Céspedes Family BBQ

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next week we will be recording our 6TH ANNUAL TIME CAPSULE episode celebrating all the most memorable moments (and items) from the 2025 season

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totally agree that TEX seeking cost-cutting measures right now is very much worthy of scorn/criticism but not sure that moving on from a player who has been this bad is the most relevant example of that (though I recognize the optics are poor and we may differ on Garcia’s value/role moving forward)

Adolis García followed up his huge 2023 postseason with a monster first month of 2024 (.932 OPS, 8 HR in 29 games)

but since then, his ranks among 119 qualified hitters:

.218 BA (118th)
.270 OBP (119th)
.377 SLG (106th)
81 wRC+ (118th)
-0.3 fWAR (119th)

so yeah

🚨 POD PROGRAMMING NOTE 🚨

next week we will be recording our 6TH ANNUAL TIME CAPSULE episode celebrating all the most memorable moments (and items) from the 2025 season

we've already got plenty in mind, but we're welcoming suggestions as well ⤵️

baseballbarbcast @ gmail

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absolutely loaded Friday episode

- the great @yakyucosmo.bsky.social on Murakami, Okamoto, Imai, Yamamoto and early WBC thoughts
- 4 players accept QO; what next for MIL/CHC/NYY/DET?
- Grayson Rodriguez for Taylor Ward ⁉️
- Good/Bad/Uggla on WPBL Draft, Snell, Cano, and so much more!

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- Josh Naylor back to SEA for 5 years, $92.5M
- putting all 30 MLB teams into 9 different tiers at the outset of free agency, from most to least $$$ (or so we think)
- 6 biggest player-specific FA questions
- takeaways from Blake Butera Nats intro presser
- and more!

Shoutout printing PDFs and JSTOR

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- Judge & Ohtani MVPs again + Cal Raleigh falls *just* short
- let's talk about Paul Skenes (unanimous Cy Young) and the Pirates
- the triumphant return of the SCOTT BORAS SCOREBOARD #ScoBoScoBo
- Good/Bad/Uggla on Tony Blanco Jr., Tony Vitello, A's replies, Padres for sale? and much more!

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- Emmanuel Clase + Luis Ortiz indicted; reviewing the most notable and illuminating details from DOJ report
- Nick Kurtz & Drake Baldwin win ROY
- one final Judge vs. Raleigh AL MVP discussion
- MVP Ballot Guessing Game; how many + which players will get at least one vote?

Here's how our AL Rookie of the Year ballots played out as Athletics' Nick Kurtz was unanimous choice While Kurtz's unanimous award came as no surprise, there were several other intriguing storylines among AL rookies that made the remainder of the ballot a challenge to fill out.

honored to have an AL Rookie of the Year vote along with colleague @russdorsey.bsky.social

new at Yahoo Sports, a look at our respective ballots and who snagged the final couple spots behind the obvious top three as ROY voting expanded from 3 to 5 spots this year:

sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...

Jefry Yan forever

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- 2025 Blue Jays retrospective w/ @bnsbaseball.bsky.social 🇨🇦
- sorry to Rockies fans but POBO Paul DePodesta is tremendous content
- Padres hire...Craig Stammen? sure!
- Munetaka Murakami officially posted
- Good/Bad/Uggla returns! on Ernie Clement, gold toilets, LIDOM, and much more

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- best moments from Dodgers World Series parade + afterparty (Freddie did WHAT?!)
- Dodgers dynasty good or bad for baseball?
- Gold Gloves!
- options galore! Imanaga, Bieber, Flaherty, Story, Robert Jr.
- Yu Darvish out for 2026 :( Padres rotation...😬
- manager carousel update
- and more!

incredible stuff -- thanks for listening and sharing!

Listened to the @cespedesbbq.bsky.social podcast episode while hiking yesterday. Thanks for keeping me company on the trail all these years. Looking forward to some off-season banter!

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THE END -- the impossible, unthinkable end

the Los Angeles Dodgers are the 2025 World Series champions

this is our Game 7 recap -- nothing more, nothing less

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@hollyanderson.bsky.social on that play from the World Series last night where the outfielders collided, via @cespedesbbq.bsky.social

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THE END -- the impossible, unthinkable end

the Los Angeles Dodgers are the 2025 World Series champions

this is our Game 7 recap -- nothing more, nothing less

enjoy 🫡

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tonight will be George Springer's 6th career start in a Game 7 & Max Scherzer's 3rd career start in a Game 7

via @stathead.com, only 3 other players/pitchers in MLB history have started Game 7 as often:

Yogi Berra
Mickey Mantle
Elston Howard

Roger Clemens
Bob Gibson
John Smoltz

new for Yahoo Sports, on Toronto’s ninth-inning rally in Game 6 that fell short in unthinkable fashion:

sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...

World Series 2025: 6 big questions ahead of Game 6 between L.A. Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays The World Series heads back to Toronto, with the Blue Jays looking to close it out and the Dodgers trying to stay alive.

the six biggest questions ahead of World Series Game 6, new for Yahoo Sports:

sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...

@davidjroth.bsky.social my wife is a Boyertown High School grad so I was gifted with this clip of a school produced news video highlighting Senior Trey Yesavage.

We have simply never captured pure baseball brain in such a way.

“I throw the ball fast”

Yes you do, king And you are saving baseball

World Series 2025: 6 big questions ahead of Game 6 between L.A. Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays The World Series heads back to Toronto, with the Blue Jays looking to close it out and the Dodgers trying to stay alive.

the six biggest questions ahead of World Series Game 6, new for Yahoo Sports:

sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...

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