Ben and Sam answer listener emails about PECOTA’s projections for the Yankees and Blue Jays, how the amateur draft and free agency would work in an auction format, and whether teams should offer players like Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg $100 million lifetime contracts after drafting them.
The offseason saga of a free agent starter ends with his signing by the Brewers.
A closer look at the impending free agents who have the most riding on a return to form or a return to health in 2013.
Ben and Sam discuss Yasiel Puig’s spring hot streak, how perceptions of him have changed since his signing, and what the Dodgers will do with him now.
Ben and Sam discuss whether the supposed split between scouts and statheads about the outlook for the Astros actually exists.
Can the best reliever ever hold a candle to history’s strongest starters?
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about the worst team to work for, what baseball would look like without outfield fences, when it’s okay to give up on high draft picks, and how Mariano Rivera compares to top starting pitchers.
Why it makes sense to fret about about fragile pitchers.
Ben and Sam talk to former Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager Dan Evans about his history as a baseball renaissance man and his new roles with the Toronto Blue Jays and the Northern League.
The Dominican Republic defeats Puerto Rico to win the World Baseball Classic.
Ben and Sam discuss the rumored approach of the international approach with highly informed guest Jorge Arangure.
Ben and Sam discuss Aroldis Chapman’s role and how much control players should have over the way they’re used by their teams.
Ben and Sam talk to Ian Miller about his WBC experience and the response to the tournament in the US and abroad.
Among the greats, some pretty goods.
The pitch before the pitch that sent the Dominican Republic to the WBC semifinals.