Baseball Expats

No Rolsey this week, so it’s Spoon and Eric steering the ship through the madness of the MLB trade deadline.

The boys start by plugging a few new features over at baseballexpats.com, then break down the deadline from the only places that really matter to them: Eric’s Blue Jays and Spoon’s Diamondbacks.

There were far too many trades to go through one by one, and frankly, you have Google for that, so instead the boys build a trade deadline theme team made entirely of players who moved at the deadline.

They also check in on a few things happening around the world game, including the start of the WPBL, the SoftBank Hawks dominating Japan, whether Kensuke Kondoh is the biggest star the American market will never really know, and Lachlan Wells in Korea, plus where you can watch Korean baseball for free.

Then Spoon closes us out with his best picks for the slate.

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Destiny Draft is back for Round 6, and this week Sofia jumps in as the listener pick.

First, the boys recap Round 5, including Rolsey’s performance for the ages, though Eric still can’t quite bring himself to give a dead man his flowers. From there, Sofia tells us who her favourite Italian baseball team is, which raises more questions than answers, before giving the entire pack pull a proper vibe check.

Spoiler alert: it is not a good pull.

There are prayers, superstition picks, questionable logic, and a whole lot of hoping the baseball gods are feeling generous. Eric also fails to bring the usual cheese and wine, instead showing up with some weird Mediterranean nuts in Sofia’s honour before pouring himself a glass anyway.

And with Sofia and Spoon in the same room, things get especially tense when Sofia may or may not choose a Dodger, potentially sending Spoon to a separate bedroom for the next two weeks.

Follow the live Destiny Draft dashboard throughout Round 6 at baseballexpats.com.au.

We’ve officially unveiled the all-new Spoon’s MLB Pick Tracker on BaseballExpats.com.

Naturally, we picked the perfect day to launch it: a slate full of absolute bad beats for poor Spoon, including one we were tracking live as we came on air.

Head to BaseballExpats.com, click Content, and you’ll find Spoon’s MLB Pick Tracker there. It’ll be updated daily, so keep checking in throughout the week.

The boys talk through the new tracker, check in on Destiny Draft, and tease a few exciting things coming to the website before Spoon gives his best bets for the weekend.

You can also follow Destiny Draft at BaseballExpats.com.

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It’s our Trade Deadline Special, but first we start with the world game.

The boys recap the first qualifier of the Women’s Baseball World Cup, including Australia’s valiant effort to finish second, then look ahead to the second qualifier coming later in April.

Speaking of Australians, Curtis Mead was traded from Washington to Boston over the weekend, which is massive news. We break down the move, what it could mean for Mead, and breathe a small sigh of relief after his hand injury in his first game with the Red Sox appears to be less scary than it first looked.

Then we get into the deadline properly, bouncing around the league with different scenarios, names, fits, buyers, sellers, and whatever else the trade rumour machine decides to throw at us.

We also check in on Destiny Draft, which might be tracking toward the highest-scoring round of the season, before Spoon closes us out with his best bets for the Tuesday slate in the U.S.

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Rolsey and Spoon are holding down the Weekend Pickoff with no Eric, and Rolsey is not in a great place.

The Cardinals have been awful, the Wests Tigers are in the news for all the wrong reasons, and that sends the boys into a chat about players who have walked out on teams or flat out refused to play.

From there, we check in on Destiny Draft, tease a bit of trade deadline chatter, and hopefully set up a proper trade deadline special on Tuesday if Eric is back with us.

We also update the Women’s Baseball World Cup standings and look ahead to the weekend schedule before Spoon closes us out with his best bets, plus a few other MLB plays he’s eyeing across the weekend.

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Eric starts the episode by unpacking the financial trauma of getting his Nissan X-Trail serviced, which may or may not actually be finished, while Spoon brings an alarming number of puns to the table.

From there, we talk about the unfortunate injury to Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, which sends us down a rabbit hole of strange baseball injuries from years gone by, and may or may not become a future theme team.

We also recap Destiny Draft, including the pitching stocks of Chase Burns and Jacob Misiorowski, who haven’t quite fired the way we expected, even if there are reasons behind it.

Then the boys preview the upcoming group stage of the Women’s Baseball World Cup before Spoon closes us out with his best tips for the week.

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Destiny Draft Round 5 is here, and for the first time, we’ve gone multi-continental.

JT joins us from the United States as this round’s listener picker, and the pack gods might have delivered our best player pool yet.

The boys meet JT, rip the cards, and build out another round of Destiny Draft chaos.

Follow along at baseballexpats.com by clicking the Destiny Draft leaderboard on the homepage.

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The boys are all back for the Weekend Pickoff as we take the temperature on Spoon’s preseason bets heading into the second half of the MLB season.

We also dive into the Netflix dilemma around the Home Run Derby after Eric actually watched it, then give a nod to the upcoming Women’s Baseball World Cup in Rockford, Illinois.

After that, Spoon closes us out with his best bets for the weekend.

We’ll be back Monday for Destiny Draft Round 5, then back to business as usual on Tuesday.

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Rolsey and Spoon are back to review the Home Run Derby, and shockingly, they actually nailed most of their predictions.

Eric joins the show as we recap Destiny Draft, hear from Ibbo, then turn our attention to the All-Star Game and what we’re looking forward to watching tomorrow.

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Rolsey and Spoon are here with a quick preview of the Home Run Derby, breaking down the field, the matchups, and where the chaos might come from.

We’ll be back tomorrow with Eric joining the show to recap Destiny Draft and preview the All-Star Game.

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