Baseball Expats

#081 - DD update, the best to never do it & our final Alphabet Battle

The boys are back, it's frteezing in Adelaide, and Spoon might genuinely be the only person on earth who owns an Arizona Diamondbacks sweatshirt. The good news is it’s working: Spoon’s D-backs are absolutely flying in Destiny Draft. We kick off with a quick Destiny Draft update and a couple of new toys on baseballexpats.com: * the live scoreboard: https://www.baseballexpats.com/blog/destiny-draft-2026-live-scoreboard [https://www.baseballexpats.com/blog/destiny-draft-2026-live-scoreboard] * the new Destiny Draft points database (search any player and see their points under our scoring system): https://www.baseballexpats.com/blog/destiny-draft-player-database [https://www.baseballexpats.com/blog/destiny-draft-player-database] Also: there’s a new rip next Monday, so if you want to be the listener picker for next week (or any round this season), hit us up through baseballexpats.com. Then we get into the curious case of Mike Trout, who is, without a shadow of a doubt, the best modern player to never win a playoff game. Rolsey dives into just how absurd the numbers are, and it’s somehow even worse than you remember. After that it’s time for the third and final Alphabet Theme Team. This week is J through P, and we get agonisingly close to taking down our Q through Z monster. Do we do it? You’ll have to listen. Eric leaves early as per usual, and Spoon finishes the episode with his best picks for the midweek MLB slate. Like and subscribe. Love you. Visit baseballexpats.com.

Weekend Best Bets (feat. Weird ways to shower and the Quizmaster)

We start with Cal Raleigh hitting the IL, which Spoon called, in the most baseball way possible: after showering with his full uniform on, getting a base hit, and then somehow still ending up shelved. Then we hit the strangest storyline in the league: Shohei Ohtani has been wildly disappointing at the plate… yet he’s still sitting right near the top of MVP betting because he’s been able to “cover” a cold bat with Cy Young-level pitching. We talk how that’s even possible, and then zoom out into where the Cy Young market sits right now. From there, Rolsey goes full quiz mode and tests the boys on a few different topics, including how each of our favourite teams would score under Destiny Draft rules, plus the current best and worst Destiny Draft scorers in baseball. We also hear from Grom for a quick check-in on how he’s feeling about his Destiny Draft team. Reminder: you can follow the live Destiny Draft scoreboard at baseballexpats.com by clicking Destiny Draft on the homepage. We wrap with Spoon’s picks for the weekend slate. Have a great weekend. Like and subscribe. Love you.

#080 - Destiny Draft update, the All-Disappointment Team, and one last chance for the Mets

We start with a quick Destiny Draft recap. It was a bit of a ho-hum start to the window, but the live scoreboard is up and running on baseballexpats.com — follow along here: https://www.baseballexpats.com/blog/destiny-draft-2026-live-scoreboard [https://www.baseballexpats.com/blog/destiny-draft-2026-live-scoreboard] Then the episode turns into an impromptu “theme team” that isn’t a theme team at all: an All-Disappointment Team. We run through the guys who’ve underwhelmed so far this season, try to build a lineup out of collective frustration, and eventually land on the team we think has been the most disappointing to this point. Rolsey also briefly checks out to investigate whether Heamasi Makasini has re-signed with the West Tigers, which is a bizarre detour even by our standards. We finish on a positive note with Spoon’s tips for the Wednesday slate in Australia — including the New York Mets getting one final chance before they’re officially dead to him. Like and subscribe, tell your friends, and hit baseballexpats.com. Love you.

Destiny Draft 2026, Round 1 (feat. Grom)

Destiny Draft is back for 2026. If you weren’t with us last year, Spoon recaps the rules up top: it’s a short-window fantasy draft where a pack of baseball cards determines the player pool, and then the boys run a snake draft to build their teams for the next two weeks. The one big change this year: we’ve added a guest picker. For Round 1, Grom joins the table and jumps into the chaos for this two-week window. Everything is explained in the episode, including how we score it and how the leaderboard works. Live scoreboard: https://www.baseballexpats.com/blog/destiny-draft-2026-live-scoreboard [https://www.baseballexpats.com/blog/destiny-draft-2026-live-scoreboard] Like and subscribe, and follow along at baseballexpats.com.

Weekend Best Bets (feat. three 30-something old men past their prime)

It’s a special Weekend Pickoff because it’s Spoon’s 30th birthday, so the boys have a proper laugh before he heads into a big birthday bash. We swap a few of our most memorable birthdays (some good, some… regrettable), then check in on last week’s bad juju and whether it’s finally starting to turn. From there we get into Chandler Simpson, one of the most unique talents in baseball right now, and what you even do with a player like that if he keeps performing, plus how his career could realistically unfold. We tease some content coming next week, then Spoon drops his best two tips for birthday weekend. Happy birthday, Spoon. Like and subscribe, and hit baseballexpats.com. Love you.