Effectively Wild Episode 1622: Non-Tender is the Night

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley talk to FanGraphs’ Craig Edwards and Eric Longenhagen about MLB’s approaching non-tender deadline, why a number of prominent players may not be offered contracts, the effect a non-tender deluge might have on the free agent market, how slowly this free agent market might move, whether owners’ claims of financial hardship should be believed, MLB’s offseason vs. the NBA and NFL offseasons, whether there’s a way to speed up MLB’s winter activity, whether the MLBPA should consider a salary cap (and floor), the tantalizing talent of Ha-seong Kim, the challenge of ranking prospects in 2020, and more. Audio intro: First Aid Kit, "Tender Offerings" Audio outro: Frank Sinatra, "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" Link to FanGraphs’ top 50 free agents ranking Link to Eric on the coming deluge of non-tenders Link to Eric’s team-by-team non-tender predictions Link to Craig’s crowdsourcing non-tenders post Link to Craig on Sánchez Link to Dan Szymborski on Kim Link to Syndergaard’s tweet Link to Ben on the uncertain offseason Link to Tinkers baseball passage Link to EW Secret Santa  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source