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We're Jake Mintz & Jordan Shusterman and we’re moderately intrigued by the sport of baseball.
Adolis García followed up his huge 2023 postseason with a monster first month of 2024 (.932 OPS, 8 HR in 29 games)

but since then, his ranks among 119 qualified hitters:

.218 BA (118th)
.270 OBP (119th)
.377 SLG (106th)
81 wRC+ (118th)
-0.3 fWAR (119th)

so yeah
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
🚨 POD PROGRAMMING NOTE 🚨

next week we will be recording our 6TH ANNUAL TIME CAPSULE episode celebrating all the most memorable moments (and items) from the 2025 season

we've already got plenty in mind, but we're welcoming suggestions as well ⤵️

baseballbarbcast @ gmail
NEW POD

absolutely loaded Friday episode

- the great @yakyucosmo.bsky.social on Murakami, Okamoto, Imai, Yamamoto and early WBC thoughts
- 4 players accept QO; what next for MIL/CHC/NYY/DET?
- Grayson Rodriguez for Taylor Ward ⁉️
- Good/Bad/Uggla on WPBL Draft, Snell, Cano, and so much more!
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
NEW POD

absolutely loaded Friday episode

- the great @yakyucosmo.bsky.social on Murakami, Okamoto, Imai, Yamamoto and early WBC thoughts
- 4 players accept QO; what next for MIL/CHC/NYY/DET?
- Grayson Rodriguez for Taylor Ward ⁉️
- Good/Bad/Uggla on WPBL Draft, Snell, Cano, and so much more!
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
NEW POD

- Josh Naylor back to SEA for 5 years, $92.5M
- putting all 30 MLB teams into 9 different tiers at the outset of free agency, from most to least $$$ (or so we think)
- 6 biggest player-specific FA questions
- takeaways from Blake Butera Nats intro presser
- and more!
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Shoutout printing PDFs and JSTOR
NEW POD

- Emmanuel Clase + Luis Ortiz indicted; reviewing the most notable and illuminating details from DOJ report
- Nick Kurtz & Drake Baldwin win ROY
- one final Judge vs. Raleigh AL MVP discussion
- MVP Ballot Guessing Game; how many + which players will get at least one vote?
November 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
NEW POD

- Judge & Ohtani MVPs again + Cal Raleigh falls *just* short
- let's talk about Paul Skenes (unanimous Cy Young) and the Pirates
- the triumphant return of the SCOTT BORAS SCOREBOARD #ScoBoScoBo
- Good/Bad/Uggla on Tony Blanco Jr., Tony Vitello, A's replies, Padres for sale? and much more!
November 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
NEW POD

- Emmanuel Clase + Luis Ortiz indicted; reviewing the most notable and illuminating details from DOJ report
- Nick Kurtz & Drake Baldwin win ROY
- one final Judge vs. Raleigh AL MVP discussion
- MVP Ballot Guessing Game; how many + which players will get at least one vote?
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
honored to have an AL Rookie of the Year vote along with colleague @russdorsey.bsky.social

new at Yahoo Sports, a look at our respective ballots and who snagged the final couple spots behind the obvious top three as ROY voting expanded from 3 to 5 spots this year:

sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
Here's how our AL Rookie of the Year ballots played out as Athletics' Nick Kurtz was unanimous choice
While Kurtz's unanimous award came as no surprise, there were several other intriguing storylines among AL rookies that made the remainder of the ballot a challenge to fill out.
sports.yahoo.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Jefry Yan forever
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NEW POD

- 2025 Blue Jays retrospective w/ @bnsbaseball.bsky.social 🇨🇦
- sorry to Rockies fans but POBO Paul DePodesta is tremendous content
- Padres hire...Craig Stammen? sure!
- Munetaka Murakami officially posted
- Good/Bad/Uggla returns! on Ernie Clement, gold toilets, LIDOM, and much more
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
NEW POD

- best moments from Dodgers World Series parade + afterparty (Freddie did WHAT?!)
- Dodgers dynasty good or bad for baseball?
- Gold Gloves!
- options galore! Imanaga, Bieber, Flaherty, Story, Robert Jr.
- Yu Darvish out for 2026 :( Padres rotation...😬
- manager carousel update
- and more!
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Listened to the @cespedesbbq.bsky.social podcast episode while hiking yesterday. Thanks for keeping me company on the trail all these years. Looking forward to some off-season banter!
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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NEW POD

THE END -- the impossible, unthinkable end

the Los Angeles Dodgers are the 2025 World Series champions

this is our Game 7 recap -- nothing more, nothing less

enjoy 🫡

APPLE: tinyurl.com/yxfm33a6
SPOTIFY: tinyurl.com/vyadhnpa
YOUTUBE: youtu.be/FVFrrAh7IB4
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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@hollyanderson.bsky.social on that play from the World Series last night where the outfielders collided, via @cespedesbbq.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEW POD

THE END -- the impossible, unthinkable end

the Los Angeles Dodgers are the 2025 World Series champions

this is our Game 7 recap -- nothing more, nothing less

enjoy 🫡

APPLE: tinyurl.com/yxfm33a6
SPOTIFY: tinyurl.com/vyadhnpa
YOUTUBE: youtu.be/FVFrrAh7IB4
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
tonight will be George Springer's 6th career start in a Game 7 & Max Scherzer's 3rd career start in a Game 7

via @stathead.com, only 3 other players/pitchers in MLB history have started Game 7 as often:

Yogi Berra
Mickey Mantle
Elston Howard

Roger Clemens
Bob Gibson
John Smoltz
November 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
new for Yahoo Sports, on Toronto’s ninth-inning rally in Game 6 that fell short in unthinkable fashion:

sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
November 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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the six biggest questions ahead of World Series Game 6, new for Yahoo Sports:

sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
World Series 2025: 6 big questions ahead of Game 6 between L.A. Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays
The World Series heads back to Toronto, with the Blue Jays looking to close it out and the Dodgers trying to stay alive.
sports.yahoo.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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@davidjroth.bsky.social my wife is a Boyertown High School grad so I was gifted with this clip of a school produced news video highlighting Senior Trey Yesavage.

We have simply never captured pure baseball brain in such a way.

“I throw the ball fast”

Yes you do, king And you are saving baseball
October 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
the six biggest questions ahead of World Series Game 6, new for Yahoo Sports:

sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
World Series 2025: 6 big questions ahead of Game 6 between L.A. Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays
The World Series heads back to Toronto, with the Blue Jays looking to close it out and the Dodgers trying to stay alive.
sports.yahoo.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
NEW POD

- TOR completely flips the script after dropping marathon Game 3
- Trey Yesavage delivers one of the greatest World Series starts ever -- no big deal!
- Vlad Jr.'s epic October continues
- Game 6 preview; will Yamamoto's legend grow even further or will Jays win it all?
- and much more!
October 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Didn't expect to hear a 'rainy night in Stoke' reference during a recap of two World Series games in LA. But @cespedesbbq.bsky.social knows more than one type of ball
October 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Andy Pages is out of the Dodgers starting lineup for Game 5 -- the first time he hasn't started this month -- with Kiké starting in CF and Alex Call in LF

via @stathead.com, Pages' .215 OPS is by far the lowest of any player ever with at least 50 plate appearances in a single postseason
October 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Shane Bieber deftly defeated both versions of Shohei Ohtani en route to earning the win in his World Series debut

new for Yahoo Sports, on Bieber's steady and successful outing that Toronto needed badly coming off the marathon heartbreaker in Game 3:

sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
World Series 2025: Shane Bieber comes through as stabilizing force for Blue Jays in Game 4, helping Toronto tie the series vs. L.A.
Following the 18-inning loss in Game 3, the Blue Jays needed a steady presence on the mound. Enter Bieber.
sports.yahoo.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
the Blue Jays battled valiantly for 18 innings, but missed scoring opportunities, missed pitch locations, and missing four of their best players by the end of game cost them badly

new for Yahoo Sports, on the frustrated losing end of an October classic:

sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
October 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM