That 90s Baseball Pod

We have another Locked On Twins reunion as Ryan Turnquist (@2__CANEZ) joins the show for the second week in a row! Brandon, Tom, and Ryan discuss Rocco Baldelli, the Twins plan for Joe Mauer's jersey retirement, and talk about the 2019 MLB season win totals for each team. 

In This Episode:

• The state of Minnesota rejoices as Tom Thibodeau is fired [1:30]
• Speaking of new Coaches/Managers, let's talk about Rocco Baldelli [4:00]
• Willians Astudillo Winter Ball update [9:30]
• Twins announce Joe Mauer jersey retirement date [13:00]
• Caesars Sportsbook releases 2019 MLB Season win total prediction [18:00]
• Our producer talks about the Brewers [24:00]
• Free agent pitching targets for the Twins [28:30]
• Potential landing spots for remaining free agents [35:00]
• Madison Bumgarner to Milwaukee? [41:00]
• Is there a shift coming in how free agents are getting paid? [49:00]
• Re-imagining the MLB minor leagues [53:00]

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Mike Berardino interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer. 

Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) is a Zone Coverage Minnesota Twins Contributing Writer. He has been covering the Twins since 2013 for The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Zone Coverage.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

We have a Locked On Twins reunion as Ryan Turnquist (@2__CANEZ) joins the show! Brandon, Tom, and Ryan discuss the Nelson Cruz signing and what it means for the rest of the roster/free agency, the Twins options in the bullpen, as well as how free agency has looked for the rest of the MLB!

In This Episode:

• The Twins sign Nelson Cruz to a 1 Year deal [2:30]
• What does the rest of free agency look like for the Twins? [8:00]
• Potential trade targets? [12:30]
• Brandon has a revelation inside of Target [23:00]
• Twins bullpen/relief options [29:00]
• Free agent signings across the MLB [37:00]
• Ryan spends New Year's Eve watching videos of Yusei Kikuchi [49:00]
• Predicting the remainder of the off season for the Twins [58:00]

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Mike Berardino interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer. 

Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) is a Zone Coverage Minnesota Twins Contributing Writer. He has been covering the Twins since 2013 for The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Zone Coverage.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

Joe Trezza (@JoeTrezz) is the beat writer for the Baltimore Orioles on MLB.com and he is here to tell us how he got into his career, his time with the Cardinals, and how he thinks Brandon Hyde will do as the new Manager.

In This Episode:

• His path in baseball [3:00]
• Culture shock after moving to the Midwest [4:30]
• The Cardinals organization. Joe gives credit from top to bottom [12:00]
• How Joe will rise to the challenge of replacing Brittany Ghiroli as the Orioles Beat Writer [17:00]
• New manager of the Orioles, Brandon Hyde! [21:00]

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Mike Berardino interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer. 

Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) is a Zone Coverage Minnesota Twins Contributing Writer. He has been covering the Twins since 2013 for The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Zone Coverage.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

John Becker is back to talk the Hall of Fame ballot and the second part of our Top 50 available Free Agents going into the 2019 season!

In This Episode:

• Hall of Fame Ballots [4:00]
• Top 50 Free Agents #30 - 11 [13:00]
• Top 10 - [52:00]

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Mike Berardino interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) is a Zone Coverage Minnesota Twins Contributing Writer. He has been covering the Twins since 2013 for The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Zone Coverage.

Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer. 

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

Garvin Alston joins us to talk his season with the Twins, the friendliness of the organization, and how impactful Jason Castro's season ending injury was to the whole team.

In Today's Episode

• Jose Berrios [3:00]
• Kyle Gibson's durability [7:30]
• The loss of Jason Castro [19:00]

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Mike Berardino interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) is a Zone Coverage Minnesota Twins Contributing Writer. He has been covering the Twins since 2013 for The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Zone Coverage.

Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer. 

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

This week we have Mike, Brandon, and Tom in studio! We talk new talent on the Twins, their remaining budget, and replacing Mauer.

In Today's Episode

• Adding CJ Cron [4:00]
• The Twins still have up to $50 Million to spend [11:30]
• Gibson, Odrizzi, Pineda up for Free Agency in 2019 [18:00]
• Twins Top-30 prospects [30:00]
• You can't replace Mauer but, will CJ be able to fill some of the gap? [35:00]
• Brandon's latest Zone Coverage article [45:00]

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Mike Berardino interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) is a Zone Coverage Minnesota Twins Contributing Writer. He has been covering the Twins since 2013 for The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Zone Coverage.

Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer. 

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

This week Jon Becker (@jonbecker_) joins us once again as we talk the Hall of Fame, Adrian Beltre retires, and we breakdown the Top 50 Free Agents around the league and predict where we think they'll end up.

In Today's Episode

• The Top 50 Free Agents Numbers 50-31

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Mike Berardino interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) is a Zone Coverage Minnesota Twins Contributing Writer. He has been covering the Twins since 2013 for The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Zone Coverage.

Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) is a Zone Coverage utility writer and our Minnesota Twins beat writer. 

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

In today's episode, Zone Coverage Staff Writer Brandon Warne joins Tom Schreier to discuss Minnesota Legend Joe Mauer's career; from rookie to retirement. 

From everyone at Zone Coverage... Thank You Joe.

Audio from Minnesota Twins great Joe Mauer's retirement press conference.

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This week the Most Interesting Man in Scouting, Kimball Crossley (@crossleykimball) is back once again on Midwest Swing! This week we discuss his scouting role in the off-season, and we look closely at many potential contracts.

In Today's Episode

• Individual vs group scouting [8:00]
• MLB trade rumors [10:00]
• Twins potential roster next season [12:00]
• And an in-depth look at potential contracts  

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Mike Berardino interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) is a Zone Coverage Minnesota Twins Contributing Writer. He has been covering the Twins since 2013 for The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Zone Coverage.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.