Five and Dive

In Episode 482, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about  Taskmaster and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

1. Seattle Slew: The Mariners continue to avoid Fraud Watch. In fact they might be the anti-frauds
2. Milwaukee’s Best: Meanwhile in Wisconsin, the best team in baseball emerges?
3. Oh baby baby, it’s a wild card: We will get that Guardians/Blue Jays playoff seriers, just you wait.  
4. Around the Horn: A major-league milestone, the Rockies return to being the Rockies, and a lot of pitcher news.  
5. A new, fun game. So you know none of us were involved in making it.

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In Episode 481, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat more about movies and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

1. Men, how often do you think about Roman Anthony: Apparently Craig Breslow has been thinking a lot about him lately
2. My My Metrofraud: Our first official Fraud Watch of 2025 heads to the Big Apple.
3. Around the Horn: Mostly another Nats segment, but it’s also a bad week for podcast concerns maintaining employment
4. What to Watch: There’s some good games this weekend!
5. Can just randomly picking names off a list win 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 Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music  

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In Episode 480, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the iMDB 250 and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

1. Variance Swamps the Yankees: Look you can’t judge a trade deadline by one game, but what a game (and then two more bad games)
2. We’re going streaking: The Marlins and Guardians are hot. Does it mean anything?
3. Ascent into Madness: The Rockies and Pirates played a weird series. Does it mean anything (other than Warming Bernabel is the best hitter in baseball)?
4. Around the Horn: A deluge in Tennessee, some pitcher injuries, and a good and bad week for some podcast faves
5. Who actually played for the Padres anyway? 

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 Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music  

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In Episode 479, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig run down a very, very busy 2025 trade deadline.

In Episode 478, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Wladimir Balentien’s penmanship and Kidz Bop lyrical choices and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

1. Judge, Jury, and Flexor Tendon Executioner: Aaron Judge is due for a short(?) IL stint. The Yankees remain buyers (and also a bit of a mess)
2. And we’ll never be Royals: The Royals are also buyers, even with their own players
3. Got a piece that needs completion: Some early deadline moves, and what to expect the rest of the way.
4. Around the Horn: Well, we got some breaking news on the pod
5. A mostly Canadian 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 Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music  

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In Episode 477, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about parades and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

1. Well come on, roll with me ’til the sun goes down: The Rangers have won a few games in a row, thus are now AL Wild Card contenders. 
2. Say No! To Michigan: The Tigers on the other hand have hit the skids, but are still well above the AL Wild Card race.  
3. Everything Must Perhaps Go: There are trade rumors. They aren’t even interesting trade rumors. 
4. Around the Horn: Pitchers getting DFA’d, optioned, and injured. 
5. Craig’s favorite game is back.

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 Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music  

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In Episode 476, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about smashed cupcakes, old pepsi, and missing shallots and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

1. Milwaukee’s Best: The Brewers are atop the NL Central, because of course they are.
2. Buy or Sell: We look at some marginal playoff contenders and discuss next steps.
3. Around the Horn: David Robertson is back in the late innings, while some other old baseball players hang up the cleats.  
4. What to Watch: It’s back. The games aren’t great though.
5. Two co-hosts try to get into the mind of Patrick Dubuque, with marginal success.

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 Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music  

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In Episode 475, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about concerts past and future and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

1. Hey Now, You’re an All Star: A fun home run derby, and then another fun home run derby.
2. Hey! What Would You Do? Boston Red Sox: The Red Sox are red hot, but what moves can they make. 
3. And we can never be Royals (but he can):The Royals are buyers…in one specific sense. 
4. Around the Horn: The Rays are going to have a new owner, and we have a new prospect list.
5. Craig uses some inside Andre Ethier knowledge. Is it enough?

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 Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music  

Spotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify
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In Episode 474, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

1. Nobody Beats the Miz: Jacob Misiorwoski is in the All-Star Game. Let’s discourse.

2. BP on Draft: A brief Day One draft wrap up.
3. Rumor Has It: It’s Mid-July. The Draft is over. Time for the deadline rumor mill to fire up.  
4. Around the Horn: An Astros call-up, and an old friend of the podcast finds a new home.
5. We’ve apparently forgotten how to remember some guys

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 Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music  

Spotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify
Apple Music: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM

In Episode 473, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Canada and music festivals and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

1. Beantown’d Up: The Red Sox have taken advantage of a soft part of their schedule to move into a Wild Card spot. What do they need to do to keep it up?
2. Rocky Mountain Why: The Rockies are considering some changes in the front office and you can read a lot of quotes about it from people with the last name Monfort. 
3. Hey! What Would You Do?: We go deeper in depth on what the Tigers should do at the trade deadline. 
4. Around the Horn: Some Hellos, some goodbyes, and some new All-Stars. 
5. We hope you enjoy long pauses, the 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 Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music  

Spotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify
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In Episode 472, Jeffrey and Craig chat about internet customer service and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

1. Our Long Nationals Nightmare: The Nats pick an odd time for a perhaps needed front office and field staff shake up
2. Craigton Blue Jays: Craig is never wrong just (very) early.  
3. Hey now, you’re an All-Star: Alll-Star rosters are out, and as a baseball podcast we should talk about them I guess.
 4. Around the Horn: Another gambling suspension, some new injuries, and some old Astros injuries.
5. Craig needs a Blue Jays like run to win the game this week. Can he pull it off?

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 Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music  

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In Episode 471, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about children’s birthday parites and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

1. Woah-oh, we’re halfway there: We check in on the playoff races and best players at the midway mark of the major-league season
2. Sacfeld Follies: Luis Severino probably should have known what he was getting into when he signed with the Athletics, but it’s also possibly been worse than even expected.
3. Rumor Has It: Some early trade season rumors as we head into July  
4. Around the Horn: We have some thoughts on Dave Parker’s passing and Rob Manfred has some thoughts on what the player’s union should do (and we have some thoughts on his thoughts).
5. Oh right Patrick is on vacation and we need 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 Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music  

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In Episode 470, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about not havign banter and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

1. The In-Betweeners: A (long) examination of a group of young players who have been sometimes good, but not always good and what the future might hold for them 
2. Texas Two-Step: Jacob deGropm is probablt not avilable, Jeremy Pena might be available in two and a half years.
3. You down with DRP: We (not us mind you) have made some adjustments to BP’s defensive metric. 4. Around the Horn: A lot of baseball injuries in the last 48 hours, and a lot of Monforts on the Rockies depth chart
5. Back to our usual poor game performance, but with a twist. 

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 Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music  

Spotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify
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In Episode 469, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig have all finally returned from vacation to discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

1. Life is too short to spend the rest of it down here in Tampa: The Rays will have new owners soon, may or may not move. Plus an “update” on the Las Vegas stadium
2. You can never go back to New York, it changes as quick as the weather: The Mets and Yankeees are wilting in the Summer heat.
3. Winans Fixes Everything: But there is hope on the horizon for the bombers…hold on /taps earpiece
4. Around the Horn: Chase Burns is in Cinci, Jeimer Candelario is out of Cinci, and the suual injury report.  
5. Some actual good gaming for once.

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 Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music  

Spotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify
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In Episode 468, Patrick and Jeffrey chat about vacation plans and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

1. Tinker, Devers Askance: And a third and final entry in this trilogy sees Rafael Devers in a blockbuster trade.
2. Massholes: And what exactly is going on in Boston anyway?
3. The Sho Must Go On: Ohtani is back on the mound. Surprise!
4. Around the Horn: Roki Sasaki is not back, and the Angels call up another prospect.
5. Yet another poor game performance by everyone involved.

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 Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music  

Spotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify
Apple Music: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM