Coaches’ Sons Podcast

Division Series: AL West

Welcome, welcome, welcome!The Sons have been hard at work over the last week preparing for the Divisional Previews for the American League. Today, we focus on the AL West. We’ve got input from fans of each team, and the Sons give their predictions on Division standings, over/under win totals, breakout/regression candidates, and a player prop they like this season on DraftKings. 
(4:45) Angels with preview from Swilly. @swillysports on X and Instagram
 
(15:47) Rangers with preview from Kyle. @smilin_kyle on X and Instagram
 
(26:11) Mariners with Derek of the Untitled Mariners Podcast @umspod on X. Chris also gets more than his normal minute to talk MEH-riners
 
(37:55) Athletics with preview from Todd of the Oakland 68’s. @tmsaran on X
 
(45:43) Astros with preview from Cami. @camibrown1984
Thanks for listening and see you next time!

Episode 7: Things Are Heating Up

Welcome to Episode 7! (3:18) Bellinger Signing – Boras doesn’t get all he wants and we’re sick of him. Still can’t believe Snell, Montgomery, and Chapman are unsigned.(6:20) Spring Training – Ohtani homers and gets married??(8:55) Hideo Nomo Sighting?(10:15) More Spring Training – Everybody’s Excited. WE’RE GOING TO SPRING TRAINING (in 2025). How is a Paul Skenes and Jackson Holliday matchup not broadcast anywhere?(15:35) How to make Spring Training Baseball more enjoyable – Andrew has a pretty awesome idea(17:30) We have NO idea how pitch comm works(22:30) Meh-riners Minute - Matt Brash is hurt and Chris is sad(23:25) Braves Breakdown – Chris Sale shows out in his first spring start. Andrew hopes he can do that and stay healthy all season.(27:35) Uniform talk – The jerseys still stink, and now more players are talking about it.(30:00) Oakland A’s Fans are doing their best to stick it to the man. Leadership failed them. Shout out to Last Dive Bar and the Oakland 68’s for putting on FansFest2024. Oakland fans should get support from fans around the league. They’re doing great things.(42:23) Fantasy Baseball. Chris and Andrew discuss who they’ll take with their 4th and 8th picks in the first round. Question is brought up as to whether the sons look to add players from their own teams or stay away from teams they dislike. Each state their case for their favorite style ofleague (roto or points).(1:01:30) Season Preview Submissions. Still looking for some submissions from fans for our Divisional Season Preview!Thanks for listening and see you next time! 

Episode 6: The start of Spring Training & our First interview w/ Barstool's RDT

The sons are back after a month hiatus and we’ve got a jam packed episode!
(2:35) Free Agent Signings: Hader, Chapman, Hoskins, Joc, Turner, Kershaw & Soler
(15:45) Extensions: Colt Keith, Bobby Witt Jr, Jose Altuve
(22:45) MEH-riners Minute: Chris breaks down the Mariners trades for Jorge Polanco and Gregory Santos
(27:00) Spring Training Excitement and other News: Why does everybody report early!? Verlander behind schedule already, Ohtani crushes in BP session, what is going on with Montgomery, Snell, and Bellinger? Manfred to step-down as commissioner in 2029
(37:28) New Nike Jerseys cause Andrew to seek knockoffs from overseas. The new Spring Training and Batting Practice hats are pretty cool though
(43:42) Interview Introduction with Barstool RDT: Quick breakdown of O’s news from Spring Training that was not covered in the interview.
(46:25) Interview with RDT: Orioles and AL East talk
(1:20:16) Season Preview Announcement. Fans of any team can send a 90 second voice message to us via email about your team’s expectations, storylines, etc. Fans of AL teams can send us their clips by March 6th and NL teams by March 13th Thanks for listening and see you next time! 

Episode 5: Updates, Lists and Anger Oh-my!

The Son’s start-off like usual in talking through some of the deals that have happened since last episode such as Stroman, Teoscar, and Jordan Hicks becoming a born-again starter?
The Cubs finally woke up and made some deals for the first time this offseason.
MEH-riners minute with Chris is BACK and there were two trades to breakdown.
Hall of Fame voting update with 49% of ballots known.
Old man Andrew gets mad at cloud about MLB Network’s Top 2B list.
Thanks for listening and see you next time! 

Episode 4: The Hall of Fame Debate

The Sons try to introduce new segments such as the "Meh-riners Minute" and the "Braves Breakdown" all while discussing the only real thing that's happened since the last episode - Yamamoto is a Dodger (Boo).HOWEVER the main topic for today's episode is mainly centered around the 2024 Hall of Fame ballots. What makes for a great HoF inductee? Is one stat more important than another? Should who they are as people keep them out?All this and more will be debated and argued about. Thanks for listening and see you next time!  

Episode 3: Off-Season Chatter

The Sons talk about some of the deals made already this offseason like Ohtani, Glasnow, Jung Hoo Lee, and others. Potential landing spots for Yamamoto, Bellinger, Snell, and more.
We might be betting the Royals over for total wins for 2024 season. Players’ ages get the better of Chris yet again.
They end with an “All I want for Christmas” segment where Chris and Andrew both ask for some presents under the tree for their teams and the MLB.
Thanks for listening and see you next time! 

Episode 2: Winter Meetings

The Sons cover the deals that happened over the winter meetings including the Soto blockbuster to the Yankees, which makes them both fear the reawakening of the Evil Empire in the Bronx, Chris is distraught over the Mariners loss of Kelenic to Andrew’s Braves, and Chris continues to get every player’s age wrong.
They discuss Ohtani and Yamamoto in bulk and potential landing spots as each seeks to break the bank during Free Agency. When do all the trades start happening? Do guys like Burnes, Cease and Glasnow get traded this offseason?
Thanks for listening and see you next time! 

Pilot Episode 1 - Can we do this?

Two friends who were the sons of coaches are here to turn everyday conversations about Baseball into a podcast. We’ll breakdown big news, trades, hypotheticals, stats (but not in a nerdy way), and everything in between. We’re here to just talk about the game we all love, so come have fun with us.