Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Dylan Cease trade, the post-trade outlooks for the Padres and White Sox, and the incomparably chaotic Padres POBO A.J. Preller, then (31:22) discuss who the best pitcher in baseball is with Gerrit Cole on the shelf, Shohei Ohtani’s wife reveal (41:33), and (49:34) ESPN’s planned on-screen win probability graphic on Sunday Night Baseball. Finally (1:01:58), they draft (or at least list) their favorite trades and signings of the winter.

Audio outro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Clemens on Cease

Link to Rosenthal on Cease

Link to Getz quote about Cease

Link to DotF on the Cease trade

Link to BA on Preller’s prospect trades

Link to Padres farm rankings

Link to Kram on trading prospects

Link to Eric on Sox prospects

Link to team SP projections

Link to MLBTR on Kopech

Link to payrolls page

Link to Langs tweet

Link to Sam on best pitchers

Link to Ben on innings eaters

Link to non-pitcher projections

Link to pitcher projections

Link to Strider’s curve

Link to Shohei photo

Link to ESPN win probability tweet

Link to “calculating win probability”

Link to EW nVenue episode

Link to story on Toles

Link to story on Blooper

Link to Blooper wiki

Link to Longenhagen on Fedde

Link to MLBTR’s Cole update

Link to ballpark meetup forms

Link to meetup organizer form

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