Talkin' Jake and Foolish Bailey break down Shohei Ohtani's candidacy for the title of "Best Hitter in Baseball" and deep dive on the new publicly available bat speed metrics

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Timestamps:
0:00 We're Playing for the Knicks
1:15 Shohei Ohtani is the Best Hitter in Baseball
27:45 Are the Dodgers Flawed?
30:12 New Bat Speed Metrics are Fascinating

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Talkin' Jake goes over the stats he found while making his MLB power rankings and what he's liked during these NBA Playoff Series.

Timestamps:

0:00 Saw A Lot of Things Around Baseball This Weekend

1:15 My Small Victory

2:20 We Did Power Rankings

5:25 Red Sox are Still First in ERA by a LOT & Other Team Stats

14:45 Cleveland vs. Kansas City is FASCINATING

16:20 Rhys Hoskins was the Best Signing of the Offseason

17:30 You Need to Hit to Be Good

21:40 Shoutout Danny Jansen

23:35 NL Central Back to Being Bad

23:50 Nuggets vs. Timberwolves is TIED

28:35 Boston Should Finish Off Cleveland

21:25 OKC vs. Dallas is Fun

36:20 Knicks and Pacers are Tied

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Jake & BBD are going around MLB seeing how the upcoming free agents have performed in the first month of the season, then get excited about how fun the NBA Playoffs have been.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Hello

2:30 Supposed to be a BIG Free Agent Class This Offseason

6:20 Juan Soto

10:00 Teoscar Hernandez

11:10 Paul Skenes Called Up by the Pirates!

16:05 Cody Bellinger

18:25 Anthony Santander

19:50 Jesse Winker & Tyler O'Neill

20:35 Alex Verdugo

21:30 Pete Alonso, Alex Bregman, & Gleyber Torres are Struggling

26:30 Paul Goldschmidt, Matt Chapman, Rhys Hoskins, & Willy Adames

29:30 The Pitchers

32:35 New York Knicks

38:15 OKC-Dallas

39:45 Timberwolves Beating the Nuggets

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Talkin' Jake breaks down how the Padres will use Luis Arraez and why he loves the fit for San Diego, other MLB teams that could end up selling at the Trade Deadline this July, and what he's observed in the NBA Playoffs

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

2:15 Padres Trade for Luis Arraez and I LOVE the Fit

16:15 Could the Toronto Blue Jays Sell?

20:05 Could the Houston Astros Sell?

24:20 Could the Tampa Bay Rays Sell?

26:10 Which NL West Team Will Sell?

30:40 Kentucky Derby

31:20 NHL Playoffs Have Been Fun

32:55 Knicks Series vs. Indiana Pacers Begins Tonight

34:10 Celtics vs. Cavs

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Jake has brought Foolish Bailey and Jolly Olive together to debate whether or not you should believe in these breakout April performances

Timestamps:

0:00 Breakout or Fakeout

3:35 Talkin' Pitching

4:10 Reid Detmers

10:20 Kyle Harrison

19:45 Jordan Hicks

28:00 Richie Palacios

33:00 Masyn Winn

41:25 Michael Busch

48:40 Steven Kwan

49:40 Jordan Westburg

53:00 Patrick Bailey

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Talkin' Jake Looked into the current state of the AL and NL East divisions to figure out what we've learned with April coming to a close. They also talk about the fun weekend with NFL Draft as well as NBA & NHL Playoffs!

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

2:25 Yankees are Good!

7:15 Rest of the AL East

19:00 Braves are Disgusting

21:50 NFL Daft & Caleb Williams

25:20 Daniels

27:45 Patriots Drafted Drake Maye

29:15 Baffling Michael Penix Jr. Pick by Atlanta

36:30 JJ McCarthy

37:55 Bo Nix

43:20 Final Bears Thoughts

44:50 Knicks & NBA Playoffs Have Been AWESOME

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Jake & BBD are looking at MLB postseason and awards odds to see what Vegas thinks after almost a month of games.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

3:50 AL Central

6:10 Brewers are Shocking

8:55 Rays

9:30 Seattle, Toronto, & Chicago Cubs

13:05 Cy Young Award

17:45 MVP Award

21:50 NFL Draft Preview

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Jake & BBD are trying to figure out if the Houston Astros are this year's version of the 2023 St. Louis Cardinals. They need to get hot SOON because the history of this kind of start to a season is not promising.

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