How can you hold back Ronald Acuña Jr. from being an aggressive MVP machine?! Alex Anthopolous describes his concerns (good problems) with his beloved superstar.

The Braves POBO guides us through the thought process with Max Fried contract extension conversations and how much thought went into the Chris Sale addition.

Other topics: Braves target humans vs. letting computers run their offseason, Jarred Kelenic's potential

Host lineup: Toddfather, Kratz, Braun

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White Sox reminiscing time in here as José Quintana reunites with the catcher (AJ) that caught his 2012 debut! Stay for the untold story about Javy Baez giving away Q's changeup!

Quintana evaluates the Mets pitching staff and praises his current batterymate as a rising star.

Catcher Francisco Alvarez thinks he can top Mike Piazza’s homerun total. Alvarez talks about his fav player growing up and delivers a scouting report on the Mets starter he thinks is very underrated.

Hosts on this one: Pierzynski, Kratz, Braun

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Can the Nationals make some noise this season? Outfielder Lane Thomas is hyped about the young core, including James Wood. We ask him about potential extension talks and later on he tells us how he landed a rare Ohtani signature card.

Starter Patrick Corbin chimes in on the Zack Wheeler extension and then we ask him how he looks at his own contract wit the Nats. He tells us about keeping in touch with Stephen Strasburg and Max Scherzer + how to fix the evaporating marquee starting pitcher epidemic.

Hosts: Pierzynski, Kratz, Braun

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"Only call with good news." New Mets centerfielder Harrison Bader tells us about his free agent process and talks a lot about health holding back his recent performance. He's also reunited with Pete Alonso in orange and blue!

Sean Manaea is starting the season with a fresh aerodynamic cut. The newbie Mets starter tells us why he chose the Mets, background on his velocity uptick, exiting the bulk inning role and he thinks back to the stacked A’s team he was on. 

Host lineup: Pierzynski, Braun, Kratz

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Are sweepers causing injuries? We ask Twins starter Bailey Ober about the recent Ken Rosenthal/Eno Sarris article on the topic and get his expert insight on the velocity revolution.

Ober takes us inside a hot debate among the Twins staff about which type of lineup is the toughest to face.

The 6'9 righty lists some underrated players on the ballclub.

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How hard will the Lucas Giolito loss hit the Red Sox? Masslive.com columnist Sean McAdam analyzes the ripple effect of his injury and how ownership will/won't respond to their pitching problems.

We get deep into the reasoning for Boston ownership pulling back spending lately and how they're tanking wrong.

We also cover the Vaughn Grissom injury and Sean tells us why this is the final season of Alex Cora running the Sox.

Host lineup: Braun, Kratz, AJ

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Will the Dodgers and Brewers line up for a Willy Adames trade soon? FT Senior Insider Ken Rosenthal details the throwing issues with shortstop Gavin Lux and what's next. (4:21)

(19sec) Ken covers Chris Sale, Reynaldo Lopez and other notes from his stop at Braves camp.

(6:25) We dive into Ken's pitching injury epidemic article in The Athletic and (16:33) then get to the panic meter on Jordan Montgomery/Blake Snell free agency.

(18:42) A's owner John Fisher said he loves armadillos (yup, he spoke) and it makes us think about a potential Fyre Festival situation emerging with his Vegas plans.

(23:11) HR and RBI leader predictions: why is Juan Soto ranked so high?!

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Hosts today: Toddfather, Braun, Kratz

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Did the Cardinals have too many pitchers with defined roles last year? POBO John Mozeliak takes us inside his offseason strategy: veteran pitchers and a very specific story about why he feels like the Brandon Crawford signing needed to happen.

Mo also tells us about an offseason meeting with Paul Goldschmidt regarding a contract extension.

Cards Manager Oli Marmol makes an interesting point on why the defense should be better this year and why Jordan Walker looks like he's about to crush the league. He also talks about how Willson Contreras handled a dramatic first year with class.

Matt Carpenter is first up on this pod and we ask him if it feels weird to be back with the Redsbirds again. Will he fix the vet influence void that Nolan Arenado pointed to last year?

Host lineup: AJ Pierzynski, Erik Kratz, Scott Braun

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Will Sonny Gray actually be ready for Opening Day now?! The Cardinals ace gives us an in-depth update on his hamstring injury and wanting to live up to the new contract with the Cards.

Gray reveals the three finalists during his free agency process and how it all went down.

The 2023 top 3 Cy Young dude also tells us about a wild night with Kratz and CC Sabathia that ended up at a club with tables next to LeBron James and Drake.

Lance Lynn details exactly how he ended up as the world's coolest dad driving a pink truck! He backs up Willson Contreras and brings his usual hilarious delivery to q's about vet Matt Carpenter and new Bench Coach Daniel Descalso.

Hosts: AJ, Kratz, Braun

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Why are the Cardinals thinking they've fixed last year's problems? St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer Derrick Goold swings by with answers about the rotation and he points out some early camp standouts. (29:00)

(:20) We cover the Brayan Bello extension with the Red Sox and (35:10) the contract details break during the show.

(8:10) Untold stories emerge when we get to retirement announcements by Josh Donaldson and Mike Zunino. Did AJ have an unofficial 1-team no-trade clause?!

(5:30) Braves fans, exhale! Ronald Acuña Jr. is making quick progress but is the knee going to always be a bit of a concern now?

(25:20) We pick over/under win totals for the Blue Jays, Guardians & Nationals.

Hosts: Kratz, Pierzysnki, Braun

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