Barreled Up

Jim is joined by friend of the podcast Ernie Acosta to talk about the Jorge Lopez comments about the Mets being the worst team in MLB, dig into the Negro League Stats being integrated into MLB history books and go back and forth with fair or foul To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim and Robbie talk about Angel Hernandez's retirement & the best of his worst calls, the Acuna injury and what the Braves could do next & fake trade ideas that they love the most! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim hops on to discuss whether or not the latest runs by the Blue Jays and Astros are forreal or simply just a hot streak and whether of not the Royals and Phillies are simply just capitalizing on a weak strength of schedule so far this season To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim discusses the latest rumors surrounding the potential availability of Blue Jays star shortshop Bo Bichette and first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr at this year's trade deadline To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim Riley and Robbie Hyde are joined by Doug McKain (@DMAC_LA) discuss the Dodgers hot start to the season, how impactful the additions of Ohtani, Hernandez, Glasnow, and Yamamoto have been and why he is feeling confident about the Dodgers playoff and World Series hopes just over 1 month into the season, along with which NL Team(s) (outside of the Dodgers) have impressed Doug so far this season and which slow start team has the best chance to turn it around and end up in the postseason this year To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim and Robbie are joined by Doug McKain (@DMAC_LA) discuss the Dodgers hot start to the season, how impactful the additions of Ohtani, Hernandez, Glasnow, and Yamamoto have been and why he is feeling confident about the Dodgers playoff and World Series hopes just over 1 month into the season To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim and Robbie are joined by Doug McKain (@DMAC_LA) discuss which NL Team(s) (outside of the Dodgers) have impressed Doug so far this season and which slow start team has the best chance to turn it around and end up in the postseason this year To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim is joined by Tyler Ward (@WardyNYM) to give us an update on the start to the Mets season & then we dig into the teams that have started 2024 with a troubling start. Which bad starts are real? Which teams bounce back and get on track? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim and Robbie are back to discuss the Luis Arraez trade, which player(s) could be traded next, and play a game of 'Fair Or Foul' with Producer Evan To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim and Robbie are joined by their producer, Evan, to answer whether the 4 statements he makes regarding players and teams are Fair or Foul To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim discusses the Padres acquiring Luis Arraez from the Marlins, how it impacts both teams, and why it was smart for both GMs to execute this trade in May To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim Riley and Robbie Hyde are joined by Mike of Stark Raving Sports (@SRSMike) to discuss the shocking Mike Trout injury news, Jose Abreu demotion, theorize when we could see Paul Skenes make his debut, and weigh in on which teams struggling out of the gate will end up as contenders and which will end up contending for the first pick in the 2025 MLB Draft To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim and Robbie are joined by Mike of Stark Raving Sports (@SRSMike) to discuss the shocking news of Mike Trout undergoing surgery for a torn meniscus that could see him miss most of, if not all of, the remainder of the season To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim and Robbie are joined by Mike of Stark Raving Sports (@SRSMike) to discuss the shocking news of Jose Abreu accepting a demotion from the Astros to Single-A in order to regain confidence and find his swing again after early season struggles To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Robbie Hyde is joined by Red Sox Broadcaster Lou Merloni to discuss the Red Sox current lot in life, relive the glory days, and whether this could be Alex Cora's last season in Boston To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim Riley discusses the season sweeps that have occurred with the Mets sweeping the Pirates, Mariners sweeping the Reds, Braves sweeping the Astros, and the Blue Jays almost sweeping the Yankees To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim Riley and Robbie Hyde discuss the Red Sox-Orioles and Royals-Astros series sweeps, Jordan Montgomery's decision to fire Scott Boras, the latest on the federal investigation into the Ohtani-Ippei Gambling Scandal, and look forward to what upcoming series stand out to them To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim Riley and Robbie Hyde discuss which fanbases should be panicking with their teams early results, the Orioles calling up top prospect Jackson Holliday, Trevor Story going down with a season ending injury again, and Ohtani's interpreter Ippei Mizuhara pleading guilty to his gambling crimes To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim and Robbie are joined by Ryan Ripken (@ryanripken) to play a rapid fire game of fair or foul To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim and Robbie are joined by Ryan Ripken (@ryanripken) to discuss the drastically different starts to the 2024 season from the 2 New York teams To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices