Extra Bases with Bristol & Booth

KHOU 11 Sports Anchor Jason Bristol and former major league scout Jeremy Booth provide their unique perspective on the Houston Astros, big league baseball and scouting amateur and professional players in this regularly scheduled podcast.

0:20-1:29 Introduction

1:30-8:37 Major league payrolls decreased by 4%, per documents obtained by Associated Press

8:38-15:13 Is the luxury tax worth a World Series championship or deep run in the playoffs?

15:14-30:14 Buck Showalter and Mark Kotsay are the right choices to manager the Mets and Athletics, respectively

30:15-36:10 Jeremy's 2011 report on Josh Bell

KHOU 11 Sports Anchor Jason Bristol and former major league scout Jeremy Booth provide their unique perspective on the Houston Astros, big league baseball and scouting amateur and professional players in this regularly scheduled podcast.

00:16-1:42 New platform for Extra Bases

1:43-5:44 Business during a lockout; Major League Baseball using different baseballs

5:45-12:15 A new idea to prevent 'tanking' from Jayson Stark. What do we think?

12:16-22:49 Is the Hall of Fame now turning into the 'Hall of Very Good?'

22:50-28:19 Brewers sign Jon Singleton

28:20-36:00 2015 Booth report flashback: Dillon Tate

KHOU 11 Sports Anchor Jason Bristol and former major league scout Jeremy Booth provide their unique perspective on the Houston Astros, big league baseball and scouting amateur and professional players in this regularly scheduled podcast.

0:14-2:15 Why Jeremy wanted new music for the podcast

2:16-7:16 The Rangers sign both Seager and Semien

7:17-14:45 This lockout come down to competitive balance

14:46-22:10 Why is Carlos Correa comfortable waiting for his big deal after the lockout ends?

22:11-22:40 The Cubs sign pitcher Marcus Stroman

22:41-30:40 The Astros are likely to add Sara Goodrum as team's Director of Player Development

30:41-32:00 What Jeremy miss about not attending Winter Meetings, since the Meetings have been canceled

32:01-33:20 The Red Sox add pitching right before CBA expires

33:21-34:18 More on new theme music

KHOU 11 Sports Anchor Jason Bristol and former major league scout Jeremy Booth provide their unique perspective on the Houston Astros, big league baseball and scouting amateur and professional players in this regularly scheduled podcast.

0:16-2:29 What we are thankful for.

2:30-7:00 Padres hire a 27-year-old hitting coach named Mike Brdar.

7:01-13:39 The lockout is looming as we get closer to December 1.

13:40-17:29 Correa and the deal Jeremy thinks Correa should take.

17:30-23:29 Is Jeremy's 2011 report on UConn outfielder George Springer the best report Jeremy has ever written?

23:30-26:59 Graveman to White Sox. Will he and Tony LaRussa need to chat?

27:00-29:14 Marcus Stroman and his next destination. Jeremy believes it may be the Angels.

29:15-35:00 Jeremy looks back on his Joc Pederson and Anthony Rendon reports from 2011 and how Jeremy was yelled at for his Pederson write-up.

KHOU 11 Sports Anchor Jason Bristol and former major league scout Jeremy Booth provide their unique perspective on the Houston Astros, big league baseball and scouting amateur and professional players in this regularly scheduled podcast.

00:15-1:20 Jason surprised the Verlander deal came together so quickly but Jeremy wasn't

1:21-2:00 What's on this podcast

2:01-6:30 What are the expectations for Verlander in 2022? Will he be able to pitch an entire season

6:31-10:15 Could Verlander have possibly pitched in 2021?

10:16-15:00  Will Verander be asked about reports some Astros players did not want him around the team during the postseason as he rehabbed elsewhere?

15:01-19:00 The Tigers interest in Carlos Correa and dining with A.J. Hinch

19:01-26:53 Correa on Derek Jeter and how Jeter doesn't deserve his gold gloves

26:54-30:10 Mets announce the hiring of Billy Eppler

30:11-34:31 Review of player No. 166 on his 2013 scouting board: Raph Rhymes, outfielder from LSU

KHOU 11 Sports Anchor Jason Bristol and former major league scout Jeremy Booth provide their unique perspective on the Houston Astros, big league baseball and scouting amateur and professional players in this regularly scheduled podcast.

0:20-2:00 New approach to the Extra Bases podcast

2:01-5:15 Justin Verlander and possible suitors for his services

5:16-7:05 Will Verlander receive a multi-year deal with AAV higher than his Astros' qualifying offer?

7:06-10:50  The Angels' location: Could that be a deciding factor for Verlander? Why does Jeremy believe the Mariners will be in play?

10:51-18:30 Choosing some of the Major League Baseball's major award winners

18:31-21:00 Early signing period and Jeremy's prospects & Silas Ardoin

22:21-29:30 Jeremy is still upset by a scout Ben Coleman's evaluation of Jon Duplantier, who later reached the bigs with Arizona

29:31-33:08 Bottom of the board: Jeremy's 229th ranked player in 2015 was Matt Eureste of Oregon.

unique perspective on the Houston Astros, big league baseball and scouting amateur and professional players in this regularly scheduled podcast.

00:25-2:20 Bristol's mistake: he didn't record previous version of this podcast

2:28-3:15 Carlos Correa free agency: is a Houston support group needed?

3:16-9:29 Why bringing back Dusty is the right move; and whether making the World Series is 'progress?'

9:30-14:58 Yuli Gurriel is returning to Houston. There's no way he's part of plan to possibly replace Correa on the left side of Astros' infield

14:59-17:44 Game 4 was the turning point of the World Series

17:45-22:01 Where does Houston's loss in Game 6 rank among bad losses in closeout games? The Astros hit two home runs in the World Series. How many other teams have hit two and how did they fare?

22:02-29:30 What happened to the last guy ranked on Jeremy's 2012 scouting report list? Matt Snyder was a 1B for Ole Miss and was drafted by the Yankees.

KHOU 11 Sports Anchor Jason Bristol and former major league scout Jeremy Booth provide their unique perspective on the Houston Astros, big league baseball and scouting amateur and professional players in this regularly scheduled podcast.

0:15-2:00 Big takeaway from Astros' win over the White Sox in the ALDS

2:01-6:04 We're a long way away from America embracing the Astros

6:05-11:19 Carlos Correa's future after the season

11:20-23:55 Brent Strom gets emotional about Jeff Luhnow not being around to see the Astros' fifth-straight berth in ALCS. 

23:56-28:25 Breaking down the ALCS (before news that Lance McCullers had an MRI)

28:26-32:30 Jeremy's 2012 report on Max Muncy

KHOU 11 Sports Anchor Jason Bristol and former major league scout Jeremy Booth provide their unique perspective on the Houston Astros, big league baseball and scouting amateur and professional players in this regularly scheduled podcast.

0:30-5:00 Future major leaguers playing in the New Balance Future Stars Series Main Event

5:01-8:00 Experienced managers leading their teams to the postseason

8:01-18:15 Jim Kaat on the current state of pitchers and pitching coaches; Jeremy on the departure of Kyle Boddy from the Reds

18:16-21:21 Banning the shift in Double-A made no significant difference in outcomes, according to Baseball America report

21:22-24:00 Greinke coming out of the Astros' bullpen

24:01-28:25 Is the Cleburne Railroaders of the American Association 'historic' partnership with the Sydney Blue Sox of the Australian Baseball League a joke?

28:26-35:45 Booth's past scouting report: James Kaprielian and was a line on his report a joke?

KHOU 11 Sports Anchor Jason Bristol and former major league scout Jeremy Booth provide their unique perspective on the Houston Astros, big league baseball and scouting amateur and professional players in this regularly scheduled podcast. 0:16-9:59 Jake Odorizzi is furious after getting an early hook

10:00-14:15  Anonymous fan on Twitter is done with Odorizzi

14:16-21:40 Derek Jeter is part of two of the greatest modern day draft stories

21:41-25:56 Bristol reconsiders his premise that Jeter to Astros wouldn't have changed Houston's trajectory

26:00-28:00 Shout out to Houston Apollos of American Association