Eno and DVR discuss a few injury updates ahead of the final weekend of the regular season and share a quick breakdown of the viewing guide with two divisions and Wild Card spots still up for grabs in the final days of the season. Plus, they discuss a few second-half surprises among hitters, before Senior Hot Dog Correspondent Niv Shah drops by with the final Taste of the Majors review of the 2025 season, and a few thoughts on how to manage endgame ottoneu pickups.

Rundown

1:41 Kyle Tucker Returns on Friday; Cade Horton Might be OK?

5:16 Trea Turner: Not Guaranteed to Return This Weekend

6:42 Nick Lodolo: Groin Injury on Thursday Not Deemed Serious

9:36 Weekend Viewing Guide: Playoff Battles in the Balance

23:45 Noteworthy Second-Half Hitters

39:11 Senior Hot Dog Correspondent Niv Shah Joins the Show!

Strategy Talk: Final ottoneu Adds

59:00 Reviewing The Atlanta Dog

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Eno & Trevor grab the wheel as DVR is out today and there is a lot to talk about with all the crazy races coming down to the wire in the last few days of the regular season. They talk about the Guardians taking over 1st place, Tong struggles vs the Cubs, the NL Wild Card, Mariners clinching the AL West, who is the AL MVP and what is going on with the Mets' starting pitching.

Rundown

1:01- Recapping Guardians-Tigers Game 2

8:51- Crochet dominates Blue Jays

16:45- Tong struggles vs Cubs

21:28- NL Wild Card Race craziness

25:52- Mariners clinch AL West

26:50- Judge or Raleigh for AL MVP?

41:50- Should Seattle rest guys?

46:28- Tracking fatigue

52:35- What happened to the Mets' starting pitching?

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DVR is off today, so Eno is joined by Jed Lowrie to talk about everything baseball. They break down the challenge system coming to MLB, some news you should know, an update on the big races still going on, managerial impact on beating run differential and what is going on with Riley Greene.

Rundown

:46- Challenge system is coming to MLB

15:10- Patrick Zapulski is the new Rays owner

18:50- Astros sinking, fell all the way out, for now

24:54- Santander activated & Manoah DFA'd in Toronto

26:15- AL East is still up for grabs

28:48- Guardians take Game 1 of their series vs Detriot

32:40- Managerial impact on beating run differential

48:50- What's going on with Riley Greene?

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