In Episode 515, Patrick, Jeffrey and Craig corect the record, chat about Death in Paradise, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 
 
1. Trading Places: Boston and St. Louis make another deal, and the Rays love a three-team mixer.
2. There is no such thing as a free agency: Michael King heads back to San Diego, Murakami is ticketed for the South Side, and P)aul Blackburn keeps his NYC apartment.
3. Dreaming Through Tokyo Skies: Fare thee well, Austin Wynans...er, Austin Winnens, er, you know who this is. 
4. It's the holidays, so you get double the games. First a very special lightning round...
5. ...and then Craig gets to complain about his wifi again.

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In Episode 514, Patrick, Jeffrey and Craig chat about Jose Mesa and Curtis Granderson and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 
 
1. Rumour Has It: The rumors are more interesting than the actual transactions
2. Hitters: But boy are there a lot of transactions
3. Pitchers: A lot of time is spent on the Adrian Houser deal. Happy Holidays!
4. Around the Horn: Maikel Garcia extends and the Twins switch control people.
5. Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 Game-used baseball bats $3600 Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying

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In Episode 513, Jeffrey and Craig chat about Christmas music and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 
 
1. Becasue We Are Not a Mets Podcast: There were three big free agent signings at the Winter Meetings, and none of them were by the Mets
2. There Is No Such Thing as a Free Agency: And there were a lot of other deals to talk about briefly.
3. Jeff Kent, Hall of Famer: Sure, why not?
4. Around the Horn: A couple of trades, a draft lottery, and a Rule 5 draft update, sort of.
5. Apparently Craig only struggles to compete against himself.

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In Episode 512, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about smart houses and root beer pies and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 
 
1. Craigton Blue Jays; The Jays have beefed up their 2026 rotation and we sure have a lot of thoughts.
2. Can Get Some Relief: While the Mets and Orioles beef up the back of their bullpen
3. The League: News from around the league, and another Athletics stadium "update"
4. Around the Horn: Some minor deals and a new GM in Colorado.
5. You can't stop Craig, you can only hope to contain him. 

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In Episode 511, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about gingerbread houses and children's birthday parties and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 
 
1. Gray Boston Gardens: The Red Sox add a number two starter behind Garrett Crochet. Sonny Gray adds a lot of dollars to his 2025 salary 
2. Finding Nimmo: The rare challenge trade of two thirtysomethings.
3. I can't do that, Yankees Fans: Hal Steinbrenner has some money concerns. 
4. Around the Horn: The Braves add the same closer and a new infielder. The Rockies add the same manager, and Phil Maton gets paid a little more. 
5. Life, the Universe, and the Average of Everything

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In Episode 510, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig correct the Twins Hall of Fame record and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 
 
1. For Wont of a Naylor: The Mariners strike first on the free agent market. It sure is a five-year deal. 
2. Confused by this trade for the Orioles? Who’d they give up? And who’d they get?: The Angels and Orioles trade two baseball players. But what is baseball anyway? Do the Angels know?
3. Status QO: Qualifying Offer decisions are in. 
4. Around the Horn: Some 40-man moves and some early rumors. 
5. To win at position plurality they have to actually played the position. 

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tIn Episode 509, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig talk about Craigermetrics and riding in cars with children and live podcasts (not this one) and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 
 
1. What's got into the cat?: Are the Pirates pre-frisky? Are the Pirates going to sign free agents? Are the Pirates going to keep Paul Skenes? Ask Betterridge.
2. Awards SZN: Patrick breaks down his AL Rookie of the Year ballot, sort of. 
3. Fifty is Nifty: We chat about the free agent 50.
4. Around the Horn: The Jank is still here, as are Scott Boras's puns.
5. Let's see how good Craig's team Hall of Fame instincts are.

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In Episode 508, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig talk about musical anniversaries and live podcasts (not this one) and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 
 
1. See Spot Fix: Well, we have to discuss baseball gambling and federal crimes again
2. Status QO: A lot of pending free agents got qualifying offers last week. Who should take them?
3. Rockies Horror Picture Show: The Rockies have a new POBO, will anything change?
4. Around the Horn: Some insight into the Padres managerial process, some NPB postings, and a presidential pardon (it's a slow news week otherwise)
5. Craig does not have good long term memory or short term memory for these games.

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In Episode 507, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig amend some previous banter and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 
 
1. Chicago Fired: The Cubs appear to be reshaping their roster? But into what exactly? Well besides a cheaper version.
2. The Thin Red Bottom Line: Speaking of cost-cutting NL Central teams...
3. Hey Joey Jo Jo: The Angels have made Jo Adell available. What happens next (other than both Craig and Jeffrey wanting their favorite team to trade for him). Plus, whatever happened to Mike Trout?
4. Around the Horn: Even more manager stuff, opt ins and opt outs, and we wonder who is making moves for the Rockies (boy, we sure found out after we rercorded)
5. No one wants to guess nicknames anymore.

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In Episode 506, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about pumpkin carving and the lonliness of the middle distance otter and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 
 
1. What Happened: The Dodgers won the World Series. You know that. Here's 90 minutes of us talking about it. 
2. What Happens Next: Where do LA and Toronto go from here?
3. What We Talked About: Sigh...are the Dodgers ruining baseball?
4. Around the Horn: More manager stuff, some opt out stuff.
5. Jeffrey is way too confident in his answers apparently.

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