Sports Avenue Twisted Podcast

Former Blue Jays Scout who is currently working for the Athletics Steve Springer joins to talk about his journey being a baseball player, playing with his teams, working as a hitting scout, talking about his program and working with players from the past to the present day, working as a Pro Scout with the Athletics, and many more Where you can find Steve Springer: X: @qualityatbats https://quality...

Part II we talked about some of the disappointments and surprises in the NL, looking at both scenarios as buyers and sellers at the trade deadline, early awards winners in the NL, and bold predictions in this year's deadline. Where you can find Jeb Maize: X: @jebmaize17 X: @TomahawkTalk2

Jeb Maize from the Tomahawk Podcast Crew joins us in a roundtable discussion. Part I we discussed were having the Mets number, President of Baseball Ops. Alex Anthopoulos addressing the Braves rumors, interests on Rafael Dever and if there's any traction, Ronald Acuna's next extension, Fuentes being called up and were he stands moving forward, and perhaps Austin Riley being re-positioned o...

Part II we discussed about the Devers trade and the aftermath, the landscape of the AL East, Buyers and sellers at the trade deadline, bold predictions in the trade deadline, and the future with the MLB and the CBA. Where you can find Tobey Schulman: X: @tschulmanreport X: @InsideTheDiamnd https://www.youtube.com/@InsideTheDiamondPod

Tobey Schulman from Inside the Diamond joins us in a two part roundtable discussion. Part I we discussed about the college world series tournament, players who came out of no where and flourished in the tournament, wild card players in this year's MLB Draft, MLB Prospects in the minors is having a breakout year, prospects who've been called up in last year's draft, and next guys to be...

Part II we talk about the transition from being the Blue Jays affiliates to the Athletics affiliates. We also talked about players who played for the Lugnuts who are currently on the A's roster, comparing the Jays to the A's, talking about Jackson Field, and many more! Where you can find Jesse Goldberg-Strassler: X: @jgoldstrass X: @LansingLugnuts https://www.instagram.com/jgoldstrass/

Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, play-by-play guy for the Lansing Lugnuts(Athletics Affiliate) joins us in a two part episode. Part I we talked about his 10 year with the Blue Jays affiiliates in A Ball from 2009-2019 and talking about his career as a play by play analyst. Where you can find Jesse Goldberg-Strassler: X: @jgoldstrass X: @LansingLugnuts https://www.instagram.com/jgoldstrass/

Shawn Coleman from Hammer Territory joins us to discuss about the Braves. We talked about the Braves rollercoaster sesason thus far, the offense being an enigma, the Braves hiring Tim Hyers in the off-season, Ozzie Albie's struggles and whether he can bounce back, the outlook of the rotation, Drake Baldwin and where he stands moving forward, and the unfortunate injuries to the season, the bull...

Drake Mann from Prospects Worldwide joins us to discuss about the Arizona complex, the Fall League, the GCU baseball team, and some Cardinals prospects. We dived into the some farm systems in the ACL, how talented some of the prospects are, dived a bit in the Fall League, some Royals catchers, a bit about Jac Caglianone, some Cardinals prospects, GCU players, and many more! Where you can find Drak...

Part II we talk more about the Astros. Topics that were discussed about were the aftermath of the Bregman/Tucker situation, Christian Walker's slow start, if there's any concerns with Yordan's injury, positionally if Jose Altuve is cemented at LF, Hunter Brown being the next Ace of the staff, the injuries in the rotation remains an issue, players who are off to a surprise start, the ca...

Houston Stressans joins us in a two part episode to talk about the Texans and Astros. Part I we focused on the Texans. Topics we talked about were the outlook of the 2024 Texans, the Tunsil and Green trade, the complete makeover with the Texans OL, thoughts on this year's draft, the WR core, the TE situation, and many more! Where you can find Houston Stressans: X: @TexansCommenter www.houstons...

Director of West Coast Content for College Baseball Central Mark Garland joins us to talk about West Coast baseball and others. We talked aboutt he Oregon Ducks, the UCLA Bruins, the top big ten players, UC Irvine and others in the Big West, the talent in UC Santa Barbara, other west coast teams that should be talked about, and the upcoming tournament. We also dived into some of the high school pl...

Part two we discussed about players from Sam Houston and Dallas Baptist University and where they stand in this year's draft and beyond. Also we talked about other college players who are draft eligible in this year's draft. We also discussed about high school players from Texas who could be in the draft as well, compared last year's players in the draft to this year, and previewing pl...

Austin Farber joins us in a two part episode to discuss about most Texas Baseball. Part one we discussed about the Texas Rangers making immediate moves, Rangers prospects in the system, and trajectory on the younger players on the current roster. We also dived in to the Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies and where they stand. Where can you find Austin F: X: - @ProspectsWorldW X: - @AustinF04...

Ethan Penn aka Running from the OPS joins us in a 2 part roundtable discuss about players who are off to great starts, breaking down the AL East, Early Cy Young Candidates, if there's any competition besides Aaron Judge for the AL MVP, biggest disappointments, and Cubs offense is off to an historic start. Where you can find Running from the OPS: X: @OPS_BASEBALL, @InsideTheDiamnd Substack: @runnin...

Part two of this episode we talked about bullpens off to good start, qualified rookies for the AL/NL, upcoming prospects who can be an impact playesr, the next big contracts, and managers to fired. Where you can find Running from the OPS: X: @OPS_BASEBALL, @InsideTheDiamnd Substack: ⁠@runningfromtheops

Bill Sparks joins us to discuss about the Cleveland Brown and the aftermath of the 2025 NFL Draft, and preview the 2026 NFL Draft. Topics that were discussed were about the trade with the Jaguars, drafting Mason Graham at #5, the Shadeur Sanders saga,the Browns RB situation, the rest of the Browns draft outcome, and many more! Also, we dived into the rest of the 2025 NFL Draft class, previewing th...

Kenny Van Doran joins us to talk about the Astros prospects, players and some other MLB Prospects in Baseball. We discussed about the magnitude of the Kyle Tucker trade, the dynamic of the this Astros offense, Astros prospects who are closer to the majors or on the current roster, the pitching and positional player depth in the minors, the catcher depth, other prospects in the lower level, some of...

Jake McKeever joins us to talk about the SEC in Baseball. We discussed the SEC compared to last year, Florida and Miss. St. having down years, where the Texas A&M team stands, positional players and pitchers that have been impressive so far, top pitching staffs, mid season awards, the upcoming MLB Draft, and more! We also discussed about the crucial games between Texas A&M vs Arkansas and...

Jim Wickens from the Draft Professor joined us to discuss about the upcoming NFL Draft. Part I we discussed about the Strengths and weaknesses, four players who could go number one, if Travis Hunter can be a two player, analyzing the Laremy Tunsil deal and the Texans doing a complete make over on the offensive line, O-Tackles who don't get talked about enough, the how deep the RB class is. Where y...

On the second half of this episode we discussed about the Bills on what they will do with their 10 picks, classifying the WR class and who would be the 1st WR to be drafted, draftees who could potentially be a 1st round surprise, which teams are in a dire need to improve in the dfat, possible trades on draft night, and rapid fire questions on the best possible player in each position. Where you ca...

Nick DeSouza joins us to discuss about the Maple Leafs and what are the plans now for the now and the future. We also got a little WWE wrestling as well. We talked about Brad Treliving and Craig Berube's tenure with the Leafs thus far, the Leafs defense as a whole, the goalie tandem, the younger players making contributions to the team, Marner and Tavare's futures with the leafs, players w...

Producer from News4Buffalo Justin Siejak joins us to discuss about the Buffalo Bills. We talked about the Josh Allen extension and the others, the James Cook situation, additions that have been made, Keon Coleman and Dalton Kincaid having down years and what to expect in 2025. We also discussed about rumors regarding a trade, the upcoming draft and where their focus is needed, who's in line fo...

The 2nd half of the episode we discussed about the Spurs. We focused on the aftermath of the De'Aaron Fox trade, Stephon Castle' rookie season and his potential, Victor Wembanyama's health scare, Spurs coaching situation, draft strategies, if there's a big deal in the horizon in the off-season, and favorite Spurs players of all time. Where you can follow DrewTamu: - X: @Drewtamu -...

DrewTamu joins us to discuss about the Texas A&M Aggies Football and the San Antonio Spurs. Part I we focused on the Aggies. We discussed about Mike Elko as a head coach in his first go around , Rueben Owens coming back this upcoming season and the rest of the RB depth, the transfer portal commits and departures, guys who are eligible in this year's draft, and favorite Aggies players of al...