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NPDS - Cody Bellinger signs short-term with Cubs: Did Boras or Cubs blink first?; Athletics update! It's time to ban court-storming! (Episode 998)

Le Batard & Friends Network

Dan Le Batard

Sports

4.98.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

It's David's birthday! Everyone go wish him a happy birthday! And celebrate with a piece of cake for yourself! (calories don't count for birthday cake!) Today’s word of the day is ‘blinked’ as in Scott Boras as in the Chicago Cubs as in Cody Bellinger. It finally happened. Cody Bellinger has signed a deal. It’s not the longterm deal most people thought he’d get. Who won this standoff? What’s next for the Boras Boys? (11:20) Let me talk about my weekend and the Challenged Athletes Foundation. (19:05) It’s time for an A’s update! (30:30) Review: American Fiction. (34:00) We need to put an end to court-storming. Enough is enough. (40:00) NPPOD. Miami Heat and New Orleans Pelicans suspensions for a fight! The drama! (43:45) Steve Kerr got an extension. Big money. Matches up the years with Curry. End of an era? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Here you go.

0:04.0

go. Oh. Blinked! That's the nothing personal word of the day for Monday, February 26th, 1968, blinked, as in who blinked, Scott Boris or the Chicago Cubs.

0:31.6

I was away this weekend in San Diego I'm going to talk about the weekend and I want to

0:36.6

mention a few things that happened that were funny this weekend but when the news

0:40.0

came in about what happened with Cody Bellinger, the first thought, given how crazy I can be, was,

0:47.6

oh, that's one of the four players who didn't get a one year deal plus an opt-out after one because that is a way to see that I have.

0:56.2

I thought it would be one year plus one with the app that after one.

1:00.0

I have one of four Boris guys getting that deal.

1:02.8

All of a sudden I get the alert that Bellinger is off the board

1:06.6

with a three-year $80 million deal.

1:10.4

My second thought after saying,

1:13.0

all right, I still have three players left

1:14.8

to get the way to see right is, oh, Boris just did a Korea deal.

1:20.2

He got a team to give a three-year deal to his player with an opt-out after the first year

1:26.8

If the players hurt Korea if the player stinks Bellinger then you just opt into the second year.

1:33.2

Then if the players hurt stinks,

1:34.6

you opt into the third year.

1:36.1

And before you know it, you got yourself 105 with Correa

1:39.3

or 80 with Bellinger.

1:40.8

That seems like a good deal.

1:43.0

Cody Bellinger goes from non tender to 80 guaranteed million dollars.

1:48.0

Because he had a good year, which makes Boris think that the MVP Rookie of the Year guy is who

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