We're a third of the way through our 2025 Season Review Series and this time we're talking about the Milwaukee Brewers!

Despite being a Cubs fan, Cal & Dan have stitched up Gaz by making him do this one solo - but he is joined by Chris from 9 Inning Nomad!

The Brewers had an excellent season in 2025, finishing with the best record in baseball with a record of 97-65, finishing top of the NL Central and getting a first round bye in the playoffs!

They took on their NL Central rival the Chicago Cubs in the NLDS and won 3-2 before getting swept by the Dodgers in the NLCS 4-0!

Despite Willy Adames leaving in free agency, the Brewers were actually better in 2025 - led offensively by franchise icon Christian Yelich and young upstart Jackson Chourio!

It was the year of the underrated trades by the Brewers, as they traded for both Quinn Priester and Andrew Vaughan, both of these went under the radar. Well come the end of the season, there are arguments that these were 2 of the most impactful trades of the year!

The rotation was anchored down by long-time ace Freddy Peralta and they also got meaningful contributions from youngsters Chad Patrick and Jacob Misirowski!

Pat Murphy is leading a very youthful organisation in Milwaukee and him and his pocket pancakes may be laughing all the way to the NL Central again next year!

Joining Gaz on this episode is Chris from 9 Inning Nomad!

So have a listen as we review the team with the best record in baseball and Chris gives us his insight into what 2026 may hold for the Brewers - Happy Listening!

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It's time for our first Season Review Series of the New Year - so we thought we'd begin our year in familiar territory with Dan's Baltimore Orioles!

Joining Cal & Dan on this episode is Sports Man Dan (Dan's alter ego)!

The Orioles had a pretty poor season in 2025, finishing with a record of 75-87, which led to a 5th place finish in the AL East!

The Orioles' season got off to a terrible start and by mid-May, it seemed like the writing was on the wall. Gunnar Henderson wasn't hitting much and with the loss of Santander in free agency, it was a real struggle for the offense in the early going!

It wasn't much better on the pitching side, with Grayson Rodriguez going down injured early on in the season and Felix Bautista also ending the year on the injured list - the rotation really struggled in the early months of the season!

Cue the return of Trevor Rogers to the rotation - who pitched to a 9-3 record with a 1.80 ERA down the stretch!

With Rogers holding down the rotation, a lot of the Orioles did find some form towards the back end of the season with Henderson ending up with 17 HRs!

With a youthful core coming to an end soon in Baltimore - what does 2026 have in store for the Orioles?

Joining us on this episode is Sports Man Dan!

So have a listen as review the Orioles' season and Dan lets us know what we have to look forward to in 2026 - Happy Listening!

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Its 2026! Happy new year to all our fans and listeners!!!

As its the New Year we had the fantastic idea of making our 2026 MLB Predictions arguably 2-3 months too early!

So listen on as Cal & Gaz run you through all of the BDB's predictions for the 2026 MLB Season before a Spring Training Ball has even entered production!

The team give their predictions on:

1 - World Series Champions

2 - All 6 Division Champions

3 - MVPs of both leagues

4 - Cy Youngs of both leagues

5 - HR Leaders for both leagues

6 - Quickest player to get DFA'd on our team

7 - Worst record in baseball

8 - Pitcher with the worst ERA

9 - Manager with the most ejections

10 - Most Underwhelming Team

11 - Most Underwhelming Player

Did we get our predictions spot on or are we chatting absolute sh**e? Let us know in the comments!

Happy Listening!

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We're 8 not out in our Season Review Series and this time we're chatting about the Arizona Diamondbacks!

Joining Cal & Gaz for this episode is a fellow British Baseball podcaster - Benji from the Tea-Backs Podcast!

The Diamondbacks had an almost bang average season in 2025, finishing with a record of 80-82, good enough for a 4th place finish in the NL West!

The Diamondbacks' season was one of what could have been - especially after shelling out $210mil for Corbin Burnes in the 2025 off-season!

But after he went down with a season ending injury, it was left to Merrill Kelly and Zac Gallen to hold down the rotation and whilst Kelly was effective, Gallen looked like he wanted to completely scupper his free agency by having arguably his worst ever season in MLB!

It was even worse in the bullpen, as after Justin Martinez and AJ Puk went down for the season with elbow issues, it became very tough for the Snakes to see out games!

Corbin Carroll had another good season but after Eugenio Suarez and Josh Naylor got traded at the deadline - there wasn't much of a supporting cast!

But is 2026 going to be any better for the DBacks?

Joining Cal & Gaz on this one is Benji, a fellow British baseball content creator who amongst other things, is the mind behind the British Diamondbacks podcast - the Tea-Backs Podcast!

So have a listen as review the Diamondbacks' season and Benji lets us know what we have to look forward to in 2026 - Happy Listening!

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It's Christmas time everyone so you know what that means.....it's time for some fun and games with the BDB team!

So join Gaz, Dan and Cal for some Xmas fun!

The first half consists of some Sporcle quizzes that the team try and answer live - so you can play along and see if you know more than the guys (odds on you will!).

In the second half its the rematch of the century - as Dan and Cal go head to head in a Xmas themed Family Fortunes! Will Cal get his revenge or will Dan go 2 for 2?

Listen to find out!

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Its time for our 7th Season Review and this time we're chatting about the Atlanta Braves!

Joining Cal & Gaz on this one is fan of the show (almost as much as he is a fan of the Braves) Josh Kindon!

The Braves had a very disapointing season in 2025, finishing with a record of 76-86, good enough for a 4th place finish in the NL East!

The Braves' season could probably be summed up by the fact that their biggest 2025 off season signing, Jurickson Profar, was banned for 81 games for PEDs just one month into the season!

The Braves' best player was yet again Ronald Acuna Jr, but he could only manage 95 games due to injury! Matt Olson was yet again a solid contributor with the bat and Drake Baldwin was the NL Rookie of the Year, but outside of that there wasn't much on the positional side to write home about!

On the pitching side, Chris Sale was once again brilliant but went down with injury mid Summer, and outside of Spencer Swellenbach he didn't get much help in the rotation!

Even long-term reliable closer Raisel Iglesias looked like he took a bit of a step back!

But is 2026 going to hold for the Braves?

Joining Cal & Gaz on this one is Josh Kindon - avid Braves fan and one of the first people to reach out to us about wanting to appear on this series!

So have a listen as review the Braves' season and Josh lets us know what we have to look forward to in 2026 - Happy Listening!

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Next up on our Season Review Series is the turn of the Boston Red Sox!

Joining Dan & Gaz on this one are avid Boston fan Garrett and one of Boston's top pitching prospects - David Sandlin!

The Red Sox had a much improved season in 2025, finishing with a record of 89-73 which meant a 3rd place finish in a very competitive AL East!

They made it to the Wildcard Series and faced off against fellow AL East rivals, the New York Yankees - losing a tight contest 2-1.

Boston were one of the BDB team's sneaky picks heading into the 2025 season and a big reason for that was the acquisition of Garrett Crochet. Crochet led from the front on the mound and was well worth the prospects given up in that trade with the Chicago White Sox. In addition, Brayan Bello took a massive step forward in his development as a starter and young guns Payton Tolle and Connelly Early showed what the Red Sox could have to look forward to in 2026!

On the positional side the biggest talk of the season was the trading away of star slugger Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants. With the other big acquisition of Alex Bregman filling the 3B slot, Devers was not content with just being a DH and in the end he found himself on the other side of the country just a month into the season!

With the likes of Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer and Kristian Campbell coming through and showing a lot of slug and glove, the future could be bright for the Boston Red Sox!

But what does 2026 actually have in store for the Red Sox?

Joining Dan& Gaz on this episode are two special guests - avid Boston fan Garrett and one of Boston's top pitching prospects - David Sandlin!

Both Oklahoma alumni, Garrett and David give their views of the 2025 season as well as what to expect from the team next year. David also goes into detail into what its like being teammates with the likes of Early, Tolle, Mayer and Anthony and how he would like to see his upcoming season pan out!

So have a listen as we both review the Boston Red Sox' season and interview one of the hottest prospects in baseball - Happy Listening!

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We're coming to Gaz' team with this latest Season Review - its time for the Chicago Cubs!

And joining Gaz on this one is Sam Olbur from Locked on Cubs!

The Cubs had a great season in 2025, finishing with a record of 92-70 and had it not been for the Brewers, would have most definitely won the majority of the other divisions!

They beat the San Diego Padres in the Wildcard Round before losing out to Milwaukee in the NLDS, 3-2.

The pitching was a real strength for the Cubs in 2025, led by NL Rookie of the Year runner-up Cade Horton and Matthew Boyd! Even with Justin Steele going down early, the starting pitching was backed up Colin Rea, Jameson Taillon and the now-returning Shota Imanaga!

The bullpen was also an area of strength for the Cubs, with reclamation projects Brad Keller, Drew Pomeranz and Caleb Thielbar really shining. Daniel Palencia found his best form for the Cubs and was electric in the playoffs, and everyone's favourite drunk uncle Andrew Kittredge was a sight to behold in the second half!

On the positional side, we saw PCA achieve the Cubs' first 30/30 season since Sammy Sosa, Michael Busch and Seiya Suzuki both eclipsed 30 Homers and Nico Hoerner finished second in the NL Batting title!

Dansby Swanson and Matt Shaw showed some great gloves and Carson Kelly became the greatest hitter since Barry Bonds in April!

However the biggest offseason acquisition, Kyle Tucker, did not pan out as Cubs' fans would have hoped due to a combination of injuries and bad form, especially in the second half.

So does 2026 have some more success in store for the Cubbies?

Joining Gaz on this episode is Sam Olbur, one of the hosts of the Cubs podcast - 'Locked on Cubs'!

So have a listen as they discuss the success of 2025 and who needs to be added in order to make 2026 a win for the Cubs!

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