On the 25th episode of the DFA podcast, Bryan is joined by Rob Mains to talk about the AL Wild Card race and how a recent spate of injuries could change the playing field. Then it’s on to … more injuries to pitchers! And … more injuries to pitchers! Yuck!
Doug Fister shuts down the Indians, Gary Sanchez goes very deep, and Ichiro Suzuki out-slugs Giancarlo Stanton.
The Shift. Four-man outfields. Five-man infields. Joe Maddon madness. What does a ‘position’ even mean now?
The record has gone from oddity to embarrassment to a somewhat perverse point of pride.
Arrieta is looking more dominant than he has all season.
Orson Welles returns to the microphone, baseball players as iconography, and a review of a pleasant little board game.
Notes on Teoscar Hernandez, Antonio Santillan, Jake Burger, Jake Bauers, Freddy Tarnok, and more.
It might be scoreboard-watching time for the 2001 Mariners.
First-hand looks at Yu-Cheng Chang, Mike Papi, Taylor Trammell, Bryan Reynolds, Ademar Rifaela, and more.
Garcia was always supposed to be here, but his path to playing time was not without its travails.
Notes on Daulton Varsho, Corbin Burnes, Royce Lewis, Michael Chavis, Anthony Banda, and more.