Crazy White Sox-Guardians series, Yankees best rotation ever? + Who is the World Series favorite: Dodgers or Brewers?
Baseball Tonight with Buster OlneyShow Notes
Jesse Rogers joins to recap the wild White Sox-Guardians series that saw the AL Central lead change for the first time since July 4. He discusses Cleveland's postseason chances, the White Sox collapse, the tight AL West race, the case for a unanimous PCA NL MVP vote, and why the Brewers have their eyes set beyond the Cubs.
Hembo then joins to talk about Sandy Alcántara's unique feat, Jesús Luzardo's injury and what that means for the Phillies, why the Brewers didn't trade for Tarik Skubal, the Yankees historic pitching staff, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto's crazy season.
Plus Sarah Langs and Bleacher Tweets!
0:00 Intro
1:05 Dodgers clinch NL West; White Sox, Red Sox, Padres win
4:16 White Sox-Guardians series with Jesse Rogers
6:25 Cleveland is scary in the postseason
8:55 White Sox pitching staff is crumbling
10:22 Tommy Pham's surprise impact
13:11 White Sox season a success if they miss playoffs?
14:16 Astros-Rangers AL West battle
15:00 PCA unanimous MVP case
17:37 Brewers are better positioned than last year
19:50 Hembo joins, Sandy Alcántara's feat
22:26 The impact of Jesús Luzardo's injury
23:43 Blake Snell's injury; Dodgers showing cracks
25:54 Yordan Alvarez should be AL MVP
28:11 Yankees might have their best pitching staff ever
30:25 Why the Brewers didn't trade for Tarik Skubal
33:11 Skubal's best trait
35:28 Yoshinobu Yamamoto is out-of-this-world
38:34 Sarah Langs plays the numbers game
39:40 Bleacher Tweets: PCA, Brewers/Cubs rivlary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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