The Broken Bat Podcast

The Cardinals have turned around their season and are looking to make a push for the top of their division. The Yankees are getting healthier but still need help in a tough division. The Trade deadline is two months away, but with so many teams in contention, will trades happen sooner rather then later?

We have some hot takes for this one. The AL East is a crazy division and no one has taken charge and pulled away. Who will be buyers at the deadline? Or even sooner. And who will be sellers? Who makes the playoffs? And who makes the playoffs in all AL divisions?

The title says it all. Kasey goes off on the Mariners and Kolton Wong. Tries to pump up his boys and get the going in the right direction.

We talk everything there is to talk about in the NL East. Who's the best team. How many teams will be in the playoffs. Who wins the division. What teams have surprised us so far, and who has been a disappointment. Then we give our predictions on who are going to be the division winners and wild card teams for all of the National League.

Some of the biggest news right now is the situation between the Yankees Aaron Judge and the Toronto Blue Jays. There is a lot of fingers being pointed and some more beef between the two teams. We break down what we think happened and how this will play out for the rest of the year. We also give our thought son how the new rules have been after a quarter of the season has passed, and what effects they will have on the rest of the season/playoffs.

The top two to three teams are an easy lock for the best teams in the majors, however, you can make an argument for a number of teams to be in the top 10. There seems to be a bigger then normal gap between the leagues best, and the middle of the pack this year. Listen in to see why we think that is, and who did crack our top 10 teams in the majors.

The Dodgers swept the Padres over the weekend, and look like they are returning to form. Being a dominate force in the NL West. The Blue Jays swept the Braves in Toronto raising questions about the Braves and what this season will hold for them. The playoffs are still far away but being more then a quarter of the way through the season, the playoff picture looks different then anyone would have expected.

We dive deep into the AL East. We talk about every team and how we think they're doing this year. We debate if the AL East is the best division in baseball, and if not, who is. We recap the world series winners from the last twenty years along with the world series losers to help decide the best division of the last twenty years.

Does it surprise anyone at this point when they hear that Shohei Ohtani has made history again? I mean we have to recognize it because he is doing things that maybe one other person has ever done in the history of baseball. However, we will never get tired of talking about Shohei. He is a once in a lifetime type player and is must watch TV. MLB announces a regular season series in South Korea, and the St. Louis Cardinals seam to be making strides in the right direction.

We got some hot takes this week in our power rankings that you will not want to miss! JRob Thinks the Cardinals are ready to turn their season around. Kasey has the M's on the up and up after taking two of three from the Astros. And Pete still wants Aaron Hicks gone!

Whose worse, Teoscar Hernandez or Aaron Hicks? Kasey thinks Hernandez has been terrible for the M's and hasn't lived up to the hype. Pete want's Hicks DFA'ed ASAP! Who has a better claim to who has been worse so far this year? Plus we talk Pirates, AL East, and so much more!

Who's the best team in the NL West? The Dodgers? Padres? Or is it the D-Backs? What about Juan Soto, has he lived up to his name? Has he been worth all the draft picks the Padres had to give up to get him? We answer all those questions and more in this episode of The Broken Bat Podcast!

We talk Wander Franco and his ball flip? We didn't know that was a thing until he didn't in a game. The Rays are still hot and are on pace to win 130 games this year. Shohei hits career homerun 100 and stuck out his 500th batter. Both milestones set in St. Louis. Which brings us to our rants, our teams still are preforming. This time we didn't set a time limit on how long we could rant for.

Major League Baseball is not giving the Pirates the love that they deserve! We give our power rankings and discuss why teams are where they are and what we expect going into this next week.

As all of our teams continue to struggle this year, we gave ourselves the opportunity to rant on how bad they are to let off some steam. We talked about other teams that have impressed us, and what we think about the Mexico City Series and what that does for Major League Baseball.

We dive deep into the crazy AL West and talk our predictions on who will be buyers and sellers at the deadline. Who will make the playoffs and what the standings will look like at the end of the year. We talk Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout trade proposals and much more.

The St. Louis Cardinals are not off to the start they wanted and may be in some trouble in the NL Central. We talk about the series that are making waves in the MLB and give insight into what series we are looking forward to.

Who's at number one this week? Do we agree with the MLB Power Rankings? Lots of movement all over of this weeks Power Rankings. We also give the Pirates some well deserved love and find out who Peter's Performing player of the week was.

We breakdown what happened this weekend in the majors, what teams preformed and what teams didn't. Kasey goes off about the Cubs like always and we give our takes on what the standings look like now, and how we think they will change in the near future.

Fernando Tatis Jr. Returned to baseball on Thursday and we are excited for it. We talk about his suspension, what he can do to help boost the struggling Padres, and how big his impact will be. Kasey goes deep into Astros cheating scandal and how it relates to Tatis suspension. Possibly the best episode yet!

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.