Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley break down the rest of the action from the Winter Meetings, including Arson Judge not signing with the Giants, Aaron Judge re-signing with the Yankees, the Padres missing out on Judge and Trea Turner, the Dodgers’ lack of interest in Carlos Correa, the Giants signing Mitch Haniger, the Cardinals signing Willson Contreras, the Cubs signing Jameson Taillon and Cody Bellinger, the going rate for mid-rotation starters, the Phillies signing Taijuan Walker and Matt Strahm, the secret to Dave Dombrowski’s owner cajoling, the Mets signing José Quintana, whether Steve Cohen has a spending limit, the Rangers signing Andrew Heaney, the Guardians signing Josh Bell, the Red Sox signing Kenley Jansen, Chris Martin, and Masataka Yoshida, the first draft lottery, the podcast’s thirstiness, and more, plus a Past Blast from 1939.

Audio outro: Queen, “’39”

Link to Manfred comments

Link to more Manfred comments

Link to Rob on competitive balance

Link to Arson Judge saga

Link to “the grink” tweet

Link to Heyman “grink” tweet

Link to Jay on Judge

Link to Dan on Judge

Link to Padres/Judge rumors

Link to Rosenthal on Correa

Link to Time feature on Judge

Link to Ben Clemens on Haniger

Link to Baumann on Contreras

Link to Justin Choi on Taillon

Link to qualifying offer decisions

Link to Chris Gilligan on Bellinger

Link to EW on Bellinger’s bat

Link to Laurila on Walker

Link to Walker tweet

Link to FG post on Martin

Link to SIS on Yoshida

Link to Baumann on Bell

Link to projected payrolls

Link to draft lottery results

Link to ChatGPT explainer

Link to Rule 5 scouting reports

Link to thirstiness tweet

Link to Ohtani pillow

Link to Insider baseballs report

Link to 1939 story source

Link to The Baseball Reliquary

Link to Baseball Reliquary article

Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website

Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter

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