Disgusting Baseball, a Cleveland Guardians Podcast

We are back! After a week-long hiatus due to me being sick, Let's Talk Tribe returns with an episode full of Cleveland Indians talk.Opening Day is rapidly approaching, and that means it's time for the Indians to prepare by adding another outfielder and crowning a fifth starter once and for all. It also means it's the perfect time for Jason and I to make predictions for the upcoming season that will almost surely be wrong...

We are excited to welcome our first guest onto the show, ESPN.com writer and ZiPS creator Dan Szymborski! Naturally, we talk a lot about projections and how they relate the Indians, and (also naturally) we got a bit sidetracked by more important things -- Ghostbusters, Star Wars, and how to convince people you are related to major leaguers like Gene Larkin...

If the Cleveland Indians could stop having breaking news right after we record a podcast that'd be great. Last week, Abraham Almonte was suspended one day after we recorded, so it is safe to assume something big is about to go down in the next 24 hours.  Otherwise, we will all be left watching this weird form of baseball that is Spring Training baseball, which is perfectly okay with me...

Check us out on LetsGoTribe.com! I don't know about you guys, but I am unironically pumped that the Cleveland Indians signed Juan Uribe. Naturally, I made sure to bring it up on the podcast, and at the very least, we can all agree he is going to fun to write about. There were some other non-Uribe things to discuss of course, such as the fact that goofy Spring Training games are just a week away...

Check us out on LetsGoTribe.com! We're back! Jason and I have been working on this for quite some time, so it's exciting to finally reveal the "reboot" of the Let's Talk Tribe podcast. In this newish weekly podcast, we will be discussing everything Indians, baseball, and eventually a bit of post-show extras...

Host Jason Lukehart and host Phil Kehres discuss the first month of the Cleveland Indians' 2014 season, which ended with a six-game losing streak. Topics include questions about who should be in the starting rotation (call up Trevor Bauer or Josh Tomlin, giving Carrasco another chance?), which players are most and least likely to turn things around (or are already turning things around), and how realistic playoff contention is at this point (the Tribe is already 5.5 games behind Detroit)...

Host Jason Lukehart and guest Ryan Richards discuss the first week and a half of the 2014 Cleveland Indians season, including the early returns on Carlos Santana at third base, how Lonnie Chisenhall is being used, the state of the starting rotation, and the somewhat shaky performances of new closer John Axford. Jason and Ryan then talk about what they expect from the team and its American League Central rivals over the course of the season...

Host Jason Lukehart talks with Jonah Keri, lead baseball writer for Grantland and the author of the upcoming book, Up, Up, and Away: The Kid, the Hawk, Rock, Vladi, Pedro, le Grand Orange, Youppi!, the Crazy Business of Baseball, and the Ill-fated but Unforgettable Montreal Expos, which will be released on March 25...

Host Jason Lukehart and guest Ryan Richards discuss the Indians offseason to this point, starting with the starting rotation and its need for one more arm. Re-sign Scott Kazmir? Bring in Phil Hughes and see what Mickey Callaway can do with him? Talk then turns to the lineup, including newly acquired outfielder David Murphy, the possibility of someone being traded away, and Carlos Santana continuing to be wildly underrated by many Tribe fans.....

Host Jason Lukehart and guests Ryan Richards and Jay Levin discuss how the Indians find themselves hosting the WIld Card game after a season in which most saw them as a .500 team. What impact have Terry Francona and pitching coach Mickey Callaway had? Which offseason player acquisition has made the biggest difference? Who's the Tribe's MVP this year? Is Danny Salazar the right man for the job in this do-or-die game? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices