MLB Lockout + Max to NY + Quiet Nats Winter

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

MLB players might be locked out, but the podcast doors are still wide open for Mark & Al in our third off-season edition of Nats Chat. They begin by setting the scene as to why the sport is going through its first work stoppage in almost thirty years. Will Opening Day start on time? (15:51) Free Agency was abnormally active in the final days leading up to the CBA"s expiration. How could Baseball replicate that for other Novembers moving forward? The hosts then examine Max Scherzer's mammoth deal with the Mets, which will pay him well over $40 Million a year. (31:52) The Nationals were very quiet last month while many other teams were spending tons of money in Free Agency. There was one signing however, Cesar Hernandez, who won a Gold Glove at 2B in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Nats chat is brought you by Walters. If you're headed down to Enchant at Nationals Park,
0:04.9	be sure to stop before or after at Walters. Just across the street, Walters is open all year
0:10.5	round, including all of bowl season and during the NFL playoffs. Reservations can be booked
0:16.6	at waltersDC.com slash reservation.
0:29.6	I have to report that effective at 12.1 a.m. this morning, we instituted a lockout of major league players. We took this action with the support of all 30 clubs after we failed
0:36.1	to reach a new agreement with the Players Association,
0:38.9	despite our very best efforts. We came to Texas to make a deal. We committed to the process.
0:45.5	We made proposals, and it just did not happen. And welcome to Natch Chat for Wednesday, December 8th,
0:52.4	2021, along with Nationals Insider, Mark Zuckerman of Massinsports.com. I'm Al-Galdi host of the Al-Galdi podcast. Happy holidays. It's nice to be with everybody for another off-season installment of the podcast. We are coming at you with episodes periodically during the off-season. Make sure you are a subscriber to the Natschat podcast so that you never miss an episode this offseason. And offseason that could last for a while, we shall see.
1:15.8	A lockout as anticipated did begin on December 2nd, but not before a frenzy of offseason
1:22.9	activity that included, yes, Max Scherzer signing with the New York Mets, trust me, we will be getting
1:29.6	to that. We're also going to talk about the activity or lack thereof by the Nationals,
1:34.3	although they did do some things, including Reach a Deal with Cesar Hernandez. But,
1:38.9	Mark, here we are. It is December. It is cold. It's not even technically winter yet.
1:43.2	The Nats did get Seysar
1:44.2	Hernandez. M.O.B and the M.O.B Players Association can't stand each other. It is the most
1:49.0	wonderful time of the year. Happy holidays, my friend. I'm glad to see you're in good spirits,
1:53.4	despite your Terrapins' disastrous week on the basketball court, including the departure of your
1:59.9	head coach and then the loss to the lowly
2:01.9	Northwestern Wildcats. You know, normally I would be thrilled to win a game at Maryland,
2:08.2	but I don't know that's going to help their cause that much this year. That doesn't mean that
2:11.1	much right now, right? Not right now. It doesn't know. That was as strange of a game as we will
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