2 JUL 2024 · In Episode 386, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Will Ospreay and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Whoa-oh, We're Halfway There: Checking in on what we'll be checking in on in the second half of the season 2. Accountability Check: Looking back at some of our preseason predictions  3. Around the Horn: Only watching the Rockies and White Sox forever  4. What to Watch: Someone other than Jeffrey picks a Mets series, but there isn't that much to pick. 5. Second place is the first winner in this episode's game Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is https://baseballprospectus.com/. Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music  Spotify: https://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify Apple Music: https://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM

28 JUN 2024 · In Episode 385, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the kids and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Houston we have a pennant race: The Astros are hot, surely the Mariners have a response, right?  2. If you win 20 in the show you can let the fungus grow back: Keep Baseball (barely) Weird. 3. Around the Horn: A pitcher throws up, a purple avatar downs a 40, and all the other notable transactional stuff of the week 4. What to Watch: The Grimace Mets, two .500 teams, and Patrick plans out your weekend. 5. Let's guess some salaries again. Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is https://baseballprospectus.com/. Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music  Spotify: https://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify Apple Music: https://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM

25 JUN 2024 · In Episode 384 Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about vinyl records and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Drove to Chicago, All Things Known, All Things Known: Craig needs to brush up on his landmark 2000s indie albums, and we brush up on the state of the Cubs...eventually.  2. Meyer's Rigged Test: Max Meyer will eventually be back in Miami, right? 3. Around the Horn: Another Mets sticky stuff suspension and another weird Rockies ending. 4. What to Watch: Let's pay attention to NYC for once, and the Angels and Athletics for the absolute last time.  5. Craig makes the game this week. We are as surprised as you are. Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is https://baseballprospectus.com/. Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music Spotify: https://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify Apple Music: https://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM

21 JUN 2024 · In Episode 383, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about John Goodman and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Willie Mays (1931-2024) 2. Thanks, I Hate It: As tonal shifts to the pod go, this is a drastic one, but also we've watched that Nintendo Switch ad (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itU98oBYGvE) 100 times now.  3. Around the Horn: The Baltimore/Yankees rivalry heats up, a Chicago catching shake up, and a handful of call ups are on the docket. 4. What to Watch: A 1990s classic, and two 2024 teams, struggling 5. Craig and Jeffrey try to answer the question: What would Jerry Dipoto do? Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is https://baseballprospectus.com/. Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music Spotify: https://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify Apple Music: https://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM

21 JUN 2024 · Smith and Nathan check in some catchers and share some Father's Day memories on this episode of the Heat Check. 

18 JUN 2024 · In Episode 382, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about moving and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. IL Communication: The Dodgers have a particualrly bad weekend, but they aren't the only likely playoff team dealing with injury concerns. 2. I've got I-95 problems: What if a Yankees/Red Sox Sunday Night game happens and nobody really cares? 3. Around the Horn: We explain Griamce to Patrick. Patrick explains the Jose Abreu release to us. 4. What to Watch: Can we interest you in some NL Wild Card action? No? Where are you going? 5. 382 episodes in, Craig finally crushes a game. Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is https://baseballprospectus.com/. Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music  Spotify: https://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify Apple Music: https://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM

13 JUN 2024 · In Episode 381, Patrick and Jeffrey chat about lakes (again) and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1.This is the sound of settling: The Mariners might just be the best team inthe AL West. Is that enough? 2. The Medium Place: Is it better to be good, bad, or just actually interesting? It's a long season after all. 3. Around the Horn: Cavan Biggio inevitably finds his way to Los Angeles, and that leads off a very slow news half week. 4. What to Watch: Some good match-ups, plus one that's happened a bunch of times but you've never paid attention to.  5. Jeffrey struggles with knowing what year is which but otherwise acquits himself okay Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is https://baseballprospectus.com/. Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music Spotify: https://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify Apple Music: https://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM

11 JUN 2024 · In Episode 380, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Patrick's 90s CD collection and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. - Ooh, baby, baby it's a wild card: With 100 or so games to go, we take stock of the NL Wild Card race, such as it is. - Sorry We Missed You: The Bad Place: Some of our favorites are off to some rough starts. - Around the Horn: Yet another blue city connect, plus some DFAs and call-ups. - What to Watch: Well there are exactly two series between above .500 teams so...those. - Jeffrey gets the tables flipped on him with his own game Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is fiveanddive@baseballprospectus.com. Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotfy and Apple Music Spotify: https://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify Apple Music: https://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM

7 JUN 2024 · Smith and Nathan check in on an old Yankees prospect, a current Yankees prospect and everyone else trending up or down over the last few weeks. Plus Eli Walsh has a report on the Padres Leodalis De Vries. 

7 JUN 2024 · In Episode 379, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about celebrity lookalikes and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here: MLB hands down five suspensions for betting on baseball. Let's discourse about the discourse. 2. Sorry We Missed You: The Good Place: Some great early season performances we've overlooked, and one we definitely haven't. 3. Around the Horn: Wilyer sprains his ankle, two Astros pitchers go under the knife, and the Athletics are planning a vacation before their new house is even built 4. What to Watch: London Baseball and NL West basbeall 5. The games are like Outback now, no rules, just right. (Craig's still wrong). Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is https://baseballprospectus.com/. Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music Spotify: https://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify Apple Music: https://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM