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NPDS - Why an MLB record 4 players took the qualifying offer! MLB owners meetings begun! Lane Kiffin's Ole Miss ultimatum? (Episode 1381 Hour 1)

Le Batard & Friends Network

Dan Le Batard

Sports

4.88.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘accepted’ as in offered as in MLB as in qualifying offer as in $22.025 million as in record. Four players accepted the offer, which is the most ever. Shota Imanaga, Gleyber Torres, Brandon Woodruff, and Trent Grisham. Let me explain why this was done and why so many accepted. (10:30) Josh Naylor is back with the Mariners. They were one win away from a World Series appearance. (16:00) The MLB owners meetings have begun in New York City. This is a major one. CBA talk. Revenue disparity talk. Salary cap talk. (32:00) Review: Being Eddie. (35:00) Lane Kiffin has to give Ole Miss a decision by next week? Huh? Why? He has a longterm deal already! College football is crazy! (48:00) NPOOD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The I'm I'm I'm

0:21.6

The Thank you. I'm going to be. I'm Accepted.

1:12.8

That's the nothing personal word of the day for Wednesday, November 19th, 2025.

1:18.8

And we've got a bunch of acceptances to talk about throughout the show.

1:23.9

There'll be a through thread, so stay with me.

1:26.9

Let's start in Major League Baseball where words started trickling out around 4 p.m. yesterday,

1:33.6

about four players who decided to accept the qualifying offer.

1:39.4

The qualifying offer is going to be talked about for the next year,

1:43.8

much like it was talked about during the

1:45.6

last collective bargaining agreement, because that's the thing that a team offers a free agent,

1:53.4

its own free agent, saying, hi, we'd love to offer you to come back for one year.

2:00.5

And then they calculate the amount and

2:02.8

MLB lets everyone know the amount it's based on average salary yada yada it's 22 million dollars this

2:08.9

year so teams say we'll give you 22 million for one year your choice let us know you got a couple

2:16.2

days and if a player says no to a qualifying offer,

2:20.8

then the player's a free agent,

2:22.6

and they go out into the world,

2:24.9

they sign a deal,

2:26.3

and whoever signs them

2:27.8

has to give the original team a pick.

2:32.5

Although it doesn't actually come from them, funny enough.

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