GSMC Baseball Podcast

Kevin starts the episode talking about the umpires and how they have come under fire after recent altercations. Kevin has never held back his disdain for missed calls or Angel Hernandez, but as a whole Umpires have improved in their accuracy of pitches called correctly dramatically over the past 15 years. Kevin then hands out his early season report card grades. Kevin hands out multiple F's and D-...

Kevin starts the show by talking about the history that was made on the diamond this week. Reid Detmers threw the first solo No-Hitter of the 2022 season and did so in only his 11th career professional start. Yelich hit for the cycle for the third time in his career to move into a tie for the most all-time. Kevin then breaks down one player for each team who is off to a slow start and needs to pic...

Paddy open's today's show by updating each division's standings. The Pirates are struggling, but not as much as some teams, the Yankees are red hot and the Red Sox are not. Following that Paddy talks about a baseball game that took place between the New York Yankees, Brooklyn Dodgers, and New York Giants. The game was a fundraiser that ended up grossing over 50 million dollars when all was said an...

Kevin starts the episode by wishing all the moms listening a Happy Mothers Day! Kevin then talks about the top moments and performances that took place on mothers day in baseball. The top moment remains Dallas Braden tossing a perfect game. Kevin then talks about the current odds for Cy Young and MVP. Mike Trout and Nolan Arenado currently are two bets that have the best odds. Both superstars are...

Kevin starts the show by discussing every teams MVP so far this season. We are 5 weeks into the season and every team has one guy who has stood out above the rest as the reason why their team is having success. Kevin then ranks the rookies based on their performance so far this season. The year started with plenty of "top prospects" making the opening day roster. Some guys have struggled to find t...

Paddy opens today's show by covering the news about Trevor Bauer. Bauer has been away from baseball since last season, and MLB announced that the suspension, for violating MLB's Domestic Abuse policy, is two seasons. Following that Paddy covers the injuries that many players are going through. After that Paddy gives his top teams in baseball and gives his top-15 power rankings. Then Paddy covers t...

Kevin starts the episode by discussing the New York Mets second No-Hitter in team history. 5 different pitchers combined to complete the feat against the Phillies on Friday. Kevin gives his top stats and takeaways from what was a historical night in Queens. Kevin then gives his All-Stars for the month of April. We are unofficially through a sixth of the regular season and many players are off to h...

Kevin begins the episode with his the first edition of his Power Rankings. There are plenty of surprises on his list. The White Sox are off to a tough start and Tony La Russa is on the hot seat, the Pirates have been a pleasant surprise, the Angels are in the top 10, and Giants fans will not be happy with their ranking. Kevin then talks about the top 25 in NCAA Baseball. Tennessee and Oregon State...

As Miguel Cabrera further enshrines his future self into Cooperstown, Paddy takes a look back at the 2003 World Series Champion's career. Starting way back in Florida, as an outfielder, Cabrera helped the Marlins beat the Yankees. Paddy takes everyone through the career (so far) of the arguably best pure hitters the game has ever seen. After that Paddy talks about the biggest disappointments so fa...

Kevin starts the episode by dedicating a segment to Miguel Cabrera and his accomplishment of reaching 3,000 hits. He is one of only 7 players to reach 3,000 hits and 500 HR for his career. He had 11 consecutive seasons of over 177 hits, but only had 1 season of over 200 hits. Miggy just adds to his first ballot hall of fame resume. Kevin then dives into storylines 2 weeks into the season and wheth...

Kevin starts the episode by breaking down all of the news and noteworthy takeaways from the first two weeks of the season. Shohei Ohtani made history once again during his last start, Miguel Cabrera is one hit away from 3,000, and Hunter Greene throwing a record 39 pitches over 100mph. Kevin then talks about all of the injuries across baseball. The White Sox, Astros, Twins, Nationals, Tigers, Cubs...

In today's Toronto Blue Jays centric episode Paddy opens the show up by coming all of the injuries after the first few series of the season. With players like Mike Trout and Jonathan Inda already dealing with some injuries, it can be concerning. However, much of the injury news is pretty good news with most players (outside of John Means) will be back soon. After that Paddy covers one of the most...

Kevin starts the episode by giving his initial thoughts for each team after the first week of the season. Some teams and players are off to hot starts while other prospects and teams are struggling out of the gate. Kevin then ranks his top 10 rookies this season. A record 11 Top 100 prospects have made their debut so far this season. That is the most in the first week of the season since 1995. The...

On today's episode Paddy recaps MLB's opening weekend by reacting to some of the best overreactions. After that Paddy reacts to Rob Manfred's attempt at extending the metaphorical olive branch to the players. Paddy does not feel like Manfred's attempt is enough, but it may be a small start. Paddy then talks about the most overhyped players in the MLB this season. Then Paddy talks about some of the...

Kevin starts the episode by talking about Opening Day across Major League Baseball. It was a great day of baseball that stated in Chicago and ended in Atlanta. History was made by both the Astros, who won their 10th straight opening day game, and Shohei Ohtani, who threw and faced the first pitch of the season for his team. Kevin next talks about Friday and Saturday's action. All teams opened up t...

Kevin starts the episode by talking about Spring Training stats that he believes will transition to the regular season. It is tough to determine what is "for real" during the spring and what is just players "working on things". Kevin gives his players that have had excellent springs that should transition to the regular season. Kevin then talks about NCAA Baseball and gives an update on the Top 25...

Opening Days is just a few short days away. With Opening Day fast approaching Paddy goes over MLB.com's power rankings of all 30 teams in the sport and gives his reaction. After that Paddy reacts to Bleacher Report's rankings of every team's line-up and where each team stands. After that Paddy goes through his own fantasy baseball team. Paddy goes through the draft and what went wrong for him so t...

Kevin starts the show by talking about the rule changes that were announced for the 2022 season. The "Shohei Ohtani" Rule has been implemented, active rosters have been expanded for the month of April, and the most controversial of the new rules, the "ghost runner" starting at second base in extra innings remains for the 2022 season. Kevin then discusses the "All MLB Underrated Team". In order to...

Patrick opens today's show by covering the biggest things about this past off-season. Patrick talks about the changing of the guard in the Big Apple and how the Mets are very close to approaching the new "Cohen" Tax. Paddy also talks about how tough it is to be a fan of Teams like the Oakland A's or the Cincinnati Reds because of their refusal to spend money on Free Agents and player extensions. F...

Kevin starts the episode by talking about the free agent signings that have happened over the past week. Story signed with the Red Sox and Castellanos signed with the Phillies, this leads Kevin into giving his top 5 "winners" of the off-season. Kevin then discusses the biggest surprises of the off-season. Bryant signing with the Rockies, Freeman heading to the Dodgers, and Story to the Red Sox top...

Free Agency has been absolute INSANITY, so many players are changing teams, and Paddy updates every one to those moves in the first segment. Paddy also gives his takes on which teams need to make more moves to be contenders (he's looking at you Philly). After that Paddy gives one goal to every single team for this season. The goals range from winning the world series to losing less than 100 games....

Kevin starts the episode by talking about the trades of MLB stars Olson, Donaldson, Chapman, Bassitt, Winker, Gray, Sanchez, among others. This past week has been arguably the craziest week in baseball off-season history. Now that trades are able to be made once again, teams have not been shy in working their rosters for the 2022 season. Kevin then discusses all of the free agent signings over the...

On today's show, Patrick opens everything up by covering all of the changes to this upcoming season. Patrick debates on why the banning of the shift is good for baseball as well as the universal designated hitter. Following that Patrick explains Joe Madden's comments about potentially moving Mike Trout to left field. Also, Patrick breaks down the top landing spot for Carlos Correa (spoiler alert i...

Kevin starts the episode by talking about Carlos Rodon signing with the Giants and Clayton Kershaw returning to the Dodgers. The two NL West powers continue to make moves to improve their rosters in anticipation of what should be another classic divisional race. Kershaw took a hometown discount to return to the Dodgers, and Rodon gives himself an opportunity to make even more money with an opt out...

Kevin starts the episode by breaking down the new CBA agreement between the MLB and MLBPA. There are many positive changes for the game of baseball involved with the CBA. There will now be a universal DH, 12 total playoff teams, and an international draft. There will also be an increase to the minimum salary, a bonus pool for arbitration eligible players, and service time improvement. There is a t...