Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about the possibility of the Mariners selling and what a Jerry Dipoto-led rebuild would look like, the Yankees’ CC Sabathia signing and GM Brian Cashman’s comments about the luxury tax, scenes from the GM meetings, the Giants hiring Farhan Zaidi from the Dodgers, and Lance McCullers presumably pitching hurt and having Tommy John surgery, then conduct their annual free agent contracts over/under draft and World Series odds movers draft.
Topics[]
Free agent contract draft
Free agents that went undrafted
World Series Odds draft
Banter[]
The Mariners offseason plan
The Orioles presence at the GM meetings
Giants get Zaidi
CC Sabathia
Yankees luxury tax expectation
Lance McCullers
Mike Fast to the Braves
Jeff's Draft Results[]
Player
O/U?
Predicted
Actual
Diff
Bryce Harper
Under
420
330
90
Patrick Corbin
Under
129
140
-11
Dallas Keuchel
Under
82
N/A
0
Zach Britton
Under
33
39
-6
Joe Kelly
Under
27
25
2
Gio Gonzalez
Under
24
3
21
Trevor Cahill
Under
22
9
13
DJ LeMahieu
Over
18
24
6
Total
115
Ben's Draft Results[]
Player
O/U?
Predicted
Actual
Diff
Manny Machado
Under
390
300
90
Josh Donaldson
Over
20
23
3
Andrew McCutchen
Under
45
50
-5
Hyun-jin Ryu
Under
33
17.9
15.1
Charlie Morton
Over
32
30
-2
Adam Ottavino
Over
30
27
-3
Garrett Richards
Over
10
15
5
Craig Kimbrel
Under
70
N/A
0
Total
103.1
World Series odds movers[]
Ben
Team
Prediction
Actual
Score
Mariners
Worse
Worse
1
Giants
Worse
Unchanged
Diamondbacks
Worse
Worse
1
Phillies
Better
Better
1
Astros
Better
Better
1
Total
4
Jeff
Team
Prediction
Actual
Score
Padres
Better
Better
1
Red Sox
Worse
Better
Rays
Better
Better
1
White Sox
Better
Worse
Braves
Worse
Worse
1
Total
3
Notes[]
“Can you imagine the volume of trade activity if Jerry Dipoto decides to sell?” - Ben
