Jay Johnson and Drew Newcomb tackle the ever evolving world of not just MLB, but also give an in depth analysis of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Minor League Baseball and cover the next generation of Pirate big leaguers. The guys will also discuss fantasy baseball from time to time. Jay also runs a separate episode weekly covering a vast array of sports and entertainment with interesting interviews mixed in along the way. Subscribe, follow, and leave a review. Come aboard the pirate ship, become a scalawag, and start swinging your sword today.
The boys catch up on some of the latest happenings around baseball and then set sail by drafting 20 Pittsburgh Pirates minor league players each for their inaugural Find Your Inner Pirate fantasy baseball league (28:47).
Jay breaks predicts how the top 10 picks of the NFL draft will shake out and gives his thoughts on the Aaron Rodgers news.
Matt Newcomb joins the pod and the guys go over a lot of baseball action from the past week. Matt and Drew talk about a potential trade that went south, and Jay's disappointing loss to Gilles before letting Matt sound off on his 1st place Royals for a bit. Pillager of the Week/Who's Walking the Plank gets spicy before ending the pod talking Pirates farm system, prospects ranked #11-20 according to MLB.com
Jay and Drew go over a bevy of topics including some golf talk (4:20), Man Cave Fantasy Baseball updates (14:20), Pillager of the Week/Who's Walking the Plank (22:30), predictions they feel great about so far and which ones they're having early doubts about (38:32). The boys round out the show by giving their takes on each of the Pirate's top 10 prospects heading into the season (44:52).
Jay and Drew discuss the first week of baseball action, check in a bit on their teams, the National and Rangers (2:00), and also touch on some Man Cave Fantasy Baseball happenings (10:38). The guys give out their picks for Pillager of the Week (29:20) and Who's Walking the Plank (38:37). Some updates on Pirates MILB (47:06) and the guys also preview Masters Weekend and give out some picks (54:50).
Jay is on a solo mission this episode and touches almost every corner of the sports world. He talks Mavs and NBA trade deadline moves (8:57), and also touches on all the NFL happenings with a brief Oklahoma spring football update (29:30). Jay then rounds it all out with Rangers/MLB and Opening Day coverage on the back end (51:45)! Subscribe and follow us on Twitter @SwingSports_ and @jaybirdy23
FYIP has launched and the boys came in hot during this debut episode. Jay and Drew give out some MLB predictions for the season (22:53), Pillagers of the Week (59:30), Who's Walking the Plank (1:02:00), Pirates MiLB Talk (1:06:10), and wrap up by chatting about the Man Cave Fantasy Baseball League (1:09:57).