The Windup: A show about Baseball

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

July 18, 2025 48 mins

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...

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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 ...

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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 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.


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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 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...

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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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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 the Hunter Dobbins story took an interesting turn earlier this week and who knows what to believe. Also, the guys break down their homework assignment of watching the Tigers this week and trying to figure out how they have the best record in The MLB.


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Starkville | Brewers Manager Pat Murphy joins us this week in Strarkville. He talks about how he motivated the team after a slow start, adapting to losing some key players during the offseason, old school vs new school style of managing, how the Brewers front office doesn't interfere with how he runs the team, dedicating the season to Bob Uecker and much much more.


Strange But True: A strange, but true special pop-up that you ha...

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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 go in depth breaking down about how the starting pitcher is back in baseball and some interesting numbers back that up.


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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 it is time to be concerned about Spencer Strider's start to the season and the Braves early season struggles. They also explain more of Juan Soto's expected stats and they talk about The MLB's hottest team, the Colorado Rockies!


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Starkville | Seattle Mariners GM Justin Holander joins us this week in Starkville. He talks about the M’s strong start to the season, how hard it was to fire a good friend like Scott Servais, Cal Raleigh taking a big step this season, deciding not to trade some of their young pitching during the offseason, his interesting path to baseball and much more.


Strange But True: The Nationals go crazy to start a game vs Arizona thi...

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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 Corbin Burnes getting hurt this weekend and if the Orioles better about not signing him. Also, they talk about what they thought Coby Mayo was thinking this weekend and the Royals bringing up top prospect Jac Caglianone.


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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 what they missed in the MLB since their last show, why they think Juan Soto is struggling and why does Andy dislike the Savannah Bananas so much.


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Starkville | MLB Network Radio's Mike Ferrin joins the boys this week in Starkville. They discuss The Athletic's MLB All-Quarter Century Team piece that came out a few days ago. They talk about some of the big names that made and didn't make the team, should it be Jeter or A-Rod at SS, should Barry Bonds be on the team, who would be part of their pitching rotation and much more.


Strange But True: An insane walk-off happens in th...

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