Greg joins us for our favourite episode of the year; the MLB Player Award prediction episode! In this episode, we catch up with Greg (0:30), flex our past success with the Award predictions (2:45), and then get into our picks for Batting Title Champion (7:10), HR King (12:45), Rookie of the Year (25:00), Cy Young (37:50), and MVP (48:15).

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These have never aged well for us, but maybe this is the year! Greg makes his 2023 Podcast Debut with us for this episode! Tune in for our takes on how the MLB Standings and postseason race will shake out when it's all said and done.

We talk about teams with casual fans (2:00-8:20) before make our predictions for the AL West (8:25), AL Central (11:55), AL East (18:10), AL Wildcards & AL Champs (29:30), NL Central (34:00), NL West (36:40), NL East (42:20), NL Wildcards & NL Champs (49:17), and finally the WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS (56:00)

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In the final MLB Team Rankings tier episode, we highlight our top 5 teams for the 2023 season. Follow us on Instagram @diamondgemspodcast and @shapedbysports. Video content available on Youtube @shapedbysports (SPOILER ALERT IN TIME STAMPS BELOW)

Time Stamps:

1:30: Toronto Blue Jays

17:45: Los Angeles Dodgers

27:25: San Diego Padres

34:00: Atlanta Braves

42:30: Houston Astros

We are in the top 10 of our MLB Team Rankings! In the "B" Tier, we cover teams 6-10. Follow us on Instagram @diamondgemspodcast and @shapedbysports. You can also find video content on our Shaped By Sports Youtube channel. (SPOILER ALERT IN THE TIME STAMPS BELOW)

Time Stamps:

2:30: Cleveland Guardians

9:50: St. Louis Cardinals

20:50: New York Mets

30:00: New York Yankees

42:35: Philadelphia Phillies

Hello Baseball Fans! The moment we have all been waiting for is here: OPENING DAY. We are so excited and have been busy drafting for our Fantasy leagues, hence why you haven't got an episode yet this week. BUT DO NOT WORRY! We have lots of content coming for you over the next couple weeks. This includes the A & B tier episodes (which is our top 10 MLB Teams), Division + Wildcard + World Series Predictions, AND our picks for the 2023 MLB Player Awards. You're not going to want to miss it, as we have a track record of big betting returns from our future picks.

Enjoy MLB Opening Day, the best day of the year :)

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Catch you next week!

We are into the TOP 15 MLB TEAMS with our "C" Tier MLB Rankings episode. This one is tough as some of these teams have what it takes to be a WS contender... but are just not quite stacked enough to sneak into our top 10. We go through the rosters of each team, identify strengths and weaknesses, and then give our projections. 

SPOILER ALERT BELOW IN THE TIME STAMPS:

Chicago White Sox: (3:15)

Milwaukee Brewers: (12:45)

Minnesota Twins: (19:45)

Tampa Bay Rays (28:00)

Seattle Mariners: (38:00)

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Starved for baseball? Luckily, Spring Training means MLB baseball games are being played! However, there are some things you need to understand before you pour your heart and soul into these baseball games. Most importantly: they don't matter at all. So what's the point of watching?

In this episode Jacob highlights what to watch for in Spring Training games, what you should make of individual and team results, prospects, roster spot battles, and more.

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Random episode about the World Baseball Classic. We were excited for the WBC but so far this tournament has exceeded our already high expectations. From a uniformed 2-2 across Pool A to Australia and Italy sneaking into the Quarterfinals... it has been chaos in the best way possible. Culture is in abundance with organized chants from Tokyo to Taiwan, excited Latin Americans in Miami, and a pack of drunken umpires at Chase Field. It's awesome

No time stamps in this one, just the ramblings of a couple excited baseball fans.

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We continue our MLB team rankings with the "D" Tier, ranking the MLB teams we believe are somewhere in the range of top 15-20. We highlight each teams strengths and weaknesses, review depth charts, and then give our projections for each team. 

SPOILER ALERT: TIME STAMPS BELOW CONTAIN TEAMS:

(0:50) San Francisco Giants

(6:20) Chicago Cubs

(10:27) Texas Rangers

(16:08) LA Angels

(22:45) Baltimore Orioles

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Continuing our MLB Team Rankings for 2023, we find ourselves at the "E" Tier. This episode covers teams ranked 25th to 20th. We highlight each teams strength and weaknesses, look at MLB depth charts, and give our projections for each of these teams.

SPOILER ALERT BELOW IN THE TIME STAMPS:

Teams included in the E Tier include: Detroit Tigers (1:00), Kansas City Royals (8:00), Arizona Diamondbacks (18:10), Miami Marlins (26:00), and the Boston Red Sox (38:45).

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