With Meg Rowley on the IL, Ben Lindbergh and FanGraphs author Dan Szymborski discuss the first batch of news from a busy Winter Meetings, including the big-money market as a whole, the blockbuster signings of Jacob deGrom, Justin Verlander, and Trea Turner, the outlooks for the Rangers, Dodgers, and Astros, the Padres’ interest in Turner and its implications for Fernando Tatis Jr., the genre of rumors about teams that tried to acquire players, the Brewers-Mariners trade involving Kolten Wong, Jesse Winker, and Abraham Toro, Brian Cashman re-upping with the Yankees, Bryan Reynolds demanding a trade from the Pirates, Fred McGriff’s election to the Hall of Fame, and more, plus postscript updates about late-breaking news/signings, followups, and a Past Blast from 1938.

Audio outro: Parquet Courts, “This is Happening Now”

Link to Rosenthal on the market

Link to Dan on deGrom

Link to Ben Clemens on deGrom

Link to Baumann on Verlander

Link to Heyman on deGrom

Link to Heyman on Verlander

Link to thread on old top starters

Link to Jay on Turner

Link to MLBTR on the Turner rumors

Link to Baumann on the Brewers trade

Link to tweet about Winker

Link to Dipoto payroll comments

Link to FG post on Martin

Link to FG post on Estévez

Link to Twitter thread on Estévez

Link to Reynolds request

Link to Jay on the committee

Link to Jay on the HoF results

Link to Dan’s Nats projections

Link to Ben on forecasting chemistry

Link to NBA trophy news

Link to Lindsey on PitchCom

Link to EW Episode 1577

Link to road-attendance sheet

Link to Apstein on Boras

Link to Boras EW episode

Link to “Arson Judge” tweet

Link to Insider baseballs report

Link to 1938 story source

Link to SABR on the 1938 Meetings

Link to WWE belt story

Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website

Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter

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