Chapter 1: What teams had the best offseasons according to Julian McWilliams?
of Baseballs and Boring going, and that's Julian McWilliams of CBS Sports. Because there's nobody I'd rather talk to on the planet. I gave Adovito an opportunity for me to not say that, and he begged me to say it.
Did he? Oh, I mean, it's part of the brand now. People know. People do. How does Rich Hill react to it?
He did a spit take the other day. He did a Dunkin' Donuts spit take. Nice. By the way, because I'm on a heater when it comes to this stuff, do you A, want to retire, or B, play in the WBC? Do you have an announcement to make on either one of those things?
Well, in the words of Joe Kelly, who actually retires?
Well, so it's like when you moved on from the globe, you said, I'm not retiring from the globe. I'm just, I'm just, I'm not writing for them anymore.
I'm not writing for them anymore.
Yeah.
I'm not, I'm not doing, uh, I'm not doing the, the, the globe show anymore.
You just moved on. You moved on to other things. Yeah, I moved on. And you are not playing the WBC. You probably – is there a country you could play for?
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Chapter 2: How do players decide between retirement and participating in the WBC?
There we go. I think it would be good. You're going to WBC.
Congratulations. Team Swaziland. Team Botswana.
Again, literally, I'm not responding to any of this.
Why? Adivino's playing for Team Italy.
I know. Chapman's playing for Great Britain.
That's interesting. We do have, here's big news. Remember their jerseys last year? I mean, four years ago, Great Britain.
Oh, Great Britain, like the letters are falling off? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, having talked to the people in charge of Great Britain, they're ready to go, much better prepared. I'm looking forward to that. By the way, big news. We are coming out for the WBC with Baseballs and Boring shirt, WBC shirts, which is basically going to be saying Baseballs and Boring in Spanish and Italian. Cool.
What else is there? Well, we'll do another one with Japanese. Yeah. Is Portuguese, I guess, right, for Brazil? Correct?
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, you know what? You could tap into the Portuguese market here, baby.
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Chapter 3: What impact does team chemistry have on player performance?
Congratulations.
Have you been before? No, I have not. You were not allowed.
You had to do game and notes for spring training back in that last WBC.
Yeah, yeah.
You had to make sure that Chad De La Guerra's hamstrings were intact.
Yeah. Right? Pivotal. Yeah. Pivotal news there.
I do remember, though, when Puerto Rico came over and played. Remember that day?
Yeah, I do. I do. That was the day that Ian asked that jerk Kike Hernandez about... About, you know, it was a softball question. He asked him like, Oh, what would, what would it mean for you? Like, do you know, do you take anything by playing center field here and possibly, you know, maybe playing for the, for the, you know, being able to do it for the Red Sox as well.
And yet he's like, no, I'm shortstop for the Red Sox. He was like, well, no, I'm the shortstop for the Red Sox. Thank you very much. Then he went out to throw the ball in the shitter every time that season.
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Chapter 4: How do the offseasons of the Orioles and Cubs compare?
And just seeing them play together on TV, it just looks really, really exciting. And to have that country behind you certainly means something. That's a team I definitely really want to see.
Well, they last time, they were supposed to be the best team or one of the best teams, and they had the center of the ball.
That's a problem.
Yeah, they did not do well. And I went – so I went to Miami, and I actually didn't even go to the games. It was Dominican-Puerto Rico, and I just went outside the stadium and just walked around outside. What my takeaway was, yeah, just see the vibe, right?
It was cool for a while, but then what happens is that you want to eat somewhere, and what you realize is, oh, my goodness, around this spaceship of a stadium, there is zero places to eat. Zero. No sports bars, nothing. Nothing.
Really?
Nothing. So when you go there, prepare accordingly. Yeah, nothing.
I might have to pull the old Julian and just order some Uber Eats and go outside like, hey, I'm at KD. I can't get over there. Yeah, no. Walk over here.
No, I don't. No, no, no.
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Chapter 5: What are the implications of winning the offseason for MLB teams?
I think he's going to be a good player, a good hitter, at least, at the very least.
No, and they had a bunch of guys underperform, but you bring in Ward, you bring in – Alonzo, you're bringing these other guys. Our guy, Tyler O'Neal, you get him healthy. Boom, you're on your way.
Get him healthy.
Here we go. All right, number four.
Number four, I got the Cubs. Ooh! Yeah. Look, obviously, I think the Bregman thing has helped them this offseason. Them getting him, I think, really means a lot for that team in terms of where they're going, what they're trying to do. And obviously, you know, you have PCA there. I just think they're a really good all-around team.
They didn't get far last year, but again, this was a team that we talked about them not wanting to spend. They were kind of Red Sox-y for the last six, seven years, six years or so. But to see them get their hands dirty a little bit, I think is good for the game and good for Chicago as well.
All right. I'm really anxious to see what your three through two, one is going to be because I know I'm not going to agree with one of them.
Yeah.
All right.
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Chapter 6: How does the American League East compare to other divisions?
Cody Pond's fine. You don't know, but you lost Chris Bassett. They say you replace him with him. Which one do you rather have? And then even Dylan Cease, hey, good, man. You want to be aggressive. You want to get that guy. Great. But if you match up, we've done this exercise, as much as we want to say, Red Sox, what are you doing? If you match it up, it's not all that dissimilar.
You're right, Daniel. Yeah, I might have to take them out of there. No, I'm sticking to my guns. You know what? Yeah. You know what?
Because you know what? The offseason isn't done yet.
It's not done yet. And look, I think they should have re-signed Bichette, too. Remember, I've been on this podcast. How could you let him go? Obviously, reports have come back where he's in the front office running on the same page, but obviously money changes things if you just pay the guy. But They did a lot of that. They had a lot of their success without Bichette, too.
I think that, especially down the stretch, they got through some dogfight series without him. Now, is that a guy you just let go? No. But I still think that they have, just based on the experience alone, I think that they're a better team. They're going to be a better team next year than they were this year.
I think they're a better team because they have Cease. Yeah. But everyone thought they were going to get another late inning guy. They lost Sir Anthony, right?
Yeah.
So you're agreeing with me too much.
No, look. Look, they lost Serenity, but he also wasn't that good for them. I mean, he blew a lot of stuff in the last year as well. And, you know, he's kind of the... Look, I just think they're going to be a good team. I think they're going to win the division.
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Chapter 7: What factors contribute to a team's success in the offseason?
But also, remember, they got... Also, people forget they got Edwin Diaz, too.
They did. They got Edwin Diaz. Look, I... I was once saying, no, no, no, they don't need to do anything about it. Now, they're getting ridiculous with these deferrals, right? Like, if you're going to be the guy, just take the penalty, right? So now I wasn't pro, you know, like, oh, well, at least the guys are signing to take the deferrals. The Dodgers aren't making them take deferrals.
But come on, guys. Let's get a little out of hand.
You know what? This is interesting. You can use this.
A billion dollars in deferrals? Yeah, I know. A billion? Over a billion dollars? Hey.
What are we doing? Well, I'll say this. The Dodgers, if it wasn't good for business, they wouldn't do it. It is good for business. It's good for business. You know what's good for business? Winning. Reinvesting. Reinvesting. the winning profits, and then spending more. Anyway, you can use this one on your next CBS Sports hit. Jose Ramirez's extension, right?
Yeah, man. He got the suite. He got the additional suite.
He got the two rooms.
Gotta get the two rooms. Gotta get the other room. Gotta get the other room. What does that do? A private jet just one time around the... For what?
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Chapter 8: What predictions are made for the upcoming MLB season?
We got Jim Stevenson on. Jim, I'm putting you on the spot. He's coming on this week. Okay, well. Let's go. I hope so. Let's go. Let's text him right now. Jim, podcast. This week, question mark. And then I'm going to pull you. I'm going to pull you. And if you don't respond, just put a question mark again.
And then put, by the way, your brand has never been hotter.
Yeah. There you go. Never been. All right. Bye.