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Guest: James Fox, Future Sox

Josh and James recap Day 2 of the 2020 MLB Draft that saw the White Sox make a big splash by selecting Jared Kelley in the second round. They give their grades on how the White Sox did, and what a future looks like the Garret Crochet and Kelly in tow. 

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Josh Nelson recaps Day 1 of the 2020 MLB Draft. What Garrett Crochet brings to the White Sox after being selected 11th overall. Other first-round surprises (there were many), and a preview of Day 2. 

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Guest: Keanan Lamb, Baseball Prospectus


Josh and Jim discuss the latest happenings with the protests of police brutality and the death of George Floyd. The White Sox have been quiet during this ordeal and raises questions if they shouldn’t be more active at a time the South Side community needs them. 


Keanan Lamb of Baseball Prospectus swings by to preview this week’s MLB Draft. Who he thinks could be available for the White Sox at pick 11, and his picks for favorite prospect and who could slide in the draft.

Show Rundown:


0:00 - 15:34: White Sox response to George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests
15:35: MLB's plan to return in 2020 and the NY Daily News report on lack of awareness of the safety plan from city health officials
30:36: 2020 MLB Draft Preview with Keanan Lamb
63:30: P.O. Sox

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With MLB planning on meeting with the MLBPA on Tuesday to discuss the economics for a 2020 season, Josh and Jim discuss how likely the two sides will compromise. Should the players give more to help the owners, and how financially stable is MLB as a whole? 


In P.O. Sox, Oscar Colas comes up and which video game themes we’d enjoy hearing during a fan-less MLB broadcast this year. 

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Guest: Jim Callis, MLB.com

Major League Baseball is working to resume operations in 2020, but there are drastic changes. Jim Callis of MLB.com joins the show to discuss the ramifications of the draft reduced to five rounds. 

On the flip side, the owners are asking the players association to take further pay cuts to play games. Josh and Jim ponder if the labor war expecting to happen after the 2021 season will happen this week. 

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Guest: Keith Law, The Athletic

Jim sits down with Keith Law who just had his new book published, "The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us about Ourselves." A fascinating way to view baseball (and life) through the prism Law presents and how it relates to the White Sox. (Bonus Patreon content available). 

Josh and Jim also discuss how the MLB Draft can follow the NFL in a remote broadcast, Cape Cod league cancellations, and Lucas Giolito's Twitch channel. 

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Will it be three shows-in-a-row to have a contestant answer all nine questions correctly? This week's themes include former Cy Young winners, and Rookie of the Year's. 

Contestants:
Michael Kenny
Bart Bishoff
Trooper Galactus

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Guest: Eric Longenhagen, FanGraphs and author of Future Value: The battle for baseball’s soul and how teams will find the next superstar. 

Early Spring usually brings new baseball books, and our good friend of the show, Eric Longenhagen of FanGraphs, released his first one. It’s called Future Value, and it takes a look into how baseball works behind the scenes. He shares his unique insight on the MLB draft, International Signings, and how the league will handle those two critical processes in 2020. 
 
We also breakdown another proposed solution by MLB to having games in 2020, watching Lucas Giolito on Twitch, and answer your questions in P.O. Sox. 

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Will we see another contestant answer all nine questions? This week's themes: Cubs vs. White Sox, Managers, and Active Leaders.

Contestants:
- Tom Pauly
- James Fox
- Jeff Feyerer

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The third episode will go down in history as one of our contestants answered all nine questions correctly! Listen to find out who went the distance.

Contestants:
Nick Sullivan
Jordan Lazowski
Zach Ferguson

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