Episode 1,075: analysis with Neil Greenberg of The Washington Post on Commanders' 2025 schedule and more

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Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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11:36 - Guest: sports-analytics and sports-betting expert Neil Greenberg of The Washington Post on what to make of the Commanders being favored in 12 of the team's 17 games in the 2025 regular season, what the team being favored in so many games says about its candidacy to be a regression team in the 2025 season, why the Commanders are likely to exceed their prevailing over/under win total of 9.5 for the 2025 regular season, why rest advantage in the NFL may not be what we previously thought, whether the Commanders with what they've done in the 2025 offseason have improved, the approach that Commanders general manager Adam Peters has taken in the 2025 offseason, how to view the Capitals' 2024-2025 season and more 37:21 - Nationals: breakdown of the Nats sweeping three games at the Orioles, including a big series for the Nats' offense 50:39 - Orioles: in-depth reaction to the O's firing manager Brandon Hyde and to them getting swept by the Nats in three games The Nace Law Group, Accident & Injury Lawyers - 202-902-7611 and make sure that you mention that Al Galdi sent you Call Nova Fireplace And Stove at 571-513-3803, mention that Al Galdi sent you and receive $50 off any fireplace service before Sept. 1, 2025 - this includes cleaning, safety inspection, tune-up and diagnostic work For advertising inquiries, email [email protected] Please note that time stamps may be slightly off depending on rotating national ads

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode one thousand seventy-five of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Monday, May 19th, 2025. It's funny how things work out.
0:26.6	The Nationals in October 2017 hired Chicago Cubs bench coach Davy Martinez, his manager.
0:33.9	The man who succeeded him as Cubs bench coach was Brandon Hyde.
0:38.1	He had been a coach for the Cubs since November 2013.
0:41.1	The Orioles hired Hyde as their manager in December 2018.
0:45.7	Martinez and Hyde are good friends.
0:47.4	Martinez and Hyde had become two of the longest tenured active managers in MLB.
0:52.9	But Martinez's Nats over the weekend put an end to Hyde's
0:57.5	tenure as Orioles manager. The Nats over the weekend authored a three-game sweep of the O's at
1:04.1	O'S at Oriel Park at Camden Yards as the O's on Saturday afternoon announced having fired
1:08.9	Brandon Hyde and Major League field coordinator slash catching
1:12.9	instructor Tim Cousins and having named third base coach Tony Mansellino as interim manager.
1:20.3	I have a lot to say about this series, including the O's firing Hyde.
1:24.1	Discussion of the series from each team's perspective is coming up later in the show.
1:29.0	Hello and welcome to this Monday installment of the Al-Galdi podcast. Next segment, a conversation
1:34.3	with sports analytics and sports betting expert Neil Greenberg of the Washington Post, as we'll go
1:39.5	in depth on the commander's 2025 regular season schedule, including what to make of the commanders
1:45.9	being favored in 12 of the 17 games, what the team being favored in so many games says about
1:51.7	the team's candidacy to be a regression team in the 2025 season. Why the commanders are likely
1:58.4	to exceed their prevailing over under wind total of nine and a half for the
2:02.6	2025 regular season, why rest advantage in the NFL may not be what we previously thought,
2:08.3	whether the commanders with what they've done this off-season have improved, the approach
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