The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

In Episode 543, Patrick, Jeffrey and Craig indulge in a lot of banter (and a taste test) and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 
  
1. Skubal Dooby Doo, Where Are You?: An update on Craig and Jeffrey's confidence in the 2026 Tigers. Plus, Framber Valdez throws a four-seam fastball.
2. Sorry We Missed You: Arizona Diamondbacks: The first in a survey of forgettable .500 teams
3. Sorry We Missed You: Texas Rangers: Okay, the AL has a lot of forgettable .500 teams, but we've talked about most of the rest. 
4. Around the Horn: Injuries, relatable and not
5. Craig doesn't get mad about the game, not at all. 

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In Episode 542, Patrick, Jeffrey and Craig chat about the calendar and movies and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 
  
  
1. Waiting for the other shoe to drop in Tampa Bay: The Rays? The Rays. Also, the Orioles.
2. Central Planning: Another perfectly timed Five and Dive segment
3. Around the Horn: Willson Contreras is chatty, and a lot of players are hurt or called up.
4. What to Watch: Patrick wants you to watch the Rockies.
5. The 700 Club gets a glow up. 

Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is [email protected].     
                                      
Our theme tune is by Andy Matthews, who you can follow on Bluesky @andymatthewsmusic. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music. It was produced by Barrie Maguire and Tim Ferguson.

In Episode 541, Patrick, Jeffrey and Craig chat about hockey Mammoth and actual mammoth and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 
  
1. We Went To The Philly Pizza Company and ordered Mattingly: The Phillies become the second underperforming northeast team to fire their manager. 
2. What Me Worry: How concerned are we about five stars off to bad starts?
3. License to IL: We have a lot of injuries to catch up on this week
4. Around the Horn: Streaks, call-ups, and #weirdbaseball
5. Put your thinking caps on.

Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is [email protected].     
                                      
Our theme tune is by Andy Matthews, who you can follow on Bluesky @andymatthewsmusic. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music. It was produced by Barrie Maguire and Tim Ferguson.

The Heat Check is back as Nathan and Smith take you through the hot starts you need to know about so far in 2026.

In Episode 540, Patrick, Jeffrey and Craig chat about emergency broadcast texts and SABR 1.0 negotiations and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 
  
1. Shipping Out of Boston: The Red Sox clean house via CoachesforHire
2. Central Planning: Let's chat NL Central. It's....actually interesting?
3. Around the Horn: ATH is mostly DFA
4. What to Watch: Some intriguing interleague matchups, and a less intriguing Wild Card round rematch.
5. You will never stop remembering Shea Hillenbrand. 

Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is [email protected].     
                                      
Our theme tune is by Andy Matthews, who you can follow on Bluesky @andymatthewsmusic. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music. It was produced by Barrie Maguire and Tim Ferguson.