Welcome back to the Baseball Tonight Podcast with Buster Olney! On today’s episode, Buster is joined by ESPN Producer and Researcher for “Get Up!” Paul “Hembo” Hembekides to discuss why the Mariners’ weak strength of schedule at the and of the season should lead them into the playoffs. We’ll also discuss why the Red Sox have a historically great outfield duo in Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela. We’ll also hear from ESPN’s MLB prospect and farm system expert Kiley McDaniel on why the Brewers came in at number 1 in his latest farm system rankings, and why beauty is in the eyes of the beholder when it comes to teams’ player evaluations. All this, plus we play the numbers game with Sarah Langs, and Buster answers your questions in Bleacher Tweets.
Timecodes:
0:02 Welcome, Top of the First
2:53 Hembo joins the show!
3:34 Cooper Pratt benched for lack of hustle
7:32 Mariners fighting for a playoff spot
10:33 MLB has a competitive balance problem
15:00 Red Sox are playing great defense
19:01 Sal Stewart is an RBI machine
21:37 Andrew Painter stepping up
24:42 Mike Trout, Ernie Banks & Walker Johnson shared stat
28:42 Sarah Langs plays the numbers game
30:24 who topped Kiley McDaniel’s farm system rankings?
32:07 Did the Brewers offer enough for Tarik Skubal?
34:28 Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder when it comes to player value
42:17 The Angels take a big step forward in the rankings
46:05 Why do the Orioles' prospects constantly stall?
50:11 What direction are the Mets heading?
58:05 Bleacher Tweets
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