In Episode 486, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about our new show theme, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.
1. Better Luck Tomorrow: We take a survey of some teams that weren’t THAT bad this year, and try to figure out if they might be good next year.
2. Ooh baby, baby, it’s a wild card: The Mets and the Reds are the last playoff race standing, and how much does the Yankees/Red Sox series matter for the postseason?
3. Play it again, Sam: Samuel Basallo will be in Baltimore for a while.
4. Around the Horn: Injuries, returns from injuries, and a new award.
5. Real names, not nicknames, in a game.
Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is fiveanddive@baseballprospectus.com.
Our theme tune is by Andy Matthews, who you can follow on Bluesky @andymatthewsmusic. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music. It was produced by Barrie Maguire and Tim Ferguson.
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