Five and Dive

In Episode 437, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about The Big Game and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.
1. Pete’s Dragged On: Pete Alonso is a Met again. That sure took a while.
2. There is no such thing as a free agency: A lot of bench outfielders are signing now
3. A Stadium Rendering is worth 1,000 Words: As first reported by Five and Dive, baseball teams need stadiums to play in.
4. Around the Horn:  All the Brenton Doyle news that doesn’t fit anytwhere else
5. Craig gets on the best heater of his life (or at least these games).

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In Episode 436, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig indulge in the usual coffee chat and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 / All computers go the heaven: Let’s talk PECOTA.
2. There is no such thing as a free agency. Some bigger names finally sign. 
3. I am not shocked to find gamblong in this establishment: Is this a gambaling scandal? Maybe not, but there is probably one coming.  
4. Around the Horn: We remember Fay Vincent, check out the waiver wire, and consider the Kansas Governor’s race. 
5. The usual lightining round 

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In Episode 435, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about pitching metrics and the Pleistocene Era and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. Houston, we have too many third basemen? The Astros are getting to 91 wins and a division win in the weirdest way possible. 
2. The Politics of Glory: Three new Hall of Famers, two catchers fall off the ballot, and other Cooperstown chat.
3. There is no such thing as a free agency: Profar heads to Atlanta, while the Nats and Guards add arms.
4. Around the Horn: The Mets are planning not to have Pete Alonso, and the league is planning not to have labor peace.  
5. A new game we all…like?

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In Episode 434, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. A Tale of Two Cities: Los Angeles hands Toronto yet another L. 
2. There is no such thing as a free agency: The Mets add some non-Pete-Alonso free agents, and the Mariners make their one move.
3. Mr. Baseball: We salute Bob Uecker
4. Around the Horn: Talk about actual Pete Alonso, free agent, some retirements, and maybe another Jays free agent signing
5. Craig certainly participates in the game this week.
 
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In Episode 433, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the BP Annual and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. There is no sugh thing as a free agency: Man, that’s a lot of deals. Wait we are talking about all these deals?
2. The Owner’s Box: A lawsuit in San Diego and a pending sale in Minnesota?
3. Rated Roki: Where will Roki Sasaki sign? And the fallout in the IFA market has already started.
4. Around the Horn: Mostly the Gavin Lux trade honestly
5. Let’s see how much Patrick and Craig rememeber from the PECOTA roll out

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In Episode 432, Jeffrey and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. Burnes After Signing: Corbin Burnes is headed to Arizona? And yeah, this already feels like forever ago.
2. There is no such thing as a free agency: There were a few other one-year deals too:
3. Marvelous Merv: And exactly one trade. Too bad Patrick isn’t here
4. Rumor Has It: Some baseall transactions that might eventually happen, maybe.
5. Craig rings in the new year with his usual game performance. 

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In Episode 431, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about cough syrup and porrly shucked oysters, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. I’m already in the book three or four times: Saying farewell to Rickey
2. Last-minute Christmas shopping: Man, there sure were a lot of free agent signings all of the sudden
3. I just wan’t something I can never have: Cleveland doesn’t a weird two-step move at first base.
4. Trading Places: The Jesus Lizard live in Philly, and the Yankees think every year is the Year of the Splitter
5. 1-2-3-4-5 / 6-7-8-9-10 / 11-12

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In Episode 430, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about nostalgia for mid-2000s hipster rock, MST3K, and Homestar Runner, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. Tuck Everlasting?: Kyle Tucker is traded to the Cubs in a trade that both makes sense and doesn’t make sense for both teams. 
2. Trading Places: The Yankees stay active on the trade market, and the As and the Rays make a very Rays trade. 
3. There is no such thing as a free agency: Mike Elias gets his starter, the Mets get some KBO players, and Carson Kelly gets the good backup catcher contract.
4. Around the Horn:  MLB doesn’t publish a report, but has a report. 
5. The return of the nickname game

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In Episode 429, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig update you on Craig’s travel plans and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. Straight Cash, Homie: Brian Cashman splashes the pot for a…starting pitcher?
2. Trading Places: Three pretty big trades cap off the winter meetings
3. Rumor Has It: What are the Astros doing? (Turns out trading Kyle Tucker but more on that next week)
4. Around the Horn: We are not doing a Rule 5 recap or a Boras pun recap.
5. A reader-submitted game of Confidence Intervals

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In Episode 428, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Craig’s trip to Dallas and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. Smoke your green, I’m spending mine: Childish Bambino calls his shot and it’s the New York Mets for a record-setting deal.
2. There is no such thing as a free agency: All the other non-record-setting deals
3. If you hear any noise it’s just me and the boys getting into the Hall of Fame: Okay, I guess we will do three HoF segments this year
4. Around the Horn: Crochet rumors and stadium stuff
5. A classic 1 AM Patrick game

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In Episode 427, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about holiday cleaning and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. There is no such thing as a free agency: The market is moving…slowly
2. The Golden At-Bat: Yeah, we have to talk about it. Spoiler Alert: It’s dumb
3. Rumor Has It: The Royals have plans and Juan Soto’s plans are still undetermined.
4. Around the Horn: Front office stuff and stadium stuff.  
5. A somewhat well-played and dramatic game for a change.

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In Episode 426, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig mention out some pielights and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. Fuck it, we’re doing five blades: The Dodgers sign Blake Snell, because why not?  
2. The Angels have two blades: The Angels sign Yusei Kikuchi, why?
3. A Good Trade Leaves Everyone Mad: The Royals and Reds swap players that are probably better off staying put.
4. Around the Horn: A Soto update and a non-tender rundown
5. That’s what the money is for. This week’s game that is. 

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In Episode 425, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the benefits of a BP subscription and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. Say It Is Soto: Where we stand on the free agency of one Childish Bambino 
2. Life is too Short to Spend the Rest of it Down Here in Tampa: Where we stand on the Rays stadium situation both now and in the future.
3. Our Semi-Annual Hall of Fame segment: The HoF ballot is out and we talk about pitching
4. Around the Horn: Awards, Qualifying Offers, and a couple trades  
5. Mostly a test of how bad our handwriting is and then we learn exactly how bad Craig is at these games

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In Episode 424, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig indulge in some (advent calendar) coffee chat and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. The Postman Only Rings Twice: Roki Sasaki is being posted, eventually. 
2. There is No Such Thing as a Free Agency: 50 free agents, ranked
3. Television Man, I Know What You Are Trying to Be: Diamond Sports is still going to be showing baseball games. This is probably fine. 
4. Around the Horn: The Angels are the only team doing anything. Which is annoying. 
5. A quiz entirely about domes. 

Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is fiveanddive@baseballprospectus.com.                                           

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In Episode 423, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about sprinkler systems and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. We Dug Cole Together: Catching up on what actually happened with Gerrit Cole’s opt out
2. To Catch a Rising Free Agent Star: What’s a worse sign for Scott Boras, the Yankees calling his bluff or the quality of this year’s one-liners?
3. Thank You For Sending Me An Angel: We check in on the Angels offseason.
4. Around the Horn: Positional flexibility is in vogue, as our prospect lists.
5. Testing the memory of Old Millennials. 

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