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Elly De La Cruz turns down record-setting contract from the Reds

Baseball Today

Jomboy Media

Sports, Baseball

4.7586 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Chris Rose and Trevor Plouffe discuss the hottest offseason stories in baseball! Shop your favorite gear from the Jomboy Media store. Click here to shop today! https://shop.jomboymedia.com/ 00:00 INTRO 02:25 The Hall of Fame ballot 14:53 Elly De La Cruz rejected mega offer from the Reds 22:42 Ha-Seong Kim out 4-5 months after tearing tendon in throwing hand 26:59 Dodgers are going after Freddy Peralta? 35:26 Anthony Rizzo reflects on the Cubs 2016 championship 39:05 OUTRO Follow us on X/Instagram: @ChrisRoseSports Chris Rose on X/Instagram: @ChrisRose Trevor Plouffe on X/Instagram @TrevorPlouffe Follow all of our content on https://jomboymedia.com

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0:00.0

It is Tuesday, January 20th, 2026.

0:03.3

This is another offseason edition of baseball today.

0:06.0

That is my man, Trevor Ploup.

0:08.2

I am Chris Rose, producer Dan along for the ride as well.

0:11.1

Hope everybody had a nice, long holiday weekend with their family.

0:15.4

I know you did.

0:16.2

He needed the extra day to, yeah.

0:19.8

Oh, if you were in the windy city for a classic NFL divisional game

0:23.8

rams a winner in overtime how you hanging um today i'm great uh yesterday not so much chris

0:29.7

came back early um monday morning with a hangover i was pretty tired uh you know but it was great

0:37.2

the weekend was good, got to sell

0:39.4

or see the Rams win. Caleb Williams. What was that play? It was ridiculous. Who can throw the

0:46.7

ball like that? Back foot, fade away jumper, 50 yards, 60 yards down the field. Yeah. That was

0:53.2

insane, Chris. But Chicago was great fans were awesome

0:56.1

a snowy playoff game in Chicago I mean so you know something you never forget how cold was it

1:02.6

it was cold I mean I was inside yeah you was did you venture outside at all yeah we walked we walked from this bar to the game. So I walked with a bunch of Bears fans, you know, got a lot of, you know, what, talk to me. So I was outside for that, but not during the game. Yeah, I mean, look, I wish I was, to be honest with you, like, I love that. Yeah. But I got to go where my people are. Well, did you see that Caleb was with PCA at the Blackhawks game on Monday? I did. Yeah. Two cool cats right there. Right. I know. So that was neat. It's good for them hanging out. Caleb got a nice round of applause that he should have. And hopefully PCA is recharged, forgets about the second half of the season just gets going like he did in the first half next year. Caleb, I like him, man. Like I obviously watched him at USC, but now like seeing him kind of get tested, then, you know, obviously he's having some success as well. And then a tough loss there. I don't know. He says kind of like the right things. And I think Chicago's got a good one. They're going to, he's going to be there for a while. Listen, he's a different dude, but he is a great, great player, like fun to watch. He doesn't do everything perfect. That's okay. He's going to get better under Ben Johnson. But I think just kind of stay on the trajectory that he's on. End of the game. He's awesome to watch. A lot of fun. All right. Let's get to it. Big Day Tuesday around the world of baseball because Hall of Fame announcement is coming your way Tuesday night. Players must appear on 75% of the writer's ballot in order to head to Cooperstown.

2:36.2

The two returners with the highest percentages are Carlos Beltran, who was over 70% a year

2:41.2

ago and Andrew Jones at 66%. You think both are getting in?

2:46.1

It sure seems like it. Carlos Beltran, one of the greatest power speed combo players we've

2:54.1

seen, you know, at least in our generation, kind of forget, like, how good he was, really.

2:59.3

And then Andrew Jones is like, I mean, he's like Ken Griffey Jr. light to me, like the way he

3:05.3

patrolled center field, you know, how many gold gloves did he win,

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