The Windup: A show about Baseball

Updated: 08 Oct 2025 • 843 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 | ESPN Analysts Tim Kurkjian and Eduardo Pérez join us this week in Starkville. They talk about all the Divisional series and what has stuck out to them the most. Also, they discuss how young players have really looked like vets in big spots this Postseason, what makes the Brewers so good, did the Tigers col

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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 if home field advantage is really a thing anymore. Also, they discuss if the Yankees are in trouble being down 2-0 to Toronto, are the Phillies frauds in the Postseson, Rōki Sasaki looks pretty go

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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 review the 4 Wild Card Round series and what went wrong for some of the teams in Game 3 of their series. Also, they preview the upcoming Divisional Round series and gives predictions on who will advance.  -F

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Starkville | Yankees Announcer Dave Sims and Mariners Announcer Rick Rizzs join us this week in Starkville. They debate all the aspects of who should be this year's AL MVP, Judge or Raleigh. Also, they talk about which team is gonna be scarier to play in the Postseason, how excited are Mariners fans for them to be back

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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 the madness of the last day of the season with lots of things to be decided. Also, they talk about some of the eliminated teams, how they would rank the Wild Card matchups in terms of viewing and

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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 the crazy week of baseball that we have had this week and how this weekend should be very exciting. Also, they talk about Rōki Sasaki moving to the bullpen, Andy updates his Aces list and who shou

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