Baseball Isn’t Boring

Courtney Finnicum fills in for the vacationing Bradfo to talk with Mr. Ratings Boost Himself, Jonny Gomes, about all the great things that happened around the baseball world in 2023 and what baseball fans have to look forward to in 2024... It's the BIB New Years Spectacular and you're not gonna want to miss it!

2023 has been an amazing year in the sport of baseball and on the Baseball Isn't Boring Podcast. Therefore, it's time to reflect on this great year by having Producer Evan give his Top 10 Episodes of the Year, with number 3 being the best talker in the game and a Red Sox icon Dustin Pedroia reflecting on another Red Sox icon, Tito Francona's retirement from managing, anyone who knows Dustin knows...

MLB Network Radio's Jeff Joyce fills in for the vacationing Bradfo to talk with Dodgers Co-Hitting Coach Aaron Bates about his team acquiring Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, his path from high school football star to MLB hitting coach, and most importantly, coaching little league with The Godfather Joe Kelly

The Who Says No guys - also hosts of the 'Play Tessie' podcast - Coop and Gordo hop on to address the Red Sox biggest need... pitching! However in this episode, pitching isn't only acquired with an eye towards 2024, but also with an eye set on improving the pitching in the farm at the expense of a couple bats...

2023 has been an amazing year in the sport of baseball and on the Baseball Isn't Boring Podcast. Therefore, it's time to reflect on this great year by having Producer Evan give his Top 10 Episodes of the Year, with number 4 being the recently retired and widely beloved Red Sox broadcaster Dennis Eckersley, who sat down with Bradfo to discuss his retirement from the booth, missing the game when wat...

2023 has been an amazing year in the sport of baseball and on the Baseball Isn't Boring Podcast. Therefore, it's time to reflect on this great year by having Producer Evan give his Top 10 Episodes of the Year, with number 5 being the reigning, defending, undisputed BIB Manager of the Year, Dbacks Manager Torey Lovullo talking about instilling a winning mindset within his players and in his clubhou...

It's never too early to get to know some of the players whose names will be called at the 2024 MLB Draft during the All-Star festivities. The Number 6 Ranked 2024 MLB Draft Prospect on Bella Geskos's Preseason MLB Draft Prospect Power Rankings is University of North Carolina Outfielder Vance Honeycutt. In the debut episode of 'On Deck' - interviewing the projected top draft picks for 2024 - Bella...

2023 has been an amazing year in the sport of baseball and on the Baseball Isn't Boring Podcast. Therefore, it's time to reflect on this great year by having Producer Evan give his Top 10 Episodes of the Year, with number 6 being former Mets GM, Red Sox Analytics Guru, and Four Rings Sports Solutions founder Zack Scott who takes us behind the scenes on trades that happened (Baez/PCA), trades that...

2023 has been an amazing year in the sport of baseball and on the Baseball Isn't Boring Podcast. Therefore, it's time to reflect on this great year by having Producer Evan give his Top 10 Episodes of the Year, with number 7 being the Mariners POBO Jerry DiPoto, who gave us a behind-the-scenes look at the trade deadline from an active executive's perspective, you'd be hard pressed to find something...

Joe Kelly, one of the Dodgers big signings this offseason, joined Bradfo and Mike Kadlick on WEEI to discuss the story behind giving Shohei Ohtani his No. 17, how close he came to picking Yoshinobu Yamamoto's No. 18, how he knew Yamamoto was going to the Dodgers and the very pointed approach to putting up Christmas decorations.

2023 has been an amazing year in the sport of baseball and on the Baseball Isn't Boring Podcast. Therefore, it's time to reflect on this great year by having Producer Evan give his Top 10 Episodes of the Year, with number 8 being Big Papi, who sat down with Bradfo to reflect on Mookie Betts' time with the Red Sox and featured a cameo from the man himself which blew up on social media!

Reece Green - former pro baseball player in Australia and the Czech Republic and current standup comic - is joined this week by close friend and former international baseball sensation, Cam Russ. The boys get into the lifestyle of being a collegiate summer league ballplayer as well as what it's like to play baseball overseas. It's a wild ride talking about two former ballplayers' wild ride.

Pap joined The Bradfo and Kadlick Show on WEEI to address his tweet regarding Alex Verdugo's comments about Alex Cora in his Yankees Introductory Press Conference

2023 has been an amazing year in the sport of baseball and on the Baseball Isn't Boring Podcast. Therefore, it's time to reflect on this great year by having Producer Evan give his Top 10 Episodes of the Year, with number 9 being the MVP of the podcast, Kenley Jansen, who sat down with Bradfo following the 2023 season to talk about missing the postseason for the first time in a long time and what...

The long wait is over: Yoshinobu Yamamoto has picked his team. The Japanese pitcher is heading to the Dodgers, joining Shohei Ohtani ... along with Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Tyler Glasnow and, yes, The Godfather, Joe Kelly. Bradfo breaks down the historic deal, while also looking at where he leaves the rest of the free agent landscape.

All of the teams that courted Yoshinobu Yamamoto have unique cases, but it is Philadelphia which should stand out. That's the case being made by WIP's Jack Fritz - co-host of the 'High Hopes' podcast. Jack is joined by Bradfo to remind the baseball world - and Yamamoto - why the Phillies have become such an appealing team to root for and to play for. It's a great reminder why baseball fell in love...

When looking at the up and down tenure Alex Verdugo had in Boston, Red Sox manager Alex Cora offered his take on the outfielder's time with his team. Cora mentions the good, the bad and the lessons learned during their three seasons together. To listen to the entire Cora interview with Bradfo, click here.

The Yankees Newly Acquired Outfielder Alex Verdugo meets with the New York and National Media to discuss his trade to the Yankees, having to shave in advance to see how it looks/feels, playing for Aaron Boone, and what it was like to face Yamamoto in the WBC

2023 has been an amazing year in the sport of baseball and on the Baseball Isn't Boring Podcast. Therefore, it's time to reflect on this great year by having Producer Evan give his Top 10 Episodes of the Year, with number 10 being non-other than Former Blue Jays manager and current Mets Bench Coach John Gibbons talking about baseball brawls following the Tim Anderson, Jose Ramirez scuffle

The world of baseball is buzzing these days about what free agent pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto is going to do. It's why listening to Red Sox manager Alex Cora talk about his team's pursuit of the 25-year-old is so important and interesting. Cora joined Bradfo to explain some of the dynamic when it comes to wooing Yamamoto, including whether visiting a ballpark is or isn't important. To listen to the...

Bradfo joins Rich Keefe and Nick 'Fitzy' Stevens on the 'Rich Keefe Show' to talk about the Red Sox' current lot in life, including how the team can get back to their former existence as a top-of-the-heap-type team. There is talk of of Yoshinobu Yamamoto and other potential additions to the Red Sox' pitching staff, along with analysis of Alex Cora's appearance on Baseball Isn't Boring.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora has returned to the podcast and he has a lot to say. The recruitment of Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The state of his current contract situation. How this offseason has gone for him and the Sox. The art of recruiting free agents. The revitalization of the Red Sox brand. And how impactful the Joe Kelly fight in 2018 was to the organization. It's one that you won't want to miss.

It's not every season a set-up reliever gets a Cy Young vote, but that's exactly what happened with Chris Martin of the Red Sox. And for good reason. In his first season in Boston, Martin turned in an incredible campaign, leading Baseball Isn't Boring to name him our Reliever of the Year. Bradfo catches up with Martin to talk about his season, how it came about, the recruitment by the Red Sox, and...

While everyone is focused on free agent pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto because of his talent, track record and age, we can look back 17 years ago to another pitcher in a very similar situation. That was when Daisuke Matsuzaka came to Major League Baseball. Bradfo is joined by MLB.com's Ian Browne, who wrote the definitive book on Matsuzaka during the former pitcher's tenure with the Red Sox. There are...

SNY's Andy Martino joins Bradfo to discuss the keys to the Yankees sustainable success which made this year's 82-80 record look like a lot more of a failure than it was and more importantly, how the Yankees intense self-scouting ways have allowed them to win far more trades than they have lost