MLB Morning Lineup Podcast

For the 1st time, both Managers of the Year have repeated - the Guardians' Stephen Vogt & the Brewers' Pat Murphy. Elsewhere, we revisit some of the year's best manager ejections and word from the GM Meetings is that this one team might be very busy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A's first baseman Nick Kurtz was unanimously selected as the AL Rookie of the Year and Braves catcher Drake Baldwin was a runaway winner in the NL to open the 2025 BBWAA award announcements, which continue tonight with the Managers of the Year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Munetaka Murakami clubbed 56 homers in 2022 to break Sadaharu Oh’s 58-year-old, single-season NPB record. He was posted by the Yakult Swallows last week to open a negotiating window with all MLB clubs till Dec. 22. Which teams are the top contenders? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pete Alonso was one of five first-time winners of an NL Silver Slugger Award, given to the top offensive player at each position. AL winners will be announced tonight. Also, we take a look at a half dozen clubs to keep your eyes on this offseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Up first, what will the Blue Jays do? On the heels of World Series heartbreak, they already got good news with Shane Bieber's decision to return. Elsewhere, big Japanese stars are heading to MLB, plus more on the Padres, Kyle Schwarber & Edwin Díaz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Kyle Tucker to Dylan Cease, MLB.com's Matt Monagan breaks down the top 10 free agents of this class and wonders where they might land this winter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The BBWAA unveiled the MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year finalists, with the winners to be announced next week. Among the candidates were Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who were part of the Dodgers' victory parade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. earned his second straight Gold Glove and was joined by teammate Maikel Garcia, who took the honors at third base. On the NL side, 23-year-old shortstop Masyn Winn became the youngest Cardinals player to win the award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Miguel Rojas hit a stunning game-tying homer in the ninth, Will Smith delivered a go-ahead shot in the 11th and Game 6 starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto closed it out in relief as the Dodgers outlasted the Blue Jays to win the World Series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2025 MLB season will finish in November. Yoshinobu Yamamoto was again outstanding, slumping Mookie Betts delivered the key hit & the Dodgers' 3-1 win over the Blue Jays ended with an incredible lineout double play. World Series Game 7 is tonight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re either finishing this off in Game 6 or in store for a winner-take-all tilt Saturday. The Dodgers will need another gem from Yoshinobu Yamamoto for the latter to happen. For the former and third straight Jays win? Keep doing what they're doing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A rookie with an unconventional pitching angle and a devastating splitter has put Toronto on the cusp of a Fall Classic triumph, as Trey Yesavage carved up the Dodgers to the tune of 12 K's and back-to-back homers in the first set the tone in Game 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A marathon Game 3 didn't slow down Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who took Shohei Ohtani deep to help Toronto even the World Series at 2-2. His two-run blast gave the Blue Jays the lead in the 3rd and they erupted for four in the 7th to pull away with a much-needed win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Shohei Ohtani homered twice and reached base nine times, Clayton Kershaw pitched out of an extra-inning jam and 19 different pitchers took the hill, Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off home run in the 18th inning for a 2-1 lead in the World Series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Max Scherzer struggled down the stretch. But in the ALCS, he turned back the clock against the Mariners. The Blue Jays need that again in a huge way tonight in L.A. Meanwhile, the Dodgers are still waiting for their "Big 3" to click at the plate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yoshinobu Yamamoto became the first pitcher with back-to-back postseason complete games in 24 years, and homers by Will Smith and Max Muncy in the seventh inning put the Dodgers ahead for good against the Blue Jays in Game 2 of the Fall Classic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Early on, it looked like the Dodgers would use a familiar postseason plan in the Fall Classic opener. The Jays had other ideas, though, erupting with a nine-run sixth -- highlighted by pinch-hitter Addison Barger's grand slam -- in a Game 1 rout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been 32 years since the Jays last made it to the World Series, and fans in Toronto will no doubt make their presence felt in deafening fashion. Looking to silence the Jays in Game 1 is Blake Snell, who's been nearly unhittable for the Dodgers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dodgers were in the Series last year. But someone on the Jays, coach Don Mattingly -- aka Donnie Baseball -- has never been going back about 4 decades. That's one of many cool storylines. Elsewhere, there's been an unprecedented managerial hire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did this Toronto team defy expectations to reach its first Fall Classic since 1993? Stars like Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer stepped up, sure, but unlikely heroes like Ernie Clement and Trey Yesavage played a big part too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Down by two runs in the seventh inning of ALCS Game 7, George Springer delivered a three-run homer as the Blue Jays edged the Mariners to earn their first trip to the World Series since winning back-to-back titles in 1992 and '93. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A trip to the World Series comes down to an ALCS Game 7 tonight in Toronto after rookie starter Trey Yesavage pitched another gem and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. slugged his sixth home run of the postseason to lead the Blue Jays past the Mariners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Max Scherzer turned in a vintage performance as the Blue Jays won their second straight game over the Mariners, and the Dodgers are one win from a return trip to the World Series after another dominant pitching performance vs. the Brewers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facing a raucous crowd and the threat of a 3-0 ALCS deficit, the Blue Jays silenced Seattle, walloping five homers in a rout of the Mariners. They play Game 4 tonight, while the Dodgers try to take a commanding 3-0 NLCS lead over the Brewers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up a HR on the 1st pitch he threw and that was it. MLB's 1st postseason complete game in 8 years gave the Dodgers a 5-1 win and a 2-0 NLCS lead over the Brewers. Tonight, the Mariners try for a 3-0 ALCS edge on the Blue Jays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dodgers' win over the Brewers in NLCS Game 1 had everything from a Blake Snell gem to one of the most bizarre double plays you will ever see, while the Mariners are firmly in control in the ALCS after routing the Blue Jays for a 2-0 series lead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A stellar outing by Bryce Miller, a dinger by the Big Dumper and a couple more clutch hits by Jorge Polanco propelled Seattle in the ALCS opener. What will Game 2 have in store today? Plus, here's what to watch for as the NLCS begins in Milwaukee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For only the second time a playoff series was clinched on a walk-off error, as an errant throw plated the winning run in the Dodgers' win over the Phillies. The other NLDS was slightly less dramatic, as the Cubs topped the Brewers to set up a Game 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There were 4 elimination games yesterday. Only 1 team was eliminated -- the Yankees, vanquished by Vlad Guerrero Jr. & the Blue Jays. Elsewhere, Kyle Schwarber connected twice as the Phils beat the Dodgers, while the Tigers & Cubs also stayed alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Judge's first homer of the postseason swung the momentum of Game 3 and saved the Yankees' season ... for now. In Detroit, Seattle got off to a hot start and never looked back as it took a 2-1 series lead. Plus, here's what to watch for as all four Division Series continue today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dodgers survived a frantic Phillies rally in the ninth inning to take a 2-0 advantage in the NLDS, and the Brewers are also one victory away from advancing after slugging three home runs to beat the Cubs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julio Rodríguez's clutch go-ahead double helped the Mariners outlast Tarik Skubal and the Tigers, and the Blue Jays are a win from the ALCS after Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s grand slam backed rookie Trey Yesavage's gem against the Yankees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A day with three elimination games didn't disappoint as Cam Schlittler's historic pitching performance led New York past Boston, the Cubs held off the Padres and the Tigers pulled away from the Guardians to set the field for the next round, which begins Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dodgers ousted the Reds, but the other 3 Wild Card Series are going the distance. Jazz Chisholm Jr. electrified Yankee Stadium with a mad dash from 1st to score the go-ahead run in the 8th, and the Padres & Guardians also saved their seasons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pitching was plentiful to open the Wild Card round as Tarik Skubal shut down the Guardians and Garrett Crochet outlasted Max Fried and the Yanks. Meanwhile, some timely taters led the Cubs past the Padres and two mammoth Shohei Ohtani homers paced L.A.'s rout of the Reds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The postseason is here and there's no better way to begin the path to October glory than with today's four-game bonanza. We've got you covered for Tigers-Guards, Padres-Cubs, Red Sox-Yanks and Reds-Dodgers. Plus, the managerial carousel is spinning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There was tons to play for yesterday as the Reds captured the final NL Wild Card, the Blue Jays secured the AL East title, the Yanks and Red Sox set up an epic Wild Card battle and the Guardians finished off a run for the ages to take the AL Central. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are only three days left in the regular season, but still so much to be determined. The AL East, AL Central and multiple Wild Card spots are still up for grabs, and plenty more storylines to follow. MLB.com's Will Leitch breaks it all down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The celebration is on in Seattle after Cal Raleigh joined the exclusive 60-homer club to help the Mariners clinch their first AL West title since 2001. Plus, Aaron Judge and Kyle Schwarber kept pace in the HR chase and the Guardians overtook the Tigers in the AL Central. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once 15 1/2 games out of first, the Guardians beat the Tigers to overtake them atop the AL Central -- via a tiebreaker. The Mets had their biggest win of the year to move into NL Wild Card position, and the Yanks and Mariners clinched playoff spots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's no shortage of intrigue in the final week. In the NL, three teams are scrambling for the final Wild Card spot. But the most captivating race is in the AL Central, with the Guardians and Tigers opening a set tonight separated by just one game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In '24, Toronto finished last in the AL East and it looked like Vlad Guerrero Jr. was maybe on his way out the door. What a difference a year makes. And in the AL Central, one game separates the Tigers and Guards as the season enters its final week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before Clayton Kershaw makes his last regular-season start EVER at Dodger Stadium tonight, MLB.com's Will Leitch reflects on the most memorable moments of the southpaw's career and a resume that cements him as one of the best pitchers in MLB history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Cubs will be in the playoffs for the 1st time since 2020 after locking up an NL Wild Card spot. Justin Verlander has come alive to keep the Giants in the hunt - he threw 7 scoreless. And could Shohei Ohtani, a DH and pitcher, also play outfield? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a multi-homer game in Kansas City, Cal Raleigh passed one Hall of Famer and tied another in the record books. And speaking of unprecedented feats, Shohei Ohtani hurled five no-hit innings on the same night he crushed his 50th homer of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A win over Texas in the series opener pulled Houston within a half-game of Seattle in the AL West. That was the good news for the Astros. The bad? Yordan Alvarez -- who missed 100 games this season with a hand injury -- exited with a sprained ankle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They had already clinched a playoff berth because of a Mets loss, but the Brewers' raucous walk-off Saturday was icing on the cake. Speaking of the Mets, they got a huge win yesterday to keep hold of the final NL Wild Card spot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The AL West race is tied with 15 games to go after the Mariners caught up to the Astros with a walk-off win over the Angels, and Aaron Judge is tied with Joe DiMaggio for fourth place on the Yankees' all-time home run list after going deep twice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The red-hot Rangers have won four straight to pull within 1 1/2 games of the Mariners for the third AL Wild Card spot. Meanwhile in the NL, the Mets' struggles have opened the door for the Giants, Reds, Cardinals and D-backs to make a late run to the playoffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don't look now, but the Giants -- under .500 at the Trade Deadline and in full-on sell mode -- have surged to within two games of the final Wild Card spot in the NL. Meanwhile in Philly, Kyle Schwarber roped a milestone homer in a rout of the Mets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices