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Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 31 - The Myth Of The Stolen BaseWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Welcome to Episode 31, Season 2, today we are going to talk about, "The Myth of Stolen Base”…Myth? Really?Has the Stolen Base become more popular since the new rule changes?Yes, Major League Baseball (MLB) has seen a significant increase in stolen bases since the implementation of the pitch clock and other related rule changes in the 2023 season. This surge is a direct result of several interconnected rule modifications designed to speed up the game and inject more action.Th...
2025-08-2219 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 30 - The Window of OpportunityWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Welcome to Episode 30, Season 2, where we dive into the concept of the “Window of Opportunity.” Every team gets a shot—a limited stretch where their current roster has the talent, chemistry, and form to truly contend for a World Series. Thanks to free agency and rising contracts, for most teams, this prime window lasts about five years. We’re not talking about teams simply staying competitive. We’re talking about those rare moments when everything aligns, and a team can go all the way. This is th...
2025-08-1519 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 29 - BLOWN Saves UpdateWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.BLOWN Saves UpdateHowdy, Howdy and welcome to Moe’s World - The Baseball Podcast. We're excited to bring you our latest episode. Your feedback is important to us, so please feel free to share your comments. If you enjoy the podcast, spread the word to your friends.In our 29th Episode of Season 2, we are gonna the status of the BLOWN Saves leaders.Team Leaders in BLOWN Saves From July 11...
2025-08-0817 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason2 - Episode28 - Trade Deadline Results/ A's StatusWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Trade Deadline ResultsHowdy, Howdy and welcome to Moe’s World - The Baseball Podcast. We're excited to bring you our latest episode. Your feedback is important to us, so please feel free to share your comments. If you enjoy the podcast, spread the word to your friends.In our 28th Episode of Season 2, we are gonna talk about the Trade Deadline Results and the status of the team formally known as the Oakland A’s.
2025-08-0117 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 27 - Swing SpeedWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 27th Episode of Season 2, we are gonna talk about Swing Speed, does it really mean anything.We now have tons of data on the swing of the hitters. Slow and short swings, swings that accelerate quickly, swings that accelerate much slower. Let’s take a look at some swings of some popular players:Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Yordan AlvarezThese hitters have something in common. They are very efficient to the ball and have a high bat sp...
2025-07-2517 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 26 - All-Star Game/ Old Timers' DayWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 26th Episode of Season 2, we are going to talk just a little about the All-Star Game and the concept of an Old Timers Day.So… what did you think of the AllStar game? I still think if you are voted in you should stay in the game at least 3 innings, especially if you are playing in your home teams park. Acuna seemed to be just disappear this game? Did you like the new HR SwingOff format? Game was boring for th...
2025-07-1820 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 25 - BLOWN Saves Update/ Atlanta All Star GameWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 25th Episode of Season 2, we are going to update our theme topic this year … BLOWN Saves. In our Episode 16 of BLOWN SAVES back in May our leaders were:Red Sox - 8, Phillies - 8, Cardinals - 7, Cubs - 7, Diamondbacks - 7, Dodgers - 7 How do we look now? Players with the most BLOWN Saves:Tanner Scott (Dodgers) - 6 - 18 SavesAndrés Munoz (Mariners) - 6 - 21 Saves Shelby Miller...
2025-07-1123 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 24 - July 4th Already?!We love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 24th episode of Season 2, we are welcoming July 4th weekend already! Wow, where do we stand? The first half of the season has brought us many twists and turns. Numerous teams have been Hot AND Cold. The Phillies, Mets, Cardinals, Brewers, Padres, Giants, Diamondbacks, Yankees, Rays, Blue Jays, Red Sox, Royals, Twins, Mariners and even the A’s.So let’s look at the current standings and what we think...
2025-07-0417 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 23 - Contracts...Did You Know?We love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 23rd episode of Season 2, we will discuss the various contract options available to players who sign a minor league contract. This past Sunday, I came across the news that the Atlanta Braves have released catcher James McCann, who was playing for their Triple-A affiliate, the Gwinnett Stripers. This news made me wonder: why on earth would the Braves make this decision? McCann had been with the Stripers all season and was their best and most consistent hitter. During his time w...
2025-06-2716 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 22 - BaseballWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 22nd episode of Season 2, we're diving deep into baseball. Let's begin with a recap from our 16th episode, which focused on the year's theme: blown saves. Yes, it's become quite a phenomenon! As of May 6, 2025, the teams leading in blown saves were: Red Sox: 8 - Phillies: 8 - Cardinals: 7 - Cubs: 7 - Diamondbacks: 7 - Dodgers: 7 The most BLOWN SAVES currently are: Phillies: 15 - Athletics: 15 - Diamondbacks: 14 - Red Sox: 14 - Pirates: 13 - Tw...
2025-06-2015 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 21 - Hot or ColdWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 21st Episode of Season 2, we are going to talk about players who are HOT… and players who are COLD. First though let’s talk about the teams first.As far as who's hot or cold, I guess we gotta look at the Toronto Blue Jays first. They've been kinda hot as the are 8 - 2, in their last 10. They have inched up the standings to only 4 games out. The Tampa Bay Rays have been pretty warm as well. These are two team...
2025-06-1328 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 20 - The Demise of the Yankee AuraWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 20th Episode of Season 2, we are going to tackle the subject that most Yankee fans do not want to hear. Are the Yankees done as a dynasty or take that back is the aura of the New York Yankees finished?The Yankees do not intimidate like they used to, they don’t even get the free agents that they desire, so what is it? What happened? Did the rest of the league catch up? Yes that is what it is. Th...
2025-06-0619 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 19 - Future Free AgentsWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 19th Episode of Season 2, we are going to investigate some of the FREE AGENTS that will possibly be available at the end of this year.The ListJuan Soto, Corbin Burnes, Pete Alonso, Blake Snell, Alex Bregman, Willy Adames and Max Fried were some of the top players who reached free agency after the 2024 season.But what about future free-agent classes? Is it too early to discuss ? If you are the Baltimore Orioles perhaps...
2025-05-3025 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 18 - Playin' To The CardWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 18th Episode of Season 2, we are going to ask you if you ever heard the term, “Playin’ To The Card”.Players of the Past 10 YearsAaron Judge - 2016 - Debut at age 24 - 1039 Games Played - Career WAR 56.3His Card: Avg. .291 - Runs 100 - 2B 24 - 3B 1 - HR 45 - RBI 101 - GP 134 - OPS+ 180Mike Trout - 2011 - Debut at age 19 - 1547 Games Played...
2025-05-2323 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 17 - Podcast Look BackWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 17th Episode of Season 2, we are going to look into some of our past episodes that are in the news…We call this episode “Podcast Look Back”.The fun thing about doing some of these podcast is how some episodes topics pop up from time to time. This episode I wanted to touch on a few HOT topics in the news of late. Obviously you know the number one topic I am talking about. Pete Rose’s ineligibility status i...
2025-05-1615 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 16 - Bullpen BLOWN SavesWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 16th episode of Season 2, we are going to talk about the BLOWN SAVES.I thought about this topic after watching the Yankees BLOW another win late in the game to the San Diego Padres, losing 3-2 on Monday night. Are the starting pitchers contributing to more bullpens imploding? It seems every other game some team implodes giving up 5+ runs in an inning to knock themselves out of a game. Games tied 2-2 entering the top of the 6th...
2025-05-0923 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 15 - Donnie BaseballWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 15th episode of Season 2, we are going to discuss a portion of MLB known as… Donnie Baseball.Don Mattingly was Donnie Baseball. His career with the New York Yankees spanned from 1982 - 1995. In his short career dominance he led the league in 14 Offensive catagories and 16 Defensive categories. Now I’m not here to spew about why he is NOT in the Hall of Fame. I think I have made my statistical mandates pretty clear in my past podcast- Seas...
2025-05-0113 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2- Episode 14 - SalariesWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Howdy, Howdy and welcome to Moe’s World - The Baseball Podcast. We're excited to bring you our latest episode. Your feedback is important to us, so please feel free to share your comments. If you enjoy the podcast, spread the word to your friends.In our 14th episode of Season 2, how about we dive into the insane world of… SALARIES.Let us look at some of the top payrolls first in MLB. Not a big surp...
2025-04-2520 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2- Episode 13 - The Young GunsWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Howdy, Howdy, and welcome to Moe’s World - The Baseball Podcast. We're excited to bring you our latest episode. Your feedback is important to us, so please feel free to share your comments. If you enjoy the podcast, spread the word to your friends.In our 13th episode of Season 2, let’s look into the Young Guns…..It seems every team has a potential star to lock into, which is awesome. Let’s look at each team's young st...
2025-04-1827 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 12 - The MLB Fan?We love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 12th episode of Season 2, Let’s dive into…Who Are The Fans of MLB?As I have mentioned many times, I have been a fan of baseball my entire life. As a kid, we grew up with baseball. We played all during the summer, we collected baseball cards, put the shitty ones in our spokes on our bikes to sound cool, and played in Little League. That was how you grew to love the game. I kinda get a kic...
2025-04-1120 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 11 - Injury ListWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Howdy, Howdy, and welcome to Moe’s World - The Baseball Podcast. We're excited to bring you our latest episode. Your feedback is important to us, so please feel free to share your comments. If you enjoy the podcast, spread the word to your friends.In our 11th episode of Season 2, let’s talk about the Injured List already.An unbelievable total of 268 players are starting the season on the IL. Players out for the season already include Jord...
2025-04-0412 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 10 - Opening Day!/ Oldest StadiumsWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Howdy, Howdy and welcome to Moe’s World - The Baseball Podcast. We're excited to bring you our latest episode. Your feedback is important to us, so please feel free to share your comments. If you enjoy the podcast, spread the word to your friends.In our 10th episode of Season 2, Opening Day! And the Oldest Stadiums.Thursday March 27 was opening day for most teams. MLB had 14 games begin the season as the Yankees vs Brewers got us st...
2025-03-2819 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 9 - The Uecker LineWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Howdy, Howdy and welcome to Moe’s World - The Baseball Podcast. We're excited to bring you our latest episode. Your feedback is important to us, so please feel free to share your comments. If you enjoy the podcast, spread the word to your friends and subscribe.In our 9th episode of Season 2, we ask the question… Is Batting Average DEAD?MLB Batting averages have dropped in the past 5 years, and are at the lowest point in 50 years! Why...
2025-03-2126 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 8 - The Future of the CBAWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.CBA Expires Dec. 1, 2026 atThe current CBA expires on Dec. 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is grappling with a dramatic change in the media rights landscape that will alter how the league does business and set the stage for nasty labor negotiations with the players when the current CBA expires at the end of the 2026 season. The dividing lines are already forming ahead of the 2026 expiration of Major League Baseball's collective bargaining agreement, and...
2025-03-1417 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 7 - The Rays & A's?We love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our seventh episode of Season 2, let’s discuss where the Tampa Bay Rays and A’s are playing this year.So obviously you have heard all the talk about the Tampa Bay Rays playing in Tampa this year but at the NY Yankees spring Training facility and Single-A home of the Tampa Yankees. This is NOT a typical Single A spring training site, it’s the NY Yankees, so it is probably better than anything the Rays are used to in the sp...
2025-03-0714 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 6 - Braves? Return to Form?We love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 6th episode of Season 2, we are going to talk a little bit about the Braves. Can they return to their 2021 World Series team dominance?Since we had our Roadtrip episode in Episode 5 I was thinking that the Braves have a lot of their minor league affiliates close. Then I realized the Atlanta Braves and Seattle Mariners are ONLY MLB teams with their top minor league affiliate in the same metropolitan area as the major league city. | Org | T...
2025-02-2824 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2 - Episode 5 - The BEST MLB ValuesWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 5th episode of Season 2, we will talk about values…AND roadtrips!Have you ever tried to get tickets to your hometown team if that includes maybe the Red Sox, Phillies, Yankees, Mets, Dodgers, Braves and a lot of other teams that charge a pricey ticket? It’s tough, you want to take your family or friends, but you don’t want to really sit up in the rafters. Good decent tickets can be expensive for many people. Well this podcast may be...
2025-02-2113 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2- Episode 4 - Spring Training 2025We love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 4th episode of Season 2, we will dive into the start of Spring Training 2025!Wow, lots of changes during this past offseason. I’m a bit of a snot head today so sorry about my voice. Seems like forever since the Dodgers beat the Yankees in the World Series, especially for Yankee fans. Did the Dodgers sign EVERYBODY, or it just seems that way? What are SOME things that are new this offseason:Juan Soto is...
2025-02-1422 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2- Episode 3- Steroids - 30 Years LaterWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our third episode of Season 2, we will discuss a subject that can be considered taboo: Steroids. It’s time to address this issue, especially with the recent Hall of Fame candidates back in the spotlight. Alright, let’s dive in!Steroids... It's often seen as a dirty secret in sports, right? However, it's been 30 years since the fallout from this issue. We now have fans who were born long after this era and who may not know much about it...
2025-02-0718 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2- Episode 2 - Season in ReviewWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In the 2nd Episode of Season 2, we want to take a moment to reflect on our first season. We thoroughly enjoyed presenting each episode and hope that if you're returning for Season 2, you’ll continue to support us. This year, we aim to expand and grow our little podcast, so please share it with your baseball friends who enjoy discussing the game. Season One of the podcast became a labor of love. We worked hard to define our identity, and it wasn’t alw...
2025-01-3116 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastSeason 2- Episode 1- Greg Maddox?We love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Would Greg Maddux Even Be Drafted in Today’s Analytical MLB?To determine if Greg Maddux would be drafted in today's analytical MLB, we must consider several factors that have evolved in the game, particularly the focus on analytics, velocity, and various pitching styles.In our 1st Episode of Season 2, we want to express a big thank you to all our loyal listeners for your support. For those who are new here, thank you for joining us! Stick aro...
2025-01-0317 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 22 - Hall of Fame Voting/ Pete RoseWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Hall of Fame VotingHowdy, Howdy, and welcome to Moe’s World - The Baseball Podcast. We're excited to bring you another episode where we chat about baseball like a group of friends hanging out at the bar. If you enjoy the podcast, please subscribe and spread the word to your friends.In our 22nd episode, we want to express a big thank you to all our loyal listeners for your ongoing support. For th...
2024-12-2727 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 21- GMs and Managers On The HOT SeatWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Howdy, Howdy and welcome to Moe’s World - The Baseball Podcast. We're excited to bring you another episode where we chat about baseball like a group of friends hanging out at the bar. In our 21th episode, let’s talk about “GMs and Managers On The HOT Seat”. We also want to express a big thank you to all our loyal listeners for your ongoing support. For those who are new here, thank you for joining us! We hope you enjoy the show...
2024-12-0626 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 20 - FREE AGENTS & Free Agency PeriodWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 20th episode, we present, “FREE AGENTS” and the Free Agency Period. For those who are new here, thank you for joining us! We hope you enjoy the show.Free Agency - What is it?A Major League Baseball (MLB) player can become a free agent in a few ways:Six years of service time A player becomes a free agent with at least six years of service time in the MLB...
2024-11-2724 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 19 - World Series & 2024 RecapWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Howdy and welcome to Moe’s World - The Baseball Podcast. We're excited to bring you another episode where we chat about baseball like a group of friends hanging out at the bar. Your feedback is important to us, so please feel free to share your comments. If you enjoy the podcast, please spread the word to your friends. Also, if you would like to follow along, we have created a GRAPHIC VIEW of the transcript that can be viewed on our Yo...
2024-11-0824 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 18 - The Playoffs Pt. 2We love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Welcome to Moe’s World - The Baseball Podcast. We're excited to bring you another episode where we chat about baseball like a group of friends hanging out at the bar. If you want to follow along, we have created a GRAPHIC VIEW of the transcript that can be viewed on our YouTube site. Check it out.https://youtube.com/@moesworld-thebaseballpodcast?si=7nnwYHH-MSEImymFIn our 18th episode, “The PLAYOFFS Pt.2”, we want to thank all our...
2024-10-2526 minMoe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 17 - The Playoffs Pt.1We love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 17th episode, “The PLAYOFFS Pt.1”, we want to express a big thank you to all our loyal listeners for your ongoing support. And for those who are new here, thank you for joining us! We hope you enjoy the show.Also, if you enjoy the Podcast and like to follow along, we have created a GRAPHIC VIEW of the transcript that can be viewed on our YouTube site. Check it out, and also please subscribe.https://youtube.com...
2024-10-0418 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 16 - Cy Young CandidatesWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 16th episode, “The Cy Young Award Candidates”, we want to express a big thank you to all our loyal listeners for your ongoing support. And for those who are new here, thank you for joining us! We hope you enjoy the show.Who will win the Cy Young Awards in 2024 in the AL and NL?Here is my list of candidates:
2024-09-2724 minMoe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 15 - MVP CandidatesWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In our 15th episode, we want to express a big thank you to all our loyal listeners for your ongoing support. And for those who are new here, thank you for joining us! We hope you enjoy the show.Who will win the Most Valuable Player award in 2024 in the AL and NL? Here is a full list of candidates:
2024-09-2022 minMoe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 14 - Noah Syndergaard/ CBT ThoughtsWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.This is our 14th episode, on Moe’s World - The Baseball Podcast and I want to extend a big thank you to all our returning listeners for your continued support. For those of you who are new here, thank you for joining us! We hope you enjoy the show.In this week's episode, let’s look at a situation you may not be familiar with. What can Noah Syndergaard do to resurrect his career? Does he have options? Let’s get...
2024-09-1319 minMoe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 13 - The BEST Bar FactsWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.This is our 13th episode, on Moe’s World - The Baseball Podcast and I want to extend a big thank you to all our returning listeners for your continued support. For those of you who are new here, thank you for joining us! We hope you enjoy the show.On this week's episode, let’s take a look at some of MLB’s best bar facts. Yep, why not? Maybe I can help you load up and some baseball facts...
2024-09-0621 minMoe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 12 - New Baseball Stats/ Best DuosWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Howdy, Howdy, Welcome to Moe’s World - The Baseball Podcast. Yes, it’s another baseball podcast, where we talk about baseball like a few friends sitting at the bar. We value your input and would love to hear your comments. Tell your friends about the Podcast if you enjoy listening.This is our 12th Episode on Moe’s World - The Baseball Podcast. For all our returning listeners I want to thank you for your patience and interest in the Podcast. For any...
2024-08-3026 minMoe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 11 - This Week in BaseballWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.This is our 11th episode, on Moe’s World - The Baseball Podcast and I want to extend a big thank you to all our returning listeners for your continued support. For those of you who are new here, thank you for joining us! We hope you enjoy the show.On this week's episode, let's dive into an old-time TV favorite, 'This Week in Baseball'. I'll provide my perspective on the show with a unique twist as we cover a fe...
2024-08-2341 minMoe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 10 - Mike Trout...Finished?We love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.We are celebrating our 10th Episode on Moe’s World - The Baseball Podcast. I want to thank all our returning Listeners for your patience and interest in the Podcast. For any new listeners, THANKS for stopping by! We hope you enjoy the show…and we are still working on poor audio conditions for which we apologize. This week, on Episode 10, we're discussing Mike Trout. He is hurt again and out for the season. Is this the end of the dominance of Mike...
2024-08-1525 minMoe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 9 - Trading Deadline ResultsWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.This week, on episode 9, we're discussing the Trading Deadline and the fallout. What is the Trading Deadline?The Trade Deadline is the last point during the season when players on 40-man rosters can be traded from one club to another. Those players may still be placed and claimed on outright waivers, but trades will no longer be permitted after July 30 at 6 p.m. ET. Before 2019, July 31 was referred to as the non-waiver Trade Deadline, and players could be traded after that date...
2024-08-0821 minMoe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 8 - Prospects? or Suspects?We love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.This week, on episode 8, we're discussing prospects. It seems that each team handles prospects in their way. Some teams build their teams through scouting, drafting, and promoting key prospects, while others tend to go for broke via free agency. However, it seems most MLB teams choose a middle path between these strategies. The size of the market, whether it's large or small, has a role to play in this process. Which team do you root for?
2024-08-0117 minMoe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 7 - All Star Game & 1st HalfWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.This week I snuck in an episode so we could talk a little about the All-Star Game and the 1st Half Results. You know, regardless of the outcome of the game you have to appreciate the fact that watching the All-Star Game you can say to yourself…this is a REAL game. I mean the NHL game and format sucks to watch and it’s painful to watch for the goalies. The NFL was such a joke of a game, they don’t even bother...
2024-07-2620 minMoe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 5- Minor League Baseball TeamsWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.In today’s 5th episode we will look at MLB vs MiLB. The locations, logistics and history. There are 208 minor league teams, and most are affiliated now with MLB teams. Minor league baseball teams, also known as 'farm teams', are teams made up of players under the control of a major league team, from either signing them as a free agent or by drafting them. Every major league team has a branching system of minor league teams that feed players up to the majors. Th...
2024-07-1922 minMoe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 6 - RSN's?We love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.I felt the need to sneak this episode in this week. So today we will have episodes 5 & 6 available for download. In today’s 6th episode, we will look at a topic that is not getting much play on the Baseball front. The sources of how sports teams and leagues make money have not changed much over the past 40 years. Tickets, sponsorships, and broadcast rights remain the main buckets of revenue, while concessions, parking, merchandise, and non-team events fill out the income statement. However, the cu...
2024-07-1918 minMoe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 4 - 2023 Rule ChangesWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Today’s 4th episode will look at the results of the 2023 Rule Changes. We have had a season and almost half of the rule changes, so what do we think? I’ll tell ya, I’m a fan of all of them. Some have worked out better than others, but all in all, I like them. Especially the pitch clock. If you visit Minor League teams at all, you have seen how it moves the game along and takes nothing away. Oh, wait…before I jump i...
2024-07-1216 minMoe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 3 - Framing/ Expansion ThoughtsWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Today’s 3rd episode will look at the popular “art” of catcher framing and the possibilities of expansion."Framing" is the demise of blocking...let me tell you why.Expansion? Perhaps, but MLB needs to redesign the makeup of the divisions like this...
2024-07-0519 min
Moe’s World - The Baseball PodcastEpisode 2 - The IMPOSSIBLE recordWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Today’s 2nd episode will also be kinda analytical in discussing The Impossible Record. The Impossible Record? Yep, the one record that will just be forgotten as a stat. Never to be approached or talked about. What is it? The career record of COMPLETE GAMES. It is held by Cy Young, with a total of 749. That’s INSANE right? Cy Young got the top pitcher award named after him for a reason! So this is an old time sounding name? You are corr...
2024-06-2816 minMoe’s World - The Baseball PodcastDEBUT Episode1- Ted Williams OPS RockstarWe love to hear your thoughts. Tell us how you enjoyed the Podcast.Today’s episode will be kinda analytical in discussing OPS. Seems we are inundated with .190 batting averages now in the Major Leagues…Thanks Joey Gallo, so average is not a topic. But, OPS? Interesting, right? Looking at OPS it’s obvious who is the career leader is, Babe Ruth. But, come on, The Babe was a freak, so let’s talk about the guy who was hated by the media, never acknowledged the crowds and fans but could HIT…TED WILLIAMS. Now, we have all ages o...
2024-06-2114 min