Ep. 218 (8/29/23): Red Sox-Dodgers Series Recap, Cora’s Poor Decision Against Houston, Thoughts on Angels' Dumpster Fire Growing, What Does This Mean For Shohei Ohtani’s Future?, Yankees Release Donaldson

In this episode, Joey begins by recapping what happened in the Red Sox-Dodgers weekend series that was headlined by Mookie Betts’ return to Fenway Park. He dives into Betts’ advanced numbers over the last month that have allowed him to become the favorite to win MVP. After that, he talks about what happened in last night’s Red Sox-Astros game and he criticizes Alex Cora for his decision to throw in the towel, leaving Kyle Barraclough in for too long in relief. Following that, Joey delivers another long rant about the Los Angeles Angels, but this time, it is about their decision to release Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez, Randal Grichuk, Matt Moore and Hunter Renfroe. He explains why this makes Angels general manager Perry Minasian’s decision at the trade deadline look worse since the franchise traded top prospects to land Giolito and Lopez. Joey goes in-depth on why it makes sense from a financial standpoint since the club is trying to go under the luxury tax in order to guarantee a higher compensation pick if Shohei Ohtani does indeed walk in free agency after rejecting a qualifying offer. At the end, he updates his thoughts on the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes, before mentioning the Yankees releasing Josh Donaldson and giving his thoughts on the future of Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone.