Cork'd Up: A Wine Podcast with a Splash of Baseball

This week on Cork'd, Jess and Rachel are talking about the ins and outs of free agency. Rachel talks about how she leverages her social media presence to help squash rumors and explains how the COVID season, a lack of MLB awards, AND the CBA being up will all effect the market. That and more on this week's episode!

We made it to the postseason with a full 60 games played! Rachel and Jess give their thoughts on the expanded playoff format and break down the confusion behind families being able to attend playoff games. Plus Jess talks about the recent uproar over in-game interviews, especially during an elimination game.

This week Jess and Rachel are joined by former MLB Pitcher Dan Straily who is now playing professional baseball for the Lotte Giants of the KBO League. They talk to Dan about the differences between KBO and MLB including the fans, media, and contracts. Plus they talk about what Dan misses most about American and rites of passage of pitchers.

Rachel and Jess take some time to talk about baseball media, how journalists report on the sport, and why athletes struggle with it. They also break down the hypocrisy behind MLB saying Trevor Bauer couldn't wear his "Free Joe Kelly" cleats. Plus we go back to the DM's to see what ridiculous things guys have been sending to Rachel and Jess.

A few days have passed since the trade deadline and the joke is on us! It was NOT a quiet deadline like we anticipated so Jess and Rachel take us through what all went down and their thoughts on the moves made this season. Plus they do a deep dive into the mysterious "PTBNL" that comes up a lot during trades and discuss players being traded from the NL to the AL and how that effects their odds of being in the race for the big league awards.