The winter meetings are still off in the future, but baseball's offseason is in full swing. The Sox brought back several minor league free agents. Oh, and Alex Cora is back with the club to manage. In addition, we have a run down on important upcoming dates for the offseason. The guys talk through the players who will need to be protected on the 40-man before the rule 5 draft. Ian and Chris discuss the future of the minor leagues. And we wrap it all up with another installment of the 80-grade mailbag.

0:00 - Intros, housekeeping, email us and remember to check us out on Patreon 4:10 - Offseason news 9:50 - Minor League free agent signings 19:00 - Alex Cora returns to helm the Sox 30:20 - Important offseason dates 44:50 - Future of the minors 51:50 - Mailbag

Players Mentioned

Roldani Baldwin Seth Blair Raynel Espinal Stephen Gonsalves Joey Meneses Johan Mieses Josh Ockimey Jhonny Pereda Caleb Simpson Martin Perez Josh Tobias Jay Groome Bryan Mata Hudson Potts Jeisson Rosario Connor Seabold Conner Wong Eduard Bazardo Pedro Castellanos Kutter Crawford Jerry Downs Joan Martinez Alex Scherff Zach Schellenger Thaddeus Ward Durbin Feltman Kevin Garcia Rusney Castillo Nick Pivetta Tanner Houck Dustin Pedroia Chris Martin

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