clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile

Filed under:

Unrest in Washington, Our Beloved Willians Astudillo, and Jon Gray’s Puzzling Demotion

Ringer staffers discuss the Nationals’ recent struggles and more

MLB: Spring Training-Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

Michael Baumann is joined by Zach Kram to discuss the Washington Nationals’ brutal June and the Oakland Athletics’ chances of breaking into the AL playoff race (01:15). Then Megan Schuster comes on the pod to talk about our staff’s favorite player: Twins rookie utilityman Willians Astudillo (18:10). Finally, Ben Lindbergh explains why the Colorado Rockies just demoted their Opening Day starter, and how that demotion is even weirder than it looks (27:47).

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Art19 / Stitcher / RSS