Ben and Sam preview the Diamondbacks’ season with Doug Thorburn, and Pete talks to AZCentral Sports Diamondbacks beat writer Nick Piecoro (at 19:39).
Was Arizona’s off-season search for “gritty” players really just a commitment to making more contact?
Ben and Sam analyze the Justin Upton trade and Arizona’s offseason.
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about how much steroids help, the best farm systems in baseball, and how they’d try to negotiate a hypothetical trade.
Ben and Sam discuss the rejected trade that would have made Justin Upton a Mariner.
It’s a lot of fun to talk about Justin Upton being traded, which might be why reporters talk about it so much, and it might be why Kevin Towers talks about it so much.
Can rational fans pull for fluky teams, or are we bound to support good process over unpredictability?
Oakland gets a new shortstop for the stretch run, as the Diamondbacks dump some cash commitments.
After a weekend sweep of the Giants by the Dodgers, Ben and Sam size up the NL West and discuss a hot Matt Moore-on-Mike Trout match-up.
What do the Dodgers, Giants, and Diamondbacks need heading into the deadline, and where might they find it?
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