Miggy 500, Postseason Restructure, Ohtani First to 40, and NL Cy Young Race Tightens

Miguel Cabrera knocked his 500th home run over the fence, which puts his career into an even more legendary stature. Also this week, Shohei Ohtani won the race to 40 homers, a few NL pitchers stumbled off the Cy Young mountaintop, and a tight race to the postseason leads Alex and Travis to cover their ideas on how a reformatting of the season and postseason could lead to a more exciting product

Show Notes

Alex and Travis open by covering two big milestones that were reached this week: Shohei Ohtani hitting 40 homers before anyone else on baseball and Miguel Cabrera joining the elusive 500 career home run club. They dive into what this means for Ohtani's season and for Miggy's career, plus they see who are next in line to reach the 500 homer and 3000 hit clubs. In the wake of the Reds surpassing the Padres in the Wild Card race, Alex and Travis bring up some ideas they have to make sure that the best teams and players in MLB get their shot to play in October. They finish up by analyzing the slimming NL Cy Young race and the Yankees lineup dilemma as prepare to enter the last month of the baseball season.

What is 2 Tools Baseball Podcast?

Stats nerds and high school jocks, welcome to the 2 Tools Baseball podcast, a show that is designed to walk you through some fresh perspectives on Major League Baseball. Hosted by the numbers guy, Alex, and the lifetime ball player, Travis, the 2 Tools Baseball Podcast aims to tackle weekly hot topics from unique and often contrasting viewpoints throughout the MLB season. We'd appreciate it if you came along for this wild ride. Cheers!