Mike Francesa ft. Bobby Valentine MLB preview 2022 - MLB rule changes & predictions and more!

The Mike Francesa Podcast

BetRivers Network

Sports, Football, Baseball

4.6 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The Mike Francesa Podcast welcomes Bobby Valentine 💖 for a 2022 MLB preview. Mike and Bobby chat about MLB rule changes and then discuss the evolution of MLB managers and front offices. Are MLB starting pitchers are really worth huge contracts? Also, check out their New York Mets preview, New York Yankees predictions, and much more! ⚾ Subscribe to The Mike Francesa Podcast and be sure to tap the🔔icon after you click Subscribe so you don't miss a single episode. 00:00 Mike welcomes Bobby Valentine to the show01:25 Bobby talks MLB rule changes for 202205:15 Should batters be able to leave the batter's box?08:10 MLB front offices and managers cooperate differently these days12:58 Have starting MLB pitchers been devalued?23:00 How age and rest affect MLB players 👴28:36 Bullpen politics! 💪32:03 Double-Hook Designated Hitter adjustment34:50 New York Mets predictions & roster42:47 New York Yankees preview 48:34 Bobby predicts the best National League team 🏆49:40 Are the Chicago White Sox for real? 🧦Follow Mike on Twitter @MikeFrancesa (https://twitter.com/MikeFrancesa)Follow BetRivers Network @BRNPodcasts (https://twitter.com/BRNPodcasts)Follow Bobby V.(@BobbyValentine (https://twitter.com/BobbyValentine)#MikeFrancesa #BobbyValentine #MLB2022

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0:20.6	it's the mike francesa podcast on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcast.
0:25.8	It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the Bet Rivers Network.
0:29.5	Baseball's back and I get a chance to chat with Bobby V,
0:32.8	which you know what, folks, whether we were fighting or not fighting or whatever,
0:38.7	I always love talking baseball because there are few people who know baseball better than Bobby V.
0:45.6	Nobody can argue that. I mean, he just, he has an opinion on everything and knows the game inside and out. And he is part of the Bet Rivers family. And he will join me on these baseball
0:53.3	podcasts each week during the baseball season.
0:56.8	The baseball season is right around the corner.
0:59.0	Luckily, the owners and the players didn't screw it up too badly.
1:02.3	But, Bobby, I have so many things I want to discuss with you here.
1:06.3	First of all, welcome.
1:10.2	And then secondly, the rules, I wish they would have gone back and fixed everything rather
1:18.1	than wait and decide to fix some things this year and others after this year.
1:25.9	I don't know why they couldn't have done it all in one fell swoop now that we're hopefully
1:30.0	past, you know, all the craziness that we've lived through the last two years.
1:35.2	But, I mean, they put the double-headed back at nine innings,
1:40.4	but we still have to live with that ridiculous extra inning rule for another year.
1:45.9	I don't know why they couldn't have wiped that out this year.
1:48.9	Are you comfortable where to rule things are this year and the rule changes are this year?
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