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Baseball Isn’t Boring

Pitch And Moan: The Inner Workings Of MLB Winter Meetings

08 Dec 2025

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Chapter 1: What insights do Courtney and Jonny share about the MLB Winter Meetings?

0.031 - 2.795 Jonny Gomes

Yeah, there should be some passion. This doesn't have to be boring.

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3.315 - 25.465 Courtney

You don't get bored by baseball. Okay, one thing the game needs is more people like you. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You.

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25.495 - 35.87 Unknown

You know, there's not many people that I was more excited to see this week so far than my old co-host, Johnny Gomes. My old Pitch and Moan co-host.

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35.89 - 38.735 Jonny Gomes

Pitch and Moan, right? Pitch and Moan. Where are the t-shirts?

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38.815 - 39.736 Unknown

Where are the stickers?

39.756 - 41.719 Jonny Gomes

Bumper stickers, everything.

42.02 - 42.961 Unknown

We were on a roll.

43.101 - 43.622 Jonny Gomes

That was fun.

43.642 - 52.358 Unknown

We were on a roll. You know, you were kind of my godfather of the Pitch and Moan. We started together. Awesome to finally be around you.

Chapter 2: How does Jonny's experience in free agency shape his perspective?

84.03 - 103.005 Jonny Gomes

I just feel it's inside me to give all that information back to the future of the game. Sure. philanthropist of the baseball world, I guess. I like that. I like that. OK, advising guys, helping guys out with Indy Pro, which has been awesome. But yeah, at the end of the day, so many feathers in my cap, all baseball.

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So really, how many people are you currently advising right now?

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107.575 - 108.156 Jonny Gomes

The whole world.

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108.256 - 108.997 Unknown

The whole world.

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109.017 - 110.379 Jonny Gomes

The whole world. Okay. Whoever needs help.

110.399 - 111.12 Unknown

Whoever needs help.

111.14 - 111.38 Jonny Gomes

Yeah.

111.401 - 112.202 Unknown

So you can advise me.

112.302 - 112.582 Jonny Gomes

Yes.

Chapter 3: How do Jonny's past experiences influence his current role?

247.493 - 253.904 Jonny Gomes

It's... I don't know if it's a branch or the avenue has just exploded, you know, the last five years.

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254.345 - 255.687 Unknown

So let's switch to when you were a player.

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255.988 - 256.348 Jonny Gomes

Yeah.

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You were a free agent quite a bit in your career.

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259.715 - 260.877 Jonny Gomes

Yeah, a lot.

261.378 - 264.364 Unknown

What is it like going through this process in the offseason?

265.053 - 287.269 Jonny Gomes

So there's obviously different levels of free agency. I mean, there's guys right now, probably like yacht shopping that don't have a job. They're not really stressed out, but I guess there's a lower tier kind of where I was, you know, like a role player, platoon guy bouncing around. You hope and you kind of know it's going to work itself out.

287.95 - 293.378 Jonny Gomes

But when you're technically unemployed on Christmas, that sucks.

293.398 - 294.439 Unknown

That's not a Merry Christmas.

Chapter 4: How do the Winter Meetings reflect the current state of baseball?

404.02 - 408.645 Courtney

Listen and follow Free Range with me, Vaughn Miller, wherever you get your podcasts.

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409.115 - 413.645 Jonny Gomes

Man, if the Dodgers find a way to get better, then back-to-back World Series.

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How do you get better?

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414.827 - 433.663 Jonny Gomes

You go back-to-back and you go into the offseason with money and get better. That's dangerous. Toronto, you know, they beat them to the punch. Making some moves already. Of course. You got some back end bullpen guys and then the trade market. Obviously, the Red Sox right in the middle of it still need a couple more pieces.

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434.244 - 439.753 Jonny Gomes

But you go down a little bit and you're actually seeing the value of having prospects.

439.773 - 440.854 Unknown

I fully agree with that.

440.875 - 443.739 Jonny Gomes

I mean, to me, it's the new currency. Yes.

443.759 - 444.58 Unknown

It's a good way to put it.

444.741 - 460.352 Jonny Gomes

Yeah. Like if you have prospects, you can go get really whoever you want. Yeah. which is the draft, which is player development, which is scouting. You go to a place like this and you really see how important those branches are in your system.

Chapter 5: What is the significance of the Winter Meetings for the future of baseball?

460.873 - 464.4 Jonny Gomes

So if you got prospects, you're a very wealthy team.

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So we talked about this a little bit, and you're hearing his name quite a bit, Kyle Schwarber.

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469.475 - 470.076 Jonny Gomes

Yeah.

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470.096 - 480.532 Unknown

How cool would that be for not only Kyle Schwarber to go to his hometown team of Cincinnati, but a small market team to get a big win? What a concept. What a concept.

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480.652 - 497.506 Jonny Gomes

Yeah, I love it. You know, there's a couple of these teams that have windows right now, and there's a couple of these teams that are hoping the window opens, and there's a couple of these teams that windows are getting real close to closing. They have some really interesting, really good young pitchers.

497.907 - 499.852 Unknown

Hunter Green being at the top of the list.

500.172 - 520.729 Jonny Gomes

Your shortstop is the next I don't even know what million dollar guy. He's electric. Yep. They got some core pieces. They got one of the best managers in the history of the game. Sure do. He's from there. It makes sense. But it's just crazy. I mean, you talk about a guy like Kyle Schwarber. Like, he legit, you know, with universal DH. He fits in all 30 teams.

520.749 - 521.129 Unknown

Literally.

521.229 - 521.71 Jonny Gomes

He fits.

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