The Windup: A show about Baseball

Part Three of The Athletic’s Origins story for Dell Technologies ‘Small Business Podference’ series. In this episode The Athletic’s co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann continue on about the company’s expansion into the U.K., how the team got through the shutdown of sports and challenges that lay ahead. Writers, Marcus Thompson, Anthony Slater, Zach Harper and David Aldridge give their though...

Part Two of The Athletic’s Origins story for Dell Technologies ‘Small Business Podference’ series. In this episode The Athletic’s co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann continue on about the company’s first steps into the marketplace. The challenges they met selling this idea to investors, and journalists they were trying to recruit, specifically with the expansion into the Bay Area. Writers, M...

Part One of The Athletic’s Origins story for Dell Technologies ‘Small Business Podference’ series. In this episode we hear from The Athletic’s co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann about how they met, how an idea for better sports coverage materialized into a significant media player in the sports landscape and the spirit at the heart of The Athletic’s culture. For the complete lineup of episo...

Derek VanRiper and Keith Law discuss the promotion of Jarred Kelenic and Logan Gilbert to Seattle, changes in what teams are looking for in young pitchers, the struggles of the Twins, Randy Arozarena's quiet start, and a new No. 1 atop Keith's 2021 MLB Draft Prospect Rankings.  Follow Keith on Twitter: @keithlaw Follow Derek on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper Subscribe to The Athletic for just $3.99 per m...

The Baseball Barista with Hunter Pence & Grant Brisbee has a hot new cup of podcast breaking down if some of the early surprise teams are contenders & pretenders. Both guys agree that the Red Sox and the Giants are the 2 biggest surprise teams so far this season. They are both doing things a little differently. The Red Sox have a potent offense and their pitching has been in the middle of...

Jayson and Doug welcome Angels manager Joe Maddon back to Starkville for a return visit. Less than a week after the team DFA'd Albert Pujols, Maddon opens up about the decision, how it went down and how the team has responded. He also explains the club's philosophy in using Shohei Ohtani this year, how Mike Trout could take on more of a leadership roll and how golf and the "GGA" is helping the tea...

This week on the Monday mailbag, Ken Rosenthal and Tim McMaster discuss Ronald Acuna's injury and how it could have been avoided and what took Shane Greene so long to find a team. Then it's on to the mailbag: -Is Albert Pujols' contract the worst in MLB history? -Are no-hitters becoming too common? -Can Shohei Ohani do this all season? -What's the ideal pitch clock time? -Will MLB ever fire umpire...

Derek VanRiper and Keith Law discuss the Angels' decision to designate Albert Pujols for assignment -- and the incredible start to his Hall-of-Fame career -- before discussing the surprising development of John Means in the wake of his no-hitter earlier this week, and the Dodgers' pitching depth in the wake of Dustin May's season-ending elbow injury.  Follow Keith on Twitter: @keithlaw Follow Dere...

The Baseball Barista with Hunter Pence & Grant Brisbee are ready to serve you up a fresh cup of MLB Power Rankings after the first month of baseball. The guys debate their top 5 teams in baseball after the first month. Next they give 3 teams that are just outside the Top 5 that have impressed and could move their way up in the next few weeks. And finally they give a few teams that have disappo...

The pitchers are winning early in the season and Jayson Stark and Doug Glanville try to figure out why before welcoming Rex Hudler to Starkville. The former big leaguer and current Royals broadcaster explains why Kansas City has been the surprise team in baseball through one month, plus... -Getting booed on Opening Day at the Vet -Catching a ball from Ripken's 2131 -One of the great practical joke...

This week on the Monday mailbag, Ken Rosenthal and Tim McMaster talk about the Brewers hot start and continued troubles with MLB Instant Replay. In the mailbag... -Should the Royals be getting more attention? -Is MLB tracking Carter Stewart's progress in Japan? -What is Matt Harvey doing differently? -Why won't MLB use technology to eliminate sign stealing? -Will Hank Aaron's #44 be on the field a...

Derek VanRiper and Keith Law discuss the early success of Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the Oakland Athletics' unusual hot start + more early surprises to believe in. The duo also discusses top prospect, Wander Franco heading to Triple-A. Follow Keith on Twitter: @keithlaw Follow Derek on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

The Baseball Barista with Hunter Pence and Grant Brisbee are back with some freshly brewed baseball talk. They are going to talk about what makes a stud pitcher, overrated stats in baseball, sudden death home run duals in the minors and some more #AskHunter questions. There are some surprising teams this year early part of the season and their starting pitching is the reason why. The guys discuss...

Jayson and Doug explain why Madison Bumgarner's 7-inning no-hitter IS a no-hitter. Then Jay Bruce visits the show because Starkville is an ideal destination after wrapping up a 14-year Major League career. He talks about... -Being on either side of a no-hitter twice -His favorite career moments -Ken Griffey Jr. stories -Joey Votto stories -Knowing when to say goodbye Plus trivia and Doug charts hi...

This week on the Monday mailbag, Ken Rosenthal and Tim McMaster talk about the Dodgers-Padres rivalry and Ken shares more info from his story with Eno Sarris about pitchers using foreign substances for grip. Then, inside the mailbag... -Can the Mets fix their defensive woes and are they wasting Jacob deGrom's career? -Is Joey Votto a Hall of Famer? -Are the Blue Jays a playoff team? -Should player...

Derek VanRiper and Keith Law react to Dinelson Lamet's injury. What does it mean for the Padres pitching staff, specifically Ryan Weathers and top prospect MacKenzie Gore? Then DVR and Keith look at potential early call ups who could start making their debuts. With service time no longer an issue, players like Wander Franco, Alex Kirilloff and Jarred Kelenic could be joining their Major League clu...

The Baseball Barista with Hunter Pence and Grant Brisbee are here to serve you another fresh cup of baseball talk. They are gonna break down catchers needing more credit in no-hitters, old school style vs analytics and some #AskHunter questions. Catchers are sometimes the unsung heroes of no-hitters and deserve more credit. Sometimes it's not always the star catcher on the team that has a special...

If you love baseball oddities, you love Jayson Stark and you should also love Sarah Langs. Put these two greats together and you have the strangest but truest podcast ever! Jayson and Sarah explain what led them down the path to baseball's numbers, records and overall weirdness and why they're driven to ask questions about the game that most people don't even consider. Then Starkville becomes a fa...

Ken Rosenthal answers your questions on specific teams and players or the biggest storylines facing MLB. In this week's mailbag: -Explaining the timing of The Athletic's story on Mets culture -Are the Dodgers better than the 90's Braves? -Where did Akil Baddoo come from? -Should technology be taken out of the dugout? -Impact of MLB expansion Those topics and more. If you want to get involved in th...

Keith Law and Derek VanRiper discuss Carlos Rodón's long road back to the White Sox's rotation and Wednesday's no-hitter against Cleveland, early pitching risers, the changing profile of Byron Buxton, and Keith's recently updated Top 50 prospects list for the 2021 first-year player draft.  Follow Keith on Twitter: @keithlaw Follow Derek on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

The Baseball Barista with Hunter Pence & Grant Brisbee are ready to serve you a hot cup of baseball talk this week. They will talk about the art of pinch hitting, some early season interesting division battles and how deep bullpens are a big key for championship teams. Pablo Sandoval has great career numbers as a pinch hitter and Hunter talks about what makes The Panda so great at it. The guys...

Joe Buck visits Starkville to discuss his power to jinx no hitters, why he hates your team, why he doesn't love bass fishing, his favorite World Series games, his relationship with his dad and much more (22:10).   Also on this episode, Jayson and Doug set out to fix instant replay (1:00), and in the latest edition of Tales from the Doug-out, Glanville shares stories of his favorite stadium of all...

Ken Rosenthal shares his thoughts on Trevor Bauer, MLB cracking down on pitchers using illegal substances (2:30) and much more in the mailbag... -How will the Yankees address shortstop problems? -Do the Padres need to add more pieces this season? -Is Tony La Russa in over his head in Chicago? -Will MLB expand the playoffs in 2022? To get involved you can leave a voicemail at 646-543-7072 or Email...

Keith Law and Derek VanRiper discuss the Padres' options at shortstop with Fernando Tatis Jr. on the IL, expectations for Geraldo Perdomo in Arizona, early surprises -- including Andrew Vaughn's slow start at the plate, Keston Hiura's struggle to make contact -- the potential impact of learning a new defensive position on offensive production, and more.  Rundown 2:21 Ha-seong Kim & the Padres’...

The Baseball Barista with Hunter Pence & Grant Brisbee are back to talk about an exciting opening week of baseball and what teams/players surprised them the first week. One of their biggest surprises of the opening week was how much the A's have struggled so far. The Phils and Angels really impressed the guys in the first week of the season. Ohtani has looked amazing at the plate and on the mo...