Baseball Isn’t Boring

Fifteen years before Rich Hill's journey from Little League coach to major league pitcher took place, Paul Byrd set the standard. The 14-year MLB veteran pitcher took the path Hill is currently on, coaching his son's 12-year-old team for the majority of the 2009 season before being signed for the last month of a pennant race. Byrd joins Bradfo to reflect on his incredible final hurrah in MLB - whi...

Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story, who has been out of action since the first week of the season due to a significant shoulder injury, is somewhat remarkably on the verge of starting a rehab assignment. Bradfo catches up with Story to talk about potentially returning to the diamond next week with Triple-A Worcester and where his confidence level stands. Story also weighs on the challenges facing top...

Justin Slaten has had quite a wild ride with the Red Sox this season, starting with making the team as a Rule 5 pick and then seeing his successful season get somewhat derailed with an arm injury. But now he's back and crediting Garrett Whitlock for helping him navigate the journey. Bradfo catches up with Slaten and Whitlock to talk about the advice and execution that was on display throughout the...

He has gotten compliments from Morgan Freeman. He has recently acted alongside Colin Farrell. And he loves the Atlanta Braves and baseball. Actor Michael Kelly - recognized by some as Doug Stamper in the Netflix series 'House of Cards' - joins Bradfo for the ultimate conversation when it comes to two world colliding - acting and baseball. There are stories from both worlds. There is perspective fr...

Rich Hill speaks with Boston Media after being promoted from Worcester to Boston about his perceived role on this 2024 Red Sox team, his crazy journey this season, and much more

Blue Jays Starter Kevin Gausman joins Bradfo to discuss making the needed adjustments to find his full potential and why he believes pitchers are getting injured at a record rate

Sometimes it takes some time to get where you want to go. Just ask Torey Lovullo and Kevin Gausman. The Diamondbacks' manager and Blue Jays pitcher each join Bradfo to explain their journeys to finding the kind of excellence all teams and players aspire to. For Lovullo, it was getting his Arizona club to believe they were one of the best teams in baseball, even after making it to the World Series....

Red Sox Catcher Danny Jansen discusses making MLB history by playing for both teams in the same game with his appearance for both the Blue Jays and Red Sox in a suspended game from earlier this season

Zac Gallen is back and better than ever ... both on the mound and on the podcast. The Arizona ace joins Bradfo to sit down for an extension conversation on fashion, the art of getting through a World Series run, why the Diamondbacks are so good, and his elite note-taking skills. We also stumble upon one of the best cologne names in the history of men's fragrance. It's simply an outstanding way to...

While Shohei Ohtani continues to be the clear-cut favorite for National League MVP, his only competition has emerged. That would be Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor. Bradfo catches up with Lindor's former double play partner Luis Guillorme - not playing for the Diamondbacks - to hear a pretty compelling case for Lindor to win NL MVP.

Red Sox reliever Justin Slaten has had a wild ride this season, going from Rule 5 pick to key bullpen piece to injured pitcher and now someone on the verge of returning for the stretch drive. Slaten joined Bradfo to talk about his crazy last year, while also updating his current lot in life and revealing the best advice he has gotten throughout this whole process. (Spoiler: It came from teammate G...

Major League Baseball released some news regarding the 2026 World Baseball Classic this past week. We know the pools. We know the dates. And now we have the buzz. Shawn Spradling - host of 'WBC Central' - returns to the podcast to relay some of the excitement and anticipation when it comes to the tournament. Shawn and Bradfo look back at how the last WBC has allowed for this sort of excitement, ev...

Less than 24 hours after making his 2024 professional baseball debut, Rich Hill calls into the Baseball Isn't Boring Radio Show to offer his take on the performance and progression. It's a BIB exclusive.

Few has seen as much of the Braves as Nick Green this season. It's why everybody should be paying attention to the Bally's broadcaster when he teams up once again with Bradfo to talk about Atlanta's World Series chances. There is also some quality deep-diving into how the former MLB infielder views broadcasting, both for himself and other players entering into the fray.

As part of a long conversation with Rich Hill, the 44-year-old tells Bradfo what his plan is heading into his first start of the season. Is it a race against time? Where is his confidence level at? It's all in this latest get-together with Bradfo.

Last year, the Diamondbacks came out of the trade deadline and immediately lost nine straight. This year they have flipped the script, owning the best record in baseball since the deadline. Arizona president of baseball operations Mike Hazen joined Bradfo to reflect on what went wrong a year ago and how he approached building his team this time around. To listen to the entire Hazen interview, clic...

With baseball in Oakland coming to a sad end, it is perfect timing that Julian McWilliams' guest on the latest edition of 'The Eye Test' is one of the players who lived the life of growing up in the area on the way to big league greatness - current Astros third base coach Gary Pettis. You aren't going to find a better scene-setter in terms of what it meant to be raised on baseball in the Bay Area...

Bradfo wants to scream it from the mountaintops: Joey Votto is a Hall of Famer. In the latest Wasabi Hot Take, he uses the platform to explain why the just-retired first baseman should absolutely be headed to Cooperstown. We also resurface the two times Votto appeared on the podcast, that first joining Garrett Whitlock to talk primarily about the great game of chess (and a little Hall of Fame), an...

The oldest active athlete in any of the four major professional sports, Rich Hill, is at it again. The 44-year-old has signed on with the Red Sox for a fourth time, inking a minor-league deal that he hopes will lead him back to the majors in the not-too-distant future. Hill joins Bradfo from Norfolk, where he is getting ready to pitch in his first game, Friday. The lefty reflects on this "no regre...

Let it be said, let it be done. Bobby Witt Jr. is the best player in baseball. The 24-year-old star shortstop has established himself as one of the absolute best offensively, defensively and baserunning, reaching a level of excellence that no other player in MLB can compare. It's a reality that Bradfo wants to scream from the mountaintops, which is exactly what he does in this podcast. And just to...

We have counted 14 teams in Major League Baseball right now who could stake claim to actually having a chance to win the World Series. But with our MLB Power Rankings, we are only identifying the Top 10. Producer Evan is back, trying to make sense of it all, with Bradfo telling him where he has gone right and wrong in ranking the best in baseball right now. No. 10 could be No. 1, and No. 1 could b...

Bradfo is back on the "Jones and Mego Show" on WEEI talking all things Red Sox, this time diving into why the Red Sox have stunk in August, where they went wrong with their trade deadline acquisitions, Marcelo Mayer's latest injury, and much more

Alex Cora had to learn how to deal with a life-changing mistake when he was suspended for the Astros' 2017 cheating scandal. From that he learned lessons that he could pass on to one of his players, Jarren Duran, after the outfielder's two-game suspension due to a homophobic remark to a fan. Bradfo catches up with Cora to talk about advice he could give Duran when trying to find normalcy after ver...

Baseball Isn't Boring is all about entertaining, informing and enlightening, and that's exactly what Alex Tantum does on a regular basis thanks to his mission/platform MLB Fits (@MLB.Fits). Bradfo catches up with the creator of one of baseball's most talked about social accounts to discuss how it all came about, where it is going, and who is the best dressed in all of baseball. For a sport that is...

There have been quite a few impactful starting pitching acquisitions from the trade deadline. Michael Lorenzen. Yusei Kikuchi. Alex Cobb. Jack Flaherty. But one has stood out from the others after these three weeks of post-deadline baseball: Zach Eflin. Bradfo sits down with the Orioles starter to reflect on the trade, his time with the Rays and how he views his new surroundings in Baltimore.