Ben Lindbergh and FanGraphs author Ben Clemens banter in regards to the newest batch of Scott Boras puns, place modifications for Willson Contreras and Mookie Betts, surgical procedure for Shohei Ohtani, Skip Schumaker’s transfer to Texas, and Buster Posey’s front-office philosophy, then (47:21) talk about Different Ben’s prime 50 free brokers checklist—specializing in Juan Soto, Blake Snell, Corbin Burnes, Pete Alonso, Gleyber Torres, underrated/overrated choices, and market tendencies—and (1:19:12) MLB’s most attention-grabbing offseason storylines.
Audio intro: Man Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Boras puns
Link to MLBTR on Contreras
Link to MLBTR on Betts
Link to Betts Statcast fielding
Link to Betts Statcast running
Link to MLBTR on Ohtani
Link to MLBTR on Schumaker
Link to MLBTR on Bregman
Link to Baggarly tweet about Posey
Link to Baggarly’s Posey profile
Link to Ben C. on the top 50 FA
Link to Sam on “seeking”
Link to Boras on Soto 1
Link to Boras on Soto 2
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