Rake Your Position

THIS SEASON IS OVAH. Congratulations to the 2023 World Series Champion Texas Rangers, a team we all expected to win the world series at the beginning of the season. 

The Rangers seemingly had the series pretty well in hand the whole time and got it down in 5 relatively anticlimactic games. They hit, they pitched, they filled in injury holes, they did it all. 

We take a look at some of the interesting options, opt outs, and qualifying offers as we enter the offseason. Some interesting names are staying put, and some are hitting the open market. 

OUCH OUCH this managerial hot stove is ON FIRE. The CUBBIES come out of nowhere and nab Craig Counsell with a record deal. Ron Washington moves back into the top on-field spot, and a few seats for some good teams are still vacant. Who’s going to end up at the helm?

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Well well well, FINALLY some high stakes games here. Both CS series go to game 7s and it was glorious. 

The fellas give their thoughts on the Championship series, some surprises, some let downs, and some Buffalo Bills references.

And we’re finally here, to the main event…LET’S GET IT ON. We look ahead to the World Series and talk about our expectations, who we expect to take over the series, some guys that may be overlooked, and some guys that may or may not cost their team a game (and possibly a title). 

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Well...the Division series are over and no game 5s. COME ON.

The resident Braves fan is sad. What happened with that team?

On the bright side, they won 1 more game than the Dodgers did. WOOF.

The Twins made a valiant effort, but did they really ever have a chance?

Where were the Orioles? Watch out for them next year.

The Rangers are rolling, the Phillies are fun, the Astros are inevitable, and the Diamondbacks are...still here.

Anything goes in the playoffs so the Championship series are sure to not disappoint, JUST ONE OF THEM GO TO A GAME 7 PLEASE.

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We be back!!! The fellas stop by to discuss the happenings of the Wild Card round this week, drop in predictions for the Division Series, and discuss all the craziness that has happened so far this round!  

What does 100 wins in the regular season really mean in the postseason? So far, NOTHING!  Sit back and enjoy the conversation as the team breaks down the good, the bad, and the ugly of the playoffs!  And while you are here, maybe you will learn a little something about forgiveness.

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PLAYOFFS?! Don’t talk about playoffs. You kidding me? PLAYOFFS!?

Well, Jim Mora, we talk about the playoffs this week. 

We run down final standings, as this last week was pretty wild with some moving and shaking within the playoff picture. 

Each wild card series gets a look and we make our predictions (because we are very good at predicting things) on who is going to move on to the Divisional series. Surprisingly, every team gets at least a little bit of love.

Finally the fruits of our weekend predictions have really come to fruition as the prediction rankings set our draft order for our 1st inaugural Rake Your Position World Series Winner Draft, hosted by Roger Goodell himself. 

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The final week of the season is upon us…and the rakings get a little strange as we near October.

The AL awards for this year are, well, pretty much already decided. Great job everyone, but go ahead and pack it in.

SPEAKING OF AWARDS WE GOT A SPICY MEATBALL HERE WITH THE HOST (yes, not Joe), with a rant this week. He’s probably not wrong, I don’t want to admit it though.

We take a look at some of the whacky and wild promotions and giveaways from years past. Should teams get more creative or are we in a good spot? Should the Utter Tuggers be the alternate uniform for more games in a year? How about the Brewers just change their name to that full time?

We wrap up our weekend predictions with a few bonus points to be had, we’ll see who wins…and maybe what that means for them. Even we don’t know!

Waino finally joins the 200 win club, and he somehow did it with an ERA over 7. Nothing but love from everyone on the pod for Waino as we take a walk down the boulevard of Cardinal dreams.

We've somehow made it to episode 24 so we celebrate the only way that we know how - talking about The Kid with the sweet swing everyone knows and loves.

In this edition of appreciate or reinstate we discuss.....BUNTING. Statistically a terrible play, why would you ever do it? What? 3 of the 4 of us want to see more bunting? Do we even know what we're talking about. Absolutely not.

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THIS WEEK: Same teams are still good.

We spend some time discussing the NL award races because our predictions were...no bueno. Should first basemen get more love? Probably! Is one going to win the MVP? I doubt it. Does the MVP award go to the most VALUABLE player? Or the best player?

The Cy Young race very close with no real clear cut winner, there are 4 guys that are excelling in different areas and it's anyone's ball game at this point.

Corbin Caroll seems to have the RoY award pretty well wrapped up, but there have been some nice surprises and a guy in Colorado that is having a great 2nd half.

Finally on this weeks edition of Appreciate or Reinstate we discuss knuckleballers. It seems to be a dying art, but boy, do we love those whacky tossers.

The whole gang is back this week! 

As the season winds down it seems like the rakings are becoming pretty stagnant, so we also take a look at what teams are still not performing up to their potential…and some that are still playing a little over their potential.

Is the Braves lineup this year one of the greatest of all time? We take a look at some of the best lineups and teams to ever play. Murderer’s Row was pretty good…but they only played against a little bit different of competition. 

What is the plan with Shohei? Well, based on our expert medical knowledge we tell  you what the plan should be (Disclaimer: we are not medical professionals and nothing in this podcast is medical advice. Please see a doctor if a baseball game lasts longer than 4 hours this year.)

In this week’s edition of Appreciate or Reinstate we take a look at old school odd baseball stadiums. We also shed some light on the age old question: Would it dong? There’s a Twitter (I refuse to call it X) account for that!

We finish up with our weekend predictions and our guest host last week, Gavin, killed it and took the crown. Let's see how we fair this weekend!

Let us know about your favorite teams best lineup you remember or your favorite odd baseball stadium you played in or from old school pro ball at @rakeurposition or [email protected]

Last minute changes leave the guys in flux but don’t worry, they are still here and with a super double secret probation surprise!  

Not much has changed in the rankings but we do see our first ever tie putting 6 teams in the Top 5.  Thanks to the waiver dumpage, the guys talk give some thoughts on who should claim who and how big of a potential impact this might have on the playoff race.

Sit back and enjoy another installment of Appreciate or Reinstate as the guys talk steroid era, and come up with some more potential rules for their futuristic slugfest style baseball league!

Enjoy the ride!