About this podcast
Josh Benjamin and James Kelly love baseball. So does their friend Dante, whose father played the greatest game for 15 years. Join these three every week as they talk all things MLB, add plenty of good humor, and maybe have some baseball buddies stop by for a talk every so often.
Welcome to Baseline Baseball!
Episodes
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- MLB Lockout: Not If, But When · 59 minIt's CBA season and nobody's happy because for the second time in five years, MLB is all but certainly headed for another lockout. The guys dive into why players will never…
- Baseball with a Side of Knicks · 1 h 2 minA quick deviation just to acknowledge the New York Knicks making the NBA Finals, but otherwise it's business as usual at Baseline Baseball. Aaron Judge is slowly working out of…
- Talking Nolan Ryan with Tim Brown · 1 h 5 minVeteran baseball writer and New York Times bestselling author Tim Brown joins Baseline Baseball this week to talk his new book "Nolan: The Singular Life of an American…
- RIP John Sterling and the One-Sided American League · 52 minBaseline Baseball looks back on the legacy of longtime Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling, who passed away Monday. The guys share their favorite Sterling calls, plus note…
- Juan Soto: Baseball's Kawhi Leonard · 55 minAlex Cora fired in Boston, Rob Thomson fired in Philadelphia, and Juan Soto's drama with the New York Mets continues yet again.
- RIP The 2026 New York Mets · 59 minIt's not even May, and yet the New York Mets might have played themselves out of playoff contention during this 11-game losing streak. Plus, Aaron Judge and Mike Trout slug their…
- Mason Miller and the Return of Slam Diego · 1 h 17 minThe Slam Diego Padres are back in action, Mason Miller's in the early Cy Young conversation, and the Chicago White Sox are handing out Pope Hats. Meanwhile, the Yankees and Mets…
- Opening Day Week Smorgasbord · 59 minBaseline Baseball recaps the plethora of storylines from the first week of the 2026 MLB season.
- Opening Day Matchups, Extensions, & Odd Injuries · 48 minBaseline Baseball discusses the most exciting matchups of Opening Day, the new contract extensions for Pete Crow-Armstrong and Cristopher Sanchez and which may be a secret…
- Eastern Division Double-Whammy · 1 h 40 minIt's a double episode this week as both the AL and NL Eastern Divisions. It's an interesting contrast as the Yankees appear ready to run it back with...Boston nipping at their…
- Nothing's Changed in the NL Central · 59 minBaseline Baseball returns with an NL Central preview that...isn't too different from last year's. The Brewers are running it back with some new young arms in tow, while the Cubs'…
- Why the AL Central Still Sucks · 60 minThe AL Central remains the weakest division in baseball headed into the 2026 season. The crown seems Detroit's to lose, but Cleveland manages to keep on winning despite major…
- AL West Preview & Other MLB Drama · 1 h 1 minThe guys return to give their full AL West preview with a not-so-surprising favorite, and how Tony Clark's recent resignation from the MLB Players Association impacts what looks…
- 2026 NL West: Who Gets Fed To The Dodgers? · 58 minBaseline Baseball returns with Part 1 of the 2026 MLB Preview Series! The guys kick off with the NL West and how nobody is really in a position to catch the Dodgers, who might…
- Brendan Donovan and the Last Dash Before Spring Training · 1 h 5 minBrendan Donovan being traded to the Mariners is just one of a storm of moves that took place in baseball over the last couple of weeks. Among them, Luis Arraez and Harrison Bader…
- Freddy Peralta Saves The Mets Offseason · 52 minThe show returns amidst a 1-2 punch of moves for the New York Mets. Not only does acquiring Luis Robert Jr. from the White Sox shore up the outfield, but Freddy Peralta…
- The Kyle Tucker Pre-Signing Special · 49 minMere hours before Kyle Tucker signed his record 4-year, $240 million deal with--you guessed it--the Los Angeles Dodgers, Baseline Baseball took a look at his slow-developing…
- Are the Blue Jays Stacking Bats? · 43 minBaseline Baseball is back and this time, looks at some small moves of the still slow offseason. The Blue Jays paid a lot of money for Kazuma Okamoto, but where is he going to…
- Cody Bellinger & Kyle Tucker Are Playing Free Agency Chicken · 40 minBaseline Baseball returns with the first episode of 2026 to report the short cycle of MLB news from the holiday season. Namely how Cody Bellinger is clearly waiting for Kyle…
- New York Mets Frozen Out At Winter Meetings · 58 minBaseline Baseball returns and there's really just one subject: How the Winter Meetings in Orlando were nothing short of a disaster for the New York Mets. Pete Alonso is in…
