Jake’s back, the new studio actually works, and two-thirds of our homer teams lost again. We open with the Tigers finally snapping their skid against the Angels, at the cost of injuries to Casey Mize and Kenley Jansen, and then roll straight into the A’s pitching nightmare: Savale to the IL, Springs struggling, Severino bad, the carousel in full spin, and the bats cooling off in West Sacramento. From there we hit Rockies–Dodgers and Shohei throwing six no-hit innings while basically pitching against himself, the Blue Jays maybe waking up, the Guardians being quietly legit behind Gavin Williams, and the Nationals turning into an over machine with James Wood and CJ Abrams both on a tear.

We dig into Seattle finally hitting a lefty against Jeffrey Springs, Logan Gilbert and the stacked Mariners rotation, the AL West being kind of trash, the Tigers’ much-needed 4–0 win, and how it feels to watch your team lose in every possible way. Then it’s Christopher Sánchez’s filthy scoreless streak for the Phillies, Padres pitching rumors as the Dodgers and Diamondbacks heat up, Ketel Marte going God mode, and why Paul Skenes with run support feels wrong but beautiful.

Down the stretch we talk Brewers as a full-on pitching factory with Miserowski and Harrison, Cubs grinding through a ten-game skid and sliding into crisis mode, whether the Pirates hang around or just play spoiler, Murakami chasing records for the White Sox, the Royals being back to ‘Bobby Witt and nobody else,’ the Astros starting to wake up behind Yordan’s heater, and the Rockies getting the most Rockies run you’ll ever see off Shohei without a hit. We close with today’s light getaway slate, a couple of overs and moneylines we like, and a quick look ahead to a spicy weekend: Padres–Nats, Tigers–White Sox, Cubs–Cards, Brewers–Astros, D-backs–Mariners, Yankees–A’s, and Phillies–Dodgers. Move your ass, we’re burnin’ daylight.

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