In episode 60 of RBaseball Weekly (the weekly podcast from the baseball subreddit), Louis and Naaim discuss the news of the week, which is largely very sad, and then some less sad stuff like the Universal DH, playoff expansion, and the start of the college baseball season.

CONTENT WARNINGS:

12:45 - Trevor Bauer/DV discussion

17:45 - Jeremy Giambi/Suicide discussion

19:30 - Tyler Skaggs/OD discussion

23:10 - Non-depressing baseball news!

If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 800-273-8255.

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In episode 59 of RBaseball Weekly (the weekly podcast from the baseball subreddit), Naaim and Phil discuss the news of the week, including further CBA negotiations, a couple of high-profile retirements, and the Baseball America farm system rankings. And that's it, that's the whole episode. We miss baseball.

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In episode 58 of RBaseball Weekly (the weekly podcast from the baseball subreddit), Naaim and Phil discuss the 2022 Hall of Fame inductee and the continued reports of MLB/MLBPA negotiations. Then, Mazz and Dylan are joined by Fangraphs Senior Writer Dan Szymborski to talk about all things ZIPS and the 2022 projections.

29:10 - Interview w/ Dan Szymborski

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In episode 57 of RBaseball Weekly (the weekly podcast from the baseball subreddit), Mazz and Louis take the whole episode to discuss the news of the week, including some more retirement news, two different stories about Montreal Baseball, and Robot Umps in AAA

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In episode 56 of RBaseball Weekly (the weekly podcast from the baseball subreddit), Mazz and Louis discuss the news of the week, including some women in baseball and some retirements across the league. Then, Louis is joined by /u/HispanicAtTheDisco AKA Chad to discuss his series "Better Know the Ballot", highlighting the newest players on the Hall of Fame Ballot.

34:20 - Better Know the Ballot

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In episode 55 of RBaseball Weekly (the weekly podcast from the baseball subreddit), Louis and Dylan discuss the week's news, including The Athletic's sale to the New York Times and Topps' sale to Fanatics. Then, Naaim is joined by CoryGM to discuss the simulated offseason over at /r/baseballoffseason2022.

24:00 - Baseball Offseason Sim 2022

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CORRECTION: The trivia question for this week is inaccurate, please replace the word "win" in the question with "start".

In episode 54 of RBaseball Weekly (the weekly podcast from the baseball subreddit), Louis and Phil discuss the week's news, including Kyle Seager's retirement, Shohei Ohtani winning AP Male Athlete of the Year, and a lot of non-baseball sports at baseball stadiums. Then, they go over some predictions that the podcast crew has for the 2022 preseason.

26:20 - 2022 Predictions

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In episode 53 of RBaseball Weekly (the weekly podcast from the baseball subreddit), Mazz is joined by Louis and Shane to discuss the news of the week, including David Blitzer acquiring a minority stake in the Guardians and the lawsuit to eliminate MLB's antitrust exemption. Then, they do the annual Festivus Airing of Grievances.

21:30 - Festivus Airing of Grievances

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In episode 52 of RBaseball Weekly (the weekly podcast from the baseball subreddit), Naaim and Phil discuss the news of the week, including the Mets hiring of Buck Showalter and the finalization of the Justin Verlander contract. Then, Mazz and Martin discuss weird and wacky player injuries in baseball.

27:00 - The Affeldt Index

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In episode 51 of RBaseball Weekly (the weekly podcast from the baseball subreddit), Mazz and Shane talk about the biggest news from the week, including the Mets' managerial search and some discussion of injuries. Then, Naaim and Phil discuss MLB and MLBPA's proposed playoff format changes, as well as a few hypothetical format changes.

29:05 - Playoff Format Change Discussion