Jeff Passan

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8,355 appearances 53 recordings 8 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 3d ago

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The Program · H1 Monologue, Jeff Passan · 22 Sep 2026 podcast

I feel like we're watching like a middle school B-tier 100-meter dash. matched

And yeah, they're going fast compared to their peers, or compared to the people they're fighting for these spots, but compared to the rest of their peers, it's like I might take all six National League teams over every team in the American League. matched

Probably not the Rays, but the Yankees with Aaron Judge missing the wild card round and presumably even more time after that. matched

The Red Sox, as good as they've been since that bad start, there are still deficiencies and question marks there. matched

Whereas with the National League, I could make a strong case, I think, that all six of them are better than everybody aside from the Rays. matched

No, there are three good teams, or good enough teams in the American League. matched

They're all in the East, the Yankees, the Red Sox, and the Rays. matched

The Yankees and Red Sox play in the wild card, and the winner faces the Rays in the Division II. matched

So then one of the chums, you know, some kind of chum. matched

Chicago, Cleveland, and either Texas or Houston will be in the ALCS. matched

45%, just because it's baseball. matched

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Yeah, yeah. matched

I think that's fair. matched

I think a lot of it also depends on just how much of a grind the previous two series are, especially for the Yankees and Red Sox. matched

What's the shape of their pitching once they get to the ALCS? matched

Because all three of those teams, I think, you could probably argue, are pitching-led. matched

The Yankees, their starters are unquestionably their biggest strength with Cam Schlittler and Max Fried. matched

Carlos Radon and Garrett Cole, who hasn't been quite as good and who's breaking stuff and getting hammered around, but who, as long as he avoids center-cut fastballs, I think is going to be all right. matched

The Red Sox, Sonny Gray's been awesome this year. matched

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