Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Yankees signing Carlos Rodón, Rodón’s recent trajectory and future, New York teams at the top of the payroll leaderboard and starting-pitcher projections, the career of the late Curt Simmons, and the perfect pace of this offseason. Then (31:06) they answer listener emails about the best players to pick for a snowball fight, using the same baseball throughout a game, Steve Cohen and sportswashing, persuading Pirates owner Bob Nutting to spend, Nutting and A Christmas Carol, a lottery for a free agent Shohei Ohtani, and a baseball rope-a-dope strategy, plus a Past Blast from 1943, musings on the Red Sox designating Jeter Downs for assignment, and a postscript on late-breaking transactions and a pedantic observation about the term “DFA.”

Audio outro: The Orchids, “Mr. Scrooge”

Link to Ben Clemens on Rodón

Link to Jake Mintz on Rodón

Link to info on Rodón non-tender

Link to team payrolls

Link to SP depth charts

Link to Craig Wright on Simmons

Link to Pages From Baseball’s Past

Link to “The Homer They Fall”

Link to EW emails database

Link to 1943 story source

Link to info on Ullenberg

Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website

Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter

Link to MLBTR on Downs

Link to MLBTR on Benintendi

Link to MLBTR on Gallo

Link to MLBTR on Hosmer

Link to Secret Santa sign-up sheet

Link to Secret Santa FB thread

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