Summary[]
Ben and Sam banter about Mike Trout and Brian Cashman, then predict and discuss the results of Jerry Crasnick’s annual executive poll.
Topics[]
- Jerry Crasnick's survey of team executives
- Contracts for David Price and Zack Greinke
- Justin Upton and Jason Heyward
- Chris Davis and Yoenis Cespedes
- Colby Rasmus and Daniel Murphy's postseason success
- Will Ian Desmond or Jeff Samardzija bounce back?
- Will the Chicago Cubs trade Starlin Castro or Javier Baez?
- Which Kansas City Royals are most likely to return?
Banter[]
- Episode 761 follow-up: Theories about Mike Trout's punctuation usage
- Ben and Sam text each other on-air to try and figure out if Mike Trout's phone is automating his punctuation usage.
- Ben and Sam wonder if Mike Trout owns a computer, and how their lives would be different if they had his contract.
- Brian Cashman's laid back attire at the GM meetings
Notes[]
- Jerry Crasnick surveys of team executives were also discussed in Episodes 573, 1136, and 1197.
- Sam, "I don't think that Sam texting Ben is going to be in the Effectively Wild bracket."
- Reviewing the past several years of Crasnick surveys, Sam notes that team executives are bad at predicting what will happen during the offseason.
- If given the option to sign Price or Greinke for the same contract, Ben and Sam agreed that they would sign Price.
- Team executives were much more evenly split on what they thought would happen then in past years.