The Windup: A show about Baseball

<p>The Athletic's flagship baseball podcast features some of the best writers and thinkers in the game. With rumors, analytics, trivia, prospects, rankings and big name interviews, we've got you covered from Spring Training through the World Series. MONDAY: Starkville with Jayson Stark & Doug Glanville | WEDNESDAY: The Roundtable with Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough and Marc Carig | FRIDAY: Nesbitt and Friends</p>

The Roundtable | Winter Meetings Day 3 news & rumors

Welcome to The Roundtable! Tim Britton & Fabian Ardaya join Andy and Grant live from the Winter Meetings in Dallas. The guys talk about what has happened since Monday at the Winter Meetings and where teams have pivoted since Soto signed with the Mets. They also give some updates on some of the big news of the week and rumors floating around. -Follow Grant on X/Twitter: @GrantBrisbee -Follow Andy on X/Twitter: @ByMcCullough -Follow Tim on X/Twitter: @TimBritton -Follow Fabian on X/Twitter: @FabianArdaya Hosts: Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough, Tim Britton & Fabian Ardaya Executive Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12-11
47:49

The Walkoff | Agent Joel Wolfe holds court at the Winter Meetings

Welcome to The Walkoff with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. The guys are live from the Winter Meetings in Dallas! They talk about agent Joel Wolfe's conversation with writers earlier today at the Winter Meetings. They talk about Wolfe's comments on Sasaki, Arenado, Senga and a few others. They also give a prediction on what big name could sign or get traded on Tuesday. -Follow Stephen on X/Twitter: @stephenjnesbitt -Follow Chad on X/Twitter: @ChadJennings22 Hosts: Stephen Nesbitt & Chad Jennings Executive Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12-10
53:13

The Roundtable | Juan Soto Signs with Mets

Welcome to The Roundtable! The guys are live from the Winter Meetings in Dallas. The Athletic's Cardinals writer Katie Woo & Astros writer Chandler Rome join the show. They talk about Juan Soto signing with the Mets and what is next for the other teams that missed out on him. They also break down what the Cardinals and Astros might do this offseason. -Follow Grant on X/Twitter: @GrantBrisbee -Follow Andy on X/Twitter: @ByMcCullough -Follow Katie on X/Twitter: @katiejwoo -Follow Chandler on X/Twitter: @Chandler_Rome Hosts: Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough, Katie Woo & Chandler Rome Executive Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12-09
53:29

The Walkoff | Winter Meetings Preview & Some Breaking News

Welcome to The Walkoff with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. The guys preview the upcoming Winter Meetings and break a little news during the show. They also talk about the Golden At Bat idea that has been talked a lot about this week and they talk about what to look forward to during the Winter Meetings in Dallas,Texas next week -Follow Stephen on X/Twitter: @stephenjnesbitt -Follow Chad on X/Twitter: @ChadJennings22 Hosts: Stephen Nesbitt & Chad Jennings Executive Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12-05
45:19

The Roundtable | Does MLB need some kind of a salary cap?

Welcome to The Roundtable! Sam Miller is in this week with Andy and Grant. They talk about if they think MLB needs to change the contract signing structure of contracts in the league and not allow superteams to be made by cash rich owners. Would a salary cap help the playing field be a more even for the small market teams. This all comes from the Dodgers signing Blake Snell last week. -Follow Grant on X/Twitter: @GrantBrisbee -Follow Andy on X/Twitter: @ByMcCullough -Follow Sam on X/Twitter: @SamMillerBB Hosts: Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough & Sam Miller Executive Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12-04
47:56

Starkville | Buster Posey talks about his new position with the Giants & what's next for the team

Starkville | New Giants President of Baseball Operations Buster Posey joins Starkville this week. He talks about his new role with the team, what he thinks about the team's past few off-seasons, what he thinks he wants the team to look like, if he thinks about making the Hall of Fame and much much more. Trivia question from Brian Medansky- Since the beginning of division-play era, there have been 3 pitchers to do the following in the same season: 1. Win the Cy Young award and 2. Start the final game of the World Series for the winning team... can you name them? Follow Jayson on Twitter: @jaysonst Follow Doug on Twitter: @DougGlanville Hosts: Jayson Stark & Doug Glanville Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11-25
51:34

The Roundtable | Who actually has a shot to sign Juan Soto?

Welcome to The Roundtable! Sam Miller is in this week with Andy and Grant. They talk about if the MLB awards week is actually exciting or not, what are the Giants doing, what's the latest on Juan Soto and what to make of the Rays being interested in Soto, supposedly. -Follow Grant on X/Twitter: @GrantBrisbee -Follow Andy on X/Twitter: @ByMcCullough -Follow Sam on X/Twitter: @SamMillerBB Hosts: Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough & Sam Miller Executive Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11-21
50:12

The Walkoff | Early Offseason & Award Season Thoughts

Welcome to The Walkoff with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. The guys break down some of the big stories of the early offseason. It is award season, so the guys give their thoughts on who might win some of the big awards. They also talk about the new Hall of Fame candidates and talk about some of the other big stories of the past few weeks. -Follow Stephen on X/Twitter: @stephenjnesbitt -Follow Chad on X/Twitter: @ChadJennings22 Hosts: Stephen Nesbitt & Chad Jennings Executive Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11-19
52:06

Starkville | Athletic Beat Writer Offseason Preview & Predictions

Starkville | The Athletic's Dodger beat writer Fabian Ardaya, Phillies beat writer Matt Gelb & Yankees beat writer Brendan Kuty join Starkville this week to preview the upcoming offseason and give some predictions on where some of the big names will go, who will surprise and who will spend the most. Trivia question from Natan Tamari- In the seasons 2021-2024, there were 6 pitchers to throw 720+ innings (180 per season), and have a total ERA below 4.00. Can you name them? Follow Jayson on Twitter: @jaysonst Follow Doug on Twitter: @DougGlanville Hosts: Jayson Stark & Doug Glanville Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11-11
01:06:46

The Roundtable | Final thoughts on the Dodgers winning the World Series & some offseason talk

Welcome to The Roundtable! The Athletic's Dodgers writer Fabian Ardaya is in this week with Andy and Grant. They talk the Dodgers winning the World Series and if was really that surprising. Also, they talk about where some of the big name free agents might land this offseason and what is the Giants plan with Buster Posey leading the front office. -Follow Grant on X/Twitter: @GrantBrisbee -Follow Andy on X/Twitter: @ByMcCullough -Follow Fabian on X/Twitter: @FabianArdaya Hosts: Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough & Fabian Ardaya Executive Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11-08
49:43

The Walkoff | Breaking down the MLB Top 40 Free Agent Big Board

Welcome to The Walkoff with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. The guys break down The Athletic's MLB Top 40 Free Agent Big Board article that just came out today. They talk about some of the big names in the Top 10 and where they could go and they look for some possible sleeper players that could really help out some teams. Here is the the Top 40 Free Agent Big Board article- https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5891633/2024/11/07/2024-25-mlb-top-40-free-agmlb-top-40-free-agents-2024-big-boardent-big-board-welcome-to-the-juan-soto-sweepstakes/ -Follow Stephen on X/Twitter: @stephenjnesbitt -Follow Chad on X/Twitter: @ChadJennings22 Hosts: Stephen Nesbitt & Chad Jennings Executive Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11-07
46:06

The Walkoff | Dodgers win the World Series

Welcome to The Walkoff with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. The guys talk about the Dodgers winning the World Series in 5 games vs the Yankees. They talk about all the stars who did their thing and the role players who stepped up. They talk about the amazing story of Freddie Freeman's season that ends with the World Series MVP trophy. Also, they talk about what is next for the Yankees and Dodgers this offseason. -Follow Stephen on X/Twitter: @stephenjnesbitt -Follow Chad on X/Twitter: @ChadJennings22 Hosts: Stephen Nesbitt & Chad Jennings Executive Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11-01
54:53

The Roundtable | Yankees stay alive, but for how long

Welcome to The Roundtable! Sam Miller is in this week with Andy and Grant. They talk the Yankees big Game 4 win to stay alive in the series, why is Judge struggling and what have we really learned so far from the first 4 games. Also, they try to explain the crazy fan interaction with Mookie Betts in Game 4 when a fan tried to steal Mookie's glove. -Follow Grant on X/Twitter: @GrantBrisbee -Follow Andy on X/Twitter: @ByMcCullough -Follow Sam on X/Twitter: @SamMillerBB Hosts: Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough & Sam Miller Executive Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-30
52:02

Starkville | Ned Colletti & Sean Casey review the 1st 2 games of the World Series

Starkville | Ned Colletti & Sean Casey join Starkville this week to talk about where things stand after 2 game of the World Series between the Dodgers and Yankees. They talk about the struggles of Aaron Judge, Ohtani's injury, if the Dodgers pitching is a concern for the rest of the series, how much they think Soto will make this offseason and where he might end up. Strange But True- Freddie Freeman hits an insane walk-off grand slam to win Game 1 of the World Series for the Dodgers. Lot's of strange, but true tidbits came out of it. Trivia will return after the MLB Postseason Follow Jayson on Twitter: @jaysonst Follow Doug on Twitter: @DougGlanville Hosts: Jayson Stark & Doug Glanville Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-28
51:47

The Walkoff | True or False- World Series Edition

Welcome to The Walkoff with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. The guys play a game of True or False about the upcoming World Series between the Yankees & Dodgers. Also, they talk about the passing of Fernando Valenzuela, what hat will Juan Soto wear in the Hall of Fame and they give their predictions for the World Series and who will be the MVP. -Follow Stephen on X/Twitter: @stephenjnesbitt -Follow Chad on X/Twitter: @ChadJennings22 Hosts: Stephen Nesbitt & Chad Jennings Executive Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-25
50:37

The Roundtable | Yankees-Dodgers World Series breakdown & Fernando Valenzuela passes away

Welcome to The Roundtable! The Athletic's Dodgers writer Fabian Ardaya is in this week with Grant and Andy. They breakdown the Yankees-Dodgers World Series match-up and talk about the passing of Fernando Valenzuela. -Follow Grant on X/Twitter: @GrantBrisbee -Follow Andy on X/Twitter: @ByMcCullough -Follow Fabian on X/Twitter: @FabianArdaya Hosts: Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough & Fabian Ardaya Executive Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-23
49:15

Starkville | David Cone & Jerry Hairston Jr preview the Dodgers-Yankees World Series

Starkville | David Cone & Jerry Hairston Jr join Starkville this week to talk about the World Series match-up between the Yankees & Dodgers. They talk about the crazy star power in this series, how this is a big World Series for MLB, they break down the epic Juan Soto homer from Game 5 and how Ohtani vs Judge is gonna make this series even more special Strange But True- In Game 5 of the NLCS, the Mets didn't strike out in the entire game vs the Dodgers. Even some of the Mets players didn't realize it until after the game. Trivia will return after the MLB Postseason Follow Jayson on Twitter: @jaysonst Follow Doug on Twitter: @DougGlanville Hosts: Jayson Stark & Doug Glanville Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-22
01:01:20

The Walkoff | Feliz Navidad!

Welcome to The Walkoff with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. This week, we’re talking about the LCS round of the MLB playoffs, the amazing homerun call from the Guardians walkoff win over the Yankees, and check in on the Mets and Dodgers. -Follow Stephen on X/Twitter: @stephenjnesbitt -Follow Chad on X/Twitter: @ChadJennings22 Hosts: Stephen Nesbitt & Chad Jennings Executive Producer: Brian Smith Producer: Dave DuFour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-18
53:19

The Roundtable | Some interesting managerial decisions this postseason

Welcome to The Roundtable! Sam Miller is in this week with Andy and Grant. They talk about how some of the hot take of the postseason have been cold, some of the interesting managerial decisions that have happened so far, how the ALCS has been kinda boring and they try to explain the Monty Hall Problem to Andy. -Follow Grant on X/Twitter: @GrantBrisbee -Follow Andy on X/Twitter: @ByMcCullough -Follow Sam on X/Twitter: @SamMillerBB Hosts: Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough & Sam Miller Executive Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-16
50:26

Starkville | Ron Darling & Jeff Francoeur talk about the NL and AL Championship Series

Starkville | Ron Darling and Jeff Francoeur join Starkville this week. You can hear them on the call of the ALCS. They break down both series. they talk about what has surprised them so far in the postseason, if Judge's playoff struggles are a concern, the crazy run the Dodgers pitching has been on and much more. Strange But True-2 insane grand slams win playoff games in the last week. Very strange, but very true. Trivia will return after the MLB Postseason Follow Jayson on Twitter: @jaysonst Follow Doug on Twitter: @DougGlanville Hosts: Jayson Stark & Doug Glanville Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-14
53:58

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Kenneth Browning

I was wondering if they were ever going to get around to talking about other teams than just the Dodgers. if you want to skip them drooling iver the Dodgers, you have to skip the first 15 minutes of this 51 minute show.

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Anthony SomeguyVT

listened to all the post #worldseries breakdowns. this one is one of the very best! focus on all things lining up for the #braves to win the title- great review & highly recommended!

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