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Rock Bottom

Alex and Maddie sit down and do their best to answer your questions about the Red Sox's farm system. They provide suggestions on how to cope with the Red Sox's annus horribilis, and consider when Franklin Arias will be called up. With the help of Nick John, they review the team's catching depth. Finally, they give a brief recap of the Rockies series.

The Highs and Lows of Minor League Baseball

In this week's episode, Nick goes over how things have been for Greenville, Salem and even the FCL discussing some standouts such as Franklin Primera and Sadbiel Delzine in the FCL along with slugger Jack Winnay of the Drive. From the pitching standpoint he once more talks about the young pitchers such as Marcus Phillips, Christian Foutch, Kyson Witherspoon and Barrett Morgan and how they've been doing so far in June.

The 50/50 Mailbag

Alex and Maddie celebrate Talk Sox's podcast 50th episode. They kick things off by answering your mailbag questions. (Thank you to everyone who submitted questions!) They unpack the latest drama from Sam Kennedy's comments on Craig Breslow's job security to various league sources disclosing their unsavory opinions about the front office. Finally, they check out the newly unveiled All-Star Game voting standings. Unsurprisingly, there's only one Red Sox player (Willson Contreras) ranked in the top 10 for any American League position.

Week of Winning For Worcester

As the Minor League Podcast officially hits 10 episodes, Nick accidentally turns this week's episode into a Woosox session as he talks about their four game winning streak along with how guys like Braiden Ward and Tsung-Che Cheng have provided value and appear to have broken out of their May slumps. He also breaks down a few Portland pitchers he really likes in Blake Wehunt, Dalton Rogers and Hayden Mullins. And of course, he can't ignore the optioning of Brayan Bello.

The Secret Lives of the Red Sox

Alex and Maddie sit down and recap the recent drama that's been surrounding the Red Sox. They break down Brayan Bello's demotion to Triple-A and Craig Breslow's out-of-touch comments about the situation. They ponder the state of Breslow and Theo Epstein's relationship. Are they veering towards a friends-to-betrayal-to-enemies-with-benefits type of relationship? Finally, they discuss how ownership (one of John W. Henry, Tom Werner, Sam Kennedy, or Theo Epstein) is reportedly involved with trade talks.