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Bradfo and Gordo (@BOSSportsGordo) sit down to discuss the fake trade proposal that is setting social media ablaze! The White Sox's Luis Robert and Tim Anderson being sent to the Mets for Brett Baty, Mark Vientos, and Top Prospect Kevin Parada. White Sox fans think the return is too little and Mets fans feel the price is too high! Do Bradfo and Gordo think that the trade is realistic or just somet...

Daniel Bard hadn't been back at Fenway Park since 2013, when he was pitching for the Red Sox. Considering all the ups and downs the reliever has experienced over that 10 years, you can understand why returning to Fenway hit different for Bard. That's why Bradfo caught up with the Rockies pitcher just moments after being reintroduced to his old stomping grounds.

The other athlete sports fans in Denver are talking about - not involving the now World Champion Denver Nuggets - is Nolan Jones. Jones first capped off the weekend with the longest walk-off home run (472 feet) in Statcast history, and then saved the Colorado win Monday by robbing Rafael Devers of a game-winning homer in right field at Fenway Park. We also have the emotional reaction of Daniel Bar...

Who doesn't like fake trades? Not us. We love them at Baseball Isn't Boring, which is why Bradfo brought in two of the best in the business when it comes to constructing deals that will make fans and front offices think - Pat (@patbrown954) and Gordo (BOSSportsGordo). They didn't disappoint. Jack Flaherty. Marcus Stroman. Luis Robert. Tim Anderson. Brett Baty. They are all some of the names thrown...

The Marlins? The Orioles? The Diamondbacks? All ahead of the mighty Dodgers and Astros. Who saw that coming when it came to MLB Power Rankings in mid-June. But that's exactly what we have in this week's edition of Producer Evan's Top 10 MLB teams. Bradfo and the prognosticator break down each of Evan's picks, and why one first-place team is on the outside looking in.

The candidates for Rookie of the Year are starting to emerge, which is why Bradfo sat down with MLB Pipeline's Sam Dykstra to discuss the favorites in both the American and National Leagues. You might be surprised at who Sam is picking for the award. Listen to Dykstra's entire appearance on the podcast by clicking here.

With teams and fans starting to zero in on the Major League Baseball trade deadline, it was a good time to resurface a couple of quick conversations Bradfo had with Chaim Bloom and Zac Gallen. The Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer gives us an idea of what decision-makers are thinking when it comes to wheeling and dealing this time of year, while the Arizona ace simply explains what it is like to be d...

Appearing on the Baseball Isn't Boring podcast, Rangers hitting coach Tim Hyers talked with Bradfo and the impact Nathan Eovaldi has made with the red-hot Rangers, looking back at their time together in Boston in the process. Hyers also throws out his favorite pinch-hitter when talking about the art of pinch-hitting: Brock Holt.

With the biggest series of the young season coming up - the Texas Rangers vs. the Tampa Bay Rays - it was a good time to take a deep dive into why the Rangers have become one of the elite teams in Major League Baseball. Bradfo sits down with Texas hitting coach Tim Hyers to get his perspective on his team's excellence so far this season, including some unique insight into the impact manager Bruce...

There is a lot of buzz in baseball right now, with the new rules and regulations being one of the constant sources of conversation. But one group of voices we haven't heard a whole lot of during this year of turning baseball inside-out have been then umpires. That's why you should listen to longtime umpire Jim Joyce offer a very unique perspective when it comes to what all of these out-of-nowhere...

How does it feel for Clint Frazier to walk back into Yankee Stadium as an opposing player? Well, there's nobody better to talk about that than the man himself, White Sox outfielder Clint Frazier. The Former Top Prospect sits down with Bradfo to reveal exactly why he feels better now than he has felt in years, with a large focus on his recovery from lingering concussion symptoms.

Both Michael Kopech and Clint Frazier were first-rounders, Kopech being selected with the 33rd overall pick in 2014, and Frazier representing the No. 5 selection the year before. Both have landed with the White Sox after experiencing more than their fair share of bumps in the road. Bradfo sits down with Kopech for a revealing discussion on his path to this point, which has the righty pitching perh...

How do the Rays do it when it comes to making pitchers the best versions of themselves? Well, there's nobody better to talk about the process with than veteran reliever Jake Diekman. The lefty sits down with Bradfo to reveal exactly how things are done in what is Diekman's seventh organization, and how it is different from the rest of Major League Baseball.

Shawn Spradling is back with another episode of 'WBC Central' and he has a big guest joining him to answer your questions, MLB dot com's Michael Clair! What questions did they answer? What stories did they tell? Tune in to find out!

One of the great mysteries of Major League Baseball is unlocking how the Tampa Bay Rays continuously take pitchers and find a way to make them into a better version of themselves. Bradfo sits down with Rays pitching coach Kyle Snyder and newly-acquired veteran Jake Diekman to uncover the mystery of how Tampa Bay does things. If you want to get to the botto of how the best team in the majors got th...

Kevin Cash is not only the manager of the most successful team in Major League Baseball this season, but he is also the second-longest tenured skipper in all of baseball despite being just 45 years old. Cash sits down with Bradfo to reveal the details of exactly how he was hired by Tampa Bay in late 2014, with some juicy details along the way. It's a great way to educate yourself when it comes to...

Jonathan Papelbon is back and back big. The former All-Star closer, and current Baseball Isn't Boring regular, makes his return, this time going head-to-head with Producer Evan in offering up MLB Power Rankings. Pap, Bradfo and Evan break down the Top 10 in the majors right now, with a few huge surprises along the way. And just for good measure, Pap reveals a couple of quality bullpen stories.

It seems like a good time to talk to Torey Lovullo. So that's exactly what Bradfo did. With the Diamondbacks sitting in first-place, and their manager just agreeing to a contract extension, the two sit down to talk about exactly how Lovullo got Arizona to believe in itself. For those wondering how The D-Backs turned the corner, it's a good one to listen to.

One day after leaving his start against the Reds with a left shoulder problem, Chris Sale met with the media to offer an update on his condition while laying out what happened and what might happen going forward.

Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom started his professional existence as an intern with the Rays back in 2005, a stretch that continued all the way until he was hired away by the Red Sox in 2019 to run their organization. Now Bloom sits down with Bradfo to talk about what exactly makes the Rays the envy of the rest of Major League Baseball.

It's always a good time when Joey Votto and Chaim Bloom come on the podcast, which is exactly what happened with the future Hall-of-Famer and the Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer making their respective returns to Baseball Isn't Boring with Bradfo. As a bonus, Votto's appearance is led in by a major leaguer who idolized the Reds star, rookie Triston Casas. Votto talks his view of baseball. Bloom tal...

From 'The PBP: Voices of Baseball' ( subscribe here ): In Matt Spiegel's debut of The PBP: Voices of Baseball, he is joined by a voice familiar to any baseball fan. Before moving to ESPN's Monday Night Football, Joe Buck called 24 World Series as the preeminent national voice of baseball. His dad, Jack, is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame after many years of calling St. Louis Cardinals games...

In just his second week in the majors, Reds infielder Matt McLain took home Player of the Week honors. Considering this is a player who was drafted in 2021, that's something. McLain joins Bradfo to talk about his rapid ascension from being the No. 17 overall pick two years ago while reflecting on advice he might give those ready to be put in his shoes. It's the timeliest of Baseball Isn't Boring o...

Nothing supplies the jumper cables to a Major League Baseball fan base like the idea of a top prospect coming up to the big leagues for a jolt of excitement and production. It's why Bradfo sits down with MLB Pipleline's Sam Dykstra to dissect what has happened when it comes to prospect promotion and which future stars are the not-too-distant horizon. One of the names mentioned is Reds infielder Ma...

The voting for this year's MLB All-Star Game is officially underway, leading Bradfo to not only vote for the players he deems deserving of a trip to Seattle, but also explain his selections in an emergency Baseball Isn't Boring on the Go podcast.