The Roundtable | James Click walks, Instagram isn't the answer and the Hot Stove is... hot

Welcome to The Show to Be Named Later with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. This week, Keith Law joins the show discuss the Paul Skenes situation in Pittsburgh and Keith’s MLB Draft top prospects rankings.  Keith’s prospect rankings https://theathletic.com/5421487/2024/04/18/mlb-draft-2024-prospect-rankings-top-50-keith-law/ -Follow Stephen on X/Twitter: @stephenjnesbitt -Follow Chad on X/Twitter: @ChadJennings22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to The Roundtable! Each week, we will yammer about the biggest topics/stories in MLB. The Athletic's Mets writer Tim Britton is sitting in with Grant and Andy this week. They talk about the process of the MLB Power Rankings, why is Snell struggling, what is going on with the Mets & how Dwight Gooden was a pretty good pitcher -Follow Grant on X/Twitter: @GrantBrisbee -Follow Andy on X/Twitter: @ByMcCullough -Follow Marc on X/Twitter: @MarcCarig -Follow Tim on X/Twitter: @TimBritton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Starkville | Jon Miller is celebrating 50 years of broadcaster baseball games this summer. He stopped by Starkville to share some of his favorite stories from a half century behind the microphone. Strange But True: Tigers third baseman Zach McKinstry had a 3-run error and then gave up a 3-run home run in the same inning last week. When was the last time that happened? Trivia from Mark Snyderman: This week is the 50th anniversary of Henry Aaron’s 715th home run. He is also baseball’s all-time leader in total bases, with 6,856. Only three other players finished their careers with more than 6,000 total bases. Name them. Follow Jayson on Twitter: @jaysonst Follow Doug on Twitter: @DougGlanville Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to The Show to Be Named Later with Stephen Nesbitt. This week, Cody Stavenhagen joins the show discuss the latest in the Ippei Mizuhara saga and react to Jackson Holliday’s promotion to the Majors. Then, former major leaguer Jacob Turner joins the show for this week’s “The Cutting Room Floor” to explain the complicated nature of taxes for athletes. Read Stephen’s story on Jackson Holliday’s debut https://theathletic.com/5407409/2024/04/11/jackson-holliday-orioles-mlb-debut-matt/ https://theathletic.com/5408717/2024/04/11/ohtani-ippei-mizuhara-fraud-charges/ -Follow Stephen on X/Twitter: @stephenjnesbitt -Follow Cody on X/Twitter: @CodyStavenhagen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to The Roundtable! Each week, we will yammer about the biggest topics/stories in MLB. The Athletic's Cardinals writer Katie Woo is sitting in with Grant and Andy this week. They talk about why the amount of pitcher injuries is on the rise, the Cardinals trying to adjust to modern times and the A's moving from Oakland to Sacramento. -Follow Grant on X/Twitter: @GrantBrisbee -Follow Andy on X/Twitter: @ByMcCullough -Follow Marc on X/Twitter: @MarcCarig -Follow Katie on X/Twitter: @katiejwoo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Starkville | On a podcast based on quirkiness, what's more quirky than a solar eclipse? New Tigers broadcaster Jason Benetti joins the show to share his own fears of the eclipse before discussing a Tigers team that is on the rise and off to a great start in 2024. Strange But True: Doug pays tribute to the team that no one will eclipse this season, the Dodgers, buy unveiling a new metric, BOF (Betts, Ohtani, Freeman). Follow Jayson on Twitter: @jaysonst Follow Doug on Twitter: @DougGlanville Follow Mayor Tim on Twitter: @TimMMcMaster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to The Show to Be Named Later with Stephen Nesbitt. This week, Eric Drobny, The Athletic’s Director of Editorial Ops joins the show to offer a Sacramento insider’s look at the Oakland A’s upcoming temporary home. Then, Zack Meisel and Stephen give their takes on Nike’s jersey issues, work the “Hot Take Hot Corner”, and focus on the eclipse for this week’s “The Cutting Room Floor”. Read Zack’s story https://theathletic.com/5224300/2024/01/25/mlb-total-solar-eclipse-cleveland-guardians-april/ -Follow Stephen on X/Twitter: @stephenjnesbitt -Follow Zach on X/Twitter: @zackmeisel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to The Roundtable! Each week, we will yammer about the biggest topics/stories in MLB. The Athletic's Dodgers writer Fabian Ardaya is sitting in with Grant and Andy this week. The guys talk about the Dodgers hot start, voting on MLB awards and they give some opening week thoughts on some of the surprising and disappointing teams. -Follow Grant on X/Twitter: @GrantBrisbee -Follow Andy on X/Twitter: @ByMcCullough -Follow Marc on X/Twitter: @MarcCarig -Follow Fabian on X/Twitter: @FabianArdaya Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Shohei Ohtani gambling scandal has dominated baseball's news cycle for two weeks. Joe Maddon spent two-plus seasons working daily with Ohtani and his former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara and he returns to Starkville to share what he witnessed. What does he think Ohtani's role is in all of this? Will this change the relationship between interpreters and athletes in the future? All that and more non-Ohtani chatter! Check out Jayson's story: https://theathletic.com/5386332/2024/04/02/joe-maddon-ohtani-mizuhara-relationship/ Strange But True: The Rockies allowed fourteen runs in one inning on Opening Day and Kyle Freeland allowed ten of them! Trivia from Michael Nearly: Who was the first athlete to play in a Final Four and a World Series Follow Jayson on Twitter: @jaysonst Follow Doug on Twitter: @DougGlanville Follow Mayor Tim on Twitter: @TimMMcMaster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to The Show to Be Named Later with Stephen Nesbitt. Every week, Stephen will dive into rankings, tiers, mailbag questions and more. Stephen will be joined by friends from inside and outside of The Athletic’s newsroom. This week, Chad Jennings joins the show to recap Opening Day’s biggest moments, check the Hope-O-Meter, and a little Hot Take Hot Corner. Then, John Gavin joins Stephen and Chad for the debut of “The Cutting Room Floor” to discuss his career, life after baseball, and his Giants fandom. https://theathletic.com/5371371/2024/03/29/john-gavin-mlb-minor-league-players-giants/ -Follow Stephen on X/Twitter: @stephenjnesbitt -Follow Chad on X/Twitter: @chadjennings22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices