The Windup: A show about Baseball
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 friends Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Starkville | Former Twins GM Thad Levine joins us this week on Starkville. He gives us a behind the curtain look as a former GM during the Trade Deadline. He talks about how it was different this year for him, the Twins blowing things up with many trades, if he was surprised Correa was traded back to the Astros and he gives a few scouting reports on the top GMs in baseball.
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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. The guys break down if they think the Yankees are sleepwalking thru some of the season and why they making so many mental errors. Also, they talk about if players actually know what the Infield Fly Rule is, why there is a lack of fundamentals in The MLB and why they think the Brewers are succeeding this season.
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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. The guys break down a very active MLB Trade Deadline that ended on Thursday. They talk about the most surprising moves and what didn't they expect to happen. Also, they talk about the Houston-Correa reunion in Houston, AJ Preller doing his usual magic and what to make of the Mariners moves.
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Starkville | Phillies Owner John Middleton joins us this week in Starkville. He talks about the passing of Ryne Sandberg, what they might do at the Trade Deadline, how they will do whatever it takes to bring back Kyle Schwarber, Dick Allen finally getting into the HOF and much more.
Strange But True: A's 1B Nick Kurtz might have had the best game every in baseball history. You be the judge.
Trivia: Question from Paul Bauer: S...
Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. Sam breaks down his idea of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the MLB season and when do they start and end. Also, the Emmanuel Clase gambling story breaks during the episode and they talk about Nick Kurtz going off this weekend.
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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. The guys talk about how Andy eliminated the D-backs last show with his thoughts. Also, they talk about the best player who could be traded and what they each really want to see happen at the Trade Deadline.
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<...Starkville | Former OF Mike Cameron joins us this week in Starkville. He tells many stories about his former teammate Ichiro Suzuki on and off the field. He talks about how Ichiro was something we have never seen before in baseball, how he made him a better player, what Ichiro was like off the field and much much more.
Strange But True: A game ends in extra innings on a walk-off catchers interference, yeah you read that cor...
Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. The guys talk about Ronald Acuña's insane throw this weekend and where does it rank amongst the all-time great throws. Also, they talk about if they think the Arizona D-backs should be buyers or sellers at the Trade Deadline.
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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. The guys give some first half takeaways and their thoughts on the All-Star Game & swing off to end it. Also, they talk about if the Big Dumper can wrestle the MVP away from Aaron Judge and they talk about things they are excited for in the second half of the season
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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. The guys debate if there is a dropped 3rd strike and not running it out epidemic in baseball. Also, they break down what they think of the Cubs and if they need to make a few big moves before the Trade Deadline.
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Starkville | Future Hall of Famer Billy Wagner joins Starkville this week. He talks about how excited he is for his upcoming induction into the HOF, what he’s looking forward to the most during that weekend, how he knows it will be emotional, but wants to sit back and take it all in and much much more.
Strange But True: A major league debut at the plate starts with a catchers interference and its a very rare thing to happen.
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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. The guys talk about if All-Star snubs and flubs really an important thing to talk about since of them will be named to the ASG this week. Also, they discuss the Nationals make some big moves this weekend by firing their GM and Manager and if strikeout milestones and records are gonna be harder to break in the future. And some spe...
Starkville | Cubs Catcher Carson Kelly joins us this week in Starkville. He talks about how special it would be to be named an All-Star, why he decided to sign with the Cubs, the changes in the catching position, growing up as a Cubs fan, how special he thinks his team can be this season and much more.
Strange But True: The Orioles have a 0 sandwich in a game last week where they hit 3 homers in a row and still lost.
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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. Sam is on vacation this week, so The Athletic's Astros writer Chandler Rome joins the boys. They try to figure out how the Astros are doing their usual Astro thing when everyone didn't think they could do it coming into the season. Also, they talk about if anyone likes and/or understands the All-Star voting and they "break" some ...
Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. Sam is on vacation this week, so Andy and Grant are ready to take you on a fun baseball ride. They talk about how the Rays are doing Rays things again, but in a surprising different way. They also talk about what's going on with the Giants since they got Rafael Devers and they tell the tale of Richard "Dickie" Lovelady.
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Starkville | Phillies President of Baseball Ops Dave Dombrowski joins us this week in Starkville. He gives his thoughts on how the Phils are looking so far this season, is the window closing on the current roster, how he prepares for the Trade Deadline, how he likes to put together a roster, what spots can they improve the team at the deadline, what's the future of a few of their upcoming free agents and much more.
Strange But T...
Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. Sam is on vacation this week, so Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic joins the boys. They talk about what the D-backs might do at the trade deadline, what to make of Ohtani's return to the mound and how insanely hot is the Big Dumper Cal Raleigh.
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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. Grant is back from vacation and gives his thoughts on the the Giants big trade for Rafael Devers. Also, the guys talk about how the Dodgers-Padres series almost came to blows this week and they discuss what is going on in Washington with the Nationals.
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Starkville | Dodgers Pitching Coach and Doug's former teammate Mark Prior joins us this week in Starkville. Doug & Mark talk about the crazy 2003 season they had with the Cubs, how that season helped him a lot in his career, his thoughts on the change in mechanics & analytics in baseball, how amazing Ohtani is to be able to pitch and hit, what he still really loves about the game and much more.
From the Dougout: Doug giv...
Welcome to The Roundtable! Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories, while Grant is enjoying a day off. The guys talk about the major blockbuster trade of Rafael Devers to the Giants. They give the ins and outs of the deal and who they think "won" the trade and if it was a good deal for both sides,
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