Today on In The Wheelhouse, we react to John Smoltz’ take on needed changes to Baseball. We will cover the Red Sox winning the AL East in the stadium of their ancient rival. We will talk about Adrian Beltre’s Hall of Fame prospects. And as always, we talk about this week with the Chicago Cubs.

John Smoltz’ brilliant take on needed changes to Baseball written by Bob Nightengale:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2018/09/20/john-smoltz-mlb-changes-split-season/1357842002/

What has using an “opener” really done for the Rays? According to Jeff Sullivan of Fangraphs, not even the Rays front office and tell you: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-gradual-spread-of-the-opener/#more-295625