OT: How’s your MLB team doing this off-season?

[ClifSpliffy]

Podcast drops tonight. ⚾️

The NY Times National Baseball writer, Tyler Kepner, the 10 year old podcast star, Joseph, and Dad.

The Sliders & Curveballs Podcast

Sliders & Curveballs • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters

A Father and his now 11 year old son are figuring out the sports world together. Forty years of experiences separate Mike and Joseph. Both will try and tackle history’s classic debates and the modern sports landscape. Everything’s fair game. It’s their perspective. They’re probably horribly wrong.

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kid has cool kix. little man with a plan. great job raising him.
what's ur footwear excuse? lol. jk.
great product. the world needs more of great content.

 

[GemParty]

Thanks so much. We hope you’ll love it.

 

[GemParty]

Started a separate thread, but here’s the interview. Let us know what you think.

 

[GemParty]

kid has cool kix. little man with a plan. great job raising him.
what's ur footwear excuse? lol. jk.
great product. the world needs more of great content.

I need to shop where he shops.

 

[GemParty]

I'd love to read that and hear your interview


I'm a Rays fan and they typically never make big moves. Can't afford it. But they still seem to make the smartest moves. A GM once said "if the Rays suddenly want one of your players, hang on to them"

Here you go:

 

[Jaydumo20]

@GemParty great show. Your kids a star. But it hurt when he whiffed on the Rays.

 

[GemParty]

Glad you enjoyed it. Have you heard our Coach Calhoun or Kevin Freeman pods? Explore our library!

 

[Jaydumo20]

I've listened to a few of em but have missed those. I'll go back for sure. It's really a great product. So many podcasts to choose from but yours is worth going to the top of the list. Thank you : to you and your boy

 

[GemParty]

I've listened to a few of em but have missed those. I'll go back for sure. It's really a great product. So many podcasts to choose from but yours is worth going to the top of the list. Thank you : to you and your boy

Thanks so much. Our UConn collection is incredible. More to come!

 

[sun]

The Twins signed:
SS Kyle Farmer as a replacement for Carlos Correa.
OF Joey Gallo hoping for a resurrection
C Christian Vazquez who chose the Twins over the Cubs
P Jose De Leon to the minors as a reclamation project

I expect some more moves mostly for pitchers through FA signings or trades.

 

[Jaydumo20]

I feel bad for Joey Gallo. I hope he has a good year.

 

[elmcityboy]

as a mets fan, i am pretty pleased.

as much as i love degrom and wish steve cohen had figured out a way to keep him, i do think there's about a 50-50 chance that the contract he signed ends up being terrible value

bump

 

[HuskyHawk]

I thought I'd throw this in for Mets fans and @storrsroars

 

[storrsroars]

I thought I'd throw this in for Mets fans and @storrsroars

Marquee free agents wouldn't have mattered to the Pirates for at least the past seven years. The real problem is that the Correa deal is worth $25 mill more than the entirety of Pirates payrolls for the past four years. Other than Ke'Bryan Hayes, the Pirates haven't locked up any of their decent prospects or players beyond 2024.

I'm half hoping the Giants make an absurd offer for Reynolds that sends Reggie Crawford to Pittsburgh

 

[HuskyHawk]

Marquee free agents wouldn't have mattered to the Pirates for at least the past seven years. The real problem is that the Correa deal is worth $25 mill more than the entirety of Pirates payrolls for the past four years. Other than Ke'Bryan Hayes, the Pirates haven't locked up any of their decent prospects or players beyond 2024.

I'm half hoping the Giants make an absurd offer for Reynolds that sends Reggie Crawford to Pittsburgh

I'm a casual Royals fan, so I understand. Both franchises were good before the financial disparities made it almost impossible. Oakland is in the same boat. Royals managed a fairly recent WS win, which was astonishing really. Can really only hope you have great prospect evaluation and enough of them catch on at the same time to allow you one good shot at the post-season.