Bustin’ Loose Baseball

Episode 155, FULL SHOW -- The MLB Winter Meetings are underway in Dallas, Texas this week, where the Annual MLB Draft Lottery was held on Tuesday evening. It was there where the Nationals would find out that the lottery fell their way and they were awarded with the Number 1 Overall Pick for the 2025 MLB Draft. After securing the top pick in the draft for the 3rd time in franchise history, which in...

Episode 155, Segment 1 -- The MLB Winter Meetings are underway in Dallas, Texas this week, where the Annual MLB Draft Lottery was held on Tuesday evening. It was there, where the Nationals would find out that the lottery fell their way and they were awarded with the Number 1 Overall Pick for the 2025 MLB Draft. After securing the top pick in the draft for the 3rd time in franchise history, which i...

Episode 155, Segment 2 -- Former Nats 1st Baseman and member of the World Series roster Matt Adams was on stage representing the Nationals when they were awarded the Number 1 overall pick in the upcoming 2025 MLB Draft. He joined Grant Paulsen & Danny Rouhier moments after on 106.7 The Fan in Washington DC to discuss how he came about to be the team representative, his anxiousness during the d...

Episode 155, Segment 3 -- Now that the Nationals have secured the number 1 pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, Grant & Tobi take a look at what the rest of the offseason goals should be. Will the Nationals be willing to spend money to add veteran talent in the coming weeks? Plus, our old friend Juan Soto returns to the NL East as a member of the New York Mets after signing one of the most prolific con...

Episode 154, FULL SHOW -- The Bustin' Loose Baseball crew is back as the offseason is underway, and the first major news story for the Washington Nationals broke before the weekend that Kyle Finnegan will not return to the club for the 2025 season as he was non-tendered by the team. With Finnegan headed to Free Agency, what does this mean for the rest of the offseason plan? Grant Paulsen & Tob...

Episode 153, FULL SHOW -- Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer are back to put a bow on the Washington Nationals 2024 season, looking back at stand out performances, and discussing whether the organization hit its goals for the season while developing some of their top prospects and young pitching staff; Now that we've looked back at the 2024 season that was, Grant & Tobi look ahead to what should...

Episode 153, Segment 1 -- Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer are back to put a bow on the Washington Nationals 2024 season, looking back at stand out performances, and discussing whether the organization hit its goals for the season while developing some of their top prospects and young pitching staff.

Episode 153, Segment 2 -- Now that we've looked back at the 2024 season that was, Grant & Tobi look ahead to what should be a big offseason of decisions for the Nationals organization. Will they look to spend money to take the next step towards competing in the National League, or will they continue to rely on youth to develop to move the organization forward? Plus, Grant & Tobi make their...

Episode 152, FULL SHOW -- Tobi Altizer is joined by Bobby Blanco of MASN Sports to talk about the demotion of CJ Abrams, and to look ahead to what's next for the Washington Nationals as they enter the final series of the 2024 regular season.

Episode 151, BONUS SEGMENT -- News broke on Saturday morning that All-Star SS CJ Abrams has been demoted to Triple-A Rochester, being replaced on the Major League roster by INF Trey Lipscomb. Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer discuss what this means for the future of the Nats young star and whether or not this puts his next steps in his development at a crossroads. Plus, hear from Manager Davey Mar...

Episode 151, FULL SHOW -- The Nationals Low-A Affiliate won their league championship on Wednesday Night, winning for the first time since 2014. Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer discuss the milestone feat for the organization, and breakdown the great season by Pitcher of the Year RHP Travis Sykora, who led the team to victory in the deciding game for the Championship; Grant & Tobi go through s...

Episode 151, Segment 1 -- The Nationals Low-A Affiliate won their league championship on Wednesday Night, winning for the first time since 2014. Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer discuss the milestone feat for the organization, and breakdown the great season by Pitcher of the Year RHP Travis Sykora, who led the team to victory in the deciding game for the Championship.

Episode 151, Segment 2 -- Grant & Tobi go through some of the other contributors to the Fredericksburg Nationals championship run, including Seaver King and Alex Clemmey. And we look ahead to where the Nats fall in potential draft positioning for the 2025 MLB Draft.

Episode 151, Segment 3 -- Back at the Major League level, despite overall team struggles over the past week, one bright spot has been the resurgence of All-Star SS CJ Abrams. Grant & Tobi look at his offensive output since his return from injury and how a strong performance in the final weeks should bode well Abrams' confidence. Plus, RHP Trevor Williams returns to the rotation on Friday. What...

Episode 150, FULL SHOW -- The Nationals continued their dominance over the 2024 Miami Marlins, taking 3 of 4 in a weekend series at Nationals Park. Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer recap the weekend that was, including James Wood's first 2-HR game on Sunday; Grant & Tobi look back at some of the quality pitching performances from the weekend series versus the Marlins, including another encoura...

Episode 150, Segment 1 -- The Nationals continued their dominance over the 2024 Miami Marlins, taking 3 of 4 in a weekend series at Nationals Park. Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer recap the weekend that was, including James Wood's first 2-HR game on Sunday.

Episode 150, Segment 2 -- Grant & Tobi look back at some of the quality pitching performances from the weekend series versus the Marlins, including another encouraging start for MacKenzie Gore, and the emergence of DJ Herz. Plus, details on the Fredericksburg Nationals as they are playing for the Low-A Championship this week.

Episode 149, FULL SHOW -- The Nationals finished their season series with the Atlanta Braves on a high note, as All-Star SS CJ Abrams clubbed his 20th homerun of the year, officially entering the coveted 20 Homerun, 20 Stolen Base club. Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer look back at a season of highs and lows in CJ Abrams 2nd full campaign with the organization; As we hit the final weeks of the sea...

Episode 149, Segment 1 -- The Nationals finished their season series with the Atlanta Braves on a high note, as All-Star SS CJ Abrams clubbed his 20th homerun of the year, officially entering the coveted 20 Homerun, 20 Stolen Base club. Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer look back at a season of highs and lows in CJ Abrams 2nd full campaign with the organization.

Episode 149, Segment 2 -- As we hit the final weeks of the season, Grant & Tobi analyze three players they want to see strong finishes from before they enter the offseason.

Episode 149, Segment 3 -- Tobi Altizer caught up with Dylan Crews at Nationals Park this week to talk about his adjustment to the Major League level, his move to Right Field, and the success of his former LSU teammate Paul Skenes.

Episode 148, FULL SHOW -- After a series of struggles for LHP MacKenzie Gore, he's put together a good stretch of 3 games where he's seemed to have fixed his mechanical issues that lead to his rough patch. Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer breakdown the Gore's resurgence and look at the rest of the recent performances from the Nats young pitching staff; Grant & Tobi discuss the latest performan...

Episode 148, Segment 1 -- After a series of struggles for LHP MacKenzie Gore, he's put together a good stretch of 3 games where he's seemed to have fixed his mechanical issues that lead to his rough patch. Grant Paulsen & Tobi Altizer breakdown the Gore's resurgence and look at the rest of the recent performances from the Nats young pitching staff.

Episode 148, Segment 2 -- Grant & Tobi discuss the latest performances from OF Dylan Crews and OF James Wood, and point out why CJ Abrams struggles shouldn't sway you away from having faith in the Shortstops future with the team.

Episode 148, Segment 3 -- Nats Prospect RHP Travis Sykora continues to dominate at the Low-A Level in the Minor Leagues, earning yet another Pitcher of the Month Award. Grant & Tobi look back at his season so far, then look ahead to the rest of the weekend and the next homestand for the Nats.