The NL Central has started out the season hot! Teams like the Pirates and Cubs are playing way above expected and the Cardinals are down in the dumps. Is this the best division in baseball? Will the Cardinals bounce back? All this and more in this episode of The Broken Bat Podcast.

A new group has announced a plan and interest in wanting to bring an MLB team to their city. Is it a city near you?

Everyone loves power rankings and the debate they can cause. We review MLBs power rankings and give our own top 5.

We dive deep into our favorite series from the weekend. What series surprised us, what players stood out, and how we think it shook up the standings. We give the Tampa Bay Rays some love after they set a record, and get a look inside Peters brain on what player stood out to him over the weekend.

We break down why we think the Rays are so hot right now and how long their streak will last. We give the D-Backs the love they deserve and talk farm systems. Have some hot takes at the end of the episode for you as well!

We first recap the weekend series and then go into our thoughts on the new rule changes and how we think they are effecting the game. Talk about the Angels and what we expect from them, and then go into our biggest player surprises and disappointments.

Peter joins us for the first time on the podcast and we dive deep into what has surprised us so far this year. We also talk about this disappointments of the year so far along with the city connect jerseys and what we think those bring to the game. We finish off the episode with who we think is taking home the hardware at the end of the year along with what weekend series we are looking forward to watching.

What will happen with Shohei this year? Do the Angels do well enough to make a playoff run and keep him? Or do they trade him at the deadline to get things back? We also go over our take aways from opening weekend and what we look forward to in this weeks slate of games.

We talked about opening day, what surprised us, how we feel about the new rule changes and what we are looking forward to this year. We also gave our first impressions on what the playoffs will look like this fall.