When it comes to knowing what's what in the Red Sox minor league system, there is only one person to turn to - Chris Hatfield of SoxProspects.com. Bradfo and Coop are fortunate enough to be joined by Chris for a good hour to take a deep dive into the state of the Red Sox farm system, taking an honest look at the likes of Marcelo Mayer, Miguel Bleis, Triston Casas, Ceddanne Rafaela, Bryan Mata and more. While trudging through the present of these Red Sox, take a few minutes to digest what seems l...
Aug 22, 2022•43 min
With the Red Sox in Williamsport, Bradfo and Coop open up the floor for any and all Little League talk. Coaches. Players. Parents. They all converge on the Sho to tell their Little League-related stories. It's an hour that will do your baseball soul good. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 22, 2022•48 min
Jon Lester joins Coop, Courtney and Bradfo to discuss the story behind the story when it comes to his relationship with Chicago, including what really happened when buying the Windy City all those beers. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 21, 2022•8 min
Now that Mikey Romero has been integrated into the world of professional baseball, the Bradfo Sho gets down to business when it comes to finding out the most interesting bits about the Red Sox' top pick. Sure enough, Bradfo uncovers the nickname that Romero earned while playing with some of the best amateur ballplayers in the world. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastch...
Aug 19, 2022•7 min
After a demoralizing series-ending loss to the lowly Pirates, the Red Sox head into Baltimore with their heads barely above water. Bradfo takes a quick look at this team's lot in life, while also recapping the wild day that came with launching the Bradfo Sho Fantasy Football League. It's just a taste of what promises to be a spicy couple of weeks. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ht...
Aug 19, 2022•9 min
Commish Coop and Bradfo execute the much-anticipated Bradfo Sho Fantasy Football League Selection Thursday, with the announcement of the final team in the league, the draft order and who won the chance to work under (and potentially be fired by) Salty. You can feel the excitement leading into Draft Day on Aug. 29. Between the participants - Jonathan Papelbon, Nick Punto, Mike Adams, Dan Uggla, Jarrod Saltalmacchia, Jonny Gomes, Kyle Kendrick, Alex Binelas, Commish Coop, Courtney Finnicum, Bradfo...
Aug 18, 2022•43 min
The Bradfo Sho Fantasy Football League trash talk has officially kicked off, with Jonathan Papelbon firing the first salvo To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 18, 2022•10 min
On Aug. 3, Rich Hill struck out Yordan Alvarez. Except there was one problem: Everyone, including the umpire, forgot how many strikes had already been accumulated. It was a rare four-strike at-bat in Major League Baseball. So, how does this happen. Bradfo goes behind the scenes with Red Sox coach Mike Brenly and Hill, himself, to analyze exactly what happened. It is the first Bradfo Sho True Crime episode. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.c...
Aug 18, 2022•15 min
As part of a wildly-popular interview/podcast with Jonathan Papelbon, the former Red Sox closer took great issue with Fernando Tatis Jr. and his recent actions/excuses. Pap talks about what he would do to Tatis Jr. and how the game might have changed in this respect. Click here to listen to the entire podcast. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 18, 2022•15 min
On the fence about keeping Eric Hosmer around past 2022? After listening to Red Sox pitcher Matt Strahm you won't be. Bradfo sits down with Strahm to talk about a player he has played with on three different teams. The scouting report is absolutely glowing, opening up the conversation as to the value of keeping Hosmer past just this season. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://p...
Aug 17, 2022•9 min
On the latest Baseball Isn't Boring Bradfo Sho, former Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalmacchia joins Bradfo and Courtney to talk the art of winning championships, having just come off his Cape Cod League title with the Bourne Braves. Salty gives insight into the actual act of winning a baseball championship few can understand unless they have lived it.. The trio also starts the trash talk for the upcoming Bradfo Sho Fantasy Football League. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practice...
Aug 16, 2022•39 min
ESPN's Buster Olney joins Bradfo at Fenway Park to discuss all things Red Sox, including offering his prediction that Chaim Bloom and Co. will be making Rafael Devers and offer he won't be able to refuse. It's some quality baseball talk with a guy who is certainly in the know. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 15, 2022•20 min
Jonathan Papelbon joins Bradfo, Brian Barrett and Coop for an off the rails interview in which he proclaims that he would hit Fernando Tatis Jr. every time he faced him, that the Red Sox players are thinking "WTF" after the trade deadline, and gives some bold proclamations regarding the Bradfo Sho Fantasy Football League while releasing his team name, "Back That Dak Up' You aren't going to want to miss it. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.c...
Aug 14, 2022•25 min
Bradfo and Coop join Brian Barrett in studio at Fenway Park for the final get-together with Metric Man. Information is passed on. Tears are shed. And the Red Sox lot in life is digested. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 14, 2022•44 min
Appearing on the Bradfo Sho podcast once again, former Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester revealed some very real elements when it comes to contracts, free agency and the overall realities that come with the business of baseball. It's all part of lengthy appearance by newly-inducted Bradfo Sho Hall of Famer on the podcast, which can be heard by clicking here. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
Aug 12, 2022•15 min
John '8 Mile' Schreiber has had quite a run with the Red Sox this season, including a two-inning save against the Orioles Thursday night at Fenway Park. But besides the eye-opening results, there is something else that is allowing Schreiber to separate himself - the celebrations that come with the completion of every inning. Eight-Mile sits down with Bradfo to explain where all the emotion comes from. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/pr...
Aug 12, 2022•8 min
Trevor Story has been missed by the Red Sox. How do we know? They are 7-18 since the last time he made it through a full game. Bradfo sits down with Story to talk about what he has been doing, what his status is and what the outlook is going forward. Story also goes into detail exactly how this unexpected fracture happened. It's another Bradfo Sho on the Go! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choice...
Aug 11, 2022•11 min
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester is back on the Bradfo Sho, joining Bradfo, Coop and Courtney to talk about buying beer, what might have been with the Red Sox, his thoughts on the Xander and Raffy, and the importance of accountability. He also graciously accepts his induction into the Bradfo Sho Hall of Fame. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoi...
Aug 10, 2022•51 min
With the last destination trips coming for fans - such as the Red Sox' journey to Pittsburgh and Baltimore - we give you a guide to how to execute every last bit of the experience. Courtney Finnicum joins Bradfo and Coop to give us her boots on the ground scientific explanation of what's what when it comes to being a fan in enemy territory, having just executed the art in Texas. There is also some good Papelbon cannabis talk, along with big news regarding the Bradfo Sho Fantasy Football League. ...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Dennis Eckersley is retiring from broadcasting. But he hasn't quite retired from podcasting. We at the Bradfo Sho are going to make sure of that. With the news that Eck is moving on from the booth, Bradfo presents what we plan on being many tributes to the Hall of Famer, with this one including one of the most memorable interviews this podcast has ever seen - the 2017 sit-down with Eck after the big David Price controversy. Soak it in ... both you and Eck deserve it. To learn more about listener...
Aug 08, 2022•30 min
Bradfo is joined by Brian Barrett to break down all that went with the Red Sox' trade deadline, and, more importantly, the Metric Man's big news that he is leaving us to enter into the podcast world. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 07, 2022•54 min
When the Boston Red Sox make a trade, the Bradfo Sho is there to talk to the team's newest players. That is the case once again as Bradfo catches up with catcher Reese McGuire. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 06, 2022•13 min
The man who closed out the 2007 World Series for the Boston Red Sox sits down with Rob and Coop to grade some of the best entrances from the best closers of our time. How does Rivera stack up to Hoffman, or how do Diaz's trumpets compare to Pap's 'Shipping Up to Boston'? Listen in to find out! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 05, 2022•19 min
Bradfo sits down with Christian Vazquez after the catcher's first start as a member of the Houston Astros. Vazquez reflects on a bizarre few days, how he perceived the trade, what he wants to tell his good friend Xander Bogaerts, and how exactly the Astros struck out Rafael Devers three times. It's the last Christian Vazquez interview before he officially puts his old team in the rearview mirror. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy...
Aug 04, 2022•9 min
With the trade deadline come and gone, Bradfo breaks down exactly what happened while talking with both Nathan Eovaldi and J.D. Martinez about still being members of the Red Sox. Within the interviews, the players reveal an interesting item when it comes to Chaim Bloom's approach in the days leading into the deadline, which should be a feather in the Chief Baseball Officer's cap. It is the first post-Deadline Bradfo Sho, and is worth a listen. To learn more about listener data and our privacy pr...
Aug 03, 2022•14 min
Rob records Xander's first reactions to losing his old teammate, Christian Vazquez. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 02, 2022•10 min
Brian 'Metric Man' Barrett is fired up heading into the trade deadline with Chaim Bloom trading Christian Vazquez. Metric Man is not happy with some of the words passed on by Bloom when trying to explain his approach. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 02, 2022•22 min
Bradfo is on the scene in Houston for Christian Vazquez's bizarre final moments in a Red Sox uniform. He sets the scene, while introducing interviews with J.D. Martinez, Nathan Eovaldi and Kevin Plawecki, who all offer their perspectives on the Vazquez situation. It was chaos ... with still one day to go before the trade deadline. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoi...
Aug 02, 2022•23 min
From the first half of our conversation with 2007 World Series Champ, Jonathon Papelbon, we talked to him about his relationship with cannabis now and while he was pitching in the big leagues. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 01, 2022•16 min
Brian points out that despite the win Sunday, this weekend series against the Brewers showed some serious flaws in the Red Sox lineup and their ability to fill holes when guys' bats cool down. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Aug 01, 2022•21 min