BREAKING: A Baseball News Podcast

Tim and TC weather an east coast storm to check in with a midwest rebuild. Are the Tigers closer to contention than we think?

0:00 Big Idea: Status Report: Tigers' Rebuild

07:45 The Rotation

15:00 Sliding Organizational Philosophy

27:30 Akil Baddoo!

39:00 The future of the Tigers' bats

44:00 Timeline

46:30: This Week In Baseball: Kershaw, Sixto, Marte, and the Brewers get Rowdy

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0:00 A trade! Breaking down why the Blue Jays traded for Adam Cimber and Corey Dickerson.

11:30 Schwarbombs

16:30 Did the Cubs screw up letting Schwarber walk?

25:00 The Uninspiring NL East

26:30 Big Idea: Let's fix the Mets offense

41:00 Kris Bryant to the Mets?

46:00 Will the Mets win the division?

58:30 This Week In Baseball: Injuries, Lamet, Scherzer, Etc.

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Tim and TC take a break from the sticky stuff to revel in the glow of Wander Franco's Major League debut. What should we expect? And how will the Rays handle a top prospect like Franco?

00:00 Big Idea: Wandervision

20:00 Harper and Trout archetypes

30:00 Rays' Outlook

56:30 This Week In Baseball: Byron Buxton, Ketel Marte, NL East Madness, Mad Max v. Joe Girardi, Shohei in the Derby

 

 

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Tim and TC are stuck on Spider Tack. In this second take on MLB's stickiest subject, Breaking Baseball discusses whether or not baseball is, in fact, broken - or how MLB might recover from their latest cheating scandal.

0:00 Big Idea: MLB's solution to Spider Tack

3:20 The Tyler Glasnow take

28:00 The Pete Alonso take

37:15 What's next?

40:30 This Week In Baseball: deGrom's latest scare

44:45 Are the Yankees selling?

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Tim and TC find themselves in a sticky situation. MLB has an illegal substance issue once again, and it's time to chart a path to a solution. Is Spider Tack the problem? Or is it the solution?

01:00 Big Idea: The sticky stuff

25:30 Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer

40:25 MLB vs. MLBPA

48:00 This Week In Baseball: Checking in on some old friends, Evan Longoria, Jarred Kelenic, David Peralta, and more

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Tim and TC stand in wonder at the season Buster Posey has put together so far. Can the Giants continue their run? Or will father time eventually catch up to Posey, Evan Longoria, Brandon Crawford and company?

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Tim and TC traverse the Shadow Level, the nebulous territory between Triple-A and the Major Leagues. How will Jarred Kelenic fare in the Shadow Level? Logan Gilbert?

00:15 Mickey Callaway (Finally) Suspended

06:15 Big Idea: Mariners kick off Prospect Season.

17:49 A young man's game?

45:00 The Francisco Lindor Conundrum

58:05 This Week In Baseball: Dee Strange-Gordon, Billy McKinney, Another Sign-Stealing Scandal, A Promotion, and a DFA

1:03:41 Injury Report

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Tim and TC take a look at Tony La Russa's comments about Yermín Mercedes' deep shot off heralded fire-baller Willians Astudillo. So many unwritten rules to parse, including but not limited to: don't swing the bat when winning, and you can criticize anyone publicly so long as you say they're family. It's not easy being in TLR's family, that's for sure.

1:00 This Week's Big Idea: Tony La Russa Calls Out Yermín Mercedes

14:00 The Astudillo Angle

21:30 What is Old School?

25:00 MLB's Dollars For Dongs Program

29:30 The Clubhouse Angle

33:00 TLR's Family Matters

44:15 This Week in Baseball: Mike Trout to IL, Jojo Romero, Kevin Pillar, Danny Duffy, and $1 for Cameron Maybin

49:30: Boots and Suspenders: Spooky Scary Manny Machado

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Tim and guest host Lance Brozdowski of Marquee Sports discuss the Angels designating Albert Pujols for assignment, what it means for him and the team, and how his career can help us spot greatness.

1:00 This Week's Big Idea: Albert Pujols gets DFA'd

11:15 Baseball on a macro level

22:30 How often do great tools make great players?

32:00 Great players transcend

41:00 Appreciating modern baseball excellence

51:00 You need to see other levels of ball

1:02:15 This Week in Baseball: Jacob deGrom to the IL, Jordan Hicks & being queasy, The Return of Jazz, Cubs injuries & teams finding ABs

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TC and Tim take a look at what we've learned about the AL Central in the first 30 games of the season. What have been the biggest events and do they change the landscape moving forward?

0:00:00 This Week's Big Idea: Three Big Changes In AL Central

0:02:50 1. Twins' Poor Start

0:15:30 2. White Sox' Luis Robert Injury

0:35:09 3. Royals' Hot Start

0:49:30 Honorable Mention, Cleveland's Poor Offense...

0:53:11 JOHN MEANS NO-HITTER...

0:54:50 ...Back To AL Central Projections Moving Forward

0:58:46 Boots & Suspenders: José Alvarado vs. Amir Garrett

1:06:23 This Week In Baseball: Dustin May, Joey Votto, Rockies' GM, Blue Jays' Home

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