Opening Day/Week Highlights; Max Scherzer Highest Paid; Extension Palooza Continues; Yankees-Red Sox tough starts; Postseason Hardware Candidates; AAF Folds; GOT Time! (Ep. 99)
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First and foremost, how great was it to have 15 games on Opening Day? Baseball is back!
For Episode 99 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast—the Aaron Judge edition—hosts Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple get all warm and fuzzy talking about Opening Day and first impressions after one week of the 2019 season. How good are the Dodgers (they are) after belting eight homers in game one? How good are the Orioles and Mariners (they’re not)? And how bad are the Yankees and Red Sox (they’re not)? And how about Ramon Laureano’s laser arm? Other Headlines discussed include:
- Max Scherzer taking over Mike Trout’s title as highest-paid player ($37.4 million)
- Boston Red Sox remaining MLB’s biggest spender for the second straight year
- Brewers closer Corey Knebel getting Tommy John Surgery (Craig Kimbrel, anyone?)
- Yankees suffering a spate of injuries to start the season—11 players on the IL and counting
- Daniel Murphy and Trea Turner breaking fingers (and hearts of fantasy baseball owners)
- Ronald Acuna, Xander Bogaerts, German Marquez, David Bote and even manager Terry Francona joining the contract extension parade
- Orioles manager Brandon Hyde yanking starter David Hess in the seventh inning of a no-hitter after only 82 pitches
- Adam Jones requesting a fan ejection and pleading to “keep the banter polite”
- All-Star vote leaders getting $15K bonus (Oooh, so much money!)
- Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron and manager AJ Hinch getting tossed one pitch apart
- Dodgers filing $175K lawsuit over missing Tommy Lasorda bobbleheads
This week’s Starting Nine focuses on players (make it eight this week) with NCAA Elite 8 team names, and Around the Horn takes a look at every MLB teams chances of earning postseason hardware for MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year.
The show wraps with Extra Innings, which takes a look outside the world of baseball at the Alliance of American Football league folding before completing its inaugural season, the city of Chicago planning to sue Jussie Smollet after he refused to reimburse police $130K, and … drum roll … it’s time for the final season of Game of Thrones!
