Breaking: A Baseball News Podcast - Tim Jackson (@TimJacksonSays) and TC Zencka (@tczencka) Tim Jackson digs into labor thoughts from Andrew Brandt and leaks on negotiations that acknowledges the elephant in the bargaining room. Subscribe iTunes | Android | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play | RSS | Join Pitcher List Plus to support the podcast and get an Ad-Free Website + access to our Discord community! Timestamps: A thought from former NFL Executive Andrew Brandt (1:20) Four team owners holding up the negotiations (4:10) A main goal of any union (8:10) Ownership's newest negotiation tactic (10:30) The teams willing to spend and flex on others (14:00) Moving to an impasse? (15:15) The Contradictory Cubs (18:30) Ownership has made decisions, actually (22:10) A silver lining on the labor dispute (23:10) Get PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Breaking: A Baseball News Podcast - Tim Jackson (@TimJacksonSays) and TC Zencka (@tczencka) Tim Jackson gets hype on PL7, fawns over Seiya Suzuki, and provides a silver lining to the ongoing labor strife between the players and owners. Subscribe iTunes | Android | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play | RSS | Join Pitcher List Plus to support the podcast and get an Ad-Free Website + access to our Discord community! Timestamps: New year, new PL (00:10) Who is Seiya Suzuki? (3:15) What the projections suggest (5:30) Don't hate a friend for not being as hot as the others (7:20) All the ways to get to an .800 OPS (10:00) Teams who could sign Suzuki (Padres, Red Sox, Giants) (13:45) Longer shots to sign Suzuki (Mariners, Yankees) (22:35) The labor update (30:00) How the players are using their voices and a CBA first (31:37) Get PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Breaking: A Baseball News Podcast - Tim Jackson (@TimJacksonSays) and TC Zencka (@tczencka) The MLBPA and owners finally got to the negotiating table. Tim Jackson digs into how there isn't much progress yet but how that, by itself, could be progress. Timestamps: Is MLB actually trying to negotiate? (1:00) The union proposes revenue sharing for pre-arb players (1:45) The union proposes a higher luxury tax threshold (11:45) The union proposes raising minimum salary (20:23) What the owners don't want to give (24:40) How much power the league holds (and wants to keep) with the status quo (25:30) This Week in Baseball: HoF and Ponce De Leon (28:50) Get PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
BREAKING: A Baseball News Podcast - Tim (@TimJacksonSays) and TC (@tczencka) Tim is back and goes in depth on the state of labor talks between MLB and the MLBPA, digging into the excellent work of Zach Hayes and Sean Roberts of Pitcher List as well as Marc Normandin of Baseball Prospectus. Subscribe iTunes | Android | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play | RSS | Join Pitcher List Plus to support the podcast and get an Ad-Free Website + access to our Discord community! 01:45 The League's economic strategy 11:15 The League's vocabulary 20:15 Lampooning the League's actions for emphasis 25:20 Players want a new status quo 33:10 Privatizing profits, socializing losses Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plusGet PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
BREAKING: A Baseball News Podcast - Tim (@TimJacksonSays) and TC (@tczencka) TC takes his turn at the mic to recap a hectic fortnight. It's a full episode of This Week In Baseball! With the lockout now underway, it's a good time to review the flurry of moves made so far. The Mets, Rays, and Rangers are stealing headlines, while the Reds, Phillies, and Nationals are hoarding cash. Where does your team fall in the overall rankings? Subscribe iTunes | Android | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play | RSS | Join Pitcher List Plus to support the podcast and get an Ad-Free Website + access to our Discord community! 00:00 Ranking NL Roster Moves 34:10 Ranking AL Roster Moves Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plusGet PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
BREAKING: A Baseball News Podcast - Tim (@TimJacksonSays) and TC (@tczencka) Tim flies solo this week and digs into the free agent pitching market. 00:30 Justin Verlander re-signs with the Astros. Huh? 07:50 The Blue Jays solidify rotation, sign José Berríos long-term 12:00 What's up with Robbie Ray and the rest of the Jays rotation? 16:00 The Tigers commit to Eduardo Rodriguez 19:30 Baseball, Buckner, and Funk: Why We Need Peripheral Stats 25:00 The Angels sign Noah Syndergaard. So weird, so Angels 30:30 One big point on the CBA and this winter's labor talks 36:15 This Week in Baseball Get PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On the Pitcher List Podcast Network BREAKING: A Baseball News Podcast - Tim (@TimJacksonSays) and TC (@tczencka) take the World Series out for one final spin, looking ahead to the trends that may arise from it, and back to the moments they will remember most. And then Buster Posey retires. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play | RSS | Join Pitcher List Plus to support the podcast and get an Ad-Free Website + access to our Discord community! Timestamps: World Series Ripples (2:00) The Braves' I'm-Glad-They-Got-One" Guys (11:40) Starting Trends (17:20) Re-signing Freddie Freeman (22:00) WS Wow Moments (22:30) A New Baseball Curse (30:40) This Week In Baseball: Baker, Strom, Mets FO, Melvin to Padres (32:50) BREAKING: Buster Posey Retires (51:00) Tucker Barnhardt, Albert Pujols, and others (57:00) Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plusGet PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On the Pitcher List Podcast Network BREAKING: A Baseball News Podcast - Tim (@TimJacksonSays) and TC (@tczencka) take a look at the NLCS and ALCS matchups, checking in on the narratives surrounding the action. Does anyone have any pitching left? Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play | RSS | Join Pitcher List Plus to support the podcast and get an Ad-Free Website + access to our Discord community! Timestamps: Dodgers' Pitching Management (0:00) Jesse Chavez and the Braves (13:45) Who is going to fill innings for the Astros? (28:30) Red Sox lineup mirage (39:05) Picks (42:15) This Week In Baseball: Aaron Boone, Mets Front Office, Javy Baez, CBA, Blue Jays' Payroll, Brewers Coaching Changes (52:19) Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plusGet PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On the Pitcher List Podcast Network BREAKING: A Baseball News Podcast - Tim (@TimJacksonSays) and TC (@tczencka) run through the postseason contenders. Which teams have the most on the line? Which teams are just happy to be there? Then, Tim and TC spill some audio ink to make their playoff picks. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play | RSS | Join Pitcher List Plus to support the podcast and get an Ad-Free Website + access to our Discord community! Timestamps: Big Idea: Coin Flip Baseball (0:00) Yankees (2:30) Red Sox (6:40) Cardinals/Dodgers (12:40) Rays (19:10) White Sox (24:20) Astros (29:00) Giants (34:30) Brewers (43:30) Playoff Picks! (48:05) This Week In Baseball: Neander, Wainwright, Castellanos, Hanley Ramirez (58:00) Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plusGet PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
BREAKING: A Baseball News Podcast - Tim (@TimJacksonSays) and TC (@tczencka) are hot, but not quite as hot as the Yankees and Cardinals. Nothing stops a win streak like talking about them, however. The Cardinals and Yankees both lost on Wednesday night, but that doesn't mean we get to stop talking about them. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play | RSS | Join Pitcher List Plus to support the podcast and get an Ad-Free Website + access to our Discord community! Timestamps: Big Idea: Cardinals and Yankees, Built Different (0:00) Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton vs. Tyler O'Neill, Harrison Bader (4:00) Wild Card/Playoff Questions (12:30) Stanton Slam & Yankee Roster Construction (18:30) This Week In Baseball: Devin Williams, Nolan Arenado, Michael A. Taylor, Brandon Belt, Jacob deGrom (43:10) Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plusGet PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
BREAKING: A Baseball News Podcast - TC (@tczencka) flies solo, which is not the Cardinal Way. No, these Cardinals fly together, and they are gelling right now with an 11-game winning streak taking them straight to the postseason. Did we miss something or have Adam Wainwright, Yadier Molina, and company been heading towards the playoffs all year? Let's dig in. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play | RSS | Join Pitcher List Plus to support the podcast and get an Ad-Free Website + access to our Discord community! Timestamps: Big Idea: Cardinals Flying High (0:00) What went well (4:35) What might take them down (16:50) Goodbye to the Padres, Mets, Reds (21:00) This Week In Baseball: Playoff Check-In, Arrieta DFA, Severino Return, Baz Debut, David Bell Extension, Avila Retirement and the Nats (23:10) Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plusGet PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
BREAKING: A Baseball News Podcast - Tim (@TimJacksonSays) and TC (@tczencka) look at a contender in the Giants, a treadmill team in the Phillies, and a team on the rise in the Pirates. Is the Giants model sustainable? Can the Phillies ever finish above .500 again? Are the Pirates a team to watch? Or just a team to watch...to watch? Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play | RSS | Join Pitcher List Plus to support the podcast and get an Ad-Free Website + access to our Discord community! Timestamps: Giants Clinch Playoff Spot (1:35) Zaidi or Kapler (7:10) Can Giants make a run in the playoffs? (15:45) Can the Phillies get off the treadmill of mediocrity? (21:50) Is Girardi the right guy? (29:10) Pirates' Development Plan (40:55) Are the Pirates a team to watch? (44:10) This Week In Baseball: Ryan Braun, Padres, Jake Arrieta (51:48) Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plusGet PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
BREAKING: A Baseball News Podcast - Tim (@TimJacksonSays) and TC (@tczencka) dig into MLB's "old guard," the cadre of veterans at the front of baseball's arms race. Charlie Morton's extension with the Braves kicks off this age old debate, but he's not the only old hand excelling this season. Max Scherzer, Adam Wainwright, Zack Greinke, and even Justin Verlander are defying the aging curve. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play | RSS | Join Pitcher List Plus to support the podcast and get an Ad-Free Website + access to our Discord community! Timestamps: Charlie Morton's Extension (0:00) This Week's Big Idea: Old Guys (4:30) 37-year-old Max Scherzer (6:45) 40-year-old Adam Wainwright (18:50) Mad Max vs. Waino (23:30) 37-year-old Zack Greinke (25:45) Future "Old Guys": Cole, Miley, deGrom, Stroman (32:30) This Week In Baseball: Zack Eflin, Josh Lowe, Semien/Ray, Adames/Loaisiga/Pollack (43:20) Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plusGet PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
BREAKING: A Baseball News Podcast - The Mariners keep hanging around the playoff conversation, but how are they doing it? How can a team that's subpar in almost every facet of the game put up a winning record? Have Jerry Dipoto and Scott Servais earned their extensions? Tim (@TimJacksonSays) and TC (@tczencka) revisit the deadline swap of Abraham Toro and Kendall Graveman, then look ahead to whether these Mariners can contend again next season. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play | RSS | Join Pitcher List Plus to support the podcast and get an Ad-Free Website + access to our Discord community! Timestamps: This Week's Big Idea: Those Seattle Mariners (0:39) Are the Mariners good? (01:23) Developing Mariners (08:20) Free Agent Shortstops (11:00) Revisiting the Toro/Graveman Trade (13:40) On The Farm (22:40) Forecasting 2022 (28:00) Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plusGet PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tim and TC dig into the recent hot steaks around MLB. What's brought on the changes and are these teams legit contenders? 00:00 Big Idea: What Makes A Winning Streak 01:00 Yankees' 10 In A Row 18:10 Braves 30:00 The Reds Do Their Own Thing 47:15 This Week In Baseball: LLWS, Ents, Maeda, 1B Nelson Cruz, and more! Follow TC on Twitter: @tczencka Follow Tim on Twitter: @TimJacksonSaysGet PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tim flies solo this week and talks with you about how bad a fastball can be. 00:00:30 What have fastballs been up to and how have they changed? 00:05:00 What a high fastball does 00:10:00 League average rates and flirting poorly (this is not a subtweet of Tim in high school) 00:15:00 How different orgs handle developing fastballs 00:23:00 This Week in BaseballGet PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tim and TC stay home to break down the only division in MLB that's really up for grabs the rest of the way: the NL East. 01:00 Big Idea: Whose Division Is The NL East To Lose? 05:10 Mets? 13:35 Phillies? 42:00 Braves? 46:00 This Week In Baseball: Dodgers, Padres, and more Follow TC on Twitter: @tczencka Follow Tim on Twitter: @TimJacksonSaysGet PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With the trade deadline now a few days in the rearview, Tim and TC take a moment to match deals from this deadline with trade templates from deadline's past. 01:30 The Jose Quintana Trade (2017) 11:40 The Cole Hamels Trade (2018) 20:40 The Daniel Hudson Trade (2019) 30:50 The Starling Marte Trade (2020) 45:45 World Series Impact Players Follow TC on Twitter: @tczencka Follow Tim on Twitter: @TimJacksonSaysGet PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tim and TC do their best to cover over 40 trades that took place over the two days prior to Friday's trade deadline. 0:00 Trade Deadline Primer, Thursday Evening, When Mad Max Was A Friar 6:00 The Dodgers/Nationals Blockbuster 16:15: Kris Bryant To The Giants 25:00 What Happens Now In The NL East 30:00 Did The Phillies Lose The Deadline? 52:00 Yankees Skepticism & The AL Playoff Race 58:00 DeGrom down! Follow TC on Twitter: @tczencka Follow Tim on Twitter: @TimJacksonSaysGet PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's time to put the All-Star Break behind us. TC predicts who will reveal themselves as contenders in the American League in the coming days. Later, TC is joined by Max Greenfield to talk about Joe Ross' recent improvements and his importance to the Nationals. 1:00 Goodbye All-Star Break, Hello Trade Season 4:00 Classifying Contenders vs Others, American League edition 11:00 Big Idea: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Joe Ross with Max Greenfield 28:00 Can the Nats catch the Mets? 43:30 Signing Trea Turner and Juan Soto 46:15 Rest of Season Schedule 48:55 This Week In Baseball: Home Run Derby, MLB Draft, Angels, Injuries Follow TC on Twitter: @tczencka Follow Max on Twitter @GreenfieldMax18 Follow Tim on Twitter: @TimJacksonSaysGet PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices