MLB Hot Takes

As the season winds down, teams are doing their best to to make it into the playoffs. 3 particular team are trying to earn a wildcard slot, but the question is: can they do it? Let's break these teams down and see who has the best chance at winning a slot!

In today's episode we answer some questions that listeners have submitted and we ponder the big question: What makes a major league team a major league team?

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What's up MLB fans? You have questions and James has got answers. On our first ever MLB Hot Takes Q&A, James tackles some good questions from you, the listeners! Come listen to us discuss the Yankees situation with Voit & Rizzo as well as the impact banning Spider Tack has had on MLB as a whole.

James & Chris examine a list of players and talk about what positions they would be best at on the field. James also acknowledges some of the Astros players as undeniably good at what they do.

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As we inch closer and closer to the end of the season, James has new predictions for which teams will make the top 3. Rays fans may be surprised where their team may end up! As for Yankees fans......Maybe next year......

James has started to look at players from a much more critical lens then he has before. Some players aren't shaping up to what we thought they would be and some teams are losing their chances of running a great season.

Physicality is a word commonly used to define players in sports; so in today's episode, James explains the how important physicality is in baseball when it comes to being a batter. The duo also address how improving bat speed, or rather a players swing, helps to improve how a team plays in their second season.

We are starting to see batters who have game changing swings all over the place. While this is exciting for teams and fans, what will pitchers do in order to curtail the strength that batters are now starting to show?

James & Chris discuss the importance of having both left handed and right handed pitchers/batters. Why do left handed hitters hit better against right handed pitchers? Why should teams fill their roster with both lefty's and righty's?

James and Chris have been going back and forth about the Yankees for a while now. However, after their most recent game, it's hard to ignore that the Yankees may be in some trouble. James and Chris talk about what's going on with the Yankees as well as what the Yankees could do to improve their games. Can the big time NYC team turn their luck around? Or is this going to be an off season?