The Windup: A show about Baseball

Updated: 03 Sep 2025 • 827 episodes
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The Athletic's flagship baseball podcast features some of the best writers and thinkers in the game. With rumors, analytics, trivia, prospects, rankings and big name interviews, we've got you covered from Spring Training through the World Series. MONDAY: Starkville with Jayson Stark & Doug Glanville | WEDNESDAY: The Roundtable with Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough and friends Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Starkville | Jayson is on vacation this week, so Doug is going solo this week in Starkville with his special guest Jon "Boog" Sciambi. He talks about if he is surprised by how good the Cubs are this season, the breakout seasons from PCA, Busch & Shaw, if the Trade Deadline needs to be changed, the good & bad things in

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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. The guys talk about 2010's baseball nostalgia and what they all hated from baseball during that decade. Also, they talk about if they think the Mets are back and facial hair trends over the years. -Follow Grant on X/

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Starkville | Coach RAC, RobertAnthony Cruz, of the Savannah Bananas joins Starkville this week. Coach RAC talks about what makes the Banana’s so much fun, what can MLB learn from Bananaball, his journey from being signed by the Nationals to hitting a homer with the Bananas at Nats Park, what’s been the coolest moment s

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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. The guys give their thoughts on the new MLB award for Relief Pitcher of the Year and if it was something that was needed in MLB. Also, they talk about some other awards that you might not remember or even know exist.

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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. The guys talk about how the Wild Card races are heating up in both the NL & AL and who is hot/not right now. Also, they talk about the "Just Missed It" term and if they think Giancarlo Stanton will make the Hall of F

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Starkville | Blue Jays Manager John Schneider joins us this week on Starkville. He gives his thoughts on geographical realignment, how his team got hot after a slow start, how Vlad’s extension took a lot of pressure off people, Christian Kirk’s first career SB, how would Canada react if they won the World Series and mu

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