Bat Flips and Infield Shifts

Brendan and Greg look back at the most memorable moments from the 2022 college baseball season. Intro music: Ultraviolet - Far Out Outro music: Superhuman - Tritonal

Greg and Brendan breakdown the last week's transactions around MLB before looking back at the most memorable moments from the 2022 MLB season. Transactions! (03:18) Thing's we'll remember (55:22) Intro music: Long Way Home - Tritonal, HALIENE, Schala & Jorza Outro music: Summer Ashes - Kevin Drew, Taryn Manning

Greg and Brendan breakdown the many signings from the Winter Meetings, including Jacob deGrom to the Rangers, Aaron Judge returning to New York, and the Padres continuing to amass star power. Intro music: Long Way Home - Tritonal, HALIENE, Schala & Jorza Outro music: Summer Ashes - Kevin Drew, Taryn Manning

Greg and Brendan breakdown recent transactions - including the Hunter Renfoe trade and the José Abreu and Zach Eflin signings - and review this year's Hall of Fame ballot. Transaction banter (06:02) Hall of Fame discourse (1:07:27) Intro music: Long Way Home - Tritonal, HALIENE, Schala & Jorza Outro music: Summer Ashes - Kevin Drew, Taryn Manning

Greg and Brendan review the major awards winners, breakdown recent transactions, and reflect on predictions made 7 months ago. Intro music: Long Way Home - Tritonal, HALIENE, Schala & Jorza Outro music: Summer Ashes - Kevin Drew, Taryn Manning

Greg and Brendan go team-by-team discussing offseason needs and potential moves for the National League. Atlanta Braves (01:30) New York Mets (06:43) Philadelphia Phillies (11:28) Miami Marlins (11:59) Washington Nationals (17:57) St. Louis Cardinals (22:52) Milwaukee Brewers (29:11) Chicago Cubs (36:57) Cincinnati Reds (41:57) Pittsburgh Pirates (46:24) Los Angeles Dodgers (51:01) San Diego Padre...

Greg and Brendan go team-by-team discussing offseason needs and potential moves for the American League. New York Yankees (02:44) Toronto Blue Jays (08:19) Tampa Bay Rays (14:05) Baltimore Orioles (21:40) Boston Red Sox (27:07) Cleveland Guardians (31:53) Chicago White Sox (36:25) Minnesota Twins (42:20) Detroit Tigers (47:02) Kansas City Royals (50:47) Houston Astros (58:17) Seattle Mariners (1:0...

Greg and Brendan are joined by Ethan Witte from The Good Phight to discuss the 2022 Philadelphia Phillies, their NL pennant run, and what they might look to do this offseason. Intro music: Losing My Mind - Tritonal, HALIENE Outro music: Summit - Skrillex, Ellie Goulding

Greg and Brendan recap Houston's six-game victory over Philadelphia in the World Series and host the second iteration of the Bat Flips and Infield Shifts Awards Show. Intro music: Losing My Mind - Tritonal, HALIENE Outro music: Summit - Skrillex, Ellie Goulding

Greg and Brendan recap the league championship series and preview the upcoming World Series between the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies. Intro music: Losing My Mind - Tritonal, HALIENE Outro music: Summit - Skrillex, Ellie Goulding

Greg and Brendan breakdown the division series that were and the championship series that are to be. Braves-Phillies (03:13) Dodgers-Padres (17:51) Astros-Mariners (35:56) Yankees-Guardians (50:14) Padres-Phillies (59:50) Astros-Yankees (1:11:52) Intro music: Losing My Mind - Tritonal, HALIENE Outro music: Summit - Skrillex, Ellie Goulding

Greg and Brendan breakdown the wild card round action and preview what to watch in the upcoming division series. Guardians-Rays (01:53) Blue Jays-Mariners (09:07) Cardinals-Phillies (17:00) Mets-Padres (24:10) Braves-Phillies (31:15) Dodgers-Padres (40:18) Astros-Mariners (48:40) Yankees-Guardians (55:33) Intro music: Losing My Mind - Tritonal, HALIENE Outro music: Summit - Skrillex, Ellie Gouldin...

Greg and Brendan breakdown a few storylines from the end of the season, preview the wild card round matchups, and share their picks for major awards. Home run records (03:55) Mike Matheny and manager vacancies (10:26) Panama City qualifiers (23:25) Rays-Guardians (28:16) Mariners-Blue Jays (36:28) Phillies-Cardinals (46:55) Padres-Mets (1:02:26) Awards picks (1:14:23) Intro music: Losing My Mind -...

Greg and Brendan dissect the epic Royals comeback against the Mariners, conduct a reading series about the recent bizarre Ben Verlander article, and draft postseason hitters. Royals-Mariners chaos (05:12) Jacob deGrom and the Oakland A's (21:46) Bryce Elder Longhorns legend (26:41) Alek Manoah (32:19) Richard Bleier (40:31) Tony LaRussa (48:51) Ben Verlander (55:49) Postseason hitters draft (1:10:...

Greg and Brendan breakdown the Rookie of the Year races, lament the lack of playoff races this year, and recap the WBC Regensburg Qualifiers. Rookies of the Year (06:10) Utility player Gold Glove (30:13) Albert Pujols (36:39) Mike Trout (45:40) Playoff race, or lack thereof (51:51) Social media misinformation (1:08:00) Minor league unionization (1:13:20) Dayton Moore and the Royals (1:18:15) Regen...

Greg and Brendan discuss the recent unionization efforts of the minor leagues, breakdown the NL Cy Young race in light of Sandy Alcantara's recent struggles, and bicker for the final time about WAR's relationship with MVP voting. Intro music: Losing My Mind - Tritonal, HALIENE Outro music: Summit - Skrillex, Ellie Goulding

For some reason, this episode was uploaded last week but didn't process properly. So here it is now, a stretch run preview that is already moderately obsolete. Shout outs to Tritonal, HALIENE, Skrillex, and Ellie Goulding for putting out excellent music that I am using for the intro and outro.

Greg and Brendan discuss the potential sale of the Los Angeles Angels, the Yankees' obsession with retiring numbers, and the concerning performance of Josh Hader. Arte Moreno (5:00) Yankees retiring numbers (14:36) Josh Hader (26:14) Matt Chapman (35:27) AL East race (41:41) Jordan Montgomery (52:20) Chase De Jong (58:20) Freddie Freeman and Trea Turner (1:06:09) Paul Goldschmidt (1:14:08) Weeklyi...

Greg and Brendan review the state of the American League Cy Young race, breakdown the pitcher usage of the Rays, and urge Albert Pujols to keep playing baseball. Michael Harris II (03:45) Walker Buehler (11:40) Shea Langeliers (21:00) Shohei Ohtani and the Cy Young race (29:40) Ross Stripling (48:40) Brock Burke (59:45) Tampa Bay Rays starting pitching (1:07:55) Albert Pujols (1:21:08) Weeklyish g...

Greg and Brendan breakdown the potential game of the year between Seattle and New York, ruminate on the tenure of former Tigers GM Al Avila, and mourn the lost season of Fernando Tatis Jr. Fernando Tatis Jr. and the Padres (02:38) Mariners-Yankees (15:05) Baltimore Orioles (36:02) Brady Singer (50:35) Chris Sale and Jacob deGrom (1:02:30) Nick Castellanos and Marcell Ozuna (1:13:40) Al Avila (1:25...

Greg and Brendan go team-by-team to breakdown all the deals of this trade deadline and evaluate where each team stands in the postseason race.

Greg and Brendan discuss the Andrew Benintendi trade, check in on the major awards races, and breakdown the latest iteration of Madison Bumgarner getting his feelings hurt. Andrew Benintendi to the Yankees (03:15) Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado (23:55) Taijuan Walker (27:22) Christian Walker (34:46) Awards race check-in (46:38) Tampa Bay Rays injuries (1:13:15) Yandy Diaz (1:21:31) Madison Bum...

Greg and Brendan breakdown some highlights of the 2022 MLB draft, investigate the new official vodka of MLB, and explore the debacle of the Royals trip to Toronto. MLB draft (02:55) Toronto's 29-run game (37:58) Whit Merrifield and the Unvax-10 (51:22) Mike Trout and the World Baseball Classic (1:09:10) Rob Manfred's latest comments (1:14:08) The official vodka of MLB (1:30:43) Intro music: Start...

Greg and Brendan mock the first 39 picks of the upcoming MLB draft. Intro music: Start It Over - Last Heroes, Man Cub, KC Outro music: Electric Kids - Tritonal, Linney

Greg and Brendan discuss the Brewers and Padres new City Connect uniforms, debate leverage indexes and reliever roles, and preview the World Baseball Classic pool play. Brewers and Padres City Connects (03:37) July 4th caps (15:28) All-Star exemption (19:10) Cole Irvin (25:41) Baseball players are fast (30:46) No commentary broadcast (36:05) Patrick Corbin (40:13) ESPYs (47:24) Philadelphia Philli...