Yahoo Sports MLB: The Bandwagon
Dust off the bobbleheads and display your hat collection. It’s time to hop on The Bandwagon. Join Yahoo Sports’ Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer for a weekly conversation about the rapidly evolving world of baseball. From the bullpen to the front office, Hannah delivers perspectives from inside MLB organizations, and Zach goes full moneyball to provide the analytics angle as they critically dissect the stories and topics guiding baseball each week. Closing out each show, they hop on a new bandwagon and tell you the team or player for whom you should abandon your hometown allegiance and become the ultimate fair-weather fan.
Episodes
It's over! The Texas Rangers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday night in Phoenix with a 5-0 shutout and etched their names into World Series lore.
Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer report from their hotel rooms in Arizona after the jubilant and bear-soaked celebration of the Texas Rangers cementing their first World Series win in the team's history.
They chat about Game 5's epically tight pitching matchup (despite the epically n...
Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer recap the ALCS and NLCS before previewing the World Series matchup between the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks.
00:00 - Banter
01:20 - SF Giant hire Bob Melvin
18:15 - ALCS Recap
37:00 - NLCS Recap
45:35 - World Series preview
62:00 - Victory lap
Hannah and Zach kick off this episode of The Bandwagon by wondering if the World Series matchup tells the narrative story of the 2023 MLB season and then they...
The ALCS & NLCS have both completed two games and, in keeping with this postseason's apparent theme, it hasn't really been close. The Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers are both up 2-0 on the Arizona Diamondbacks and Houston Astros, respectively, and barring any major surprises, it's hard to see how they won't be facing each other in the World Series in one week's time.
Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer are back to check in on thes...
Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer are back for another episode of The Bandwagon, recapping three of the Division Series and digging into the drama between the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves after game 3.
00:00 - Introduction
00:50 - Phillies / Braves drama
14:10 - Diamondbacks sweep the Dodgers
26:20 - Rangers sweep the Orioles
35:20 - Astros defeat the Twins
43:00 - Our favorite playoff storylines
On this episode of The Bandwagon, ...
Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer break down the news of New York Mets GM Billy Eppler resigning before recapping what happened in the Wild Card round of the MLB Playoffs and previewing each of the four division series that start tomorrow.
00:00 - Banter
04:20 - Mets GM Billy Eppler resigns
08:30 - Wild Card round recap
18:25 - PREVIEW: Minnesota Twins vs. Houston Astros
24:45 - PREVIEW: Texas Rangers vs. Baltimore Orioles
36:50 - PREVIEW: A...
Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer go through all four of the MLB Wild Card series and tell you what the series is going to be about and which team neutral fans should be rooting for.
03:05 - SF Giants fire Gabe Kepler
08:10 - NY Mets fire Buck Showalter
18:55 - Toronto Blue Jays vs. Minnesota Twins
26:55 Texas Rangers vs. Tampa Bay Rays
38:45 Miami Marlins vs. Philadelphia Phillies
46:50 Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Milwaukee Brewers
On this epis...
In the last regular season episode of The Bandwagon, Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer talk about the NL MVP race and try to make sense of the wild AL West.
04:15 - Ronald Acuna joins 40-40 club
12:50 - AL West
15:55 - Rangers
26:40 - Mariners
33:20 - Blue Jays
For the last regular season episode of The Bandwagon, Hannah and Zach dig in on the incredible season Atlanta Braves OF Ronald Acuña Jr. is having. Not only is he the 5th MLB player t...
Before bandwagoning the leaders of the AL West and NL Central, Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer go through all of the MLB news of the week, including Shohei Ohtani’s sudden disappearance and infighting between the manager and front office of the San Diego Padres.
00:55 - Shohei Ohtani to the IL
08:00 - Red Sox fire Chaim Bloom
16:00 - New Rays stadium
16:55 - Padres internal drama
40:20 - BANDWAGON: Astros
53:35 - BANDWAGON: Brewers
Hannah K...
Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer go through the MLB news of the week, including a new man in charge of the New York Mets, while also previewing two more teams that are likely to be in the MLB playoffs (the Phillies & Rays).
15:00 George Kirby
25:40 BANDWAGON: Philadelphia Phillies
40:15 BANDWAGON: Tampa Bay Rays
51:40 BREAKING: Mets hire David Stearns
Before getting into the big topics of this episode, Hannah and Zach talk about visiting t...
Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer bandwagon a couple of more playoff-bound teams, this time focusing on the Twins and Orioles, but not before they break down the news of Julio Urías’ arrest and Shohei Ohtani’s photo day body double.
00:00 Banter
06:30 Shohei Ohtani
23:30 Dodgers SP Julio Urías arrested
33:25 BANDWAGON: Minnesota Twins
49:30 BANDWAGON: Baltimore Orioles
On this episode of The Bandwagon, Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer had to st...
Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer go through all of the news in a busy week for baseball before starting their team-by-team MLB playoffs preview with the two best teams in the National League: the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers.
02:00 Shohei Ohtani torn UCL
14:00 Julio Rodriguez is on a tear
26:00 GAME: Best player on a bad team
35:00 BANDWAGON: Atlanta Braves
44:00 BANDWAGON: Los Angeles Dodgers
55:30 Who would win? Braves vs. Dodge...
With the MLB playoffs just weeks away, Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer go through all 30 teams and determine if they have missed, met or exceeded expectations this season.
03:00 AL East
15:45 AL Central
27:30 AL West
37:00 NL East
47:20 NL Central
54:10 NL West
On this episode of The Bandwagon, Hannah and Zach go through all 30 MLB teams and determine if they have missed, met or exceeded expectations this season.
The New York Yankees are whe...
Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer are back with another episode of The Bandwagon, going through the MLB news of the week before going deep on the exciting AL West playoff race.
04:00 Wander Franco placed on Restricted List
09:30 Michael Lorenzen
18:30 Joey Votto has a question
27:00 Hannah’s Ballpark Game
35:00 AL West discussion
59:30 BANDWAGON: Clayton Kershaw
Hannah Keyser is in Arlington, Texas, which is not her favorite city in the world...
Yahoo Sports' Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer start off by recapping a wild week in the baseball world, including the best baseball fight in years between Jose Ramirez and Tim Anderson, New York Yankees reliever Keynan Middleton speaking on the Chicago White Sox culture, and the Yankees' piling health issues that are starting to affect their ability to contend for a World Series. Later, Hannah and Zach keep things positive by discuss...
Following the MLB trade deadline passing, Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer get together to recap the biggest moves and talk about which teams had the best (and worst) time reshaping their rosters for the playoff push.
01:15 Los Angeles Angels
04:30 New York Mets trade Scherzer & Verlander
18:10 Texas Rangers
20:40 Houston Astros
26:55 NL West - Padres/Dodgers
41:00 Chicago Cubs
42:05 Miami Marlins
44:35 New York Yankees
51:05 Zach’s favorite d...
The MLB trade deadline is still a little over a week away. Last week, Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer talked about which teams should be buying and when. This week, they play a game of “Would you rather?” when talking about the players most likely to be traded at the deadline.
02:45 BANTER
13:05 Shohei Ohtani Stay-O-Meter
19:40 WOULD YOU RATHER: Trade Deadline edition
46:00 BANDWAGON: Bryce Harper & Noah Song
Hannah and Zach start this ep...
Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer play a game to remember the first time Shohei Ohtani was a “free agent” in MLB and then talk about which teams should be buyers, sellers and everything in between heading into the trade deadline.
05:30 GAME: Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes, the prequel
20:40 MLB Trade Deadline Preview
60:00 What do you want to happen with Shohei Ohtani?
Hannah and Zach are back with a new episode of The Bandwagon, even if Hannah...
All-Star week is in the books but there was plenty of action that took place in Seattle that will have a lasting impact. Yahoo Sports MLB writers Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer recap their biggest takeaways from their trip to the Pacific northwest and what storylines from this week will shape the rest of the baseball season.
Keyser and Crizer start the pod by sharing their behind the scene observations and happenings at All-Star wee...
Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer record just before leaving for the MLB All-Star Game festivities in Seattle and use the opportunity to look back at the first half of the season, suggest changes to the All-Star Game itself and talk about Mike Trout’s broken hamate bone.
03:20 Mike Trout’s broken hamate bone
08:30 Dodgers’ pitching staff injury woes
11:30 Hannah’s game
20:20 Swipe right teams
26:50 Swipe left teams
34:30 Missed connection te...
Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer tackle the MLB news of the week, including the New York Yankees struggling with Aaron Judge out, the Tampa Bay Rays benching Wander Franco and the different paths MLB teams take to contention.
00:30 Yankees struggling without Aaron Judge
06:10 Rays bench Wander Franco for being a bad teammate
11:50 Pirates likely to trade McCutchen (again)?
16:00 MLB announces game in Birmingham, AL
18:55 The “Built Differe...
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