Payne & Pendergast

Seth and Sean discuss the mishap the Mariners had revealing the Ichiro statue, the Astros pitching being a disaster right now, and which of the Astros' bats will start to struggle first.

Seth and Sean discuss the Rockets being seeded against the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs, their concerns, and how they stack up to last year's team despite the same record heading into the playoffs.

Seth and Sean dive into some new audio that's surfaced of Diana Russini talking about Mike Vrabel and her husband, and discuss the Athletic parent company the New York Times essentially putting her in timeout over this whole situation.

Seth and Sean see what Zachary Pereles of CBSSports.com has the Texans doing in the 1st round, including a trade!

Seth and Sean dive into the biggest Astros concerns as power ranked by Chandler Rome in the Athletic, and give credit where it's due in Acknowledge Me.

Seth and Sean discuss a listener's question as to how much urgency the Astros' pitching staff has right now about trying to turn things around, and Diana Russini essentially being put on the New York Times' version of the commissioners' exempt list.

Seth and Sean discuss the Astros being a disaster especially in the pitching department right now, but get excited that the Rockets ended up seeded against the Lakers in the first round of the NBA Playoffs.

SportsRadio 610 presents a collection of the week's biggest debates from Payne & Pendergast, In The Loop, and The Drive. The crew dives into the Astros' five-game skid and whether the pitching rotation has hit "Crisis Mode" after losing Hunter Brown to the IL. Plus, Payne & Pendergast debates if the Texans should break the bank for Dexter Lawrence, and B-Scott joins The Drive to break down how Alperen Şengün and Amen Thompson fueled the Rockets' seven-game win streak. That and more this week on the Best Of SportsRadio 610!

Seth and Sean discuss the Astros' struggling pitching facing off against the Mariners' struggling bats this weekend, take a look at the Rockets' playoff picture after their win last night, dive into what "intel" the ESPN draft pundits are hearing about the Texans, go through the day's Headlines, assess Kevin Clark's take that an improved CJ Stroud gets the Texans to the Super Bowl this season, dive into more from the Mike Vrabel-Diana Russini drama that's surfaced, see who Garrett Podell has the Texans picking at 28 in the Mock Draft Injection, dive into the top Texans nuggets from Aaron Wilson as outline by @TexansJacob, discuss a long-form piece on the most recent Jon Gruden helmed Raiders that has them thankful Texans brass are on the same page, react to JD Martinez crushing Astros veteran leadership from his time with the team, see if any of the worst takes of the week can dethrone reigning champion Charles Huff in Take-a-Mania, dive into what anonymous scouts are saying about the more intriguing RBs in the draft class, lay out what they’re hoping to see from the Astros and Rockets this weekend, and see what the ITL question of the day is.

Seth and Sean discuss the Astros' struggling pitching facing off against the Mariners' struggling bats this weekend, take a look at the Rockets' playoff picture after their win last night, dive into what "intel" the ESPN draft pundits are hearing about the Texans, and go through the day's Headlines.