Barstool Sports presents the Starting 9, featuring Jared Carrabis and Dallas Braden - the baseball podcast everyone wants but no one else will give you. This week's podcast is jam packed: Harper and Ohtani win the MVPs; the upcoming Hall of Fame ballot; Wander Franco's massive extension and other transactions; an interview with Geoff Blum, who joins to talk Astros (1:10:57); and much more!

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Starting 9 Episode 293 - Geoff Blum, the HOF Ballot and more

Barstool Sports presents the Starting 9, featuring Jared Carrabis and Dallas Braden, the baseball podcast everyone wants but no one else will give you. This week's podcast takes a look at the BBWAA Awards winners - Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year; the early offseason signings (Berrios, Verlander, E-Rod, Thor), TX; the 16th installment of the Mount Rushmore series, this time featuring the Detroit Tigers; and much more!

Starting 9 Episode 292 - Awards, Signings & Rushmore

Barstool Sports presents the Starting 9, featuring Jared Carrabis and Dallas Braden, the baseball podcast everyone wants but no one else will give you. This week's episode features an interview with Eric Sogard, a rundown of the coronavirus/quarantine situation, an impromptu face-of-baseball conversation, Twitter questions from the #groundscrew, and some mind games!

Starting 9 Episode 161 - Eric Sogard

Barstool Sports presents the Starting 9, featuring Jared Carrabis and Dallas Braden the baseball podcast everyone wants but no one else will give you. This week's episode features an interview with one of the brightest young studs on the Kansas City Royals, Hunter Dozier (1:07:30). Before that, Dallas and Jared get into the latest on the coronavirus and its implications for Major League Baseball and the #SpikesUpTour. In addition, Evan Longoria and Mike Yastrzemski pop in for a little Arizona bet with Dallas (25:00); the crew tackles the news of the week, including Yoan Moncada, Justin Verlander, Trey Mancini and others (39:00). The crew also answers Twitter questions from the Groundscrew (1:33:00)!

Starting 9 Episode 160 - Hunter Dozier

Barstool Sports presents the Starting 9, featuring Jared Carrabis and Dallas Braden - the baseball podcast everyone wants but no one else will give you. This week's episode features the return of 3-time guest and baseball superstar Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies for an interview from Arizona (1:21:12). Before that, Dallas and Jared get into some cool stuff from this week in baseball, including ESPN mic'ing up players (4:05); the Trevor Bauer/Rob Manfred meeting and a little bit of pinetar (14:10); and Mike Trout's viral TopGolf video (31:57). The crew also breaks down Christian Yelich's $200M+ extension with the Brewers (40:05), Chris Sale's elbow issues (55:33) and other injury-related news. And, finally, Dallas and Jared answer Twitter questions from the #groundscrew (1:54:47)!

Starting 9 Episode 159 - Nolan Arenado

Barstool Sports presents the Starting 9, featuring Jared Carrabis and Dallas Braden - the baseball podcast everyone wants but no one else will give you. This week's episode gets the guys in between the Arizona and Florida legs of the Spring Training #SpikesUpTour. Dallas and Jared welcome Padres prospect Taylor Trammell to the podcast, who talks about his experience so far in big league camp, his time with the Padres and much more. The crew breaks down the news of the week, including the injuries to Luis Severino and Giancarlo Stanton, the Freddy Peralta extension in Milwaukee, some 2020 team and player projections, some prospect rankings and much more!!!!!

Starting 9 Episode 158 - Taylor Trammell

Barstool Sports presents the Starting 9, featuring Jared Carrabis and Dallas Braden - the baseball podcast everyone wants but no one else will give you. This week's episode features the first one live from Arizona on the #SpikesUpTour. Jared and Dallas have been busy mixing it up with players on and off the field; they run through all of that, while hitting on the ongoing backlash towards the Houston Astros and Commissioner Rob Manfred. And, of course, Spring Training has returned! That and much more!

Starting 9 Episode 157 - Spring Training & Astros Backlash

Barstool Sports presents the Starting 9, featuring Jared Carrabis and Dallas Braden - the baseball podcast everyone wants but no one else will give you. This week's episode tackles three major topics: the official trade of Mookie Betts to the Dodgers; the Wall St. Journal Report on the origins of the Astros sign-stealing scandal; and the proposed postseason format changes. Dallas and Jared get into all three in the way only they can!

Starting 9 Episode 156 - Mookie & Postseason Rule Changes

Barstool Sports presents the Starting 9, featuring Jared Carrabis and Dallas Braden - the baseball podcast everyone wants but no one else will give you. This week's episode features an interview with Rockies star shortstop Trevor Story, making his 2nd appearance on the podcast. The crew also breaks down the mega-trade between the Dodgers and Red Sox that will send Mookie Betts and David Price to LA and players to Boston, Minnesota and, eventually, the Angels as well. The crew also hits on the transactions of the week (Dusty Baker, Marco Gonzales, Jeremy Jeffress, etc), while Dallas and Jared answer Twitter questions from the Groundscrew!

Starting 9 Episode 155 - Trevor Story & Mookie Betts Trade Reactions

Barstool Sports presents the Staring 9, featuring Jared Carrabis and Dallas Braden -the baseball podcast everyone wants but no one else will give you. This week's episode features an interview with the legendary Bob Uecker, longtime voice of the Milwaukee Brewers (and of "Major League" fame), who talks about his wild ride in baseball, the Brewers and much more. Dallas and Jared dig into the notable transactions of the week, including the D-Backs trading for Starling Marte, the Reds signing of Nick Castellanos, Marcell Ozuna signing a 1-year deal with the Braves, and more. The crew also reacts to Monday's news about umpires being mic'd up and the DH coming to the NL, last week's Hall of Fame results and much more!

Starting 9 Episode 154 - Bob Uecker

Barstool Sports presents the Starting 9, featuring Jared Carrabis and Dallas Braden - the baseball podcast everyone wants but no one else will give you. This week's episode features a return guest - Trevor Bauer of the Cincinnati Reds. Bauer's appearance is well-timed, given the sign-stealing scandal plaguing the Houston Astros and others, as he talks about that and a variety of other topics in the Barstool studio. The crew also dives deep on the latest developments in the sign-stealing scandal - Beltran out in New York, and the Day of Reckoning on Twitter!

Starting 9 Episode 153 - Trevor Bauer & More Sign-Stealing Fallout

Barstool Sports presents the Starting 9, featuring Jared Carrabis and Dallas Braden - the baseball podcast everyone wants but no one else will give you. This week's episode is a significant one: the crew digs into the fallout from the punishments of the sign-stealing scandal that has enveloped the Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox and others, including the firings Jeff Luhnow, AJ Hinch, loss of draft picks, fines and more (as well as the subsequent decision by the Red Sox to part ways with manager Alex Cora). In addition, we have some actual hot stove action to discuss, headlined by the Twins agreeing to 4-year deal with Josh Donaldson, as well as several other transactions (Sano, Nova, Rays/Cardinals trade, etc). Dallas and Jared also answer Twitter questions from the #groundscrew!

Starting 9 Episode 152 - Astros, Cora Get the Hammer

Barstool Sports presents the Starting 9, featuring Jared Carrabis and Dallas Braden - the baseball podcast everyone wants but no one else will give you. This week's episode features the highly-anticipated All-Decade Draft, where each of the 3 podcast participants - Dallas, Jared and Justin - draft their Team of the Decade (much like the All-Time Draft from this past summer). The crew also breaks down the transactions from the week, as well as the latest development in the electronic sign-stealing scandal that has now touched the Red Sox and others!

Starting 9 Episode 151 - All-Decade Draft

Barstool Sports presents the Starting 9, featuring Jared Carrabis and Dallas Braden - the baseball podcast everyone wants but no one else will give you. this week's episode features an interview with the legendary Jennie Finch, who joined the boys at the Winter Meetings in San Diego. The crew also gets into some debate over the 'team of the decade' and the 'pitcher of the decade'; runs through some minor transactions over the last week; discusses the year that was for baseball and S9 in 2019; and answers Twitter questions from the #groundscrew!! 

Starting 9 Episode 150 - Jennie Finch

Barstool Sports presents the Starting 9, featuring Jared Carrabis and Dallas Braden - the baseball podcast everyone wants but no one else will give you. This week's holiday episode features all the latest transactions, including the two biggest: Dallas Keuchel to the south side of Chicago and Hyun-Jin Ryu to Toronto. Dallas and Jared also tackle some lesser moves, including Julio Teheran (Angels), Edwin Encarnacion and Gio Gonzalez (White Sox), Dellin Betances (Mets), Maikel Franco (Royals), Kole Calhoun (D-Backs), Justin Smoak (Brewers), Travis Shaw (Blue Jays) and many more. The crew also answers Twitter questions from the #groundscrew!! 

Starting 9 Episode 149 - Ryu, Keuchel & More

Barstool Sports presents the baseball podcast that everyone wants but no one else will give you. Do you care about play by play baseball coverage? We don't either. This is the pod for fans of America's greatest pastime who want hosts willing to cut through the noise and talk about the game the way we really see it. Hosted by MLB great Dallas Braden and Blogger Jared, The Starting 9 makes baseball podcast listening fun again.

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