One quarter of the way into the season, James Wood and the Washington Nationals lead the majors in runs scored. Should we be benching all of our starters against them? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss which offenses to avoid.
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00:00 MLB Pod 5-19-26

00:20 News:

00:30 The IL was a popular spot yesterday. Corey Seager,

07:00 Jose Altuve

09:30 Ewing vs. Waldschmidt vs. Emerson

12:12 Kris Bubic all went on it.

13:00 Ronald Acuna Jr., Jeremy Pena and Jackson Holliday came off it…..

15:00 Drake Baldwin (oblique) to the IL

18:30 Ryan Jeffers (Hamate Bone) out 6-8 weeks

20:15 Gerrit Cole returns Friday

22:30 Royce Lewis Demoted

22:45 The other notable transaction was Dylan Crews being recalled….

23:30 MacKenzie Gore left with a sore lat, which likely means an IL stint…..

24:30 Kyle Teel is going to miss 3-6 more weeks…..

27:00 Logan Webb needs a rehab start and won’t return this week…..

28:50 Tyler Glasnow isn’t close and Blake Snell is having a nano scope, as they compete to see who can miss more time….

30:50 J.T. Ginn was awesome and Walbert Urena was excellent…..

34:15 Framber Valdez is killing Fred

36:15 BlueWire

36:20 Main topic: The best offenses so far.

36:30 Methodology

37:00 Nats (1, 6, 5)

41:45 Braves (2, 4, 3)

44:00 Dodgers (3, 1, 1)

49:00 Cubs (4, 3, 4)

52:00 White Sox second highest wRC+ over last two weeks

55:15 Yankees (5, 2, 2)

57:00 Coors Field / Sacramento ballparks

59:30 Pirates Sneaky Home Production

1:02:00 The Astros are 11th in runs but 6th in OPS and wRC+.

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