Benches Cleared Podcast (SF Giants & Dodgers Podcast)

Orioles make a dumb move firing their broadcaster for giving stats, Tim Anderson fights Jose Ramirez for a classic KO baseball fight. Giants go 2-4 against the As and Angels, and with a very hard August coming up slip down to the 2nd wild card team in the NL. With the offense struggling and and only having 3 starters it does look good for the Giants NL West hopes. Dodgers dominate against the Padres and DBacks growing their lead in the NL West to 6 games with 2 months to go. Their Trade deadline moves are paying off and with big names coming back off the IL things are looking good for the boys in blue

our first episode this year in with a bang? Giants have over achieved from the beginning of the year predictions and the Dodgers have technically under preformed but still are at the top of the NL west with the Giants 2.5 games back but have the top NL wild card spot. Both teams had mediocre trade deadlines and we talk about the "deals" made and the ones that should have been made. we break down the first 106+ games and look toward the next 50+ on this weeks episode!

WE ARE BACK! After huge personal events in our lives, we had to take an unexpected break, but we are back to talk about the best rivalry in sports! After huge promises made by the Giants front office, they still don’t have their star for the future. The Dodgers are oddly quiet but do add some infield depth with Miguel Rojas. Are both the Giants relying on their farm to fill in the holes? Will anyone trade for an impact player or will the Padres be the favorite to win the division for 2023. We grade the off-season, bring back the Aubrey Huff hate, Say goodbye to our departing fan favorites and so much more on this weeks episode!

Padres take the wild card series against the Mets and advance to the NLDS to take on the Dodgers in the NLDS. We tap Friar Talk’s Matt Kaimer to give us the Padres view of the upcoming series. We talk about what worries Tyler the most and what gives him the most hope this series will go his way. Giants also make some news hiring a new GM Pete Putila, we give our predictions on how the rest of the postseason will go, and much more on this weeks episode!

On this episode of the benches cleared podcast we talk bout the Dodgers dominat 2022, the Giants issues going 500. Judge and Pujols’s historic seasons. We also dive into the postseason and give our brackets on the results, this and so much more on this weeks episode!!

Dodgers win both series against the Padres and Backs but more questions come up with Kimbrel. What should his role be or should he even be on the postseason roster. Giants win both series against the Cubs and Braves, as they use the rest of 2022 as a try out for 2023. We talk Littell demotion, Flores extensions, home run milestones and what we would do with Pujols’s 700 HR ball. This and so much more on this weeks episode

Dodgers win the series vs both the Padres and Giants as they cruise to another NL West Division title. Giants sweep the Phillies but lose the series to the Dodgers and get swept by the Brewers in a weird double header, the NL wild card dreams are as good as done as they look towards 2023. MLB and MLBPA agree on 3 new rules for this upcoming season, Pitching Clocks, Bigger bases, and shift bans (kinda) how this will effect next year and what makes sense? New segments and more on this weeks episode!!

Dodgers take 3 from Miami but lose the series to the Mets, is it no big deal or is it a question if this team can beat them in the postseason. Giants get swept twice by the Twins and Padres, with almost all aspects of their game failing all energy has left the building. We talk about Pujols road to 700 HRs, Zack Hample hate and Josh Reddick trying to make himself relevant. This and so much more on this week’s episode!

Giants sweep the pirates and split with the Dbacks, pretty disappointing taking the first 2 against the dbacks and then unable to salvage a win with Rodon and Webb starts. Dodgers take the series with the Royals but lose a series with the Brewers, not a huge deal with a huge cushion in the NLWest but this series raises serious questions on who’s going to close tis postseason and with Buehler out for the season can they rely on their starting pitching depth to take them to another World Series

We talk about ESPNs laughable coverage on baseball and how they should use other analysts than Stephen A to talk about a sport that he clearly doesn’t watch

We go into the AL MVP debate, Shohei vs Judge, who has more value? This and so much more on the podcast that covers the best rivalry in sports

This episode of the benches cleared podcast we go over the Dodgers perfect week, sweeping the Padres and Twins extending their streak to 10. Securing the best record in baseball and extending by their lead.

The Giants sweep the As but lose the series to the Padres. Had a chance for the win of the series and the sweep but the struggling bullpen strikes again. Giants do have an above .500 week but still lose ground in the NL wild card race, now behind the Padres 7.5 games for the last spot. Running out of games the Giants need to get on a run this month if they have any hopes on making it to the playoffs this year

Chris Sale is out for the season breaking his hand falling off his bike, we give our condolences to Tim Lincecum and his family for losing his wife Cristin Coleman this last week and eye the next week on the podcast that covers the best rivalry in sports

We remember and talk about the greatest of all time Vin Scully, his life, legacy and what he meant to both of us as baseball fans hearing him throughout our entire lives. Giants win 4 game series against the cubs but who cares when the Dodgers shit all over your season. Dodgers win series over the Rockies but then beat the Giants like they stole something. At the deadline the Dodgers add Joey Gallo and Chris Martin. Giants lose Ruf, Casali and Boyd for prospects and JD Davis confusing and pissing off the entire fan base. Padres add Juan Soto, Yankees, Braves and Seattle add big. We look forward to next week for the Dodgers and Giants, this and so much more on this week’s episode!

Giants hit a huge decline getting swept by the Dodgers and the Dbacks. Everything is going wrong which could make them sellers at the deadline coming on Tuesday. Dodgers dominate Giants but lose series to the Nats but still secure the best record in baseball. We predict who’s going where this trade deadline and what it means for each team, stud duds and so much more on this weeks episode!

The Dodgers maintain the best record in the NL, sweeping the Rockies and taking 3 out of 4 from the Padres. Gonsolin keeps dominating and the Dodgers keep rolling despite having a shaky closer. The Giants can’t get out of their own way with defensive miscues they have been famous for all year. Matching with a struggling offense and its no surprise they get swept by the White Sox and losing the series to a bottom feeding Backs team. We remember the late legendary Dodger scout Mike Brito who passed away, worry for Jurickson Profar who had a scary collision with CJ Abrams, studs and duds and so much more on this weeks episode!

Dodgers start the week hot sweeping the Dbacks but we get swept by the Pirates to end the week. The Giants almost get swept. by the Reds but longo saves the day and end the week almost sweeping the phillies. Tommy Pham can control his emotions again getting butthurt over fantasy football slapping joc and getting suspended for 3 games, this and so much more on this weeks episode!

Dodgers dominate these past 2 weeks going 9-5, SFGiants make their 2nd 5 game losing steak of May including a huge sweep by the Padres going 5-7 last week. We say good bye to Dubon and check in a Logan Webbs twitter habits. who we want to watch baseball with, as well as make a deep dive in some of the best places to see a dodger game at dodgers stadium. Discuss what it would take to trade for Juan Soto and would it be worth it? all this and so much more on this weeks episode!

SFGiants bounce back from a terrible week last week splitting a 4 game series with the Cardinals and sweep the hot Rockies. Ending a 4 game losing streak celebrating Buster Posey then winning their next 5. Dodgers have great 4-2 week sweeping the cubs but lose the series to the rebuilding pirates offense struggles in the disappointing series but we see the debut from friend of the pod and top prospect Ryan Pepiot. We check around the league and see who's has the early division leads and discuss if the Angels are actually good or not. studs and duds, this and so much more on this weeks episode!

Week 4 of the 2022 season we go around the league where Madbum gets tossed for taking the bait of an umpire trying to toss Bumgarner out of the game in the 1st inning. In New York the Mets keep up their hot start with a 7 run come back in the 9th to beat Kaplers old team the phillies, if Kapler was still the manager would the phillies play hard and bunt/steal with huge leads? not sure but for this situation we are going with yes. Dodgers win the series against the Tigers and sweeping the SFGiants. Kershaw makes history breaking the Dodgers franchise record for strikeouts and the rest of the pitching staff follows by dominating both series. SFGiants are hit hard with injuries in their line up but still show up in the Nats series but their pitching struggles in both series. Pederson, Yaz get back into the line up but cant do much against the Dodgers losing in game 1 and getting dick slapped in game 2... studs and duds, this and much much on this weeks episode!

Dodgers sign 2020 MVP 1st basemen Freddie freeman for 6 years! making arguably the best line up ever? SF Giants get hometown postseason hero Joc Pederson to a 1 year deal. They also Matthew Boyd, Carlos Martinez, and Jakob Junis to their starting pitching depth, discuss the trades around the league and gear up for the 1st day of spring training!!!

Baseball is back and WE are back! MLB and the MLBPA finally reach an agreement and we go over the newest rules and postseason changes. The free agent market has officially opened as the SFGiants strike first signing all star LH starter Carlos Rodón to a 2 year 44 million dollar deal. the Dodgers answer right away by brining back legend Clayton Kershaw to a club friendly 1 year 17 million dollar deal. Lastly we go over the next moves the teams should make before spring games start in a week, trash talk and so much more in this weeks episode!!

Bonds and Clemens fall off the hall of fame ballot, whos to blame and how can it change? MLB and MLBPA labor negotiations pick up speed with only 3 weeks left for the start of spring training, Kevin Gausman shares the SF Giants never offered him a contract and we get your opinions on all of it!

Dodgers sign super utility Chris Taylor to a 4 year 60 million dollar deal! Will/Can the SF Giants give Joey Bart the starting catching position? most importantly MLB and the MLBPA cant come to an agreement to the expiring CBA and the lockdown watch officially begins. Whos to blame, will the season start on time, will the teams and remaining free agents have time to sign a deal? We try to sort it out on this weeks episode

Dodgers season comes to end losing the NLCS to the World series champion Atlanta Braves, with the season coming to an end we look to free agency and how the CBA can complicate things. Last but not least SFGiants Legend Buster Posey calls it a career after a potential hall of fame worthy 12 years, a bunch of sadness on the last episode of the 2021 season.

Dodgers win game 5 on the back of CT3! 3 bombs and the rest of the offense comes alive. we discuss the series so far and look ahead to game 6 and hopefully game 7!

We breakdown the upcoming NLCS series between the Braves and Dodgers. who has the one up at the plate, starting pitching, and bullpen arms. Studs and duds, you know the drill

SFGiants take game 1 on the back of Logan Webb's Gem and HRs from Buster Posey, Kris Bryant and Brandon Crawford 4-0. Dodgers dominate game 2 with a great start from Julio Urias and clutch hits from Cody Bellinger, Mookie Betts and more. with the series tied at 1-1, what can we expect in games 3 and 4? will there be a game 5? We try to figure it out on this mid series episode!

Dodgers take care of the Cardinals in the wild card game on the back of a Chris Taylor walk off HR and a shut down bullpen! Now to what we've all been waiting for! the first postseason match up for the best rivalry in sports, we get into our predictions, series studs and duds and of course the best trash talk in the baseball podcasting game!! We cant wait til the end of this series to talk about this NLDS, will be back after game 2!!!