A's Podcast

Chris Townsend and Eno Sarris discuss Steve Cohen and the New York Mets and if a rogue owner is good for the sport, biomechanics, hitters being fitted for bats, the return of the stolen base and who wins the big game this weekend between the Eagles and Chiefs. 

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On the February 8 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend discussed the Athletic's rankings of MLB Teams from the wild-card era to present day (26:25) and how baseball would like with realignment (54:30). He was joined by Stephen Nesbitt of the Athletic to discuss his piece on the wild-card era franchise rankings (10:30) and A's TV pxp voice, Glen Kuiper (1:20:10). 

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On the February 6 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend discussed how the styles of MLB teams will change with the rules changes (1:15:35) and why you can make the argument Hank Aaron is the greatest offensive player of all-time (1:41:30). He was joined by Martín Gallegos of MLB.com to look ahead to A's Spring Training (28:50) and Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com (54:10). 

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Chris Townsend discussed the Oakland & Tampa Bay ballpark situations (:55), the role of Hitting Coaches in today’s baseball (17:00), the 40/40 club (29:00) and wildcard players for the A’s in 2023 (45:10). He was joined by the President of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Josh Rawitch (59:35), Vince Cotroneo (1:23:50) and Melissa Lockard of the Athletic (1:44:15).

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On the February 3 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend discussed the long-term extensions in baseball (12:30), the 40/40 club and if anyone could join in 2023 (1:12:20) and wildcard players for the A's in 2023 (1:51:25). He was joined by Eno Sarris of the Athletic (32:05) and Melissa Lockard of the Athletic to breakdown the A's roster heading into Spring Training (1:29:15).

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Chris Townsend and Eno Sarris discuss the Hitting Coach job in baseball, velocity heading into the 2023 season, Dermis Garcia's potential, what characteristics to look for that make teams great and sleeper teams this season.

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On the February 1 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend discussed the Tampa Bay Rays stadium situation in relation to Oakland (9:25), the passing of John Adams (1:03:25) and why the Hitting Coach job is so violate in baseball (1:12:40). He was joined by the President of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Josh Rawitch (26:10) and A's Broadcaster, Vince Cotroneo (1:24:40). 

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On the January 27 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend was live from Plank in Oakland and was joined by new Oakland Athletics Broadcaster, Johnny Doskow (17:50) and the voice of the A's, Ken Korach (1:33:35). 

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On the January 25 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend discussed Scott Rolen getting into the Baseball Hall of Fame (3:50), Todd Helton's case for the Hall (15:20), Jesús Aguilar signing with the A's (1:02:15) and Cody Bellinger vs the Shift and how the rules will help left-handed hitter (1:19:35). He was joined by Eno Sarris of the Athletic to discuss his first time voting for the Hall of Fame and the results (30:30) and A's Assistant General Manager, Dan Feinstein (1:32:30). 

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Chris Townsend and Eno Sarris discuss the 2023 Hall of Fame election results, his first time voting for the Hall, fixing the process, Jesus Aguilar signing with the A's and the fangraphs projections for the Athletics in 2023.

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