The opening moves of the offseason have been made, as the Harrison Bader declined his end of a $10M mutual option for 2026, and the Phillies exercised their 2026 option for Jose Alvarado, at a cost of $9M. Bryan De La Cruz signed a minor league contract with the Phillies that comes with a Spring Training invitation. Is he better than Nick Castellanos? All of that, and more, on today's episode!

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