Long series in Washington. High highs and low lows. We talk about everything from the loss Friday, collapse Sunday, and strong games Saturday and Monday. Mark Vientos is looking better, Juan Soto played some rough defense, Tylor Megill looks elite, Clay Holmes hitting his stride, and questions about the bullpen.

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Rough weekend. We took voicemails from you guys to air out some of the frustrations from these first three games against the Nationals before the series conclusion on Monday. We answered questions about the bullpen, Brandon Nimmo, Juan Soto, José Buttó and much more.

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(1:34) Instant Reaction to Sunday Loss

(6:16) Worried about Bullpen?

(15:26) What's wrong with José Buttó

(31:04) What's wrong with Brandon Nimmo

(35:53) Pete Alonso contract predictions

(47:09) Weird Eric Chavez story

SWEEP! SEVEN WINS IN A ROW! PERFECT HOMESTAND. The vibes literally could not be higher right now. We just spent all week at Citi Field and talk about the vibes in the park, the amazing pitching from Tylor Megill, Griffin Canning, and the bullpen, Juan Soto’s clutch defense, Marte’s walk-off hit, and the amazing things happening with this team right now.

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Special, exclusive Media Marvel episode about the bizarre situation going on right now between Ronald Acuña Jr., Braves' Manager Brian Snitker, Jarred Kelenic, Jeff Francoeur for some reason, and the rest of baseball media after Kelenic didn't run out a fly ball and Acuña sub-tweeted his own manager. Top to bottom crazy story.

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(3:09) Major Double Standard

(5:43) Francoeur Ripped Acuña

(15:12) Genuine tension between Acuña and Braves

SWEEP. Incredible series against the Cardinals. Clean baseball, relatively easy wins, great pitching, clutch hitting, and Citi Field was completely electric. Shout out the fans for packing the house in April and we got great contributions from Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso, Kodai Senga, Griffin Canning, Juan Soto and more.

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There was an unnecessary firestorm this week after a Juan Soto quote in the New York Post circulated like wild fire and we wanted to give it a standalone Media Marvel because it was truly incomprehensible. Demands of boos, outright negativity, and a lack of any baseball understanding led to this, and we're breaking it all down here.

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(0:00) Outline of the Situation

(5:23) Is Juan Soto even being pitched differently?

(6:35) Bad Soto is still so good

(9:08) NY Media Making it worse

(15:01) Soto is Pressing but still confident

Rough series, sloppy baseball. Didn’t really have any business to win any game. We talk about everything from Lindor’s errors, Pete still mashing, Luisangel Acuña’s emergence, Clay Holmes step forward, Brandon Nimmo being absent, Juan Soto still not looking quite right, and more.

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Nice series win! Some chaos, a little drama, more up and down moments from the lineup, but another series win. We go over it all here including breakdown of every starting pitcher, review of all the weird things that come with playing in a minor league park, Ron getting mad at Jacob Wilson for possibly showing up Juan Soto, and more.

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(4:11) Pete has been so good

(11:01) Worried about Edwin Diaz?

(21:35) Kodai Senga incredible

(27:38) Brett Baty and Mark Vientos progress

(36:02) Jacob Wilson stuff was weird

(40:32) Twins Preview