Bucco Bantr

Fresh off an exhilarating weekend at Dave & Buster's, the boys are joined by friend of the pod Noah Hiles. They discuss the recent signing of lefty reliever Caleb Ferguson, who might do more than pitch out of the pen?

We also discuss the looming arbitration hearings of Johan Oviedo and Dennis Santana, who failed to come to an agreement with the organization prior to the arbitration deadline this past week.

Lastly, we give our thoughts on the elephant in the room - Right Field. Who will be the Opening Day starter in the corner? Tune in to find out!

Also tune in for some bold takes, as we quickly recap Noah's latest article in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Link below!

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2025/01/08/five-bold-predictions-pittsburgh-pirates-2025-mlb-predictions-paul-skenes/stories/202501070094

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On the most recent episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox discuss acquisitions of some new FA guys, a former friend, and the movement in managerial staffs in the White Sox affiliates. There was also Int'l talk surrounding the Roki Sasaki fallout and of course viewer questions.

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This week, we are joined by Alex Stumpf of MLB.com. Alex makes his second appearance on the pod to talk all things Pirates offseason. We breakdown the Alex Verdugo and Randal Grichuk rumors, while also diving into other needs, such as left handed reliever depth. Join us as we brainstorm ideas to improve this team before the 2025 season.

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On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans and Jeff Cohen are joined by Jack McMullen of Just Baseball to discuss the status of the White Sox farm heading into 2025. They talk about the players that joined the organization from the Garrett Crochet deal, the trajectory of the pitching depth, and names to watch in the minor leagues!

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Nothing new to report this weekend for the Pirates offseason, but we bring our listeners up to date with some signings and trades that have been made official over the past couple weeks.

We also answer some mailbag questions submitted via social media and email this week from our listeners regarding the Pirates offseason and much more.

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On the newest episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox discuss the White Sox known International signings breaking down the White Sox changes to their Int'l philosophy.

They then moved on to the White Sox acquisitions of Tyler Gilbert and Josh Rojas plus what is going on with the bullpen pieces possibly headed to Chicago after spring training.

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While the Pirates' front office continues to hibernate this winter, we decided to pass the time by drafting 2 teams from the current 40 man roster, plus some upper level minor leaguers. Join us for this fun but also very sad draft. 

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This week, we discuss the state of small market franchise within Major League Baseball - from Arizona signing Corbin Burnes to a 6 year deal to Pittsburgh remaining fairly quiet with a similar total revenue from the previous season.

Lastly, we discuss some last minute trade options for the Pirates as we inch closer and closer to pitchers and catchers reporting to Bradenton in the second week of February.

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Cutch is officially back. We discuss the 1 year, $5 million deal that absolutely no one saw coming and share some thoughts on the job done by the front office so far this offseason.

To finish off this week's episode, we reflect on our first year of Bucco Bantr and everything we were able to accomplish, while teasing some future plans for this coming season.

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On a special edition of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox were joined by Baseball America's Bill Mitchell to discuss the recent BA White Sox top 10 re-rank. They discussed everybody from top prospect Noah Schultz to prospects that just made a few appearances in the ACL. A ton of great info from Bill and some insight from the scouts that he talked to.

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