The latest episode of the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast is now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts! Make sure you subscribe as well! You can also use the player at this link to listen, if you don’t use Spotify or Apple for podcasts.
This week, host Darragh McDonald is joined by Tim Dierkes, Steve Adams and Anthony Franco of MLB Trade Rumors to discuss this year’s list of the Top 50 Free Agents! Specific areas of discussion were…
- Our MLB Contract Tracker, which you can find more about in this video (1:30)
- The 18th birthday of MLBTR, the evolution of the Top 50 list over the years and the preparation of this year’s list (3:00)
- Shohei Ohtani and his unique free agent case (10:35)
- Cody Bellinger and the trend of longer deals for top free agents (16:00)
- The approach to team predictions in the Top 50 (27:00)
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto and his unique case (33:05)
- Blake Snell (38:15)
- Team fits for the top pitchers, such as the Red Sox and Giants (42:35)
- Comparing Aaron Nola to Jordan Montgomery (48:55)
- Which predictions do we have the least confidence in? Lucas Giolito, Teoscar Hernández, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Matt Chapman (52:10)
- Sonny Gray (1:04:00)
- Robert Stephenson (1:09:45)
- Jack Flaherty (1:12:15)
Check out our past episodes!
- Juan Soto Speculation, Melvin and Zaidi in SF, and Boston Hires Breslow – listen here
- Adolis García, the Tyler Glasnow Decision and Bob Melvin – listen here
- Boston Searches for a Boss, Kim Ng and Surgery for Brandon Woodruff – listen here