Ep. 303 : First Bench Clearing Of 2026, 8 New City Connects, Early Concerns In The AL

About this episode

The episode discusses the first bench clearing of the season, new city connect uniforms, and early concerns for some AL teams.

As the first month continues, we had fireworks already between Jorge Soler and Reynaldo Lopez. MLB also showed off all 8 new city connects this year. And why yes it still is early, there are a few teams in the AL that aren't off to the hottest starts and which is the most concerning.

People in this episode

Host: Middle Of The Order

Topics covered

• bench clearing
• city connects
• AL concerns
• MLB
• baseball

Keywords

• bench clearing
• Jorge Soler
• Reynaldo Lopez
• city connects
• AL teams
• MLB

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MLB

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