The Interleague

The Interleaguers continue to discuss playoff baseball - even though we arent happy about it. We start to discuss what our teams need to do to contend for a ring in 2021, which is probably way to early to be relevant. As always, we give the Simulation Season update (we are in the LCS there too), provide some quick(ish) recaps for the Division Series, plus talk about the on going LCS matchups (some...

The first round of the playoffs have come and gone, and we have entered familiar territory. Join us as we recap the 8 Wild Card matchups, give our thoughts on what the teams need to do to advance to the LCS, and give some quick takes on what we think will happen in each LDS. Plus, we go a little in depth with the state of the Cardinals following a disappointing outcome to their LDS series with San...

It's that time of year again for one of the best things in sports.... Playoff baseball. We cover our predictions for this years expanded playoff field, take an in depth look at our teams first round match ups, discuss a few more ways the MLB missed managed situations, and as always give you your final regular season update on the simulated season. Grab a drink, pull up a seat, and strap in --- its...

As we enter the final week of this shortened regular season, we continue our focus on all things Yankees and Cardinals. After Chris spent the last week trying out being a Yankees fan, he gives us his thoughts on the experience. We also dive in and share our theories on why the Cardinals always seem to be content with mediocrity. Of course we give you your weekly simulated season update, look at th...

Join your boys at the Interleague as we give you our thoughts on all things Cardinals and Yankees. Plus the usual update on Baseball Reference's simulated 2020 season, the oddities of baseball surrounding Albert Pujols milestones, our thoughts on the current playoff picture, and other general baseball discussion. 

Well the week wasn't a good one if you are a Yankees fan. If you are a Cardinals fan it was better, but not as good as it could have been. Join us as we give you our take on the state of each team - plus the usual Simulation update. We also delve into some of the weird intricacies the 2020 season offers teams in terms of pitching rotations, bullpen usage, and shared playing time. Pay our respects...

The Interleaguers coming at you again with all news relevant to the Yankees and Cardinals as is tradition. Additionally, we give you that weekly Simulated Season update from Baseball-Reference.com, share our thoughts on how the playoff format impacted the trade deadline, discuss the trade deadline deals that did happen, and lay out what we feel our teams need to do over the next week to chase down...

Join The Interleaguers as we return to the air waves following a 1 week hiatus. We give you the latest updates following the Baseball Reference 2020 simulated season, discuss the Birds return to play, the Yankees latest COVID experiences, and general coverage for our teams - like always. We also hit on some random trade deadline chat, how the season is starting to look as expected in terms of stan...

Join the Interleaguers as we discuss how the Cardinals have managed to lose no games since 7/29, the Yankees cool down after a hot start and how they can turn the tide again, some creative solutions to COVID-19 complications for MLB, crime vs punishments for on-field justice warriors vs Houston, and how the league should start looking ahead to 2021 sooner than later. Plus the usual random stories...

The first full week of baseball is in the books, and due to not one but two COVID outbreaks, the season could be over before it really even began. Join The Interleaguers as we dive into our thoughts on the Yankees 7-1 start, and how the effects of 8 days off could be a blessing or a curse for the Cardinals. Plus some thoughts on guys we hope to see get some playing time, dream trade scenarios as t...

The wait is over... 267 days without a meaningful baseball but that has come to an end. Join the Interleaguers as we bring in the new season with our thoughts on the opening weekend, share some of the MLB news making its rounds, and dive into to what our boys did in their first series. 

The Interleaguers finalize their All Wild Card Era teams by adding 3 starters and 2 bullpen arms to the mix. We also get hyped about live baseball being right around the corner, while we cover some random baseball news to get us to the finish line. 3 months of unexpectedly creating content complete. Simulated baseball coverage, lineup predictions, and new team names are some of the points we hit t...

After a week off there is much to cover - hence the long episode. Join The Interleaguers as we get you up to date on the start of Summer Camp, make a few selections for our All Wild Card teams, and discuss the upcoming baseball season as a whole. 

Second Base is typically home to the little guy. Those scrappy type ballplayers who are pesky at the plate, but seemingly are all over the right side of the infield. This is the typical makeup given the need to range far to their left as the first basemen holds a runner on, as well as be at the bag to turn a vital double play. Quick feet and soft hands go a long way for this role. Join the Interle...

Historically, this position was manned by some of the best defensive players, and not much has changed in today's game. Playing the "hot-corner" is most easily stated as a position for the courageous. Cheating in, only to use your meek leather shield to defend yourself from a ball that seems more like a missile. Back hands down the line, or deep into the hole to their left. Throws on the run, or f...

The Interleaguers give you that much needed Weekly Simulation Update, plus their takes on some of the hot topics surrounding baseball at this time. The back and forth between players and owners about resuming baseball, some draft information that was suppose to resemble a recap (spoiler: there is no recap). Tune in to see what all the fuss was about...

The shortstop is one of the most versatile positions in the game. It's hard to pinpoint a prototypical shortstop, but quite often they are a leader on the team. Either a primary leader, or second in command behind the catcher when dealing with the infield. When considering some of the greatest shortstops of all-time, it's of no surprise that most of the people you put in the Top 10-15 are all Hall...

Your boys at The Interleague continue their efforts of filling in their All Wild Card Era franchise teams - rounding out the outfield with their selections for left field. Also some not so quick hits about the current status of the MLB/MLBPA discussions, some information from an interesting ESPN article, and all sorts of other shenanigans.

We decided to try our hands at creating our own "all-time" teams. To keep it a little more relevant, rather than doing of all-time, we gave ourselves back to 1995 (when the wild card was first introduced) until present day (2019 season). We are focusing strictly on the Cardinals and Yankees, and both of us will be creating our own team for each franchise. The only limitation other than time frame,...

With the Dream Bracket finished, The Interleaguers dive into creating their own all-wild card era (1995-2019) franchise teams. We will go position by position and choose a list of players to bring to the table for both the Cardinals and the Yankees – ultimately choosing one to be our "starter" for each team. Players must have played at least 150 games for the team at that position to be eligible (...

For Episode 3 we explore two of the many things the MLB is doing to help their fans get that MLB fix. Both are focused in to what was previously a relatively untapped market for the MLB – an online presence. The MLB Dream Bracket presented by Draft Kings, and the MLB The Show Players League.

Episode 2 centralizes around the current state of the MLB. Due to COVID-19, the MLB season has been postponed indefinitely as of now. This has sparked a lot of discussion as to how/when the MLB can go about preventing losing the entire season. This episode we will discuss some of the options being discussed that have been made public, some options that we have brainstormed of our own, and some ide...

Welcome to the world of baseball through the eyes of my friend Alex Despagni and myself Chris Mann. In this episode we talk how we got into baseball, random rants on our favorite teams and discuss segment ideas for future episodes. We'll bang the trash cans you just have to listen to em.