The Playing Catch-Up Podcast

Father and Son talk abiut the most pressing issues to start the baseball season. What's next for Ohtani, and are the influx of baseball injuries due to the pitch clock?

Father and Son breakdown the NL East and predict who will win the division this season. 

Jake breaks down what the Gerrit Cole injury could mean for the Yankees and predicts the division standings for 2024. 

Father and Son cover it all here: Why are the Boras Free Agents so hard to sign? How can MLB help the middle of the road players get signed? Why does MLB network keep playing the same 4 movies? 

Father and Son breakdown the AL West and predict who will win the division this season. 

Father and Son breakdown the NL Central and predict who will win the division this season. 

Father and Son are ready for the 2024 season, wheter the AL Central is or not. We talk through every team, their projections, and what to know about them for this upcoming season!

Jake ranks the best pitcher on each team for the upcoming season, and tells you who the best pitcher in baseball is for this year.

Klare joins Jake again to try and understand why cheating is a complicated issue. Is steroid use a reason to not make the hall of fame? Does the Astros scandal matter? Does Klare care about any of it? Find out here!

Grades for the whole year of baseball in 2023. Starts with West then moves East for divisions, first AL then NL for those skipping around. Worst records to best in each division for order. And apologies Rockies fans, you're accidentally talked about in the AL West.

Alfred joins Jake this week to talk about the best from baseball this year, and then even a little of best from the sports world in general!

Jake's solo for this one. Yammamoto is a Dodger, and Soto is a yankee, so what gives? Why aren't more people making moves and why aren't more teams spending money? Is this fair? Jake tries to explain the current spending landscape in MLB, and unbelievably, why teams should spend MORE.

Jake introduces Klare to some hairy baseball knowledge, which gives her one more reason to hate the Yankees.

Jake has too much time on his hands. A postseason breakdown for every team, what they should do, and who they could possibly sell. Starts with the NL West and moves through divisions West to East if you're wanting to skip around. Also, no big deal but I called a couple right...

Dad's back from his hibernation to celebrate the biggest North American Sports contract of all time. And to convince Shohei to lend him some cash. Father and Son break down the biggest free agent in baseball history, swear a bit about the yankees, and talk about where free agency goes from here.

Klare is back with Jake laying out his uncasual like knowledge of America's favorite pastime. Calling all Big Kings and your ability to hit the wall once in a while. 3 True Outcomes? Or a load of baloney?

Jake is back with his off season series, where Klare decides if his uncasual like baseball knowledge is cool or not at all. The two are on the road discussing animal interferences and male creativity.

Jake and Klare are back at it again with Cool? or Not so cool. This time they are talking complicated numbers and double meaning acronyms. Wins Above Replacement? Only the numbers will tell.

Jake embarks on creating a new off season series with his Queen of opinions, Klare. Tis the season for discussing baseball trends and uncasual like knowledge. Cool or Uncool? Klare will decide. First up...intentional hitting. Deep rooted masculinity or square and fair?

Father and Son bring the year to a close, recapping what worked well this year, what they should change, and which free agents to watch for this offseason.

Father and Son break down the World Series and both teams both from this series and the season overall.

After defeating COVID, just Jake puts out a solo episode for the ages.

Father and Son are both back! They break down the series so far, and talk about the elephant in the room: Are these playoffs broken?

Dad's back! Father and Son relieve the Twins magic, and talk about where the losing round one teams do next. We break down the losing teams in this order for those skipping around: Twins Magic Blue Jays Rays Brewers Marlins

Jake alone on this one. First a quick review of the wildcard round, before a deep dive into the storrylines and predictions of a potentially great 2nd round. Time stamps 0:00-Review of the WC Round 17:00-Quick Predictions and betting tips 19:00-About the start of the preview for round 2