Bases, Barrels & Ballplayers

Hey there Ballers! Today, we begin with our Baller Trip Around the League recapping all of the baseball action across MLB Players’ Weekend. As part of the weekend, we head to Philadelphia and discuss the wild rally overcoming a four run deficit that occurred which concluded with a mammoth 2-run walkoff home run by Kyle Schwarber. Later, we touch upon a unique bee sting in Colorado before recapping the 2026 Little League Classic from Williamsport, Pennsylvania, that featured the Milwaukee Brewers and the Atlanta Braves. Earlier this morning, we look at the most recent news from MLB as the Houston Astros and GM Dana Brown after a four year tenure at the position as part of his 36 year career in professional baseball. Finally, we send you off into the week previewing all the series across the league starting later tonight and tomorrow. Let’s hit the diamond, let’s ball!

Hey there Ballers! Today, we start by recapping all of the MLB action from throughout the week discussing how all of the series fared. From there, we talk about player performances including the intriguing NL MVP battle between Pete Crow-Armstrong from the Chicago Cubs and Shohei Ohtani from the Los Angeles Dodgers. Additionally, we peer into some milestones as Jacob deGrom becomes the second fastest pitcher in MLB history to reach 2000 career strikeouts and Willy Adames becomes the first San Francisco Giants shortstop with back to back 20 plus homer seasons since 2001 while in the process hammering his 200th career home run. Up in Seattle, the Mariners are looking for a spark as they are calling up the #1 pitching prospect in baseball Cade Anderson as we get to know who he is and what he is bringing to their rotation for the back stretch. Before departing, we preview the MLB action you can expect to enjoy starting today and all through the weekend. Let’s hit the diamond, let’s ball!

Hey there Ballers! Today, we start by honoring the memory of baseball pioneer LHP Tommy John who passed away yesterday at the age of 83. From there, we recap all of the weekend MLB games and discuss incredible player performances. On the hitting side of thing, we look into the historic debut of Joshua Baez who hit 3 HR in his MLB Debut for the St. Louis Cardinals, something no other MLB player has been able to accomplish in the history of baseball. On the mound, we discuss an incredible pitching performance from LHP Noah Cameron of the Kansas City Royals who engineered his first complete game encompassing a 1 hitter winning performance against the Angels. Before departing, we preview all of the series set to kickoff over the next couple of days along from hearing from sensational rookie, A’s LHP Gage Jump. Let’s hit the diamond, let’s ball!

Happy Friday, Ballers! Today, we start with the Field of Dreams game held between the Phillies and Twins in Dyersville, Iowa as we dive into all the festivities paying tribute to the iconic baseball film. From there, we take our usual baller trip around the league discussing all of the MLB action from throughout the weekend. Earlier today, we learned and discuss the All-Star Game heading to the Bay Area for the 2028 Midsummer Classic set to be hosted by the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park. Later, we talk about some baseball history made as Max Muncy, with his sixth inning home run last night, moved ahead of Eric Karros for the most home runs hit at Dodger Stadium since opening back in 1962. Before departing, we preview all of the MLB weekend action. Let’s hit the diamond, let’s ball!

Hey there Ballers! Today, we start with our baller trip around the league to recap all of the weekend MLB action. From there, we talk baseball history being made as RHP Max Scherzer moved into the top 10 strikeouts of all-time, moving past RHP Walter Johnson to join the elite grouping. Additionally, we talk about the dominance of The Miz as Jacob Misiorowski becomes the first pitcher to 200 strikeouts this season and how historic of an achievement it was during his breakout season. Later, we recap a weekend of baseball celebrations as we discuss the Top 50 Mariners List being unveiled during Seattle’s 50 year celebration as a franchise and the honor bestowed upon by the Chicago White Sox retiring Ozzie Gullien’s number 13. Before departing, we preview the baseball action set to kickoff tonight and tomorrow along with our usual home run prediction. Let’s hit the diamond, let’s ball!

Happy Friday, Ballers! Today, we start with our usual trip around the league to recap all of the baseball action from throughout this past week. From the week, we peer in to Wrigley Field to discuss how the first start for newly acquired LHP Tarik Skubal as a member of the Dodgers fared. Additionally, we discuss the benches clearing in Seattle between the Tigers and Mariners as we determine if this could be the next budding rivalry brewing in baseball. In the Bronx, we discuss the Yankees calling up their top prospect and the electrifying debut SS George Lombard Jr has put on display during his first two MLB games. To conclude, we discuss winners/losers from the Trade Deadline before preview all of the weekend MLB action. Let’s hit the diamond, let’s ball!

Hey there Ballers! Today, we recap the weekend baseball action before diving into the main focus of our show: The MLB Trade Deadline! With the trade deadline having come and gone, we run through the flurry of deals that were completed from the last time we met through today’s 6pm EST hard finish including the Los Angeles Dodgers landing the back to back AL Cy Young Award Winner Tarik Skubal via trade with the Detroit Tigers. To conclude, we discuss the baseball action for the week kicking off today and tomorrow with all teams set for the digs days of summer with their new rosters intact. Let’s hit the diamond, let’s ball!

Happy Friday, Ballers! Today, we begin by taking our ballers trip around the league discussing how all of the baseball action went down throughout this week. Later, we key in talking about the MLB Trade Deadline as Monday’s 3:00pm EST finish line approaches discussing our players and team that may be involved in some transactions. From there, we highlight Tarik Skubal reaching 1000 career strikeouts in what could’ve been his last start with Detroit this past Wednesday. Additionally, the trade deadline essentially kicked off Wednesday night with the Angels and Rangers aligning on a deal as we take a look at the details of the move and the impact it may have on both organizations. The rookie trend continues as Max Clark gets called up for the Tigers and is set to make his MLB debut this weekend against the A’s as we learn the skillset the 21 year old is bringing to the Motor City. Finally, we depart by previewing all of the MLB weekend action set to kickoff later today and make our usual home run prediction. Let’s hit the diamond, let’s ball!

Hey there Ballers! Today, we head up to Cooperstown, New York to discuss the honoring of three former MLB stars, Carlos Beltran, Andruw Jones and Jeff Kent, who were enshrined into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this past weekend. From there, we dive into all of the weekend baseball action across MLB along with taking a look at the reeling Marlins in the midst of a franchise record 12 game losing streak and the continued dominance of Jacob Misiorowski up in Milwaukee. Before concluding, we preview the Battle for the Ohio Cup kicking off a three game series tonight between the Cleveland Guardians and Cincinnati Reds along with the rest of the series set to kickoff tonight and tomorrow across the league. Let’s hit the diamond, let’s ball!

Hey there Ballers! Today, we start with our regular baller trip around league recapping all over the MLB weekend action. Later, we take a look at the Boston Red Sox who have completing a four game sweep of Tampa Bay Rays extend their winning streak to 13 and what has led to their rapid turnaround. Next, we discuss several players from around the league that may be made available via trade with the deadline approaching in two weeks. Before we depart, we preview the week of games before sharing our interviews we were able to complete at Sutter Health Park, home of the Athletics, with 3B Joshua Kuroda-Grauer and OF Carlos Cortes at the conclusion of today’s show. Let’s hit the diamond, let’s ball!