Ducksnort Baseball Podcast

Sean Morash, the co-founder of Off The Bench Baseball, dials in from the Pirates Spring Training facility to help launch a new partnership between his site and Ducksnort. Together, we make the standard preseason predictions -- playoffs, World Series, awards -- and some not so standard ones (3rd place in the Cy Young voting?). Plus Wayland and Greg talk about the excitement and disappointment of the first few weeks of any MLB season, and continue their project writing promotional slogans for every Major League franchise with the teams in the AL West. With thoughts on Shohei Otani, Paul Goldschmidt, Chris Sale, Robbie Ray, David Price, Clayton Kershaw, Mike Trout, Corey Seager, Adrian Beltre, Elvis Andrus, Miguel Tejada, Corey Kluber, Eloy Jimenez, Ronald Acuna, and more!

 

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Comedian Greg Gallant joins Ducksnort for a special Injury Draft, in which each player picks a team of the worst injuries a baseball player can suffer. Plus Greg and Wayland come up with slogans for the AL Central teams, and discuss a wide range of loosely baseball related topics, including RuPaul’s Drag Race, the MLB app, extra innings rule changes, and All Star Weekend. And thoughts on Byron Buxton, Billy Hamilton, Miguel Sano, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Moustakas, Kris Medlen, Freddie Freeman, Johan Santana, Albert Pujols, and more!

 

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Rick and Morty’s Eric Acosta stops by to talk about the best and worst baseball movies, as well as which MLB stories we’d like to see adapted into film. Plus Greg and Wayland break down the Jake Arrieta, Mike Moustakas, and Lance Lynn contracts, as well as come up with slogans for the teams in the AL East. With thoughts on Yu Darvish, J.D. Martinez, Vladimir Guerrero, Jackie Robinson, Manny Machado, Devon Travis, Marcus Stroman, Kevin Pillar, Aroldis Chapman, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Chris Sale, and more!

 

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ESPN’s resident stats expert Dan Szymborski joins us to talk about his organizational power rankings, the ZiPS projection system, and make Over/Under picks for the 2018 season. Greg and Wayland argue whether Spring Training games are worth watching, and pick the randomly interesting teams they want to follow this season. Plus thoughts on Shohei Otani, Mike Trout, Eric Hosmer, Scott Podsednik, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Eric Thames, Rhys Hoskins and more!

 

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Comedian Steve Hofstetter (MLB Network, Sports Illustrated) talks about the slow offseason, possible collusion, how minor leaguers are getting royally screwed, and the Mets’ Mets-ness. And Wayland, Greg, and Joe catch up on offseason news, including the Yu Darvish deal, then preview what they’re most excited about for the 2018 season. Plus thoughts on Matt Harvey, J.D. Martinez, Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Lorenzo Cain, Christian Yelich, Ed Vosberg, Willie Bloomquist, Marcell Ozuna, Evan Longoria, Andrew McCutchen, and more!

 

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SB Nation’s MLB Insider Chris Cotillo tells us about his experience at this year’s Winter Meetings, exchanging info with agents and front offices, and where things stand with free agents like Yu Darvish, J.D. Martinez, and Eric Hosmer. And the Ducksnort Boys review the winners and losers of the offseason so far, including the Angels, Giancarlo Stanton, and Marlins fans. Plus thoughts on the Hall of Fame selection of Alan Trammell and Jack Morris, as well as big offseason movers like Shohei Otani, Marcell Ozuna, Tyler Chatwood, Welington Castillo, Ian Kinsler, Zack Cozart, Matt Kemp, Adrian Gonzalez, Scott Kazmir, Brandon McCarthy, Carlos Santana and more!

 

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MLB’s official historian John Thorn joins Ducksnort to discuss how the recently concluded World Series can be viewed from a historical perspective, and how the game continues to evolve. Then he names his favorite players ever. And the Ducksnort boys say farewell to the 2017 season -- a year of laughs, loves, and Aaron Judge. Plus thoughts on Gil Hodges, Justin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw, Stan Musial, Willie Mays, Ted Williams, King Kelly, Babe Ruth, Cap Anson, Duke Snider, Jackie Robinson, Ken Giles, Brad Peacock, Lance McCullers, Bryce Harper, and more!

 

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Recorded immediately after the epic ending to World Series Game 5, the Ducksnort Boys make their predictions for how the series will end and review the craziness that’s happened so far -- including a record home run binge, the complete meltdown of both bullpens, and a conspiracy theory about World Series balls. Then artist and first-time baseball watcher Dodge Greenley explains why he decided to tune in this year, and how satisfying that decision has been. Plus thoughts on Alex Bregman, Kenley Jansen, Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander, Chris Devenski, Ken Giles, Rich Hill, Brandon McCarthy, Lance McCullers Jr., Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa, Yuli Gurriel, Joc Pederson, Yasiel Puig, Logan Forsythe, Brian McCann, and more!

 

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Astros blogger Ryan Dunsmore (The Crawfish Boxes) and Dodgers blogger Eric Stephen (True Blue LA) join Ducksnort to preview the World Series, including keys to the series, how management has set each team up to win the championship, and which players could surprise with a David Freese-type MVP performance. Plus Greg and Wayland review the surprising (for different reasons) seasons of the Cubs and Yankees. With thoughts on Justin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw, Chris Taylor, Justin Turner, Austin Barnes, Alex Bregman, Josh Reddick, Ken Giles, Brad Peacock, Chris Devenski, A.J. Hinch, Dave Roberts, Kenta Maeda, Corey Seager, Charlie Culberson, Yasiel Puig, Evan Gattis, Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa, George Springer, Charlie Morton, John Lackey, Aaron Hicks, Didi Gregorius, and many more!

 

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MLB.com’s Joe Posnanski gives us his big takeaways from the playoffs so far, including changing bullpen usage and sky-high strikeout numbers, plus tells us who he thinks is the funnest player in baseball. Then Frank Thomas (Carl Tart, Fox’s Ghosted) explains how he analyzes baseball without actually watching it and plugs Nugenix, his home-brewed vitamin supplement. Finally, Greg and Wayland talk about the Indians’ disappointing end and Justin Verlander’s dominant Game 2 performance. Plus thoughts on Francisco Lindor, Javier Baez, Will Clark, Craig Grebeck, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose, Adrian Beltre, Bartolo Colon, Chris Sale, Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw, Corey Seager, Joe Maddon, Dallas Keuchel, Jose Altuve, Kirk Gibson, and more!

 

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