BaseballBiz On Deck

This week on BaseballBiz Mark and Brandon take a look at The Tampa Bay Rays,   
The 2020 American League Champs

• What magic will Erik Neander render for The 2021 Tampa Bay Rays roster
• Who is leaving  - Charlie Morton - Blake Snell - Nate Lowe - Jose Alvarado
• Who is staying and who is coming?
• Who is Carlos Colmenarez?
• Will we find Wander in the Trop this year?
• Fans in the Stands?

Special Thanks to Scott Holmes for the music Stomps and Claps

This week Mark & Brandon
Look at what's being served on the MLB Hot Stove and Bad Choices

• Blue Jays get active
• George Springer
• Corey Kluber
• DJ LeMahieu
• JT Realmuto

Bad Choices

• MLB "unwise" email and Minor League Lawsuit - Tri-City Valley Cats 
• New York Mets, Jared Porter fired by Steve Cohen. What to do next?

• 3:34 - 162 Game Season
• 5:00 - Get A Grip - Baseball Mud - Pitcher & Ball
• 9:00 - Los Angeles Angels, Sticky Stuff & Bubba Harkins Lawsuits
• 11:42 - Gerrit Cole text asks for Sticky Stuff
• 21:09 - Why Mud - death of Cleveland Indians SS Ray Chapman - Lena Blackburne solution
• 23:40 @SportsBlitzPod, Brandon talks about Nickelodeon & NFL Wildcard
• Will MLB get Slimed
  
  
• 29:37 - Hot Stove Moves 
  • Kyle Schwarber  to Washington Nationals
  • Francisco Lindor  New York Mets
  • DJ LeMahieu  goes where?  Yankees Fans Dis-Mahieu’ed
  • Liam Hendriks Reliever signs $54 million contract with Chicago White Sox
  • Alex Colome
• 36:45 - BetMGM & MLB partnership - Sportsbook at Nationals Park
• 45:00 - Stat of the Week - OPS, OBS, Slugging Percentage
• 48:53 -  tip of the hat to Tommy Lasorda

Producer:  Christina Hussey
Host: Mark Corbett @TheBaseballBiz   Co-host: Brandon Noe @SportsBlitzPod
Special Thanks to XTakeRux for the music Rocking Forward
Trevor Bauer, Pelican Grip, Pine Tar, Coca-Cola, Sticky Stuff, Gerrit Cole, 

• MLB Hot Stove keeps cooking with trades including Josh Bell and Jose Alvarado
• A.J. Preller makes aggressive moves with San Diego Padres
• Blake Snell traded by the Tampa Bay Rays
• Chicago Cubs send Pitcher Yu Darvish and Catcher Victor Caratini to Padres
• Ha-Seong Kim moves from KBO Nexen Heroes to the Padres
• San Diego Padres Profile
• A.J. Preller who is he and what is he building
• Can these changes lead to a new NL West championship
• Will MLB set a Salary Floor?
• Bianca Smith, Red Sox new Coach MiLB
• Special Thanks to XTakeRux for the music Rocking Forward

Special Tampa Bay Rays Holiday edition

Mark and Brandon look at gifts the Rays have sent, received and re-gifted

• We welcome back Mike Zunino 
• Looking  forward to RHP Mike Wacha joining us in the 2021 season
• The amazing moves of Erik Neander
• Will the Rays finally open the gift of Wander Franco
• Looking back at Nate Lowe as he leaves for Texas
• A Cardinal Christmas story featuring Matthew Liberatore, Jose Martinez and Randy "Lucky Boots" Arozarena.  Cameo appearance with Tommy Pham
• Give thanks for the gifts of great players, managers and coaches,  Kevin Cash, Chad Mottola,  Kyle Snyder, Ozzie Timmons, Rodney Linaires and Matt Quatraro
• Thank you to all of our listeners and we wish you peace and safety throughout the holidays and next year

Music by XTakeRuX  -  Rocking Forward
Contact Mark @TheBaseballBiz or Brandon @SportsBlitzPod

Minor League Changes impact communities
Fresno Bee Columnist Marek Warszawski  talks about  changes for the Fresno Grizzlies
Topics include:

• Free Agency
• Rule 5 Draft Results - a lot of Right Hand Pitchers
• Who made it to the Super 2's
• Cleveland Indians Name Change
• Minor League Contraction
• NDA's  - Sara Sanchez cares about Minor League teams - shouldn't you?
• 27:30 - Interview with columnist Marek Warszawski - Fresno Grizzlies
• Breaking News - Players not Happy with potential limited 2021 season
• Charley Pride, Negro Leagues, Minor Leagues, Texas Rangers Owners

This week Mark & Brandon take a look at the State of MLB's revenue and debt

• Broadcast Revenue
• Empty Seats
• Dodgers Lay-Offs
• Phillies financial woes
• Yankees have to make some hard decisions - LeMahieu
• Atlanta Braves stock prices
• What is the Rule 4 Draft
• Free Agents
• Trades

Music by XTakeRuX  -  Rocking Forward
Associate Producer, Christina Hussey 
Contact Mark @TheBaseballBiz or Brandon @TheSportsBlitz1

BaseballBiz and the  MLB 2020 Non-Tender Deadline

• 30 teams and 59 players Non-Tendeer
• Which teams had Zero Non-Tender players
• Which Arbitration Eligible players received an offer?
• Who signed early and who signed 1 year contracts?
• Jesus Aguilar - Still a Marlin?
• Did Yankees Gary Sanchez make the cut
• Kris Bryant - Cubs make a decision
• Corey Knebel non-tender - last minute  tender - traded
• Robert Osuna Outrighted

Plus Whats cooking on the Hot Stove
Music by XTakeRuX  -  Rocking Forward
Associate Producer, Christina Hussey 

What's cooking this Thanksgiving on the Hot Stove
Charlie Morton & the Braves
DJ LeMahieu
Blake Snell
Trevor Bauer
JA Happ
Trevor Bauer
Tim Tebow & the Mets
and we celebrate a MLB Thanksgiving with 
the 2020 Goofy Gobbler award.
Nominees include:

• Rob Manfred
• AJ Hinch
• Christian Yelich 
• Mookie Betts
• Ji-Man Choi
• Tony Clark
• NY Yankees
• Alex Cora
• Robinson Cano

Also Tommy and Jimmy Beware the Frozen, Deep-fried Turkey
Music by XTakeRuX  -  Rocking Forward

RaysUp edition of BaseballBiz

Mark an Brandon take a look at 
Who will be on the 2021 Tampa Bay Rays roster 

• Congrats to Marlins new GM, Kim Ng
• Kevin Cash, Manager of the Year, Tampa Bay Rays
• Tampa Bay Rays Roster cooking on the stove
• What deals will be cut by Erik Neander
• Kevin Kiermaier, 
• Blake Snell,
• Charlie Morton,
• Mike Zunino,
• Hunter Renfroe,
• Yoshi Tsutsugo
• Special Thanks to Tricia Whitaker for excerpt of Kevin Cash interview
• Music by XTakeRuX  -  Rocking Forward