Ben Lindbergh, Craig Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus, and Joe Sheehan of The Joe Sheehan Baseball E-newsletter break down groups’ last-minute Christmas buying—together with the White Sox signing Munetaka Murakami, the Padres signing Michael King and Sung Mun Music, the Orioles buying and selling for Shane Baz, the Purple Sox buying and selling for Willson Contreras, a three-team commerce involving the Pirates, Rays, and Astros, Jeff McNeil and Matt Strahm swaps, and the Yankees’ hibernation—plus banter concerning the quasi-retirement of Craig’s nemesis, Joe Kelly, the way forward for NPB, a report about Emmanuel Clase’s mid-game telephone use, and supporting impartial media. Then (1:11:40) they conduct an in-depth debate concerning the respective deserves of human umpiring, the problem system, and full ABS.
Audio intro: Harold Walker, “Successfully Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Tom Rhoads, “Successfully Wild Theme”
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Hyperlink to Dubuque on the problem system
Hyperlink to Craig on the problem system
Hyperlink to Joe on the problem system
Hyperlink to earlier podcast dialogue
Hyperlink to Seitz determination wiki
Hyperlink to Joe on the Seitz determination
Hyperlink to Baumann on Murakami
Hyperlink to Rosenblum on Murakami
Hyperlink to Longenhagen on Murakami
Hyperlink to Craig on Murakami
Hyperlink to Sarris on Murakami
Hyperlink to Ben on Murakami in 2022
Hyperlink to Sato story
Hyperlink to FG publish on King
Hyperlink to FG publish on Music
Hyperlink to FG publish on Baz
Hyperlink to Craig on Baz
Hyperlink to staff SP projections
Hyperlink to Joe on three-team commerce
Hyperlink to FG publish on three-team commerce
Hyperlink to FG publish on Contreras
Hyperlink to FG publish on Strahm
Hyperlink to Strahm’s beer stance
Hyperlink to Bowlan data
Hyperlink to FG publish on McNeil
Hyperlink to Lindor/McNeil drama
Hyperlink to Clase report
Hyperlink to Craig on the Ok-Zone
Hyperlink to Tango on problem techniques
Hyperlink to 5 and Dive
Hyperlink to subscribe to BP
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Hyperlink to MLBTR on O’Hearn
Hyperlink to Posnanski MVP publish
Hyperlink to A’s ballpark replace
Hyperlink to Rian Johnson publish
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