with Bradfo to talk about the importance of appreciating going throu...

Few on the planet know what it is like to be the first overall pick in the Major League Baseball Draft. But Mickey Moniak does, which is why Bradfo made a point of sitting down with the Angels outfielder to get his unique perspective on life as a top selection. The No. 1 guy in the 2016 Draft goes into great detail with Bradfo regarding the trials, tribulations and lessons that led him to this poi...

Colorado Rockies reliever Daniel Bard makes a return to the podcast, this time after going through a very unexpected roller coaster of a couple of months thanks to an uncomfortable appearance in the World Baseball Classic. Bard, who is one of the few athletes who has overcome the Yips, managed to fight back from the throwing issues one more time, offering another round of inspiration. Bard goes in...

Timing for a pitcher and hitter has never been more important thanks to the pitch timer. That's why pitching deliveries are getting funkier and funkier as the 2023 season unfolds. Bradfo sits down with two pitchers - Yu Darvish and Joe Kelly - who have seemingly mastered the art of mixing up their pre-pitch routine, leaving hitters all out of sorts when it comes to timing up the pitches. (To liste...

Everything has changed. Just ask Kenley Jansen. Just ask any closer. Just any pitcher. Performing as a hurler in 2023 is unlike anything these major leaguers had experienced in years past, a point surfaced by the Red Sox closer. Jansen sits down with Bradfo to share some of his concerns when it comes to how these new rules are impacting both the performance and health of the game. Bradfo also touc...

Xander Bogaerts went hitless in 11 at-bats, with his Padres losing two of three against the shortstop's old team, the Red Sox. But Bogaerts and his new club did come away with a win in the final meeting, beating Boston Sunday. After that last game, with Bogaerts saying his farewells to the Red Sox, Bradfo caught up with the former Sox star to reflect on his crazy few days.

After a slow start, Michael Wacha has emerged as one of the few bright spots for the struggling San Diego Padres. Bradfo catches up with the starter to talk about his evolution, his changeup and his view on what has become a pretty impressive lot in life.

Xander Bogaerts is getting a chance to face off with his old team, the Red Sox, for the first time thanks to a three-game series this weekend at Petco Park. Bradfo sat down with Bogaerts to talk about his new lot in life as a Padre, offering some revealing perspective when it came to how he viewed things going through the 2022 season. We also have the Cubs/Dansby Swanson going up against the Phill...

Here comes another round of the Power Rankings, with Producer Evan offering this week's Top 10. He catches up with Bradfo to explain and defend his picks, which include the Dodgers making their move and teams like the Red Sox, Pirates, Brewers, and Padres on the outside looking in. Discuss among yourselves.

In Bradfo's recent podcast with Joe Kelly - co-author of the book 'A Damn Near Perfect Game' and red-hot relief pitcher - the righty explained how he came about the unique delivery that has baseball buzzing and teams chirping at him. As Kelly explained, not only does the process throw off the timing of hitters, but it may actually give him a few seconds in addition to the 15 or 20 seconds on the p...

The Godfather of the Baseball Isn't Boring movement is back ... in more ways than one. Joe Kelly jumps back in with his co-author of the wildly popular book "A Damn Near Perfect Game", Bradfo, to catch up on the birth and naming of his fourth child, his recent dominance, the unique manner in which he has started pitching, the best bullpens and bullpen stories and, of course, some great book conver...

Team meetings in the world of Major League Baseball can be tricky. If you try and stop a losing skid by having a meeting and lose the very next time you play, such an approach is automatically devalued. But judging by the results Tuesday night, it sure appears as though Alex Verdugo timed out his first players-only meeting just right. It was an approach he explained when talking with Bradfo.

There was plenty to celebrate in the world of baseball Tuesday night, and Baseball Isn't Boring is here to help with all the feels. We have the Home Run Call of the Day. We have all the spicy craziness that continues to take place between the Blue Jays and Yankees. We have Bradfo getting to the bottom of an Alex Verdugo-led team meeting. And we have Mike Cameron sitting down with the host of the B...

There are a million things we could have discussed with a player like Nolan Arenado, one of the most underrated superstars in Major League Baseball. But after our podcast with Trevor Story, where the sole topic was the infielder's love of footwear, there was only one thing Bradfo needed to broach with Arenado - shoes. The two talk about third baseman's love affair of the art people put on their fe...