Blake Street Banter

Resident experts, Tyler and Henry (Skraxx), dive deep into the Rockies 2021 Draft. Benny Montgomery riled up Skraxx in the moment, but with some time to reflect, Skraxx shares his final thoughts on the Benny pick. Both share their thoughts on the other draft picks (Jaden Hill, McCade Brown, Joe Rock, Hunter Goodman). Some quick hitters and Draft Grades to end the episode and their predictions on w...

This episode feels like the boys are bantering at the bar during the the 2021 Home Run Derby, so if you haven't watched yet, SPOILERS. James has officially challenged everyone to a Wiffle Ball game whenever you see him. Wilin Rosario comes up in conversation as the boys talk Elias Diaz and German Marquez. At the end of the Banter, James shares a "Baseball History Story" presented by Reddit, that y...

To complete our week around the minors, we sit with Jeff Dooley of the Hartford Yard Goats and get a quick hitter of the players in Hartford. Taylor Snyder (0:47) begins the player talk and how great he's been. Elehuirus Montero and how he is fairing in AA (2:45). At the 6 minute mark, Jameson Hannah, #13 in the top 30, injuries are hampering his progress. Karl Kauffman, #17 in the top 30, and his...

Mike Boyle shares what he sees up in Spokane. Banter Session starts with the crazy hot heat up in the Pacific NW. Boyle (4:00) shares how the first few months of the season has gone, lots of rainouts for the League and ups and downs for the Indians and when the turning point in the right direction hit. Player conversation starts at (7:03) beginning with Chris McMahon. Kilkenny and Etheridge (10:12...

Stephen shares (1:50) what its like to watch the Griz day in and day out and Zac Veen first professional homer and how he has developed as a ball player in three months. At the 7:11 mark Rice shares how the youths (Veen, Tovar, Romo, Lavigne, etc) are succeeding at such a young age, answer may surprise you. Stats are the future (11:20) both for players and behind the scenes. The three talk a littl...

Aaron sits down with Josh Suchon, the voice of the 'Topes and talk ball. 6 game series conversation(1:00 - 6:15) Isotopes doing anything differently development(6:15 to 9:10) Difference between College baseball and AAA(9:10 to 17:00) Talking baseball in AAABQ and how marketing at the AAA level has its own sets of challenges (17:00 to 23:40) Ryan Vilade and Wynton Bernard and how they are working t...

Skraxxy (1:00) breaks down a potential trade with the Cubs presented by the SB Nation Bleed Cubbie Blue . The future is on its way (6:33) resident MiLB expert, Tyler gives us his 3 hots and 3 not yets so far in the 2021 campaign. (Rolison, Vilade, Olivares, Doyle, Schunk, Feltner, Eusebio). At the 21:30 mark, Tyler and Skraxx give their First and Second Round 2021 draft picks. -- Follow the Banter...

Cespedes Family BBQ article, How to cope when your favorite team stinks ,  walks the Banter Boys through a step-by-step guide on how to watch your favorite team when they aren't doing well.  -- Follow the Banter on Twitter @blakestbanter and YouTube , be sure to subscribe. Find us on Instagram @blakestreetbanter

Throughout the episode we keep you updated with the Nuggets game from Thursday, June 3. First topic of discussion, (2:00) To Tank or Not, as a fan? We share our feelings as fans of what we think of a tank season and why or why not are we doing it?  (6:03)"Is Tapia good or not"  and how it is important to let the kids play to see what we have, i.e. McMahon. (18:25) Daza is Dazalling, are...

 Episode 31 highlights a few player updates (Story, Marquez, BRod, Adams, Darnell). The boys discuss the Coors Hangover and what to do about it as the Rockies are 3-20 on the road. Skraxxy joins us and gives his top 3 choices for the 2021 draft and a hypothetical trade with the Blue Jays.

Worst loss ever? James explains his claim that Sunday’s loss against the Reds was one of the worst losses in Rox history. From bad times to good times, Josh Fuentes won player of the week honors but can he sustain it? We look at his home road splits and his versatility -- he does have a higher dWAR than Nado at the moment. We can compare family, but we won’t compareg McMahon and Nado the rest of t...

James has a take -- Aaron can pick prospects just as well as a professional scout. A bet has been made! Banter led to Jeter vs Tulo conversation and he we all got propagandized growing up by ESPN. This transitioned to more banter, Tulo or Evan Longoria....who do you take? Find us on Twitter @blakestbanter and continue to check out www.blakestreetbanter.com for more content.

Banter starts with the Chi Chi train. What will it take for James has to eat a whole cake.? Also a new Interim GM has been announced and not all of us are impressed. "Just because you're the interim doesn't automatically get my respect." What do the Rox need from Schmidt as the season continues? In the past week we had pitching debuts and Tapia inching closer to the batting title! We finish with a...

James and Aaron banter about the brightest moment in recent Rockies history, but is it really the best thing to happen right now?! More content to come on blakestreetbanter.com

We talk about the Astros and Phillies series. James gives a pretty bad take on CJ Cron and we discuss is this team going to have fun to watch with the low expectations?  We are giddy about our next interviewee all the great insights he provided on our favorite club from Todd Helton's superstitions to what it's like pitching game 1 of the NLDS. Make sure to fire away you questions and topics y...

Boys banter about double headers and bad vibes. This team is on track for less than 40 wins, way more than 100 loses and more implosions that we can put on our tracker. What is the worse thing so far from your perspective? Find us on Twitter @blakestbanter and share your thoughts!

 The boys recap the first 3 series of the season while going on tangents about Bauer, fans, cats and why Barry Bonds is the worst greatest player of all time!

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 We break down the bullpen situation heading into Opening Day. Aaron is apparently big Tyler Kinley guy, while James just wants people to "do their job". For all you degenerates out there we share our thoughts on all the important prop bets being made by bookmakers and if you want to make bank you should follow our advice. Did you know the Rockies are projected to be so bad that you can't even pla...

We respond to the recent Athletic  report by Nick Groke and Ken Rosenthal. The report highlights the fact that full-time front-office staffers were forced to work as "clubbies", players begged Bridich to bring back DJ LeMahieu, and players felt abandoned when their first ever divisional championship was within reach. As fans we knew it was bad, but now we have the tangible evidence. The Rocki...

How worried are we about BRod and his hammy, you decide. Around the 4 minute mark, we break down the stupid Commish Manfred rules hes implementing into the minors. More stolen bases, more defense, more fun?  Let us know what you think. Check out  www.blakestreetbanter.com for more content! Follow us on     Twitter https://twitter.com/blakestbanter    In...

This week's episode  features an interview Jason Hirsh, who teaches us inside baseball. The ex-Rockie pitcher shares what it was like inside the greatest team in franchise history and doesn't hold back on why fans and the organization are struggling. For anyone still parking in America's pastime, he shares some tips on arm care and what type of mindset it takes to be successful; whether...

Banter begins with early Spring Training takeaways. BRod (4:05) struggling early spring and how will Bud handle him. Hampson (5:15) quietly solidifying himself as the starting CF on opening day and is a (6:20) loose clubhouse a good thing? Nolan left the Rockies, but he also left Fuentes (8:00), will this affect his play? Nolan's?   We sat down (10:02) with the Marketing Manager, Johnny Bravo...

The Man, The Myth, The Legend. Rockies farm pitcher Dugan Darnell paid us a visit to talk all things baseball. Dugan is the embodiment of the ‘American Baseball Dream’. Going from Division III infielder to a big-league pitching prospect, Dugan shares his amazing journey through college, into indie-ball and now at the beginning of stages of reaching the bigs. Interview begins at the 11:16 mark. Als...

We begin the episode (1:10) bantering about boycotting, good or bad. Greg Bird and CJ Cron (5:50) just signed minor league contracts to continue the trend of weird first base signings, and we each give our "Who to Watch" pick (9:50), spoiler alert, its Brendan Rodgers. (13:42) As the voice of the Spokane Indians, broadcaster Michael Boyle introduces us to the newest Colorado Rockies minor league a...