We made it! The 2024 season is here! But the Dbacks sign Jordan Montgomery right at the buzzer for a 1 year deal. Dodgers one up them and give Catcher Will Smith an 10 year 140 million dollar extension. We made our predictions around the league and on our teams for the 2024 season. And we go over the trades our team made we wish we could take back on this weeks episode!
Mar 28, 2024•1 hr 4 min
We have actual games played! Dodgers split the series with the Padres in Korea with some controversy on and off the field. Shohei Ohtani’s long time interpreter Ippei Mizuhara fired for stealing over 4 million dollars from Shohei to cover his gambling debts, or maybe Shohei gave it to him? Or is Ippei the fall guy for Ohtani’s gambling problem? Who knows at this point but ones things for certain, you don’t know either. Giants choose violence and do not bring back long time PA announcer Renel Bro...
Mar 22, 2024•53 min
The Padres make a huge splash trading for front line starter Dylan Cease, but was the return a huge sacrifice? Gavin Lux is moved to 2nd for bad defense which gives Mookie the ability to move to SS making him one of the best shortstops in baseball without playing more than a handful of games there. JD Davis is released after the Matt Chapman signing. But was he wronged? Trevor Bauer dominates the Dodgers….. minor leaguers and brags about it on Twitter. We break down the Giants and Dodgers Infiel...
Mar 14, 2024•49 min
MLB the show introduce a feature to play as a woman and dudes are pissed but maybe more of us agree than disagree. Matt Cjapman signs a 3 year deal(kinda) with the Giants! We go over the Giants and Dodgers outfield and the bullpens for the 2024 season. Yamamoto struggles in a spring training start, but what does it mean? And Brandon Crawford tells what happened with the Giants split but is he justified? This and more in this week’s episode!
Mar 07, 2024•50 min
We are back! We welcome in a new face Dave Contreras to cohost the pod! Jesse and Dave go over the Dodgers historic billion dollar offseason signing Shohei Ohtani, Yamamoto, Glassnow and Teoscar Hernandez. Giants sign Jung Hoo Lee, Jordan Hicks, Jorge Soler, and make some salary dumps (Stripling, DeScalfani & Haniger) and make a solid trade for Robbie Ray who won’t be coming back til August. Say good bye to Brandon Crawford, talk the possibility of Panda returning to Oracle. Manfred trying t...
Feb 29, 2024•44 min
Orioles make a dumb move firing their broadcaster for giving stats, Tim Anderson fights Jose Ramirez for a classic KO baseball fight. Giants go 2-4 against the As and Angels, and with a very hard August coming up slip down to the 2nd wild card team in the NL. With the offense struggling and and only having 3 starters it does look good for the Giants NL West hopes. Dodgers dominate against the Padres and DBacks growing their lead in the NL West to 6 games with 2 months to go. Their Trade deadline...
Aug 10, 2023•45 min•Season 5Ep. 2
our first episode this year in with a bang? Giants have over achieved from the beginning of the year predictions and the Dodgers have technically under preformed but still are at the top of the NL west with the Giants 2.5 games back but have the top NL wild card spot. Both teams had mediocre trade deadlines and we talk about the "deals" made and the ones that should have been made. we break down the first 106+ games and look toward the next 50+ on this weeks episode!
Aug 03, 2023•48 min•Season 5Ep. 1
WE ARE BACK! After huge personal events in our lives, we had to take an unexpected break, but we are back to talk about the best rivalry in sports! After huge promises made by the Giants front office, they still don’t have their star for the future. The Dodgers are oddly quiet but do add some infield depth with Miguel Rojas. Are both the Giants relying on their farm to fill in the holes? Will anyone trade for an impact player or will the Padres be the favorite to win the division for 2023. We gr...
Jan 12, 2023•48 min•Season 4Ep. 28
Padres take the wild card series against the Mets and advance to the NLDS to take on the Dodgers in the NLDS. We tap Friar Talk’s Matt Kaimer to give us the Padres view of the upcoming series. We talk about what worries Tyler the most and what gives him the most hope this series will go his way. Giants also make some news hiring a new GM Pete Putila, we give our predictions on how the rest of the postseason will go, and much more on this weeks episode!
Oct 11, 2022•50 min•Season 4Ep. 27
On this episode of the benches cleared podcast we talk bout the Dodgers dominat 2022, the Giants issues going 500. Judge and Pujols’s historic seasons. We also dive into the postseason and give our brackets on the results, this and so much more on this weeks episode!!
Oct 07, 2022•51 min•Season 4Ep. 26
Dodgers win both series against the Padres and Backs but more questions come up with Kimbrel. What should his role be or should he even be on the postseason roster. Giants win both series against the Cubs and Braves, as they use the rest of 2022 as a try out for 2023. We talk Littell demotion, Flores extensions, home run milestones and what we would do with Pujols’s 700 HR ball. This and so much more on this weeks episode
Sep 16, 2022•49 min•Season 4Ep. 25
Dodgers win the series vs both the Padres and Giants as they cruise to another NL West Division title. Giants sweep the Phillies but lose the series to the Dodgers and get swept by the Brewers in a weird double header, the NL wild card dreams are as good as done as they look towards 2023. MLB and MLBPA agree on 3 new rules for this upcoming season, Pitching Clocks, Bigger bases, and shift bans (kinda) how this will effect next year and what makes sense? New segments and more on this weeks episod...
Sep 10, 2022•35 min•Season 4Ep. 24
Dodgers take 3 from Miami but lose the series to the Mets, is it no big deal or is it a question if this team can beat them in the postseason. Giants get swept twice by the Twins and Padres, with almost all aspects of their game failing all energy has left the building. We talk about Pujols road to 700 HRs, Zack Hample hate and Josh Reddick trying to make himself relevant. This and so much more on this week’s episode!
Sep 02, 2022•40 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Giants sweep the pirates and split with the Dbacks, pretty disappointing taking the first 2 against the dbacks and then unable to salvage a win with Rodon and Webb starts. Dodgers take the series with the Royals but lose a series with the Brewers, not a huge deal with a huge cushion in the NLWest but this series raises serious questions on who’s going to close tis postseason and with Buehler out for the season can they rely on their starting pitching depth to take them to another World Series We...
Aug 19, 2022•45 min•Season 4Ep. 22
This episode of the benches cleared podcast we go over the Dodgers perfect week, sweeping the Padres and Twins extending their streak to 10. Securing the best record in baseball and extending by their lead. The Giants sweep the As but lose the series to the Padres. Had a chance for the win of the series and the sweep but the struggling bullpen strikes again. Giants do have an above .500 week but still lose ground in the NL wild card race, now behind the Padres 7.5 games for the last spot. Runnin...
Aug 12, 2022•32 min•Season 4Ep. 21
We remember and talk about the greatest of all time Vin Scully, his life, legacy and what he meant to both of us as baseball fans hearing him throughout our entire lives. Giants win 4 game series against the cubs but who cares when the Dodgers shit all over your season. Dodgers win series over the Rockies but then beat the Giants like they stole something. At the deadline the Dodgers add Joey Gallo and Chris Martin. Giants lose Ruf, Casali and Boyd for prospects and JD Davis confusing and pissin...
Aug 05, 2022•53 min•Season 4Ep. 20
Giants hit a huge decline getting swept by the Dodgers and the Dbacks. Everything is going wrong which could make them sellers at the deadline coming on Tuesday. Dodgers dominate Giants but lose series to the Nats but still secure the best record in baseball. We predict who’s going where this trade deadline and what it means for each team, stud duds and so much more on this weeks episode!
Jul 29, 2022•40 min
Giants take 3 of 4 from the Brewers and start to get their 2021 mojo back. Dodgers dominate the Angels and take a wild game 1 of the series with the Giants as we break it down. We talk all things All Star game and if the Nats should trade Soto and what it would take to get the generational player. Stud and duds and so much more on this week’s episode!
Jul 22, 2022•38 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Giants split the series with the team they are chasing the Padres, start playing with some fire after Eric Karros calls out Flores, the Evan Longoria Rabies awareness to find a cure HR derby and the starting pitching dominating. then win their first series since mid June against the Dbacks playing 2021 giants baseball. Dodgers dominate the NL Central this week sweeping the cubs and taking the series against the wild card hopeful Cardinals separating themselves at the top of the NL West standing ...
Jul 15, 2022•40 min•Season 4Ep. 18
The Dodgers maintain the best record in the NL, sweeping the Rockies and taking 3 out of 4 from the Padres. Gonsolin keeps dominating and the Dodgers keep rolling despite having a shaky closer. The Giants can’t get out of their own way with defensive miscues they have been famous for all year. Matching with a struggling offense and its no surprise they get swept by the White Sox and losing the series to a bottom feeding Backs team. We remember the late legendary Dodger scout Mike Brito who passe...
Jul 08, 2022•32 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Dodgers win the potential NLCS preview with the Braves, but lose 2 of 3 to the struggling Rockies. Giants defense loses them more games as they lose a series to the reds and split with the disappointing Tigers. Freddie freeman goes back to ATL for the first time as a visitor and shows too much emotion? And we look into the new info on what happened during his free agency. Dodgers start a series against the Padres and Turner takes Musgrove deep twice but Musgrove thinks he isn’t that good. Marine...
Jul 02, 2022•33 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Dodgers bounce back from a series loss to the hot Gaurdians by sweeping the Reds. Gonsolin stays hot and Tryce Thompson comes back! Giants start with a series win against the Pirates but drop the ball losing 3 of 4 to the Braves. Giants lose Duggar to trade and Gonzo to the IL but welcome in The Yerminator and ex Dodger prospect Willie Calhoun. The Yankees want to keep Judge in the long term but want to short him in the last year of arbitration in the midst of his MVP half season. Are we giving ...
Jun 24, 2022•36 min•Season 4Ep. 17
This week of the benches cleared podcast, SF Giants go 5-1 with a sweep of the Dodgers and take the series against the Royals at home. The bullpen turns it around and the defense starts to turn it around but still costs the Giants a game. Dodgers gets swept by the Giants but bounce back by sweeping the Angels at home behind the best pitchers in baseball Gonsolin and Anderson who was 2 outs away from a no no. We trash Fox for sweeping a historical pride night at Oracle under the rug snubbing Amy ...
Jun 17, 2022•38 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Dodgers start the week hot sweeping the Dbacks but we get swept by the Pirates to end the week. The Giants almost get swept. by the Reds but longo saves the day and end the week almost sweeping the phillies. Tommy Pham can control his emotions again getting butthurt over fantasy football slapping joc and getting suspended for 3 games, this and so much more on this weeks episode!
Jun 03, 2022•29 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Dodgers dominate these past 2 weeks going 9-5, SFGiants make their 2nd 5 game losing steak of May including a huge sweep by the Padres going 5-7 last week. We say good bye to Dubon and check in a Logan Webbs twitter habits. who we want to watch baseball with, as well as make a deep dive in some of the best places to see a dodger game at dodgers stadium. Discuss what it would take to trade for Juan Soto and would it be worth it? all this and so much more on this weeks episode!
May 27, 2022•44 min•Season 4Ep. 14
SFGiants bounce back from a terrible week last week splitting a 4 game series with the Cardinals and sweep the hot Rockies. Ending a 4 game losing streak celebrating Buster Posey then winning their next 5. Dodgers have great 4-2 week sweeping the cubs but lose the series to the rebuilding pirates offense struggles in the disappointing series but we see the debut from friend of the pod and top prospect Ryan Pepiot. We check around the league and see who's has the early division leads and discuss ...
May 12, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Week 4 of the 2022 season we go around the league where Madbum gets tossed for taking the bait of an umpire trying to toss Bumgarner out of the game in the 1st inning. In New York the Mets keep up their hot start with a 7 run come back in the 9th to beat Kaplers old team the phillies, if Kapler was still the manager would the phillies play hard and bunt/steal with huge leads? not sure but for this situation we are going with yes. Dodgers win the series against the Tigers and sweeping the SFGiant...
May 06, 2022•35 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Week 3 of the 2022 MLB season definitely goes to the SFGiants who sweep the Nats, Brewers(kinda), and split the 2 games series with the A's this week taking 1st place in the NL West for the first time this year. Joc pederson and the offense get hot along with the bullpen to pick up the starting pitching being hit by the injury bug. Giants are for sure looking like they are picking up where they left off in 2021. The dodgers take a huge series against the Padres but drop the series against the Db...
Apr 28, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Episode 103 of the benches cleared podcast we talk about the Dodgers dominate 6-1 week with a long 4 game sweep against the rebuilding Reds, and take a huge series from the reigning World Series champion Braves, but they don't do it with out controversy with fans booing all time Dodger closer Kenley Jansen in his 1st time back to Dodger stadium. Now they look towards the poor mans Division rival San Diego Padres and the Dbacks. SFGiants start the week strong sweeping the Guardians but lose 3 out...
Apr 23, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Dodgers start the season slow with a series loss to the rebuilding Rockies but get the mini sweep of the Twins going 3-2 the first week of the season. SFGiants pick up where they left off in 2021, winning both series against the Marlins and Padres going 4-2 on the first week of the 2022 season. Kershaw throws 7 perfect innings before getting pulled in Minnesota but with his injury history and being the first start of the season, was it the right move from manager Dave Roberts? SFGiants blow out ...
Apr 14, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 9
