Sep 1, 2026 · 56 min · 18 segments
Pete Crow-Armstrong continues to ascend in the MVP race against Shohei Ohtani. Does PCA have it locked up? What should the playoff pitching rotation look like?
Jason RossHost
Mitch WidmeyerHost
We probably, if we were just focusing in on last night's game, Jason, we probably could have started with the home run barrage, Alex Bregman, another three-homer game, which is just insane.

I mean, you talk about silencing any critics left after the slow start to the season he had.

There's a lot of people who need to scrub their social media accounts for some posts from May and June that they look pretty ugly right now.

So so if that's you, I would get on there and I'd start deleting because Mr. Bregman has has been nothing but exactly as advertised.

And going right along with that, Pete Carr Armstrong, who's been a model of consistency really since what, like May, like late May, around there, just on an absolute heater of a season.

Over the weekend, I was excited to see that matchup with Him and Chase Burns, you know, young flamethrower for the Reds, and PCA starts that game on Sunday night with a solo shot off Burns.

And I'm wondering, you know, as we get things going here, Jason, whether or not he has the MVP actually locked up.

But the reason I ask the question is because if we look at DraftKings, if we look at FanDuel, PCA is an overwhelming favorite right now.

We probably, if we were just focusing in on last night's game, Jason, we probably could have started with the home run barrage, Alex Bregman, another three-homer game, which is just insane.

I mean, you talk about silencing any critics left after the slow start to the season he had.

There's a lot of people who need to scrub their social media accounts for some posts from May and June that they look pretty ugly right now.

So so if that's you, I would get on there and I'd start deleting because Mr. Bregman has has been nothing but exactly as advertised.

And going right along with that, Pete Carr Armstrong, who's been a model of consistency really since what, like May, like late May, around there, just on an absolute heater of a season.

Over the weekend, I was excited to see that matchup with Him and Chase Burns, you know, young flamethrower for the Reds, and PCA starts that game on Sunday night with a solo shot off Burns.

And I'm wondering, you know, as we get things going here, Jason, whether or not he has the MVP actually locked up.

But the reason I ask the question is because if we look at DraftKings, if we look at FanDuel, PCA is an overwhelming favorite right now.
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