Inside the Parker: Don't Discount the Yankees, the New York Mets' Aging Aces + World Series champion Cliff Floyd
The Odd Couple with Rob Parker & Kelvin Washington
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4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
On this edition of Inside the (Rob) Parker, Rob Parker leads off by telling us why you can't count out the currently last place New York Yankees, why the New York Mets have to be concerned about their aging aces Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer and Bryce Harper's return to form for the Philadelphia Phillies. Later, Rob is joined by World Series champion and Apple TV+ analyst Cliff Floyd and The Athletic's Pittsburgh Pirates reporter Rob Biertempfel. Plus we’ve got new editions of “Foul or Fair” with JR Gamble, Anthony Masterson’s analytics segment, “Pocket Protector” with David Gascon, “Why MLB is Better,” and so much more!
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| 0:24.6 | on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:31.6 | From the Burke Shears to the Sound, from wherever you live in MLB America, |
| 0:36.4 | this is Inside the Parker. You give us 22 minutes and we'll give you the scoop on Major League |
| 0:42.3 | Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of Fame voter number seven in Rob Parker. |
| 0:49.2 | Welcome into the podcast. We have a great show for you today. We're going to talk with |
| 0:55.6 | former Major League outfielder Cliff Floyd. Of course, works for MLB Network. We'll |
| 1:00.4 | break down some of the surprise teams in baseball. Rob Beard-Temple from the Athletic. He covers |
| 1:06.1 | the Pirates. He'll stop by that plus foul affair. Let's go. |
| 1:11.2 | To lead off, it's getting roughed and keep him up. Rob's hot take. I'm the three biggest |
| 1:21.6 | stories in Major League Baseball. Number one, you heard it here. The Yankees are the best |
| 1:29.8 | last place team. That's right. Coming into Wednesday, they were in last place in the American |
| 1:36.5 | league East, but they have a record over 500. Think about it. How many teams could be in |
| 1:43.5 | last place with over 20 wins with a 500 record? And let's be honest, the Yankees are only going |
| 1:53.3 | to get better. They've been they've had so many injuries. They have Aaron Judge back. |
| 1:59.1 | Jean Carlos stands hurt. They're waiting for him to come back. Their rotation was devastated at |
| 2:05.3 | the start of the season. Missing a couple of their starters. Who are you going to count on? |
| 2:09.6 | This team will only get better. Anybody who has the idea of counting out the Yankees and the |
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