Summary[]
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about another brawl involving a baseball, the still-sky-high home-run rate, and Jon Lester's successful pickoff, then revisit their preseason playoff-team picks to decide which ones they would change.
Topics[]
- Revisiting playoff predictions
- New York Yankees & Aaron Judge
- Resting pitchers mid-season
- AL Wild Card race
- Chicago Cubs' defense and losses from 2016
- NL Wild Card
- Colorado Rockies
Banter[]
- Hitters are on pace this year to hit 5,993 home runs. This is over 300 more than the previous record.
- Episode 1066 follow-up: There was another minor league brawl in 2008 involving the Dayton Dragons where a ball was thrown at players.
- Jon Lester successfully picked off a runner over the weekend. He received a standing ovation afterwards. (In Episode 1163, catcher Willson Contreras explains how he got Lester to do it.)
Final Notes[]
- Matt Albers was pulled from a game one out away from recording a save. This would have been a nail-biter a few months ago, but now it is hardly remarkable at all.
Notes[]
- Ben says that he would not make any changes yet to his predicted division winners.
- Both Ben and Jeff think that the Rockies and Diamondbacks will be the NL Wild Card teams.
- This year the Rockies are 15-13 at home and 21-10 on the road. This goes against a long history of having a much better home than away record.