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Winter Meetings Roundup
Ep. 207
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MLB's annual Winter Meetings took place this week, but if you're a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays you can be forgiven if you missed it—or, at the very least, didn't quite get what all the hype was about. Partly, that's because the Jays didn't have to sweat their way through the festivities distractedly chasing ghosts while Plan B types fly off the board like they often do. And partly it's because their biggest move of the week—outside of some Ross Atkins unforced PR errors—was their surprising selection of Spencer Miles from the Giants in the Rule 5 draft.
What a whirlwind! And this week we're talking about all of it—and how it has genuinely set up the rest of the offseason—and more!
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*APOLOGIES FOR THE MINOR AUDIO ISSUES!*
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