Commanders: discussion of the potential for quarterback Jayden Daniels and the offense to be even better in the 2025 season than they were in the 2024 season off recent comments from assistant head coach/offensive pass-game coordinator Brian Johnson, quarterbacks coach Tavita Pritchard and assistant quarterbacks coach David Blough

Guest: Peter Hassett, co-founder of the the Capitals site Russian Machine Never Breaks, on the legacy of retiring winger T.J. Oshie, how good head coach Spencer Carbery has been for the Caps off him winning the Jack Adams Award, how real the Caps' major increase in goal scoring in the 2024-2025 regular season was, what to make of the recent retirement talk regarding winger Alex Ovechkin and what to expect from the Caps in the 2025 offseason

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Guest: Commanders insider Ben Standig of The Athletic on the reportedly stalled contract-extension talks between the Commanders and receiver Terry McLaurin, whether the Commanders' three notable absentees from OTA practices - McLaurin, left tackle Laremy Tunsil and cornerback Marshon Lattimore - will be attending the team's mandatory minicamp, an examination of where we're at with interior defensive lineman Daron Payne off a press-conference question from Standig that prompted extreme praise for Payne from defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr., the state of the Commanders at safety and what run-game coordinator/running-backs coach Anthony Lynn told Standig about running back Jacory Croskey-Merritt

Nationals: analysis of the Nats losing two out of three games against the Texas Rangers

Orioles: breakdown of the O's losing two out of three games at the American League West-worst Athletics...and reaction to Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Corbin Burnes needing to undergo Tommy John surgery off the O's not re-signing him as a free agent in the 2024-2025 offseason

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15:24 - Guest: ESPN NFL senior writer and prognosticator Mike Clay on the Commanders, including his outlook for the team in the 2025 season, why he has Jayden Daniels as the No. 1 fantasy-football quarterback in the NFL for the 2025 season, why Clay is bullish on receiver Deebo Samuel Sr. and why Clay for a second consecutive year has the Commanders as having the No. 1 off-ball-linebacker unit in the NFL

35:58 - Nationals: analysis of a 7-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs to lose two out of three games in the series

43:43 - Orioles: breakdown of a 4-3 win at the Seattle Mariners for the Orioles' sixth consecutive win and ninth win in 11 games

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11:46 - Commanders: in-depth discussion of the defense off comments from head coach Dan Quinn and Joe Whitt Jr. on a Commanders OTA day, including the continued absence of cornerback Marshon Lattimore from the team's offseason program, the areas in which the defense especially needs to be better according to Whitt, the planned role for defensive lineman Javon Kinlaw, why the Commanders did not re-sign edge defender Dante Fowler Jr. and high praise from Quinn and Whitt for interior defensive lineman Daron Payne and safety Quan Martin

43:02 - Nationals: analysis of a 2-0 win over the Chicago Cubs as starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore tossed seven scoreless innings with seven strikeouts

50:47 - Orioles: breakdown of a 3-2 win at the Seattle Mariners for the Orioles' fifth consecutive win and eighth win in 10 games

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Guest: Pro Football Focus data analyst Dalton Wasserman on the Commanders ranking as having the No. 11 roster in the NFL per a piece that he co-authored, including an assessment of what PFF labeled as the biggest weakness for the Commanders' roster - the defensive line, what to make of cornerback Marshon Lattimore as the top X factor on the Commanders' roster per PFF, why the Commanders' secondary can be a strength in the 2025 season, why Wasserman is a big fan of the Commanders taking offensive lineman Josh Conerly Jr. and cornerback Trey Amos with the team's top two picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, why Jayden Daniels could vault into being an elite NFL quarterback in the 2025 season and why Wasserman is bullish on receiver Deebo Samuel Sr.

Nationals: analysis of an 8-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs in a game in which the Nats blew a 3-1 fourth-inning lead

Orioles: breakdown of a 5-1 win at the Seattle Mariners as outfielder Colton Cowser homered in his return from a two-month-plus-long absence caused by a left-thumb fracture and starting pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano had another strong outing

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Commanders: analysis of the Commanders' offensive coaching-staff continuity and offensive "ecosystem" for quarterback Jayden Daniels off telling comments from head coach Dan Quinn

Guest: Wizards insider Chase Hughes of Monumental Sports Network on the possibilities and philosophies for the Wizards with their No. 6-overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft and on takeaways for the rebuilding Wizards from the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder making the 2025 NBA Finals

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Guest: ESPN NFL analytics expert Seth Walder on the Commanders being the No. 6 team in the NFL per ESPN's Football Power Index in its first rankings for the 2025 season, including why the FPI is so high on the Commanders, how we should be thinking about the team in terms of two potential regression areas in health and third- and fourth-down efficiencies, what quarterback Jayden Daniels doing so well in terms of ESPN's Total QBR metric in the 2024 season tells us, why the Philadelphia Eagles are the smallest preseason Super Bowl favorite that the FPI has had since it began projections in 2015 and more

Nationals: analysis of the Nats winning two out of three games at the Arizona Diamondbacks in a series that featured the Nats' offense being dominant over the first two games...and reaction to the Nats designating reliever Jorge Lopez for assignment

Orioles: breakdown of the O's sweeping a three-game series against the American League-worst Chicago White Sox in a battle of the two worst teams in the American League and in a series in which the Orioles' starting pitching was excellent

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09:47 - Guest: Commanders analyst and former Redskins tight end Logan Paulsen on his observations from the Commanders' first OTA practice of the 2025 offseason, including his reaction to quarterback Jayden Daniels having put on muscle in the 2025 offseason, what the next step for offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury with the offense with Daniels as QB1 is, how legitimate the fear of opposing teams in the 2025 offseason "figuring out" Daniels is, why Paulsen now is even more optimistic about receiver Deebo Samuel Sr., why Josh Conerly Jr. playing guard as opposed to tackle is a legitimate possibility, multiple emerging players at tight end who could mean trouble for Ben Sinnott as the Commanders' TE3, why Paulsen feels much better about the team's run defense now as compared to at the start of the offseason, why Paulsen wasn't bothered by left tackle Laremy Tunsil and cornerback Marshon Lattimore not attending the Commanders' first OTA practice of the 2025 offseason and more

34:24 - Nationals: breakdown of a 9-3 10-inning win at the Seattle Mariners in a game in which the Nats blew a 2-0 seventh-inning lead but scored seven runs in the top of the 10th

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