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Read ESPN's article alongside us: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48412525/mlb-2026-season-predictions-early-hot-takes-division-winner-world-series-picks

Our episode of last year's hot takes: https://youtu.be/ZHHauzpVVz4

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0:00 Last Year's Takes  

9:00 Walks Will Be Over 10%  

10:50 Former Top Pitching Prospects That Will Break Out  

16:30 Yordan Alvarez Will Win MVP  

19:00 Manager of the Year Three-peat  

20:25 Ben Rice Top-10 MVP  

26:00 The Pirates Win the NL Central  

34:15 Cleveland Guardians into the World Series  

35:45 Chase Burns Cy Young  

39:15 Shea Langeliers 50 Homer Season  

42:00 Marlins Win NL East & Sandy Alcantara Wins Cy Young  

46:50 NBA Play In Games were GREAT  

 

The Biggest MLB Hot Takes for the 2026 Season

Breaking Down ESPN's Baseball Hot Takes  

Going Through ESPN's Hot Takes from Least to Most Spicy 

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Read Jim Bowden's article alongside us: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7186871/2026/04/13/mlb-early-season-trends-long-term-outlook/

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Timestamps:  

0:00 What Should I Believe In?

3:45 MLB Finally Has Real Parity  

5:50 Which Teams Believe They Can Make the Playoffs?

18:15 Can Mason Miller Win the Cy Young?  

24:10 Eric Gagne  

28:20 Jordan Walker is Finally Breaking Out  

33:30 Red Sox Need Another Bat

41:30 Tigers and Mariners Aren't Contenders

45:00 ABS and Robo-Umps  

48:50 This Year's Rookies are Good  

50:25 Bonus Trend: Walks are the Next Big MLB Topic 

 

 

 

 

Which Teams Believe They Can Make the Playoffs?

What Should You Believe In This Early in the MLB Season?

 

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Timestamps:

0:00 Crazy Time in the Sports Calendar  

3:35 All 30 Teams in 30 Minutes

5:00 Arizona Diamondbacks

6:00 Atlanta Braves

6:55 Chicago Cubs

8:00 Cincinnati Reds

9:00 Colorado Rockies  

9:55 LA Dodgers  

11:10 Miami Marlins  

12:15 Milwaukee Brewers

13:05 New York Mets  

14:15 Philadelphia Phillies

15:22 Pittsburgh Pirates  

16:25 San Diego Padres

17:25 San Francisco Giants  

18:25 St. Louis Cardinals  

19:25 Washington Nationals  

21:45 Teams That Surprised Us  

23:30 The Athletics

24:25 Baltimore Orioles  

25:15 Boston Red Sox

26:20 Chicago White Sox

27:20 Cleveland Guardians

28:00 Detroit Tigers

30:20 Houston Astros

30:25 Kansas City Royals  

31:40 LA Angels  

33:50 Minnesota Twins

35:55 New York Yankees  

36:10 Seattle Mariners  

37:10 Tampa Bay Rays  

38:10 Texas Rangers

39:10 Toronto Blue Jays  

41:00 What Else with Detroit?

43:15 Final UConn Thoughts 

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:45 Biggest Surprises in Baseball  

34:35 Baseball Has Overtaken the NBA

41:00 UConn to the Championship Game 

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Talkin' Jake and Foolish Bailey link up again to break down this year's Foolish 50 list  

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