Smith and Nathan check in some offseason prospect chat.

In Episode 435, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about pitching metrics and the Pleistocene Era and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. Houston, we have too many third basemen? The Astros are getting to 91 wins and a division win in the weirdest way possible. 
2. The Politics of Glory: Three new Hall of Famers, two catchers fall off the ballot, and other Cooperstown chat.
3. There is no such thing as a free agency: Profar heads to Atlanta, while the Nats and Guards add arms.
4. Around the Horn: The Mets are planning not to have Pete Alonso, and the league is planning not to have labor peace.  
5. A new game we all...like?

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In Episode 434, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. A Tale of Two Cities: Los Angeles hands Toronto yet another L. 
2. There is no such thing as a free agency: The Mets add some non-Pete-Alonso free agents, and the Mariners make their one move.
3. Mr. Baseball: We salute Bob Uecker
4. Around the Horn: Talk about actual Pete Alonso, free agent, some retirements, and maybe another Jays free agent signing
5. Craig certainly participates in the game this week.
 
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Smith is joined by Thomas Nestico to take a more data-driven look at the prospect world.

In Episode 433, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the BP Annual and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. There is no sugh thing as a free agency: Man, that's a lot of deals. Wait we are talking about all these deals?
2. The Owner's Box: A lawsuit in San Diego and a pending sale in Minnesota?
3. Rated Roki: Where will Roki Sasaki sign? And the fallout in the IFA market has already started.
4. Around the Horn: Mostly the Gavin Lux trade honestly
5. Let's see how much Patrick and Craig rememeber from the PECOTA roll out

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In Episode 432, Jeffrey and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. Burnes After Signing: Corbin Burnes is headed to Arizona? And yeah, this already feels like forever ago.
2. There is no such thing as a free agency: There were a few other one-year deals too:
3. Marvelous Merv: And exactly one trade. Too bad Patrick isn't here
4. Rumor Has It: Some baseall transactions that might eventually happen, maybe.
5. Craig rings in the new year with his usual game performance. 

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In Episode 431, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about cough syrup and porrly shucked oysters, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. I'm already in the book three or four times: Saying farewell to Rickey
2. Last-minute Christmas shopping: Man, there sure were a lot of free agent signings all of the sudden
3. I just wan't something I can never have: Cleveland doesn't a weird two-step move at first base.
4. Trading Places: The Jesus Lizard live in Philly, and the Yankees think every year is the Year of the Splitter
5. 1-2-3-4-5 / 6-7-8-9-10 / 11-12

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In Episode 430, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about nostalgia for mid-2000s hipster rock, MST3K, and Homestar Runner, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. Tuck Everlasting?: Kyle Tucker is traded to the Cubs in a trade that both makes sense and doesn't make sense for both teams. 
2. Trading Places: The Yankees stay active on the trade market, and the As and the Rays make a very Rays trade. 
3. There is no such thing as a free agency: Mike Elias gets his starter, the Mets get some KBO players, and Carson Kelly gets the good backup catcher contract.
4. Around the Horn:  MLB doesn't publish a report, but has a report. 
5. The return of the nickname game

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In Episode 429, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig update you on Craig's travel plans and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. Straight Cash, Homie: Brian Cashman splashes the pot for a...starting pitcher?
2. Trading Places: Three pretty big trades cap off the winter meetings
3. Rumor Has It: What are the Astros doing? (Turns out trading Kyle Tucker but more on that next week)
4. Around the Horn: We are not doing a Rule 5 recap or a Boras pun recap.
5. A reader-submitted game of Confidence Intervals

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In Episode 428, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Craig's trip to Dallas and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. Smoke your green, I'm spending mine: Childish Bambino calls his shot and it's the New York Mets for a record-setting deal.
2. There is no such thing as a free agency: All the other non-record-setting deals
3. If you hear any noise it's just me and the boys getting into the Hall of Fame: Okay, I guess we will do three HoF segments this year
4. Around the Horn: Crochet rumors and stadium stuff
5. A classic 1 AM Patrick game

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