Why Major League Baseball is Failing the Offseason. Talking about Bad Trade Ideas, Whose Over Rated?

Locked On Guardians - Daily Podcast On The Cleveland Guardians

Why is it that of all the major sports only the MLB fails to turn its free agency and offseason into an event that has fans' interests and attention glued to their favorite sport? Why does the MLB offseason feel like a lot of nothing with minor moments of interest and how can they fix it? We get into the changing pitching market and the only area people are attacking in Free Agency. Then we talk about the problem with most of the trade ideas that come across, as well as the importance of checking sources and not letting the lack of news let you get taken in by those who are chasing clout and don't have anything meaningful to say. Lastly, people liked the underrated prospects last week, so we dig into the overrated prospects. All players that are very interesting or good prospects but ones I am lower on than the field or that people brought up a lot this year and I can't match up with the hype and why that is. I will gladly be wrong with about every player, but as of now even for the best of prospects, these are guys I just don't match up with in terms of rankings on MLB.com or the amount of chatter online or in our comments.

0:00 Intro

5:09 Blake Snell's Dodgers Deal

10:14 Trade Talk and Media Literacy

15:22 Prospect Valuation

20:30 Cleveland Guardians' Trade Strategy

25:34 Overrated Prospects

30:44 Prospect Evaluation Challenges

35:57 Closing Remarks

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