MAGIC vs. MALLARDS | MLW Wiffle Ball 2024

The two reigning division champs meet at The Meadows today! And for the first time, former #1 picks Grant Miller and Jordan Robles will go at it.
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[@placement23]

@@MLWWiffleBall nice

[@cheetahPRODZ33]

Wanna go soooo bad!

[@cheetahPRODZ33]

Go Preds

[@anonymoust3319]

Gonna be fire seeing Miller and Kracht intentionally walked all series ☄️☄️☄️

[@chawy16]

MLW can you make a video game?

[@nathanellis622]

Robles and Kracht are both just on a different level right now pitching wise, it’s insane

[@spybro3264]

league of their own

[@TheCircuitBoard94]

Nah. Kracht is in a league of his own. You can’t be scared to pitch to someone and be top tier imo.

[@itsneight1260]

Kracht would have pitched to Grant Miller. Robles is a bitch.

[@marceloverlorx8232]

@@TheCircuitBoard94 well you absolutely can if you understand that the rest of the magic lineup is way easier to get out. He INT walked almost every time and still allowed 0 runs.

[@shechtfamilyvideos]

Same w knorp

[@benjaminthompson1662]

MLW should make their own video game

[@bradys382]

Yes

[@chawy16]

Yes

[@NUGGS2020]

Fr

[@slackthekid1058]

I agree

[@ChiowahawkClan]

Fr

[@brianjohnston5113]

Mound meetings on the mound is my new favorite.

[@cmccgamer]

Jack's bat flip in the 3rd game was such a Swagner moment

[@GuardsCleveland]

Ikr 😅

[@SolidBarek]

Jorgi completely missed the plate on that HR

[@VrixFR]

Fax

[@davefranklin4136]

Concur. However, I've seen it happen before, but I've never seen an appeal, so I don't know if MLW has that rule...

[@DavetheHomophobe69]

@@davefranklin4136prolly do but let’s be honest, nobody on defense cares enough to watch

[@Popinfresh1]

@@davefranklin4136 they actually have a specific rule that says you do not have to touch home plate, or any of the plates, for a home run to score

[@reecehittinthepiece1]

@@Popinfresh1any of the plates eh

[@matheusavelino841]

“Like a group project and RJ’s the presenter” is an all time line from Kyle

[@Ryan1-rl8xw]

Robles combined stats today: 2 complete games 2 no hitters 14 K’s (he got 18 outs) 1 actual walk (I’m not counting the 37 intentional walks to Miller) Absolutely nuts.

[@CharlesNYM]

Combined stats of everything 3 No Hitters 2 by Robles

[@malachifox9200]

Yeah I thought they got excited for no hitters but ig nah

[@CharlesNYM]

@@malachifox9200 No Hitters are common in MLW Perfect Games are rarer more common then in the mlb but pretty rare

[@cmccgamer]

Fun Fact: Every Mallards win has been 1-0 this year

[@Surprisingshitter]

They have a preference ig

[@JProdzz634]

I’ve never thought about that. Their pitching is unstoppable.

[@atomic7141]

@@JProdzz634 Robles is unstoppable. The rest are very stoppable.

[@enoughunwa]

​@@JProdzz634just Robles lol

[@BirdGang6]

All Jordan needs is one run

[@marceloverlorx8232]

Jordan Robles is carrying us... we are the seattle Mariners of the league

[@deanharnett8302]

Can’t wait to hear Tommy say how he needs to execute on those sliders in this weeks pod😂

[@syymsports2193]

Jack V Frank needs to be a t shirt and Frank has to be standing on top of him 🤣

[@johnarmstrong6227]

Kyle with the "mound meeting on the mound"...Jimmy will never live that one down.

[@gregcirillo7344]

Magic HAVE to get a #2 bat. Mallards exposed the back half of the Magic batting order. 1 hit outside of Grant today. Yikes....

[@michaelconlee3925]

Ackerman is MIA

[@jacww16]

nah honestly i think it’s just robles being insane, ackerman will figure it out, they could use a better #3 or a #2 and push aj to the 3 tho like possibly a chadwick

[@michaelconlee3925]

@@jacww16 Ackerman has zero hits the entire season... its not just Robles

[@gregcirillo7344]

@@michaelconlee3925 think Ackerman may have just had a Cinderella run during the chip last year. Don’t know why they don’t even just try and let Walgate get reps at the plate. Can not be worse then the 3 4 duo of Aigner and AJ rn.

[@michaelconlee3925]

@gregcirillo7344 yeah, I agree.

[@evanortega6382]

I think its safe to say the league has adjusted to the Magic and outside of Grant and Walgate they have to step up.

[@HaveCheetahWillView]

They are not making the playoffs with that hitting

[@itsneight1260]

@@HaveCheetahWillView it helps when teams can just walk Miller every at bat. Ruining the game honestly.

[@evanortega6382]

@@itsneight1260 well when you have one person on the team that can hit they'll pitch around him. Robles threw 2 no hitters and a perfect game excluding the grant Miller walks. They have to adjust and step up or they won't have success. The league figured them out

[@deanharnett8302]

Jorgy lookin like an early sleeper for gold glove

[@LumpyPumpkin99]

23:06 That's the look of a man that just realized he's going to have to spend 24 hours in a Waffle House

[@jakespieles9662]

This better be comment of the week Tom...

[@JoeyHudson-vn7dd]

@@jakespieles9662 Well, he got it.

[@JoeyHudson-vn7dd]

I know I'm five days late, but congrats on getting comment of the week on Pipe It Up!

[@LumpyPumpkin99]

@@JoeyHudson-vn7dd Thank you!

[@SonnyDazeNYC]

Aigner swings.... Deep fly ball! Bat flip! ...DOUBLE PLAY

[@100briancooper]

Can we just appreciate how competitive this league is right now? For the Mallards to have Robles, TC3 & Jorgy is wild. The fact that Trevor is one of the best pitchers in MLW and doesn’t have to pitch for a series because they have both Miller & Wallgate is even crazier. This league gets better and better. I’m from the Bahamas 🇧🇸. Have been watching you guys for years! Great job Kyle! My favorite KZbin channel!

[@rc13069696]

PUT A LIMIT ON INTENTIONAL WALKS! Grant is exciting and we are getting robbed of watching him bat. Someone acknowledge this!

[@yeshedid]

@@rc13069696 problem is then you can just unintentionally walk them. But I agree with you

[@allrise-99]

aye thats me helping out with the call of the day! love y'all!

[@STCK-EDITZ]

Jorge looking like a gold glove contender and can we all say that this call of the day was the best yet😂

[@ZK44_Prodz]

Anyone else see Jorgy miss home 💀

[@MattBasketball910]

Yea lol

[@brendanjorgensen6764]

I think it’s just a weird angle, on the ig live you can see I touched the corner

[@brian.sanchez30]

I know yall saw Jack completely wiff in bp at 0:41

[@ImBlisty]

One of the bed hits he’s had in awhile was the hit after he struck out. Still went foul though.

[@MattBasketball910]

Man a Good Friday, eating popcorn, watching the mallards with my best friend, what else can I ask for?

[@Quaggz]

Oh boy, Dbacks v Eagles next week. Can't wait, gonna be a huge series!!!

[@BrettMichaelRocker]

Robles the clear Cy Young favorite right now. Now, if only the Mallards could hit, lol.

[@Fah__Q]

Love the editing. I know it’s probably a lot of work but would be dope if you can add in game stats for the batters and pitchers. Something like season stats and then game. .275 avg 3HR. Today 0-3 3k’s.

[@natehoover5266]

A mound meeting on the mound? What? No way! 😂😂😂

[@BullJr27]

Oh boy this is gonna be a good pod Wednesday can't come soon enough 😂

[@oORubberDuckyOo]

9:38 here Grant Miller is essentially throwing an eephus pitch

[@saac0937]

19:08 Not aigner bat flipping on a fly ball 😭😭

[@itsnick0381]

Jordan having one of the best pitching seasons in mlw history

[@collinogrady6589]

Shots fired on Cheetam's mic'd up session. I thought Chris was hilarious.

[@seanjohnson3536]

When the MLW video game comes out AJ Ackerman is my first round fantasy draft selection

[@willpuchalsky8900]

That HR was fair all day ! Edit: that reversed play at first in 3rd game was a beautiful bang bang play !

[@Phillydillytrysgames]

Magic what are we DOING boys

[@LevinsConvoy]

World series hangover, that's what. Glad they got a ring but man they got to turn this around or just fold and pray for a turnaround next year instead

[@LumpyPumpkin99]

​​@@LevinsConvoy I said it in the off-season, I'll say it again. They should have sold high on Bonham after last year and flipped him for a bat after we saw Grant show he could be a decent pitcher in the playoffs last year. League might have caught up to RJ a little bit too, you have to keep reinventing yourself and adding new wrinkles to stay dominant (Kracht's funky new deliveries, Robles leaning on the two-seam more)

[@Jaydenwhitlock924]

The Wildcats missed the playoffs in 2019 after winning the World Series in 2018

[@michaelconlee3925]

RJ is 2-4

[@PatrickZiggy]

@michaelconlee3925 Anyone in sports or competition can have a successful run. (AZ Diamondbacks, for example)

[@KazeShikamaru]

Jordan should be a front runner for CY Young.

[@MatthewHodges-qf3oc]

Mlw should make there own channel on live tv who is with me

[@nevhye]

Petition to get a Preds series in Seattle next year

[@tahmietheskimaskguy]

Mallards Try To Score More Than 1 Point Challenge (level impossible)

[@howlegendsaremade7003]

*run

[@luxace2576]

Jordan vs Kract for MVP

[@the_illegitimate_jedi3479]

And CY

[@Jaxon-iy5rd]

@@the_illegitimate_jedi3479Jordan cy young Kracht mvp

[@YAYEETUS]

@@Jaxon-iy5rd Agreed

[@UnkleRonnie]

Robles once again showing his MVP performance. Smart decisions to walk stronger hitters. TC3 was really quiet this game.

[@anthonyjrivera9569]

Can we just acknowledge the fact that Robles has struck out 61 of the 74 batters he has faced this season. That means 83% of the batters he has faced he has struck out. That’s insane bro

[@lividjupiter8381]

Never forget, Drew Davis blew a 2-0 lead to the mallards

[@HenryThuss]

2 no hitters by Robles in 1 series is insane.

[@hooknlipsAVL]

Aigner is the king of the fakie bat flip

[@VoluntaryPerry]

Can I suggest adding the count of the at bat so we can at least see the context of each final pitch?

[@1sh1kll91]

Robles is a wizard on the diamond.

[@nickhalfmann8397]

No one on the Mallards is hitting exceptionally well, but I will say, Jorgy has had numerous clutch moments in his first season with the Mallards.

[@spybro3264]

mallards offense has got to turn it around in the second half. been a massive disappointment to this point jordan’s pitching only thing keeping us afloat

[@Metsfan59]

robles is the greatest pitcher of all time

[@michaelconlee3925]

Kracht

[@Metsfan59]

@@michaelconlee3925 no

[@joshackley2496]

Robles is great, and I'm sure he won't have a bad game the rest of this season... But maybe let him win at least one Cy Young before crowning him the greatest pitcher of all time

[@Metsfan59]

@@joshackley2496 he’ll probably win this year

[@gregcirillo7344]

If Kracht doesn’t lose a game this year I can’t see him not getting it.

[@cxucxsixn]

ackerman was the mallards lil B all series. the disrespect to only pitch to him 😂.

[@the_illegitimate_jedi3479]

Everyone needs to stop whining about the intentional walks. It's up to the other guys in the lineup to make the team pay.

[@TJ.Lewisdale]

Robles is quackin DEALIN!

[@BigDaddyC83]

G-Milly was channeling his inner Lightning McQueen that inning "I am Speed"

[@96LLS]

LETS GO MLW VID DROPPED🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sale7423]

"Mound meeting on the mound"

[@BobShwa]

People who realize Robles threw a no hitter the first game

[@Pickens_Prodz-014]

Under 1 hour gang 👇

[@joshackley2496]

Jack pimping a double play... Sick

[@josephshaner4112]

Robles for cy young

[@Matt_Raines89]

What has happened to this Mallards offense? They are loaded and can’t seem to find it thus far this season.

[@Dialectic42]

Awesome series with my 2 favorite teams. Jordan Robles… what can you say? My man is absolutely GOATed.

[@GabeHandle]

1 - 0 losses to Robles are soul crushing.

[@CharlesNYM]

Especially when they are both no hitters

[@jonathansymons9296]

Robles for CY Young and MVP.

[@Jaxon-iy5rd]

He hasn’t hit to well though

[@gabelewis8370]

Mallards are my favorite team

[@zacharythomann8658]

Grant's on base % gotta be historic

[@tyfelker2729]

This series was like watching the mariners play themselves no offense

[@JProdzz634]

Jorgy missed home plate 6:24

[@bobsammy2.027]

Tommy's Fall Off this Season Hurts, Imma Gators Fan But TC3 Is My Favorite Player so Seeing Him Bat Under .100 and Benching Himself Every Game is Worrying that He May Retire Soon 😢

[@holderskill8770]

He won’t retire. He’s still young enough to play and he loves the game too much to quit

[@NattanPetersonPlays]

Hes struggling but he is still hurting this team benching himself for Carlington and Davenport man…

[@bobsammy2.027]

@@holderskill8770 Hope Your Right. Cuz Kyle is Older And He's Still a Top 5 Player in this League

[@Bweeks93]

been watching mlw for about 6 years now and this is the most competitive ive seen this league. every series is close.

[@Hamburgerdad]

Ackerman looks lost out there right now. Really grinding for that first hit of the year. I wonder what the lowest batting average of all time for a guy that plays every game is.

[@maddoxgullley]

gotta be tommy, dudes batting like .080 rn and it’s tuff to see

[@eaglesexpert3459]

It’s Neal Smith from 2019, bro batted .038 😂

[@Hamburgerdad]

@@eaglesexpert3459 ouch, that's rough. Really hope Ackerman can get his hit!

[@MistahWarner]

Man J-Ro is an absolute beast on the mound this year 😤

[@MillcreekWiffleball]

Common Kyle W😅

[@TheOfficialFilerBolts]

Petition to get MLW to make a video game 👇

[@righteousbrother454]

wow that was a heated series! Robles crushed it! definitely felt like a post season game. thanks for the coverage!

[@2themoon863]

SPOILER ALERT (for the trivia question): ->. That was the series that had the longest game ever - 1-0 after 11 innings, with one of the pitchers having 32 K’s in the game!

[@willeodsson]

If the Mallards can put together some offense, they'll be an unstoppable force with Robles on the mound!!

[@Johnboch5]

Love jack and tommy on the pod but they are gonna need to get ready to learn chinese 😂

[@2themoon863]

Here’s one: Not only is this a rare matchup, but the first time these two teams played each other, it was not even at the Meadows-it was at the original home of MLW, Cultz Field! (The series had to be played there in 2020 due to the COVID restrictions in place then.)

[@Quinnliedeka]

Preparing to try and swing to win the series. Kyle directly behind you: “Last years World Series MVP with his back against the wall here” No pressure lol

[@dariusswanson9898]

17:29 Tommy was flabbergasted

[@rflatt16]

Man a 2-2 w/l record with a 0.32 era is insane Goodness even better now

[@stuartchin1812]

Idea - How about a series stat sheet at the end of the video. All the offensive hitter stats. Then all the pitching stats?

[@Smyth1-jo4fp]

Mallards we will be back we will be back with vengeance

[@evanobrien2]

What a day for Jorgy

[@beanie3427]

I still totally believe in the Magic and their chances to repeat this year, but holy crap Jack and AJ have to be better if they wanna have any shot at all. Grant and RJ can't carry this team by themselves. Right now on the season, Jack and AJ are a combined 0 for 28 with 11 walks. Jack is 0 for 14 with 9 walks for a 0.391 OPS, and AJ is 0 for 14 with 2 walks for a 0.125 OPS. The fact that we're 9 games into the season makes that one of the crazier cold stretches I've ever seen from two players on the same team. Until they sort their struggles out, their lineup should be Grant, Kurdi, Bonham, and then just one of Aigner/Ackerman. They shouldn't see the same lineup until they start hitting. It just makes it too hard on Grant. As for what will maybe fix it? I think both need to seriously cut their bat path and length significantly. Both take giant hacks, and when you're in a lineup with Grant, just get on base and be a threat man. You don't have to hit 5+ homers a year. Cut it down some and make contact/take walks.

[@beanie3427]

On top of what I said here, Ackerman also needs to learn how to take a walk and not be such a free swinger. In 43 plate appearances the past two years, he has a grand total of 5 walks. Of players that had at least 20 PAs in 2023 he was dead last in the league by a wide margin with an 11.11% walk rate; next closest were Daniel Schultz and Rudy Ramirez at 12.8%. But a vast majority of players in the league had a walk rate between 15-25% last year. This year for AJ, its at 12.5% so far, which would be worst in the league if not for Jacob Pyshka at 12%, and then Tommy Coughlin's utterly bizarre start to the season where he has 24 plate appearances with only a single walk for a 4.2% walk rate (That's bizarre bc Tommy is usually amongst the better players in the league at drawing walks. He was at 25, 30, and 18 percent in the three seasons before this one).

[@mattfortson6317]

Tommy struggling this year, hoping TCIII can bounce back

[@kingchuckfinley]

Aigner with the bat flip to no home run combo lol

[@gzo313]

Jack may benefit from hitting the cages.

[@Spin_Outdoors]

Let’s bring this to Canada 🇨🇦

[@danielcastro-fq7fp]

Are we not going to talk about Robles no hitter in game 1

[@the_illegitimate_jedi3479]

And game 3

[@BanLOLCringe]

Quack attack 🦆

[@I-am-Sigma_commenter]

Never clicked on a vid faster

[@JosephMother77]

Jorgensen missed home on the first homer. Happens a lot in this league

[@JoshJackson13]

Walgate was pitching really good. That drop ball is nasty. Watch the batters try to squat down to hit it

[@landoncole6050]

6:20 you can see Jorgensen miss home plate

[@blake_28]

Not sure what happened with this Mallards offense. Just seems to have completely rolled over from last year.

[@Realbaseballfan23]

Not the Aigner bat flip 😅

[@flysocietyZx]

that cobra eagles game drew had 32 k 22 walks and went 1/10 in 11 innings.