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Per Elias: This is the first ever interview of an MLB player that prominently features the question
“Are you unc?”
“Are you unc?”
NEW POD
- will the Veterans Committee elect anyone to Cooperstown this weekend?
- special guest Lucas Giolito on what it’s like to be a free agent and a whole bunch else
- NPB/KBO to MLB signings (Ponce, Weiss, Kay)
- COL hires Josh Byrnes
- Good/Bad/Uggla
- and so much more!
- will the Veterans Committee elect anyone to Cooperstown this weekend?
- special guest Lucas Giolito on what it’s like to be a free agent and a whole bunch else
- NPB/KBO to MLB signings (Ponce, Weiss, Kay)
- COL hires Josh Byrnes
- Good/Bad/Uggla
- and so much more!
December 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Per Elias: This is the first ever interview of an MLB player that prominently features the question
“Are you unc?”
“Are you unc?”
with the relief market in free agency starting to pick up in recent weeks, here’s an overview of the action so far and a look at some ideal landing spots for the top bullpen arms still available, new for Yahoo Sports:
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
Checking in on the reliever market: What's the outlook for Edwin Díaz, Robert Suarez and the other top arms still available?
Three of the seven relievers on our Top 50 free agents lists have already signed. What does that mean for the rest — and the teams pursuing them?
sports.yahoo.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
with the relief market in free agency starting to pick up in recent weeks, here’s an overview of the action so far and a look at some ideal landing spots for the top bullpen arms still available, new for Yahoo Sports:
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
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Preseason predictions:
December 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Preseason predictions:
NEW POD
- will the Veterans Committee elect anyone to Cooperstown this weekend?
- special guest Lucas Giolito on what it’s like to be a free agent and a whole bunch else
- NPB/KBO to MLB signings (Ponce, Weiss, Kay)
- COL hires Josh Byrnes
- Good/Bad/Uggla
- and so much more!
- will the Veterans Committee elect anyone to Cooperstown this weekend?
- special guest Lucas Giolito on what it’s like to be a free agent and a whole bunch else
- NPB/KBO to MLB signings (Ponce, Weiss, Kay)
- COL hires Josh Byrnes
- Good/Bad/Uggla
- and so much more!
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
NEW POD
- will the Veterans Committee elect anyone to Cooperstown this weekend?
- special guest Lucas Giolito on what it’s like to be a free agent and a whole bunch else
- NPB/KBO to MLB signings (Ponce, Weiss, Kay)
- COL hires Josh Byrnes
- Good/Bad/Uggla
- and so much more!
- will the Veterans Committee elect anyone to Cooperstown this weekend?
- special guest Lucas Giolito on what it’s like to be a free agent and a whole bunch else
- NPB/KBO to MLB signings (Ponce, Weiss, Kay)
- COL hires Josh Byrnes
- Good/Bad/Uggla
- and so much more!
after missing the postseason for the first time since 2016, the Astros still have some enviable star power but also a whole lot of uncertainty
new for Yahoo Sports, 5 biggest questions involving Houston's incongruous roster as the hot stove activity heats up:
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
new for Yahoo Sports, 5 biggest questions involving Houston's incongruous roster as the hot stove activity heats up:
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
5 big questions for the Astros: Where will Jose Altuve play next year? And what's the plan to replace Framber Valdez?
The Astros could use reinforcements in the rotation and the outfield, and they need to sort out their crowded infield.
sports.yahoo.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
after missing the postseason for the first time since 2016, the Astros still have some enviable star power but also a whole lot of uncertainty
new for Yahoo Sports, 5 biggest questions involving Houston's incongruous roster as the hot stove activity heats up:
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
new for Yahoo Sports, 5 biggest questions involving Houston's incongruous roster as the hot stove activity heats up:
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
Anthony Kay is the 10th FA from our Yahoo Sports Top 50 to sign
#10 Dylan Cease
#15 Josh Naylor
#16 Trent Grisham (QO)
#17 Gleyber Torres (QO)
#20 Shota Imanaga (QO)
#22 Brandon Woodruff (QO)
#27 Devin Williams
#33 Ryan Helsley
#45 Raisel Iglesias
#50 Anthony Kay
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
#10 Dylan Cease
#15 Josh Naylor
#16 Trent Grisham (QO)
#17 Gleyber Torres (QO)
#20 Shota Imanaga (QO)
#22 Brandon Woodruff (QO)
#27 Devin Williams
#33 Ryan Helsley
#45 Raisel Iglesias
#50 Anthony Kay
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
December 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Anthony Kay is the 10th FA from our Yahoo Sports Top 50 to sign
#10 Dylan Cease
#15 Josh Naylor
#16 Trent Grisham (QO)
#17 Gleyber Torres (QO)
#20 Shota Imanaga (QO)
#22 Brandon Woodruff (QO)
#27 Devin Williams
#33 Ryan Helsley
#45 Raisel Iglesias
#50 Anthony Kay
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
#10 Dylan Cease
#15 Josh Naylor
#16 Trent Grisham (QO)
#17 Gleyber Torres (QO)
#20 Shota Imanaga (QO)
#22 Brandon Woodruff (QO)
#27 Devin Williams
#33 Ryan Helsley
#45 Raisel Iglesias
#50 Anthony Kay
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
NEW POD
- Dylan Cease is a Blue Jay! TOR isn't messing around...why $210M is and isn't surprising + #ScoBoScoBo update
- Sonny Gray to BOS; what next for Sox?
- RP market stays hot with Williams/Helsley signings
- grading our 30 bold preseason predictions (spoiler: most are F's, but we had fun!)
- Dylan Cease is a Blue Jay! TOR isn't messing around...why $210M is and isn't surprising + #ScoBoScoBo update
- Sonny Gray to BOS; what next for Sox?
- RP market stays hot with Williams/Helsley signings
- grading our 30 bold preseason predictions (spoiler: most are F's, but we had fun!)
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
NEW POD
- Dylan Cease is a Blue Jay! TOR isn't messing around...why $210M is and isn't surprising + #ScoBoScoBo update
- Sonny Gray to BOS; what next for Sox?
- RP market stays hot with Williams/Helsley signings
- grading our 30 bold preseason predictions (spoiler: most are F's, but we had fun!)
- Dylan Cease is a Blue Jay! TOR isn't messing around...why $210M is and isn't surprising + #ScoBoScoBo update
- Sonny Gray to BOS; what next for Sox?
- RP market stays hot with Williams/Helsley signings
- grading our 30 bold preseason predictions (spoiler: most are F's, but we had fun!)
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We should also change the name to “Festival of the Home Run”
December 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
We should also change the name to “Festival of the Home Run”
December 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Retroactive petition to add Trey Yesavages Dunedin Blue Jays jersey. As fun as the blue jays were for the first time in a while, THAT story was their best one of all and deserves inclusion.
November 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Retroactive petition to add Trey Yesavages Dunedin Blue Jays jersey. As fun as the blue jays were for the first time in a while, THAT story was their best one of all and deserves inclusion.
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So I may be buying a new hat that has a tractor on it thanks to this episode
NEW POD
6TH ANNUAL TIME CAPSULE POD
from the Tokyo Series in March to Game 7 in Toronto in November and so much stuff in between, we select the items that will help us best remember the 2025 MLB season
enjoy 🫡
6TH ANNUAL TIME CAPSULE POD
from the Tokyo Series in March to Game 7 in Toronto in November and so much stuff in between, we select the items that will help us best remember the 2025 MLB season
enjoy 🫡
November 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
So I may be buying a new hat that has a tractor on it thanks to this episode
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Hearing y’all talk about Big Amish while driving past a horse-and-buggy on my way home to Lancaster was *chef’s kiss* 🤌
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Hearing y’all talk about Big Amish while driving past a horse-and-buggy on my way home to Lancaster was *chef’s kiss* 🤌
(no Dylan Cease chat on this episode since it was pre-recorded on Monday -- will get to that and other hot stove news next week)
instead, we hope you enjoy our favorite offseason pod tradition
and let us know what items we missed!
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instead, we hope you enjoy our favorite offseason pod tradition
and let us know what items we missed!
⬇️⬇️⬇️
NEW POD
6TH ANNUAL TIME CAPSULE POD
from the Tokyo Series in March to Game 7 in Toronto in November and so much stuff in between, we select the items that will help us best remember the 2025 MLB season
enjoy 🫡
6TH ANNUAL TIME CAPSULE POD
from the Tokyo Series in March to Game 7 in Toronto in November and so much stuff in between, we select the items that will help us best remember the 2025 MLB season
enjoy 🫡
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
(no Dylan Cease chat on this episode since it was pre-recorded on Monday -- will get to that and other hot stove news next week)
instead, we hope you enjoy our favorite offseason pod tradition
and let us know what items we missed!
⬇️⬇️⬇️
instead, we hope you enjoy our favorite offseason pod tradition
and let us know what items we missed!
⬇️⬇️⬇️
NEW POD
6TH ANNUAL TIME CAPSULE POD
from the Tokyo Series in March to Game 7 in Toronto in November and so much stuff in between, we select the items that will help us best remember the 2025 MLB season
enjoy 🫡
6TH ANNUAL TIME CAPSULE POD
from the Tokyo Series in March to Game 7 in Toronto in November and so much stuff in between, we select the items that will help us best remember the 2025 MLB season
enjoy 🫡
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
NEW POD
6TH ANNUAL TIME CAPSULE POD
from the Tokyo Series in March to Game 7 in Toronto in November and so much stuff in between, we select the items that will help us best remember the 2025 MLB season
enjoy 🫡
6TH ANNUAL TIME CAPSULE POD
from the Tokyo Series in March to Game 7 in Toronto in November and so much stuff in between, we select the items that will help us best remember the 2025 MLB season
enjoy 🫡
NEW POD
- Nimmo for Semien is quite the trade; what next for TEX and NYM?
- Tatsuya Imai wants to take down the Dodgers
- new TV rights deals
- Warren Schaeffer named COL manager
- Ryan Helsley…SP?!
- a special Tuesday edition of Good/Bad/Uggla on chess, Caminero, KBO, and much more!
- Nimmo for Semien is quite the trade; what next for TEX and NYM?
- Tatsuya Imai wants to take down the Dodgers
- new TV rights deals
- Warren Schaeffer named COL manager
- Ryan Helsley…SP?!
- a special Tuesday edition of Good/Bad/Uggla on chess, Caminero, KBO, and much more!
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
NEW POD
- Nimmo for Semien is quite the trade; what next for TEX and NYM?
- Tatsuya Imai wants to take down the Dodgers
- new TV rights deals
- Warren Schaeffer named COL manager
- Ryan Helsley…SP?!
- a special Tuesday edition of Good/Bad/Uggla on chess, Caminero, KBO, and much more!
- Nimmo for Semien is quite the trade; what next for TEX and NYM?
- Tatsuya Imai wants to take down the Dodgers
- new TV rights deals
- Warren Schaeffer named COL manager
- Ryan Helsley…SP?!
- a special Tuesday edition of Good/Bad/Uggla on chess, Caminero, KBO, and much more!
this is just a snapshot with a whole winter still ahead of us but looking at handedness on current 40-man rosters and among several outliers, this stood out the most:
LAA only has 1 left-handed hitter (Nolan Schanuel) & 0 switch-hitters on their 40-man
meanwhile CLE has 10 LHH + 5 switch-hitters!
LAA only has 1 left-handed hitter (Nolan Schanuel) & 0 switch-hitters on their 40-man
meanwhile CLE has 10 LHH + 5 switch-hitters!
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
this is just a snapshot with a whole winter still ahead of us but looking at handedness on current 40-man rosters and among several outliers, this stood out the most:
LAA only has 1 left-handed hitter (Nolan Schanuel) & 0 switch-hitters on their 40-man
meanwhile CLE has 10 LHH + 5 switch-hitters!
LAA only has 1 left-handed hitter (Nolan Schanuel) & 0 switch-hitters on their 40-man
meanwhile CLE has 10 LHH + 5 switch-hitters!
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🚨 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
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!
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
🚨 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
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
this is going as planned
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
this is going as planned
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*Jake preamble, brings up Chernobyl, proceeds to swing the rock to Jordan to explain*
Jordan:
Jordan:
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
*Jake preamble, brings up Chernobyl, proceeds to swing the rock to Jordan to explain*
Jordan:
Jordan:
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
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
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
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
🚨 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
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!
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
🚨 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
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!
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
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!
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!
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 $$$ (or so we think)
- 6 biggest player-specific FA questions
- takeaways from Blake Butera Nats intro presser
- and more!
- Josh Naylor back to SEA for 5 years, $92.5M
- putting all 30 MLB teams into 9 different tiers at the outset of free agency, from most to least $$$ (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
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 $$$ (or so we think)
- 6 biggest player-specific FA questions
- takeaways from Blake Butera Nats intro presser
- and more!
- Josh Naylor back to SEA for 5 years, $92.5M
- putting all 30 MLB teams into 9 different tiers at the outset of free agency, from most to least $$$ (or so we think)
- 6 biggest player-specific FA questions
- takeaways from Blake Butera Nats intro presser
- and more!
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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?
- 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
Shoutout printing PDFs and JSTOR
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!
- 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
- 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!
- 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!