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Baseball Barista | The Wild AL Wild Card Race, Are the Cardinals peaking too soon & Giants-Dodgers NL West battle

Baseball Barista | The Wild AL Wild Card Race, Are the Cardinals peaking too soon & Giants-Dodgers NL West battle

FromThe Windup


Baseball Barista | The Wild AL Wild Card Race, Are the Cardinals peaking too soon & Giants-Dodgers NL West battle

FromThe Windup

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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Sep 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Baseball Barista with Hunter Pence & Grant Brisbee have a fresh pot of baseball takes for the last week week of baseball's regular season. The guys talk about the crazy AL Wild Card race, if the Cardinals are peaking too soon & the Dodgers and Giants battle for the NL West. The AL Wild Card race is getting really tight with only 5 games remaining in the regular season. The Mariners are right on the outside looking in and Hunter thinks they have a real shot to make a run if they get in. The Cardinals have been absolutely scorching the last few weeks and have clinched the last NL Wild Card spot. The guys talk about if they think the Cards are peaking too soon before the Playoffs. They talk about if teams still playing for something should be scared of a team that has nothing to lose and is just playing spoiler. They breakdown who they would pick from each team to start a 1 game Wild Card winner take all game. And they give their thoughts on the Giants & Dodgers battling it out to see who wins the NL West and who is the #1 Wild Card team.

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Follow Grant on Twitter: @GrantBrisbee

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Released:
Sep 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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The Athletic's flagship baseball podcast features some of the best writers and thinkers in the game. Ken Rosenthal, Jayson Stark, Doug Glanville, Britt Ghiroli, Eno Sarris, Keith Law, Andy McCullough, Grant Brisbee, Derek VanRiper, Tim McMaster and more come together five days per week to guide you through the Major League Baseball season. With rumors, analytics, trivia, prospects, and big name interviews, we've got you covered from Spring Training through the World Series.