Free agency begins, new ownership for the Mets, and Hinch, Cora and La Russa are managers again
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Eno, DVR and Britt discuss the start of free agency, the big changes for the Mets with Steve Cohen's purchase of the team, the return of A.J. Hinch, Alex Cora and Tony La Russa to the dugout, and more.
Rundown
2:15 The 2021 Free Agent Class
5:50 Non-Tenders Are Still To Come
12:40 Questions About Team Finances After 2020
18:53 Steve Cohen Purchases the Mets
26:32 Francisco Lindor Trade Rumors
34:54 Hinch to Detroit, Cora to Boston and La Russa to Chicago
45:15 The Gold Glove Awards Should Be Fun!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and barrels. It is Friday, November 6. Derek Van Riper, Inoceris, Bridgeroli. We got the whole band back together. We told you it wasn't going to be long. And as we mentioned on our episode on Wednesday, our Friday episodes throughout this offseason, you know, with some holiday exceptions sprinkled in, are going to focus on what's happening in real baseball. And on this week's episode, we're going to |
| 0:39.2 | talk about free agency being officially underway, even though there's not really any movement there. |
| 0:45.3 | So we'll talk about what we expect in the weeks and probably more accurately months ahead. |
| 0:51.4 | We'll talk about the overall landscape around the league as big changes are happening |
| 0:54.6 | with several teams. AJ Hinch and Alex Cora, they're employed again. So we'll discuss that as well. |
| 1:01.7 | It's great to see both of you again. It's only been nine days technically since we last |
| 1:06.5 | podcasted, but it took us about 20 minutes once we connected to actually start recording the show. |
| 1:11.1 | So it's good. |
| 1:12.4 | Like a nice reunion that we've had today. |
| 1:15.5 | The band's back together. |
| 1:17.9 | Exactly. I was going to say, I missed you guys. |
| 1:19.7 | But now we already had a 20-minute catch-up before we even hit record on this. |
| 1:24.3 | So I'm over here already. |
| 1:25.6 | Let's get on with it. |
| 1:26.4 | So I think the thing that I want to start with today is the qualifying offer free agents, |
| 1:33.0 | some of the top free agents on the board this off season. |
| 1:35.8 | The players who received the qualifying offer, Trevor Bauer, DJ LaMahue, J.T. |
| 1:40.5 | Real Mudo, George Springer, Marcus Stroman, and Kevin Gossman. |
| 1:43.8 | It's an $ 18.9 million |
| 1:46.2 | dollar contract for our 2021 of that group. I think you could maybe see Gossman taking it, |
| 1:53.5 | but I think as Andrew Beggarly has reported, he's in talks with the Giants about a long-term deal |
| 1:58.6 | of some kind. Maybe that's a three- or four-year deal. |
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