Benches Cleared Podcast (SF Giants & Dodgers Podcast)

Dodgers dominate these past 2 weeks going 9-5, SFGiants make their 2nd 5 game losing steak of May including a huge sweep by the Padres going 5-7 last week. We say good bye to Dubon and check in a Logan Webbs twitter habits. who we want to watch baseball with, as well as make a deep dive in some of the best places to see a dodger game at dodgers stadium. Discuss what it would take to trade for Juan...

SFGiants bounce back from a terrible week last week splitting a 4 game series with the Cardinals and sweep the hot Rockies. Ending a 4 game losing streak celebrating Buster Posey then winning their next 5. Dodgers have great 4-2 week sweeping the cubs but lose the series to the rebuilding pirates offense struggles in the disappointing series but we see the debut from friend of the pod and top pros...

Week 4 of the 2022 season we go around the league where Madbum gets tossed for taking the bait of an umpire trying to toss Bumgarner out of the game in the 1st inning. In New York the Mets keep up their hot start with a 7 run come back in the 9th to beat Kaplers old team the phillies, if Kapler was still the manager would the phillies play hard and bunt/steal with huge leads? not sure but for this...

Week 3 of the 2022 MLB season definitely goes to the SFGiants who sweep the Nats, Brewers(kinda), and split the 2 games series with the A's this week taking 1st place in the NL West for the first time this year. Joc pederson and the offense get hot along with the bullpen to pick up the starting pitching being hit by the injury bug. Giants are for sure looking like they are picking up where they le...

Episode 103 of the benches cleared podcast we talk about the Dodgers dominate 6-1 week with a long 4 game sweep against the rebuilding Reds, and take a huge series from the reigning World Series champion Braves, but they don't do it with out controversy with fans booing all time Dodger closer Kenley Jansen in his 1st time back to Dodger stadium. Now they look towards the poor mans Division rival S...

Dodgers start the season slow with a series loss to the rebuilding Rockies but get the mini sweep of the Twins going 3-2 the first week of the season. SFGiants pick up where they left off in 2021, winning both series against the Marlins and Padres going 4-2 on the first week of the 2022 season. Kershaw throws 7 perfect innings before getting pulled in Minnesota but with his injury history and bein...

The wait is over!!!!! For most of the league opening day is here but Dodgers/Giants have to go through one more day before the best time of the year starts. We got our 2022 season predictions, 5 around the league and 5 on our teams. We go over the last flurry of off-season trades and get you ready for the big day!

Dodgers get potential Hall Of Fame closer Craig Kimbrel for AJ Pollock, we predict both teams Opening day rosters and give grades on said rosters with the best trash talk in the business

Dodgers sign 2020 MVP 1st basemen Freddie freeman for 6 years! making arguably the best line up ever? SF Giants get hometown postseason hero Joc Pederson to a 1 year deal. They also Matthew Boyd, Carlos Martinez, and Jakob Junis to their starting pitching depth, discuss the trades around the league and gear up for the 1st day of spring training!!!

Baseball is back and WE are back! MLB and the MLBPA finally reach an agreement and we go over the newest rules and postseason changes. The free agent market has officially opened as the SFGiants strike first signing all star LH starter Carlos Rodón to a 2 year 44 million dollar deal. the Dodgers answer right away by brining back legend Clayton Kershaw to a club friendly 1 year 17 million dollar de...

Bonds and Clemens fall off the hall of fame ballot, whos to blame and how can it change? MLB and MLBPA labor negotiations pick up speed with only 3 weeks left for the start of spring training, Kevin Gausman shares the SF Giants never offered him a contract and we get your opinions on all of it!

Dodgers sign super utility Chris Taylor to a 4 year 60 million dollar deal! Will/Can the SF Giants give Joey Bart the starting catching position? most importantly MLB and the MLBPA cant come to an agreement to the expiring CBA and the lockdown watch officially begins. Whos to blame, will the season start on time, will the teams and remaining free agents have time to sign a deal? We try to sort it...

The stove is hot as shit! Marte, Canha (Mets), Semien, Gray (Rangers), Ray(Mariners), Matz (Cardinals) off the board and we talk about how the market is playing out. Dodgers and SF Giants get hit hard losing out on Seager (Rangers), Scherzer (Mets) and Gausman (Blue Jays). Dodgers do add some bullpen depth with Daniel Hudson and the Giants make their first add outside the organization to the rotat...

SF Giants start filling out their rotation resigning Alex Wood and Anthony DeSclafani, Dodgers sigh Andrew Heaney. we say goodbye to a couple Giants and talk about Barry Bonds E60 doc and his hall of fame chances. Also get into our free agency predictions and put our money where our mouths are!

Dodgers season comes to end losing the NLCS to the World series champion Atlanta Braves, with the season coming to an end we look to free agency and how the CBA can complicate things. Last but not least SFGiants Legend Buster Posey calls it a career after a potential hall of fame worthy 12 years, a bunch of sadness on the last episode of the 2021 season.

Dodgers win game 5 on the back of CT3! 3 bombs and the rest of the offense comes alive. we discuss the series so far and look ahead to game 6 and hopefully game 7!

We breakdown the upcoming NLCS series between the Braves and Dodgers. who has the one up at the plate, starting pitching, and bullpen arms. Studs and duds, you know the drill

Giants season come to an end over a heartbreaking loss in game 5, was this season a let down? or an overachievement? Dodgers hold on and punch their ticket to the NLCS to face the Braves, REPEAT LA is still in play as we look forward to Saturday!

NLDS goes to game 5! Giants and Dodgers split in each others stadiums and now the Dodgers head up to Oracle for a win or go home game that we all deserve. Webb vs Urias, we give our predictions on how it will shake out and who will head to the NLCS to face the Braves

SFGiants take game 1 on the back of Logan Webb's Gem and HRs from Buster Posey, Kris Bryant and Brandon Crawford 4-0. Dodgers dominate game 2 with a great start from Julio Urias and clutch hits from Cody Bellinger, Mookie Betts and more. with the series tied at 1-1, what can we expect in games 3 and 4? will there be a game 5? We try to figure it out on this mid series episode!

Dodgers take care of the Cardinals in the wild card game on the back of a Chris Taylor walk off HR and a shut down bullpen! Now to what we've all been waiting for! the first postseason match up for the best rivalry in sports, we get into our predictions, series studs and duds and of course the best trash talk in the baseball podcasting game!! We cant wait til the end of this series to talk about t...

The SF Giants win the NL West on the last day of the regular season with record setting 107 wins! Dodgers just come short with a historic 106 wins and have to play the ST Louis Cardinals in the NL wild card game. We talk to Cardinals beat writer Jeff Jones about their chances in the Wild Card game and a potential NLDS

Dodgers go 8-2 in their last 10 but so do the SFGiants with only 3 games left in the season and the SFGiants still clinging to their 2 game lead in the NL West. Is Bellinger back? Can Lux handle CF? Is Doval the new Closer? Is the Captains hole big to fill? studs and duds you know the drill

NL West leaders go back and forth as the SF Giants lead stays at 1 game with 9 to play. Kiermaier gets into trouble with the Blue Jays, would a game 163 put The SFGiants or Dodgers in a disadvantage? who will pull ahead to win the NL West? stud and duds, you know the drill!

SF Giants are the first MLB team to clinch a postseason spot, their first postseason since 2016, Dodgers clinch postseason but are in danger of losing the NL West for the first time since 2012. Dodgers gain a half game this week but with only 14 games left in the season can they pass the consistent SF Giants? Will we see a game 163? We got potential wild card matchups, Captains, Aces, studs and du...