Relative Baseball

We are honored to be joined by our special guest Scott Braun, current executive producer and host of Foul Territory. Formerly known for his work on The MLB and NHL network. Scott shares with us his journey within the industry and some of his memorable moments. He gives his opinion on the new rule changes and if he believes they are impacting the game in a positive way. We discussed his work as a b...

The first full week of Major League Baseball is in the books and we had a lot to talk about. The Rays are making history with their 9-0 start. O'neill Cruz goes down with a major ankle injury that leads to a scrum in Pittsburg. We talk about some of the hottest starters in baseball including Ohtani, Trout, Chapman etc and some of the most dissapointing starters including Jose Berrios and the botto...

The MLB season has begun and we are here breaking down all 30 teams and the craziest stories from the weekend of play. We give our thoughts on the new rules implemented for the 2023 season and question why MLB gives us so little to watch the day before Opening Day.

Japan wins thier 3rd World Baseball Classic, and Opening Day is this week! This episode is filled with our 2023 bold predictions as well as our 2023 award winners (CY, ROY and MVP). We also picked a handful of teams season win totals along with a special betting segment where we each pick 3 pitchers strikeout totals and 3 hitters HR totals. Jam packed episode!

Major injury news strikes the WBC as Edwin Diaz tears his Patella Tendon and will miss the entire season. The games are extremely exciting, but what does the future hold for WBC timining and participation? We than jump right into our National League Division breadkdown. We still have all of the dominant teams making the postseason, but some shakeup in the NL West. Is it the Padres time to shine, o...

The WBC has begun and we break down all the hot starts. Japan is 4-0 and Ohtani is dominating. USA got off to a hot start against Great Britiain and we break down the rest of the games. We finish off with our American League breakdown and predict the final divison standings and which teams will make the postseason. The AL East is loaded, but the Yankees injuries have thrown things in flux. The AL...

Injuries continue to run rampant accross Spring Training. Gavin Lux will miss the entire season after tearing his ACL, Joe Musgrove breaks his toe in the weight room, Tyler Glasnow hurts his onlique and much more. To end the podcast we discuss our Top 15 Starting Pitcher's and Top 10 Relievers. There is a ton of depth at each position, which is ecpected during an era where pitchers are nastier tha...

Major news in San Diego as Manny Machado and the Padres agree to a mega deal worth $350mil for 11 years. We also break down the rest of the news around the MLB. To top it off we continue our position rankings, this time its the Top 15 outfielders. We had some good debates and a lot of back and forth as we debated some hot topics.

Opening Day is right around the corner and baseball news continues to flow in. As Spring Training starts the injury bug starts to hit, most notibly the Red Sox, Yankees and Red Sox. Free Agents continue to sign, Matt Moore to the Angels, Robbie Grossman to the Rangers and Andrew Chafin to the Diamondbacks. We end the episode with our top 10 rankings. This time its 2B and SS, and we run into some s...

Extensions continue flow in around Major League Baseball, this time its a pair of aces. The Padres extend Yu Darvish and the Astros extend Cristian Javier. We than contonue our top 10 player rankings for 1B and 3B heading into 2023. See who moved up and down on our lists compared to last year. Opening Day is almost here!

The 2023 season is almost here and we start our position rankings! First we break down the latest news from around the league. Marins and Red Sox trade relievers, Phillies sign Josh Harrion, Royals re-sign Greinke and more. We than jump right into our rankings for Catchers and DH. This is the best time of the year for offseason talk and we enjoyed the start of our rankings. This is just the beginn...

The MLB Hot Stove continues to burn. The Red Sox get their middle infielder, in Mondesi. Extensions galore all over baseball. The Mets extend NL Batting Champion Jeff McNeill and the Rays continue to extend their arbitration eligible players. We than talk about Scott Rolen mmaking the HOF and if the voting pprocess is flawed or not.

Baseball season is almost upon us and moves continue to be made. The Twins and Marlins complete the latest blockbuster trade tis ofseason. The Marlins finally deal a starting pitcher, and that was Pablo Lopez, in return they the 2022 AL batting champ Luis Arraez. Win/win move for both teams? The Mets, Red Sox and Mariners make some depth moves. Tommy Pham goes to the Mets, Duvall to the Red Sox an...

Carlos Correa officially has a home for the 2023 season, after the deals with the Giants and Mets crumble, the Twins swooped back in to make sure they bring back their star SS. Andrew McCutchen goes back home to where it all started as he and the Pirates agree on a 1 year contract. The Marlins sign Johnny Cueto, is this there plan being put in place to finally trade a SP? Finally some major injury...

Happy New Year! Relative Baseball is back with episode #46. The biggest news was Rafael Devers and the Red Sox coming to an agreement on an 11 year $331mil contract extension that makes Devers the unequivocal franchise player. Some teams continue to add depth pieces to the roster, most notably AJ Pollock to the Mariners and the Phillies acquiring Gregory Soto via trade. We also touch on the Bryan...

Its December 29th and Carlos Correa has yet to officially sign with the NY Mets. His leg injury from 2014 in the minor leagues and the possible side affects is what is giving teams a scare. There were still plentry of Free Agent moves being made, including the Giants pivoting from Correa and signing Michael Conforto. News breaks that Trevor Bauer's suspension has been reduced and he will now be el...

One of the craziest situations to ever happen in Major Leage history just happened! Carlos Correa and the San Francisco Giants fail to put the pen to paper and complete the massive 13 year $350mil deal after not seeing eye to eye on the results of the physical. Many speculate that the Giants had cold feet and wanted to back out of the deal. Boras and Cohen than reconvened early Wednesday morning a...

The Winter Meetings ended, but the Hot Stove was still burning. The next wave of superstar free agents are all off the board. Carlos Correa signs a mega deal to go to San Francisco, Carlos Rodon heads to the Yankees to form one of the most dominant rottaions in the MLB, Swanson leaves Atlanta and takes his championship pedigree to the Chicago Cubs and much more!

The Winter Meetings are officially here in full affect! This week was jam packed with news that sent the baseball world into a frenzy. Aaron Jude is back in pinstripes after signing a record contract, Steve Cohen and the Mets pivot after the Jacob deGrom signing, Phillies go all out for Trae Turner and the Padres made headlines every night. We also discuss our winners and losers of the Winter Meet...

The Winter Meetings officially begin and we got a lot to talk about! Jose Abreu signs with the defending WS champions to help sure up their offense, Jerry Dipoto is back on the trade market after dealing for Second Basemen Kolton Wong and much more. We than discuss all the latest news and rumors heading into the Winter Meetings and what Is next for the Mets after losing Jacob deGrom to the Texas R...

Emergency Baseball Podcast. We breakdown Degrom leaving New York for Texas. We are stunned and let it all out on this bonus episode. The Hot Stove is officially on fire!

Listen to this episode to hear our special guest during our Free Agent prediction segment. We break down Albert Pujols and Justin Verlander winning Comeback Player of the Year awards. We breakdown down the Hunter Renfroe deal and discuss the Carlos Santana signign! Our favorite time of the off-season is here: Free Agent predictions! Where do the superstars go? Judge, deGrom, Verlander, Turner and...

The 2022 MLB awards were announced and we break down the winners of each award. The Hot Stove is warming up as teams have dipped into the trade market early, with the biggest move being Teoscar Hernandez to the Mariners. Qualifying offer decisions were made, the Yankees re-sign Anthony Rizzo, the Angels sign Tyler Anderson and much more. We than break down the potential suitors for Japanese ace Ko...

The 2022 MLB awards are here, and we bring you the finalists for each award and give you our predictions on who is going to win each award along with who we believe were the biggest snubs. The Hot Stove is warming up as Edwin Diaz, Rafael Montero, Robert Suarez and Clayton Kershaw all re-sign with their own teams. Which players received the Qualifying Offer and who will accept or decline. What led...

Discussing the 2022 World Series Champions: The Houston Astros!