Command The Zon‪e‬ Daniel Port, Mary Ankenbruck, Callen Elslager

Host Mary Ankenbruck along with co-hosts Daniel Port and Callen Elslager break down the NL East's Offseason signings and then are joined by Pitcher List's own Michael Ajeto for a roundtable discussion on the Kevin Mather scandal from a Seattle and leaguewide perspective!

Players Discussed

Braves

Marcell Ozuna (1:37) 

Charlie Morton (5:12)

Drew Smyly (7:53)

Mets

Marcus Stroman (11:06)

Taijuan Walker (12:45)

Kevin Pillar (15:00)

Albert Almora Jr. (16:39)

Jose Martinez (17:54)

Mallex Smith (19:17)

Phillies

JT Realmuto (19:35)

Didi Gregorious (21:23)

Brad Miller (22:28)

Archie Bradley (23:33)

Marlins

Adam Duvall (24:57)

Nationals

Brad Hand (27:05)

Jon Lester (28:10)

Ryan Zimmerman (30:28)

Kyle Schwarber (33:12)

 

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Host Mary Ankenbruck and co-hosts Daniel Port and Callen Elslager break down the AL Central's offseason signings and then have a roundtable discussion dissecting every major trade that happened this offseason, name winners and losers for the trade season and talk about whether all these trades are good for the league and fandom.

Email us @ CMDTheZone@gmail.com 

Twitter - @CMDTheZone

 

Teams and Players Discussed:

Padres

Fernando Tatis Jr. 14 Year Extension

 

Injury News

Shane Beiber, Sean Murphy, JT Realmuto, Chris Sale, Frankie Montas

 

Breakdowns

Twins - Nelson Cruz, Andrelton Simmons, J.A. Happ

Cleveland - Cesar Hernandez, Eddie Rosario, Billy Hamilton, Ben Gamel

White Sox - Carlos Rodon, Adam Eaton, Liam Hendriks

Tigers - Jonathan Schoop, Renato Nunez, Nomar Mazara, Robbie Grossman

Royals - Hanser Alberto, Carlos Santana

 

Trade Roundtable

Trades Discussed - Lance Lynn Trade, Blake Snell Trade, Joe Musgrove Trade, Yu Darvish Trade, Nolan Arenado Trade, Jameson Taillon Trade, Francisco Lindor Trade, Josh Bell Trade, Andrew Benintendi Trade  

 

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Episode 1 - Diving into the AL East, Mary hates sandwiches and Talking about Mental Health in  baseball.

Episode #1 is here! Mary, Callen and Daniel talk about the Pitcher List 6.0 Launch (00:00:42) and PitchCon (00:01:38) before diving into some MLB News (00:04:52) and all the signings made in the AL East this offseason (00:18:15) before heading off to share some of their biggest baseball and food hot takes (00:49:20) and then finally they wrap things up with roundtable discussion on Andrelton Simmons and the challenges of mental health in baseball and what the league can do to help and what we as fans can do (1:00:00) and give a shoutout to fellow Pitcher List Nicole Cahill and her fantastic mental health organization Neuro-atypical Neighborhood! (1:21:13)

Warning that the roundtable will contain discussions of depression and isolation and suicide. If these are potentially triggering events for you please proceed with caution.

If you are struggling with depression or suicide the number for The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255 or you can find them online at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/  

You can find Nicole Cahill's organization at neuroatypicalneighborhood.com

If you are interested in participating in the Best Ball Event you can reach out to Nicole at @NicoleCahill_ on twitter or the organization itself @NeuroANeighbor

Signings Timestamps:

Baltimore (00:18:24)

                 Felix Hernandez (00:18:29)

                 Trey Mancini (00:20:31)

                  Freddy Galvis (00:22:43)

Boston (00:24:05)

                  Enrique Hernandez (00:24:08)

                  Garrett Richards (00:25:51)

                  Marwin Gonzalez (00:28:36)

                  Hirakozu Sawamura (00:30:10)

Yankees (00:32:10)

                  DJ LeMahieu (00:32:22)

                  Jay Bruce (00:34:34)

                  Corey Kluber (00:36:46)

                  Justin Wilson (00:39:15)

Tampa Bay (00:41:24)

                  Chris Archer (00:41:30)

                  Rich Hill (00:42:38)

                  Michael Wacha (00:44:28)

                  Collin McHugh (00:47:15)

Toronto (00:49:50)

                 George Springer, Kirby Yates and Marcus Semien (00:50:19)

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Host Mary Ankenbruck introduces the newest podcast in the Pitcher List Network! CMD (pronounced Command) The Zone is the best place for you to get the latest news around Major League Baseball every single week along with more long form, round table discussions on baseball-related topics!  

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