Talkin' Baseball (MLB Podcast) - 448 | Where Will the Top Free Agents Sign?

Episode Date: February 2, 2022

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Hello and welcome to talking baseball. There are a lot of remaining free agents left as soon as we get back to business. We're going to predict where they go. And welcome to talking baseball. My name is Jimmy sitting across from me. Is Jake sitting across from both of us as BBD and in California? Trevor Plouf dressed in all black looking good, looking great, looking beautiful. It's Talking Baseball, brought to you by Seat Geek.

Jake, how are you doing? James, Trevor, Big Baby Davis, everyone live in the chat. The Free Agents. Anyone who's listening, whether you're working or at a bodega currently, what's up from your New York O-T champ? Hope everyone's having a good week, hump day. and excited to talk a little baseball. We ended last CBA up, number one labor pot in the world, people are saying.

And we kind of were, we started giggling at the end. We're like, we got to do some baseball in the words of Alex Rodriguez, the best player to ever play this game. And we're talking some baseball today. We've gone so far away from the free agents that, you know, I think we can start daydream. in a little bit. Trev and start thinking where these guys are going to start dancing. So

excited to do that with my lads. How's it going on the left coast? I mean, out here we're doing great. It is a little cold and windy. I told you guys that I'm fine with the cold. Okay. And sometimes I enjoy the cold, but the wind, nobody likes wind. That's got to be tough for

wind as an element. Just you're hated, basically, right? I got to disagree. They provide some energy maybe? I have this debate with my good friend David from high He hated the wind. He said it was because he was a skateboarder. And like, you just couldn't do it. As is Trev.

As is Trev, California boy. A lot of people do hate the wind. I agree with you there. Trev. Always blows mine. The wind's wild. You see like a tumbleweed blowing or like a garbage pail just like taken for a ride by the wind? I'm like, that's insane to me.

How's that happening? You know, how's the wind conjure up the enjoyable whatsoever? A breeze is nice. Nice. And wind is part of that. I don't know. I think it's just a little like a light version of it. I have a reason why I hate the wind. My, you know, my grandpa was a pool man. My father was a pool man. I was a pool man as a child. Leaves. It's tough. When it's windy, you know you got your work cut out for you. So we prayed for the calmness. And the wind was our enemy. But I'm fine. You ask me how I'm doing. I'm fine. Jake. What? Like, what are we doing, man? Like, I don't. Is there an end to? this? Like, is there a

point to all of it? Are we just doing it? It's hard to look at you right now and take anything you say seriously. I'd like to see how far the goatee can go. It doesn't come up on screen as much it does in person. Does Jess like the goatee? Oh, it comes

up a lot on screen. Like, I am seeing that. My sweet effervescent fiance, Jessica loathes my goatee. She couldn't hate anything more. She has threatened to shave me during the night. She doesn't know I've always been into that kind of shit.

So we'll see where the goatee saga lands. But right now, it's just potent. I think is the only word for it. It changes how you would be perceived in public by people that don't know you. So the only big, big time. The only bummer is, I mean, it's still NYC mask lifestyle. I wish I could catch some subway looks of people staring at this bad boy. But I, unfortunately, I don't.

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So literally they have non-private part stuff now. They sent us a whole thing. I got that too, Trev. I love it. The chapstick because my lips have been crazy dry lately. Are you chapping up right now? Nice, hot. You ever do chapstick on the field, Trev?

Or just like my lips? Yeah, of course. Yeah. That's like a big Glaber Torres when he makes an error. and then he... Didn't Rod do that too? For sure. Arod loves his best.

He probably did it in the bad stock. Oh, like carry the chapstick? No. And apply it. Glaber towards me as young, like when he made an error back in the 2018 and 19, he would then just go walk to his position

and just apply chapstick sadly on like the outfields. Yeah, that's tough. It's a tough look. Great chapstick though right here. I got to say, I was skeptical of it because chapstick is, you know,

that's a thing you put on your lips. That's a pretty sensitive part of your body. Yeah. And manscape is usually associated with balls. Anyway, get 20% off plus free shipping with the code talking at Manscape.com. 20% off plus free shipping with the code talking at Manscape.com. We are going to go into the free agent. The free agent, but I'm guessing.

We have the top 10. We're all going to make her predictions on where we think they sign once the lockout ends. But actually, I watched the Caribbean series last night. I was tweeting about it. And I feel bad that we're so snobbish and only do MLB baseball. And I know Trev, you're at MLB snob. But there's a lot of MNB players playing here. And I wish there was a version of it with U.S. or English announcers because I was listening to Spanish all night.

And my wife was kind of like, what are you doing? And I was like, I kind of, I know some words, you know. But it was, it's pretty cool. So if you have no idea what the Caribbean series is, all the Winter League leagues. So the DER League, Lidem, the Venezuelan League, Mexican League, Panama, and what are the other ones? Puerto Rico, Colombia, the winning team. plays in this Caribbean series. So it's not like the Dominican Republic team

isn't the best players, the All-Star team from their domestic league. It's the top team, which happens to have Cano and Ozone on it. So they just got through the round-robin stage. So tonight is a semi-final game. Tomorrow night, semi-final game. And then Friday is the championship.

So if you're desperate for baseball, it's on ESPN Plus. And it's high quality. It's good baseball. Like, Trev, if you watch baseball, I don't think you'd feel the same way you do when you watch college or some of the other leagues. It's up there.

Yeah. If I was to watch any other baseball other than MLB, I would watch this. I remember all the guys coming in the screen training buzzing about the series. Obviously, you get to see highlights and stuff. The atmospheres are crazy. Yeah. And yeah, they're not the best team, the best group of Dominican players, but they are representing the Dominican Republic. So it's like it's it is passionate, baby.

And if you like passionate baseball, which guess what? You probably should. It is good baseball. I'll give it my stamp of approval. How about that? Yeah. And it's a good production. Like the quality of the replays and the, you know, I couldn't understand it because I don't

speak Spanish. That's on me. But it's good. Sometimes you watch the other leagues and it's like, you're definitely watching like whatever. Yeah, you were popping on Spanish Twitter last night. You were all over. And it's in the DR and D.R got that.

Hall and it led to them winning. It didn't matter much because they were playing against Venezuela and I think they were. And they're the two seed. So it wasn't going to change the results of pool play, but it was still, you know, passion in the line. Anyway, it's Columbia versus Venezuela tonight, tomorrow, or today, too. Tomorrow, DR versus Mexico and then the winner of both those playing the championship. Oh, sorry.

Both the semifinals are today, championship tomorrow. My bad. But it's good. scratch the hitch for me last night. I enjoyed watching baseball. I'm upset. I missed all the other games. I didn't know they were on ESPN Plus.

Not over that call. Really bad call. And so many people on my Twitter are trying to say, I'm doing breakout out, trying to say it's interference, which just isn't. Once you have the ball in your glove, you're allowed to block the dude from going to the base.

You can fucking stand in front with your arms folded. Just completely block him. So bad call. That is what I got screwed. I love blocking the base. I talk about it. Okay, let's play our classic transition soundbite. That was lit.

Oh, snap. That was lit. And go into free agent talk. Ten free agents. I'm going to give all the names. And then we're going to do random number generator to see which one we talk about first. Kenley Jansen, Anthony Rizzo, Kyle Schwerber, Nick Castianoz, Carlos Rodan, Clayton, Kershaw, Freddie Freeman, Trevor Story, Chris Bryant, Carlos Correa.

So those are our top 10. I'm going to go to random number generator. That's a team right there, man. That is a website we use on our show JJR a lot. Great website. Live J.J.R. Live every Wednesday after the show. After this.

Okay. Are you ready? It is a great website. Actually, I don't know if it's a website. I just Google it and it pops like Google auto-populates it. Anyway. You ready? Give that team a catcher and they could play some ball,

those top 10 free agents. Jansen back there. Curseau, shout out. Good point. The first one we were talking about is number nine. Anthony Rizzo. He's great. It's an interesting one. Okay, how do you want to do this? Do you want to just go round, round robin? Does anyone want to step up and say this is what I got? Treb, do you want to go first? Jake, do you want me to what you got? What you want? I think this one's kind of up your alley. You guys can start with this one. I have an odd picture. here? I have an odd pick here. Do you have NL or AL?

NL. I also have NL. Trev, NL or A.L. I feel like I have two teams. Can I do that? I'm not doing one. Illegal. Totally illegal. Absolutely no. I'll do one. Okay. Is it NL or A.L. If I have to pick, I'll go A.L. Okay. Jake, West Coast or East Coast? East Coast. Okay. Mine's West Coast. I have an odd one here. If we had to give like

levels of belief, this would be on my lower side. I have the Padres. They want, they want veteran leadership. Hosmer, they already tried to deal them and have someone to eat the contract. They may still be doing that. It's kind of a short window for Rizzo on a fun team that has a future, good weather for him to end his career.

And they get the veteran presence, the clubhouse presence that that team with the new manager and like new, everything is asking for. I don't fully believe in this one, but I thought like, oh, that's an interesting mix up there. They already tried to move on from Hosmer. Maybe they find a suitor to get, trade him for somewhere else, and they bring Rizzo on a two-year deal.

I like it. I like the thought process there. I mean, I've already predicted that Eric Hosmer will be traded, along with top Padres prospect, C.J. Abrams, that they said he was. will not be traded. Their front office promise. The chat was not about that.

You will not be traded. So I'm not backing down on that. You got to believe in something. So yeah, I like that. And that's, I actually had a similar thought process here, Tim, because Rizzo is down on the depth chart of what's going to happen with the first baseman. And that's where,

and I'm about to lose more friends. And I mean, you're like, Jake, you love the people. You're a man of the people. You're the people's source. well, maybe not in a place where we have a strong hold. I have Anthony Rizzo going to the Atlanta Braves.

All right, well, that kind of leaks another one of your picks. Sure does. Does leak. I'm leaking. You're leaking. I'm leaking. Yes. Leaky Jake.

Trevor? Now I kind of want to give my NLT. Well. You get one team. Whatever team you say goes on the graph. The first team that comes out. The team you don't say you don't get credit for. Let me ask you a question.

I have to ask you a Yankees question. Okay. Because that's going to be my A.O. prediction. Do they want Giancarlo Stanton to play the field? No. In September. They really hamstrings them. Sure does.

It could be a really good fit on the Yankees team. I think he really likes being there. I mean, he like fits. It fits perfectly. But if Stanton's going to be the D.H., then we're not going to go there. Someone in the chat. just said, Jake, why do you look like that? I keep asking the same question.

Treb keeps asking the same question. This is confusing. So are you going Yankees? It's not a bad thing. Rizzo to the Yankees is an actual thing. There's odds there. I think you'd be, I think you'd have better odds than Jake and I, actually.

I'm deciding between the brewers and the Yankees because I really like him on the brew crew and like it's like a cool storyline. Wow. And I'm, let me just say this right now, I'm very high on the brew crew. Okay.

I'm like, really high on the brew crew right now. So I think for the graphics sake, I'll stick with the Yankees. I think he is a really good fit and I think they have to rethink their thinking. We've talked about this a lot on our show. They've got to rethink the way they think.

Yeah. No, I think you have a good, like odds-wise, if Draf Kings has odds. I think Yankees would probably be higher than it too. So it's not a bad choice. BPD, give a stimulator thumb of approval. When we do each player,

you get to stimulate. which one you think if you had to ride one of us as your horse. Yeah, yeah, you get to choose your, you get to choose your favorite of the three. If it was like a book club recommendation, you put the BBD stamp on it. I'd go with Trevor on this one. Wow. My man. Lock it up.

All right, let's go to the next one. So player number nine is done. Yes. Now we are on player number eight. Oh, wow. How about that? Dick trickle down the left. Kyle Schwerber.

And I'll go first here because I'd think Brewers. They, they, rowdy's back, but it's not a huge thing. Not a huge contract. If the DH is coming to the NL, that like gives more availability there. Brewer's been searching for first baseman for a while now. Shwerber played first base in playoffs down the stretch. I mean, he's not traditionally there, but also if the D.H. opens, and I like his pop in Milwaukee.

Pop. Pop. So I'm going Brew crew for sure. Schwab. Treb? If I'm going to put Rizzo on the Yanks, then I'm going to piggyback and give Schwab to the brew crew. Because I do see them adding impact bat like that. Does Schwerbo have a little bit of the Jake Ote?

Am I misremembering that? He's just got a lot of Midwest. in him. It's fuller, though. Yours is so just like... He's a guy like Ralsesburger. Trashyotee, I guess. You're giving me a trashy go tibut. He looks like Penn from Penn and Teller. Shwerber, a little bit. A little bit. It'll be his cousin.

Schwerber. Although, can I say this? Say it. Love, this is now back-to-back guys returning. I love Schwerber on the Red Sox, too. So that's, I picked that. I think you can hide him in left field pretty good. Like, he's not an awesome. awful outfielder. He just has limited range. Like, that's not his, his craft. The dude is an absolute mauler. Like, we talked about it with his original free agency, the timing of it,

after the shortened season. Kyle Schwerber's a beast. He's always been a feared hitter. Nothing, nothing about his stats feel fluky ever. Like, you expect that guy to do well. I mean, since 2018, he has an 851 OPS. And, you know, we went through OPS as at one point on talking baseball earlier this year. 851, you kind of put in a category like, oh, that's a good ball player. That's a great

ball player. So I think Boston, he was obviously a fit personality-wise. You know, right now, I think roster resource has Jaron Duran Penciled in as their left fielder. Let's see what he turns into. But, yeah, You got options because they can hide him in left field,

and a lot of other teams don't have that. So I think Schwabo stays Bastin. Okay. We talked to, we talked to this on baseball today a little bit. The Rockies are like in on Schwabber. Yeah. And this is true.

This is like a thing. And I said there's a possibility that he goes there because at this point in his career, it's, I'm taking the money. Why would I'm taking the money? Free agent sign? if you're an agent in baseball now and you...

I'll tell you why. And you tell your player to sign with the Rockies, you should be fired as an agent. It's bad advice. Denver's... Not if they offer you an extra year and their AVs higher.

Like at this point in his group, he's got a World Series. Yeah. And he's going to be 29 years old coming up. Like, it's his chance to get the payday. Yeah. If you're an agent who has a player

that just wants to get money, not be competitive nor happy with his surroundings. Send him to Colorado. Jim, Denver's beautiful. So surroundings is loose. The problem is the outfield in Denver is huge. And I just said that's tough for Schwerver. So they'd be penciling him at DH, which again is what it is. But Jim, one of my most disliked NBA players for no reason for a while was George Hill.

I've talked about this on here before. Beautiful. Good looking guy. always thought he was the weakness on the Pacers teams that were making Eastern Conference finals runs. This is mean to George Hill. I ended up loving George Hill because Jim, he signed a Massey big boy contract,

I believe, with Sacramento. And everyone was like, dude, like, okay, George Hill, like he's going to get the bag. Midway through the year, he's like, I want to out. Yeah. Trade it. So if you're Schwabo, go to course, hit a couple ding-dongs, play well,

and then a contending team will be like, we want that. So then you get the payday, you get to see the mountains for a year or two. Didn't work well for story. That's what he thought was happening to him. No, but he wasn't getting paid yet. I know, but I mean, they've not traded people. It's a new front office, Jim. They should have traded great.

I mean, they just... It's a new front office. No, they just have a new scout. Who's the son? And they've got some special advice. Look, if he, they're going to have to throw the bag at any free agent. Anybody that, anybody that, goes to Colorado is getting much more money to go to Colorado.

No one's going there if they get the exact same offer. I saw Jim had a wandering eye for a second and I couldn't see it. And our guy Joe's McFly, it looks like he's playing a video game. Yeah, I mean, he's in the stream lounge right now, which we can see from our office, which is awesome.

Well, Joe's McFly is head of JM gaming. So, I mean, that's what he does. But he's got the TV that you can wheel anywhere. And he's, uh,

I mean, it's pretty cool. that we have a window in our studio now. We're not just in a closed-off room because I'm watching Joe's. Well, he's not playing yet. It just looks like it's a still of a video game that I don't think you could pay me and Jimmy to play, but it looks like there's a little boy wearing a backpack in the middle of a grassy area with a tent and a fireplace and like a, you know, it looks like a modern

Dr. Quinn medicine woman video game. I didn't realize you guys can actually see what's on his TV. I can see the control room that shows the cameras of the rooms. I just seen him sitting on a chair. Yeah, I can also, Jake doesn't have that. I can also say he's eating right now. He's eating.

He's eating. Yeah, that's all I could see. So once he's done eating, he's probably going to start playing. It just took a bite. Looks like he's got a salad ball. EBD stamp of approval. Two brewers in a Boston, right?

Kind of one and a half, one and a half. I'd roll with Boston. Swarber looks kind of like a guy that's just a normal dude and pulled up and said, want to play baseball, and that plays in Boston really well. And he fit in perfectly when we saw him there last year. Hide him and left.

Play some first. short order to the Red Sox official Confirm I like it Do you have like a little Kaching noise or something We can once we figure out where they're going Um

You mean like a cash register Something like that of that ilk Okay Let me see if I have one To Ching Well Okay That one blows

Dude It was a little light I typed in Kaching on YouTube How about that? You like that better? Yeah. Okay, next. I mean, it just repeats so it's over.

I'm not doing that anymore. Over. I'll find another sound bite. Okay, number 10 is next. Kenley Jansen. I think there's going to be some on the list that we should breeze through. I don't know if you guys have lots of topics or thoughts on him. Dodgers, I'm over it.

Dodgers, O-I. What does that mean? Over it. Dodgers over it. Where do you got Kenley going? Oh, man. No. Angels.

Oh, yeah, I think you gave a speech about that at one point. Angels. Doesn't have to move. Yeah. Gets a ridiculous payday. They need pitching. Okay. Do the angels still have a guy theeth?

Yeah. He was really good for me. Big me up, baby. Back me up, mate. Back him up, Nate. Back him up, Nate. Back up. Okay, cool.

Roll with Trev. Wow. That'd be fun. Kenley Jansen. It'll be fun. Kenley Jansen to the Angels. You like that better? What about the bike bell?

Bike bell always plays. All right. We'll bike bell it then. Cool. I'm kind of getting into the Angels, too. Just so you guys now. Hellerios. We're getting into Trout.

Do you hit him up yet? What did he say about coming on the show? I thought about replying. He tweeted yesterday. I thought about replying. We're close. Okay. I don't need them on the show.

Need him. with a blitzball bat in his hands. The next one we're talking about is number two. Chris Bryant. Yes, I like this one. Your guy. Trev, bat lead off. Yeah, go.

No, I want you guys to go first. Okay. But you said you like it so much, and then you bowed out a little bit. I have an interesting one for you guys. This is tough for me. I've got no feel on it. It's tough for me.

I've got no feel on it. Little Yody. I'm trying to piece together all my free agent pieces because you have to do that. We don't know where anybody is going to sign, and each one changes everything. You ready for mine? Yes.

And I'll never be royal. Royals. Ben and Tandy only got one year left. Witt only got one year left. Infield open. They like signing people in a surprise fashion. His eyes would look delicious in the uniforms. And that's mostly why I picked it.

And I wanted to do some like that I haven't seen other people saying because those always happen. And I really didn't know with Brian because you can play someone. positions, outfield, infield, the royals want to compete. They bring people in. They got some pitchers coming up and they got people leaving. So I haven't gone to the Royals.

No idea. This was kind of my sneak attack or like in my outside the box. I don't know if people have talked about this, but that's what I had. Treve, you still, you still want to hear both. I was muted myself. My landscapers are here. Can you guys hear that? Oh my God.

No, we can never. Okay, good. I'm going to go I think this is kind of not outside the box but it is because it's going to bring their payroll up to close to $300 million. I'm going to go to New York Mets.

I think Uncle Stevie's going to go. He's going to keep going. And Bryant, I'm going to say this a lot on this show. He fits on any team. Okay. But Mets making another splash, maybe another pitcher too.

They're rumored to be doing it. Go get him, KB. Yeah, I mean, I've heard the Mets KB stuff. I just don't see it. They already have extra hitters, and I do think they're going to package for a trade at some point. And like you're saying, I mean, Chris Bryant finds his way into the lineup on any baseball team. So if he's eyeing the Mets and they're into it, you figure it out and you make transactions after that.

I'm going with the other kind of chalk KB pick. Jim, kind of in the same mindset of you I wanted to find. I think there's another answer that was the first one that came ahead. but I wanted to find the odd bell KB pick, but I think it's Seattle. I think that's another kind of the most important thing. I think his eyes would still pop with that. Oh, no. I think with the-

Not nearly as much. I think it would still pop. And I think it'd be a comfortable place for him. Like, I think there's good things going on in Seattle, and I think he'd be like, I think he'd dig it. Like, I think there's a group of contingency of guys in Major League Baseball that are like, where is Seattle? It's pretty far away.

I think Chris Bryant's a chiller. That's an official term. and I think he's a man talk about plug and play like you know what you're going to get they can move him around the field and he can be kind of a staple of this future Seattle five-year run I like it because I think Seattle's a frontrunner or yeah they're one of the favorites they're one of the ones people are talking about a lot but so yeah I was trying to find my answer by the way so what Seattle haven't gotten your pick interested to see what you've changed to he said Mets oh you did it

Excuse me. I was, I did say Mets. And we just did a segment again on baseball today about it. We were fantasizing about a $300 million payroll. Maybe that caught me up. Someone in the chat put this out there and it makes a ton of sense. I'm going to change it. I'm going to go to the Phillies.

Ooh. Yeah. Who in the chat said it? We should shout them out. Yeah. Where is it? Channel name? Oh, no.

I can't find him right now. I can't find them right now. John G said it. It actually makes a ton of sense. And I'm, I still. believe Philly has like a team that can win, especially if you had a guy like Chris Bryant, like Suarez, Nola, Wheeler, like you can, that dog hunt.

You just got to figure out a few pieces there. I told Jake, I wanted to start saying that more like two weeks ago. Dog and not. Yeah, I think your guys' picks are more like makes sense. Like I think when Twitter or Instagram just sees the graphic, there's going to be a lot of royals. What the fuck? I was Jimmy thinking.

But I was trying. There's always this weird. signing. Yeah. I like the Phillies are going to sign like a corner outfield guy, whether it's... And they have to sign someone. They can't trade for anybody. They don't have a farm system to do that. So they have to go do it

through free agency. Schorbo, Conforto, KB. Yeah. Castellanos. All right, baby. It's like for sure going to sign somebody, but I don't know how I'd put them as the favorite for any particular guy. So I have no idea who it'll be and I'm going with Jake.

Welcome to Seattle, KB. welcome Seattle and the Phillies okay do you see the phrase when I'm an old man I want to say to young kids Keep a tip clean No I tweeted out last night Don't tie your shoes too tight

And just walk away What does that mean It's just kind of like you know Don't worry about it That's what that translates to A little bit yeah I think it means worry about it means Be ready to take your shoes

and run. No. Like be ready to like. No, don't let it's like don't, you don't have to strap in. You know? So get ready for that.

That wasn't where I thought you were going. Yeah, it's the opposite. I mean, I guess it makes sense. Thank you, Trevor. I'm with,

yeah, I'm with Jake. I thought, I thought I meant like, don't stay a while. Don't stay a while. It's like what I took it. Like you're going to leave here soon.

It's so when you stay somewhere, you tie your shoes as tight as possible. Well, like if you're, you tie your shoes. As you're as possible if you're like getting ready for something. Like I might need to run. Or like it's kind of the opposite.

Going outside. Kind of the opposite. Like I put my boots on and I don't tie them if I know that I'm going to take them off soon. Sure. So if you're on the street talking to people and you tell them that, they're like what? I need to go. I mean, you're starting to get it.

But I don't get it. With more time you will. The next one we're going to do is number three, Trevor Story. Rockies 10 years. Let's go. Run it back, baby. Locked. Just kidding. Don't put that on the graphic. I don't know. I don't know. You said it. Jim said locked pretty quick. Friend of the pot. Yeah, friend of the program. I mean, I... Yeah, I'm going heart pick here all the way. I'm on the Yankees.

I changed my Twitter profile name. First time I did that in a while because I was really scared and wasn't sure how to between handle and name. So I made sure I did it right. Trevor Story is a Yankee as he will play shortstop next year and then he will gracefully transition to left field I wouldn't hate that for you guys I really wouldn't I'd be very happy for you because he is we love

Trevor Story he came on the show and blew us all the way total heart string You want a fist bump Trev You guys are both going yanks right Yes I'm not Yeah that makes sense I'm putting them I got Carlos Correa going somewhere else and I got the Astros

needing to fill a void and I got him sliding right in there and them continuing there just run that they've been on. It's disgusting. Maybe even making him a world series favorite. I don't know. Trevor's story to the Astros. Hey, pick. BPD, who are you

stamping? I'm with you guys. To the Yankees, he goes. Terrible pick, Trev. That's gross. Okay, hey, I just did a random number. You look good. I did random number. It went to number one. there we go. That is Carlos Correa.

I'm going Astros. I hope he just goes back there and life's easy. I don't think it works that way. I hope he just goes back there and life's easy. Where's the fun in that? You know, like I think I get to continue to hate him. That's fun. You need rivals and enemies.

If he comes to the Yankees, I got to start liking him and putting up with his weirdness. You guys did it with Arod? We did for a little bit. We did. We did. We did for a little bit. You will. You will. Your fans. He's really good. But you know what's more fun?

Not having to do that. Didn't like already hate Arod when we got here. I'm hearing that Yankees aren't signing a shortstop. That's what I'm hearing. Mad Dog Face, too. Well, you know, I texted cash when I asked him. He said shrug. Keith Law said Volpey. a star. It's just when

is he going to be a star? It's not if, it's when. Feel that. Who did you just say? Feels like when you text me when you're drunk. My best friend Keith. Should we have Keith on? No. Let's get Keith on here. We'll have Keith on. Him and I would probably

get along. His Twitter is like fun ruiner. Isn't that like his bio? Yes. Can I get my prediction for Carlos Correa? Yeah, that's the whole segment. Now there are two teams. Yeah. The tigers would be a lot of fun

But he's not going to the tiger He's going to your Yankees You're going to have to love him He's the next Arod Book it Wow Hope they win He's very good baseball player

Story's just as good You guys didn't respond to my idea For an episode We should do with Buster last night We're all brainstorming I liked it In my head Okay

I just know if Buster gets high It doesn't have to be Fellas And I think he's more into the Civil War. You guys know I've been all sixes and sevens on this Correier free agency from the start. Okay. It's gotten crazier. He jumps over to Boris during the lockout.

Everyone says Yankees doesn't seem Yankees. Like, they haven't really seemed in. And we're pretty decently on the pulse of the Yankees. And it's starting to feel like Machado and Harper, like both of them wanted. the Yankees to be in, but they were never really in. So the other team that had been scud-buttling in my mind was the Dodgers. But that's just never seemed like a fit because they have Trey Turner. I would just lock up Trey Turner, have him be your shorts up.

So we've talked about these second tier of teams that are going to get into the Correa race. I have Carlos Correa going to the Philadelphia Phillies. Wow. They brought in Dombrough. What, say that word again, Scud? Scuttle butt. But that's not, okay, I get, I know you said scud buttling. I said scuttle butling, which again, not a word.

So I'm not sure why you're looking into it. But, yeah, Coray ends up with the Phillies. They end up rolling out the bag. They're in with Harper. Like you said, Treve, they have to make their moves in free agency. Coray and Harper, a little righty-lefty, almost evil vibes from that team, but I think Philly might like it.

I have a Phillies plug, I'll ask. Destiny, we'll ask. But I like it. I think he fits there. I mean, I'm on the Phillies, man. So you're on the Phillies. I'm on the Phillies.

Who do I give them? I just gave him somebody, didn't I? Are you on the Mets? You gave him KB? I'm not on the Mets just yet. He was briefly, then he changed to the Phillies. Okay. and you're on angels.

I have two teams that are like I pretty much already picked my World Series prediction. I got to go through the TPPs. We got to see where these free agents end up. But I have two teams and I'm very high on. But yeah. Some of the Phillies. Someone in the chats at Phillies with two high paid guys.

No, Jake's a lot. No, no, Jake has Correa going there. Well, they could be referencing Harper and Correa. One of Harper is already. Oh, Harper is there. Yeah, he's already, that money is already spent. So Me Astros, Jake Phillies, Trev,

Yankees, BBD stamps Love everything with Jake was saying about the Phillies. If he comes to the Yankees, I'll be happy, but I want to manifest back to Houston life season. Yes. And he'll probably sign with the Tigers. They got biased. You can't have two good infielders?

No. I think you could. Didn't the Rangers just do that? Maybe. Next up we got number six. One, two, three, four, five. Carlos Rodan. This is a big bet somebody's going to be making.

I went a little weird. I don't know how weird, but I, he kind of, I don't know what's going on. I have a team that I think he fits the bill a little bit, but I, I don't. This could be, this was the hardest one.

Yeah. So I just tried to get, yeah, whatever. You go first. I've gone first too many times. Go first, Trevor. Where's Carl, you can't hear us? He's thinking. Not, was he thinking or you can't hear us?

He's thinking. Oh, his lawnmower that we've never heard is really close to him. So I guess I'll go. Rodon is tough. BPD said it pre-show. Every team needs pitching. So you can literally, any team is pretty much open to signing. Carlos.

I'm going with the team. Trev's always been on. I'm going to with his angels. Why not? Why not? Why not us? Why not? The angels, they got the new front office.

They literally drafted all pitchers. They're taking the bet on Cindergarde. If we're placing big boy bets, let's keep placing them. Let's bring in Rodon. Let's get a pitching staff in L.A. Shohei, Cindergard, Rodon, Sandoval. Your AL West, third place Angels. Welcome.

Trave? I don't hate it. I want to give all the pitching to L.A. Or the Angels, excuse me. I can't call him L.A. I can't believe I just did that. I can't believe he did that. That's gross. I will say this.

I like him on the West Coast. I do like him actually in Los Angeles. And I like him with the Dodgers. The Dodgers know they need pitching. And they had a surplus, and now they don't have a surplus of pitching. And I think he's kind of one of the, of those guys that it's not going to be a huge commitment.

It's not going to be a long commitment. So they like doing those type of deals. I think he's a fit. I like to see him out there. I want the Dodgers to be a juggernaut. I like when the Dodgers are a juggernaut. And they need, they need more if they want to continue to be that. Okay.

Dodgers. I went Cubs. You know how much the Stroman signing threw me for a loop. I'm like, whoa, wait, you're going for it? In the next two years, I know Jake's theory on it that this year's, let's see, and then next year they either trade them or they go for it. But they gave Stroman big money, and it doesn't make sense to me that they wouldn't make more moves.

And the rest of their rotation, I mean, it's Hendricks and that doesn't exist. Hey, Wade Miley was good last year. I know, and Alec Mills is my favorite. Your favorite. But it's shallow. And Alec Mills is like your oldest son You are you love him

You're tough on him I think he's like a cousin That's close in age Okay You know I don't hate it Jim Trap doesn't hate it I don't hate it

The Mitten Mills relationship To the Cubs The Stroman thing with the With the Rodon would be a fit Because signing him And not signing anybody else Is extremely weird D. Deard.

Suss. That's what the kids said. That's suss. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Nice. Do you want to know who the Dodgers starting pitchers are

on Fangrass roster resource right now? Need it. Need it. Walker Bueller, Julio Ureus. That's a beautiful one too. Dustin May. Dustin May has had TJ last year. He ain't pitching this year.

Tony Gonselin. Andrew Heaney, David Price. Trevor Bauer removed all the Dodgers stuff from his profile. I don't know. it doesn't seem like he's me pitching for the Dodgers. So if they don't get Kirschott back, which spoiler, I think I might choose somebody different. Rodon fits them.

BPD, give me your damn stamp. Strom and Cub stuff, very interesting. But Rodon, I picture him in an Angels uniform really well. And it feels like Angels vibes. That's the picture thing. Doesn't have to leave Chicago? I always love that. That is why I liked the Kenley one earlier.

with Trev, but angels. Angels have signed 50 pitchers, and they needed, how crazy is it that they actually needed to do what they're doing? They're on the extreme side of just signing only pitchers, but they put themselves in such a bad situation and it was like absolutely necessary for them to do that.

How do you get to that point? Trying to put butts in seats. Yeah. Sell tickets, Jim? The Angels? Yeah, I guess. I don't know. People go.

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Yeah. So like I mean, I'm, I'm not suspect. I mean, it means it's short for suspect, which they use it that way. You can use it that way. But a lot of people just use it for the homophobic way. Oh, well, I'm out on it. Out on that word. Okay.

Even though I just used it perfectly. We'll get you working on mid. You did use it perfect. Mid is, I think, I can use mid. I get mid. You guys explain it to me last night. Is it come from like mid-grade weed? Yeah.

Oh, then I'm... I think it just comes from middle. Yeah, it's not mid-grade weed. It just comes from the... The first... It comes from the mid part of the grade. I ain't, I'm a slang guy, but people's confusion with the word mid is throwing me for a loop.

It's just short for middle. Ooh, Suss could also be suspicious. but it's supposed to be used as like an insult. Yeah. Like someone who's kind of good. No, you're mid. But you're taking a shot at them by calling them mid. Dude, there's times where like being mid is like legit.

Right. Strive for it. Like Treve, I think you were kind of mid, but in like the best way. I used to have a saying. That was average as I'd do. Yeah. Okay.

Strive to be average, man. There's less hassle there. Okay. Next. is Tweet from Joe's El Mayo I'm just testing out the new Pokemon Arceas Legends game

LMAO going to be doing a review Damn can't eat sheesh He's eaten he's lying Well now he's playing Talking about us critiquing him Oh oh oh oh The clips out yeah Oh the clips out yeah

Oh I get it yeah Yeah he's playing now yeah That's a weird game We used to say regs Say that again we used to say regs that was that's what regular regular red yeah and then if you got cush you'd stick it on the window and if it's stuck that's kush that's sticky yeah okay next um Nick castianos Miami been on it from the start yeah I also went Miami because I asked Maddie mass producer farm to fame and he said Miami so

I'm on the Miami train as well. Fort Lauderdale guy. He's right there. Easy stamp for BBD. A Marlins fan. Yeah, I'm going with the Marlins too. Jeets and Kim are on this one. Castellanos is a Marlin.

Yeah. Always been. That's cool. It's a good job. Easy. Easy segment. I love Nick Cassianos, by the way. Like, he's,

his rose rotation. He went on that, right? Yeah. Him and Aguilar are going to have fun. Okay. Next up, Clayton Kershaw. I mean, Trevor, I think you're the one that's going to drop the bomb, right? I already gave my pick. Me and Matthew are going to be out there at the end of the Super Bowl.

I'm going to announce Kershaw to the Rangers, and they're going to boo me out of the stadium. I also... That's my dream. I also have Rangers. And I would like him to stay with the Dodgers because I do like that for him. But the Rangers, you know, it's not the same thing as the Cubs, because obviously the Rangers are there, but I think they need a pitcher to compliment everything that they've been doing. And they might be a little more aggressive and a little more new for Kershaw.

But I mean, I think I'd, I think I'm betting the underdog of my head. Like, if you ask me like odds, I'd say like 55% he goes back to the Dodgers, 45 Rangers, but I'm choosing to bet the underdog. Okay. I think it's L.A. I know these are the two teams that are in the Mixmaster right now because Clayton's ties to Highland Park, Texas shoutout. Been there, went on a couple dates there, not a big deal. Used to drive through there on like the Christmas holiday

because it's the nice neighborhood, so all the, you know, basically a battle of decorations and everything like that. I think he stays in L.A. Treve, like you said, the Dodgers pitching isn't what you think the Dodgers pitching is right now. So keep playing home. But like you guys, I flip-flop on this one every day. Like I've said earlier on his podcast, yeah, every day. Oh, my God.

I said earlier on here that, like, it's a perfect time for him to leave. Like, he can tip of the cap, shake hands, and move on and start a second half of his career. But L.A. kind of needs him. Yeah. Here's a thing. They treated him so mid. You know what I'm saying? Like they didn't.

They. What was his contract situation at the end of the year? It was they didn't offer him a qualifying offer, right? I think they were. That could have been them doing him a favor. Could have been nice. They said that. They said that.

But there's some like medical stuff that I don't know if it's. And I'm saying it's just this is, I don't know anything. But it seems to me like, you know, he did get hurt at the end of the year. And like they just said, you know, maybe maybe it's time. for him to go test the waters. Well, the injury wasn't like regs. Like, I think that was a pretty, like, real. It seems a little fishy the way that whole situation was handled.

I think, like BPD alluded to him, they said, hey, Clay, in your legend, we won't put the QO on you so you can get your best offer and we will match it. Boom. They say that. That's what they said. I understand that, but front offices don't do stuff like that. And sometimes maybe they do. God, if they did, hey, tip your cap, man.

I'd be, I love it. I'm skeptical. Paul O'Neill says he would never tip his cap to a pitcher. We, Jack Curry's writing a book about Paul O'Neill, Trev, and we read it and we interviewed Jack on talking Yanks yesterday. And one of the tidbits was, Paul O'Neill said, I hate when people say tip your cap to the pitcher. He made the perfect pitch.

He said, because I hit that pitch in that bad earlier. I can hit every pitch. You like that? You like that? Yeah, that's how I was. I never gave pitchers credit. Wasn't as good as Paul O'Neill.

He was pretty good. Pretty good. He was also crazy. Like, he, you know how you say, like, you have to be able to leave things and not, like,

you know, you have to be able to forget and stay in the middle. You can't get too high, too low. He, like, no, I couldn't. Like, I was high all the time. He's like, yeah, if I went hitless in a game, I didn't think about it. I thought about it every second until the start of the next game,

which is opposite of a lot of baseball players say, and he says a lot of his teammates would, you know, short memory. He was like, not long memory. Was he like obnoxious with it? Because that's when it gets like, if you're like down in the dumps after you do poorly and super high after you do well, that's like over 162 you're going to rub a lot of people. No, I think he was, no, I think he was always, always angry. Like if he, if he hit like a cheapy home run, like a short porch home run, he'd be like, I didn't catch that well. He didn't celebrate those.

But no, all the reports were he was a great teammate because everyone's, everyone thought he was selfish because he got mad at himself for striking out all the time. And they said, no, he's mad at himself because he didn't help the team. But, yeah, if you're funny to hear that. If he's staying one level, like, doesn't matter what level. Yeah. If you're kind of, that's what you want is just consistency. So if he's like the,

and you need guys like that, that energy. Yeah. That intensity. Like that. It was a good interview with Curry and it's a good book. So everyone go check it out if you're interested in Paul. Neil.

Um, what do we got? 18 besides those two, I'd be very surprised. Treves comments a couple minutes ago. I'm on the Rangers side right now. I said Rangers too. So Trevin,

Trevin, Trevin Jimmy's comments really won it over. Uh, the last one. is Freddie Freeman. I have Braves. We know that Jake doesn't. Trev.

It would be a monumental mistake for the Braves to not bring Freddie Freeman back. Fully agree. Yeah. I just didn't fully agree. He's a statue guy. Go get your statue, Freddie. Go back in Atlanta. Finish out your career there.

And then you can come back to L.A. We'll love you, baby. Treve, I mean, I think you need to focus on the last part of that statement a little more. You know, I talk about Clayton and now he's a good handshake and move on. Hey, a statue of Freddie would be badass. I love it, Atlanta. Bring back your boy and pay him.

We kind of haven't treated Freddie Freeman like a real free agent from the start because he came off an MVP year and then they won the World Series. And we're like, well, you know, if you're Atlanta, you got to re-sign Freddie. Hey, if I'm Freddie, I want that money. And I also, I like L.A. And at the end of the day, if you're Freddie, he's going to do him. And it's not his responsibility to stay in Atlanta. And the Dodgers, they can roll out that bag for him.

And why not? They're going to get the DH spot. You can have Muncie DH. Like you have so much flexibility. He's Freddie Freeman, dude. And the Dodgers, we keep talking. talking about it. Like, that lineup is still there. There's still a lot of names. The pitching kind of isn't. We haven't talked about them too much this free agency. They brought back Chris Taylor.

They lost Max Scherzer. They lost Corey Seeger. These are the Dodgers, dude. And I think they might just keep raising the ante until the Braves say, all right, Rizzo, come to town, Freddie, enjoy it. Freddy's numbers are so good, dude. I love it. I love it. Jake, I got to be honestly, he made a lot of really good points there. We have not treated Freddie like a regular free agent. We've always said, yeah, go back to Atlanta, Freddie. That is not what he has to do. He's given everything to that franchise and more.

But we're all in agreement that you're like if the Braves, if he doesn't go back to the Braves, it's on the Braves. So I agree with what I think we're all in the same thing. Treve and I are just hoping the Braves outbid the Dodgers and treat them. No team discount. Yeah, saying that at all. No, whatever the Dodgers give him up it by, you know, a little bit and bring him back. Because he's a statue guy.

He's got great posture for a statue. Yeah. You know, you wouldn't have to fix it. Good chin. You know, if you made a statue of me, you'd have to, it'd be like, well, he's a little more slouched than that usually. Your statue would be with a little kid to try to give you a little more size. Yeah, like Freddie. He's like he passed baseball on.

He's got the statue's shoulders, you know, he's great. Brian Dixon in the chat brings up a great point. What you say? Brian Dixon in the chat brings up a great point. He said Braves have too many team-friendly contracts to not shell it out. Yes. For Freeman. So, like they kind of have to do it.

Here's what I agree with. I agree with. They don't do it. Go elsewhere. But the Braves. Freddie got to do it. Freddy's got a young family. Okay.

Now, if he goes and signs, I mean, how long of a deal are we talking for Freddie here? I feel like everyone's been in like the six range, I think. So he has to think about that. Okay, my kids are going to have to start school. They're going to have to do it in Atlanta. He's got like a five-year-old kid or something that. And I think a new baby, I don't know. He's got young kids.

So that would mean you have him six more years in school out in Atlanta. And then maybe do you move him back to L.A. and change him right in the middle of all that. Like that's the thing he has to think of. So to your point, Jake, like, if he's setting up his future and L.A. comes with a bag. And he's like, I could just like go home. and I can put my kids in school now and they're just going to be in school

and with their peers for like the long run that's something that's very appealing to people. Here's... So, gosh, dang, man. Another jakey point. When we talk about a free agency, we talk about what teams are involved. Dodgers are interested.

I know we haven't talked about it in a while. The Yankees really need a first baseman. Like, I think the Dodgers and Yankees are legitimately in, on Freddie Freeman. And if those are the teams you're bidding against, like those are the big boys, those are the heavyweights, that if you're Atlanta and if you're Freddie,

because, you know, Freddie's worried about optics. He is a star. Like, hey, you just, you got that city of ring. Like, you did all the good stuff. It would be a great time for him to move on. And end of the day, with every other free agency, it comes back to the money. and Dodgers got that

and all the family stuff and all that so I don't know Braves roll it out I'm not saying I want LA is going to be the epicenter of the sports world for like the next decade but we have just like so much shit coming here

like it's not just the sports teams like walk us through the decade we have the Super Bowl coming up yeah we have the Olympics coming here All-Star game we have the All-Star game coming up the Clippers are building a brand new stadium, a massive one. We just got SoFi in. I'd assume we'd probably host another Super Bowl because this one's going to go. So far is just going to be

an incredible venue. There's other ones too. You're all right. Like it's too much. Spread the love out, L.A. It's crazy. It's crazy. And I think that's a piece. I don't know. Like for Freddie, like the family thing changed my pick. Maybe. I might lean now. But because the Braves fans love me, I'm saying with the Braves. I just hope the Braves give them the correct offer. Match. Best come correct. Match everything, Atlanta.

BBD? Braves, yeah, that, uh, the point about having all those guys on team friendly deals, gotta sell it out. Okay. We did it. 2028 Olympics, LA. See you there, trust.

Crazy, dude. So in summation, I will just read the BBD stamped approval ones. For Carlos Correa, he agreed with me on the Astros. For Chris Bryant, he agreed with Jake going to Seattle. Trevor Story, BBD stamped the Yankees, which was me and Jake. Freddie Freeman, BBD stamped the Braves, which was me and Treve. Clayton Kirshaw, BBD stamped the Rangers, which was Treve and myself. Carlos Rodan

Angels got the stamp which was Jake Nick Castiano's we all said the Marlins Kyle Schwarber Red Sox got stamped that was Jake Rizzo Yankees

Trev good job and Kenley Jansen Angels also Treve good job I don't love that Kenley Jansen pick but we'll ride with it

okay seemed fun Trevor you got four stamps I want the angels to be good you do I just want these moves to start happening man these are

Jake you got five stamps Treve got five stamps was BBD just being very even keeled here gross BBD why would you ever be even keeled it's gross disgusting

oh I got five stamps so I mean I think the stamps are called into question now I think BPD was tallying a list trying not to hurt any of our feelings I told you which person's speech for the most part gave me those leanings. One more to Treve.

The story one, you guys split that stamp. Stamp split. Nice. I'm also getting a stamp for the other one because I said it. Miami. Yeah, man. I just, you know, it's kind of that, the sad lockout moment where it's like, damn, these are, a couple of these guys are franchised. altering players would love to know where they're going.

Love to know where Carlos Correa is going to spend the next decade. You know what's funny is Matt Olson's already traded like behind the scenes probably and it's just going to mess all this up. Oh, God. I do think, I'm hoping that that's how it flows. I think that they're going to wait out the Freddie and the, and the, I think that I've said this a ton. I think the A's should wait out the Freddie and the Rizzo signings. Get them desperate. And get whoever didn't get Freddie and didn't get Rizzo desperate.

For on three. Sia Suzuki pick. Wouldn't even do that. Ready? Yeah. One, two, three. Giants. You can listen to my thoughts on baseball today I gave him to see Rose.

He has not even taken any trips out here to the States to do like his, you know, dig me meetings. So it's all conjecture. This is from Zendino the Great. What's that an image of? And he captioned it and not in a good way. It's confusing. Just in case you saw that, Jake, and you were like, oh, a compliment.

Is that Howie from the Backstreet Boys? Backstreet Boys over and sync all day, by the way. Just so you guys know. Yeah, I don't know those. But you look just like him. Thank you. Okay. That's the episode.

We did great. We had fun. Everyone enjoyed it. More CBA talk whenever we get actual stuff. Some lawn care. Some lawn care. Hmm. Some gopher killing.

Love you, New York. I'm putting turf in my backyard. That's badass. It's critters, man. Sulficating. Craters. You got critters?