After soaking in Buster Posey in San Francisco on Saturday Ken talks about Buster's career and how he and Yadier Molina are viewed by Hall of Fame voters. Then Tim and Ken move onto the mailbag...

-Is Nester Cortes Jr. the best story in baseball this year?

-Should the Mets move Jacob deGrom to the bullpen?

-Are current stats considered during in-season arbitration hearings?

-Could an international draft hurt baseball in Caribbean countries?

-How about honoring Pujols and Molina as honorary all-stars?

-When pitcher limits drop to 13 per roster, does Ohtani count as a pitcher or hitter?

-Why aren't all MLB playoff games in primetime?

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DVR and Keith discuss the Yankees' fast start, a surprisingly sluggish Boston offense, Garrett Whitlock's initial success as a starter, the future for Jo Adell in the wake of a demotion back to Triple-A, and Keith first Top 100 for the 2022 MLB Draft. 

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Eno, Britt and DVR discuss Dusty Baker's 2,000-win milestone, and the few active managers with a shot of joining that club. Plus, they examine Robinson Canó's chances of landing on another roster, and their biggest surprises coming out of the first month of the season before handing out their 'People of the Week' hardware. 

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Welcome to The Roundtable with Grant Brisbee and Andy McCullough. Each week, we will yammer with a guest about the biggest topics/stories in MLB. This week we are joined by The Athletic's MLB Senior Writer Evan Drellich. The guys discuss the Mets releasing Robinson Cano & his big contract, what's the deal with the new baseball and how big of a deal is the Yankee's letter.

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The Angels are in first place to start off May. General Manager Perry Minasian visits Starkville to explain what has finally come together for the club. He also shares incredible stories from a lifetime around the game including tales from working with Nolan Ryan and Bo Jackson.

Jayson and Doug also look back on what stood out to them from April and in Strange But True they did into a very young player and a very old ballpark. And of course there's trivia!

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As the calendar changes to May, Tim and Ken take a look back on the first month of the season. What can we take from the small sample sizes and what should we be waiting on before drawing conclusions. Then they open up the mailbag:

-Should batters be awarded two bases for being hit by a pitch?

-Could the Red Sox trade Xander Bogaerts?

-Is the building of bullpens changing as the game changes?

-Is the effect of base stealers on pitchers overlooked in MLB?

-Did Baltimore move the left field wall at Camden Yards too far?

-Can anything be done about Angel Hernandez and bad umpiring?

-Will the one-knee catching position go away when balls and strikes are called by robot umpires?

-Is Rob Manfred making good on his plan to visit more players and teams this season?

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DVR and Keith discuss the long-term outlook for Adalberto Mondesi in the wake of his season-ending ACL injury, Bobby Witt Jr.’s slow start, Andrew Vaughn’s step forward, the White Sox’s increasingly difficult path in the AL Central as injuries pile up, Taylor Ward’s opportunity in Anaheim, and few pitching prospects knocking on the door for a callup. 

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Eno, Britt and DVR discuss the early-season results of the current baseball -- the ultimate goal of trying to make changes to the game on a year-to-year basis, the Mets' justified frustration in the wake of several hit batters, weekly awards, and much more. 

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Welcome to The Roundtable with Grant Brisbee and Andy McCullough. Each week, we will yammer with a guest about the biggest topics/stories in MLB. This week we are joined by The Athletic's Tigers Writer Cody Stavenhagen. The guys discuss Miguel Cabrera's 3000th hit and his career, top prospects coming up to early/late and pitch clocks coming to MLB.

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Miguel Cabrera reaches 3000 hits. Who better to talk to about it than Phillies's President of Baseball Ops Dave Dombrowski who signed Miggy as GM of the Marlins and then traded for him with the Tigers. He shares stories of Cabrera and then talks about the 2022 Phillies, a team built to hit that hasn't yet.

Also, Doug’s baseball travels take him back to Philadelphia this week. Strange but True gives us a 9-inning no-hitter that wasn’t, and a football game breaking out at Wrigley Field.

All that plus 3000 hit trivia

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