This is our year-end mega episode in which we run down each of our favorite 10 records of the year, and shoot the shit about the Hot Stove Madness that is currently sweeping the baseball hellscape.

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LET’S TALK TO IT

ROB MANFRED CAN EAT A BAG OF HOT DIARRHEA

SPEAKING OF HOT … 

THE STOVE IS HOT

• Cole to NYY for 9/$324m + full no-trade, opt-out after year 5
• Strasburg back to WAS for 7/$245m +
• Rendon to LAA for 7/$245m + full no-trade, no opt-out
• Grandal to CHW for 4/$73m
• Wheeler to PHI for 4/$118m
• Hamels to BARVES for 1/$18m
• Gregorius to PHI 1/$14m
• Moustakas to CIN for 4/$64m
• Kyle Gibson to TEX 3/$30m
• Will Smith for $3/39m, Chris Martin & Travis D’Arnaud to BARVES
• Jose Abreu back to CHW for 3/$50m
• Alex Avila to TWINT 1/$4.25m
• Droop Omeranz to SDP for ???
• Roark to TOR 2/$24m
• Treinen to LAD for 1/$10m

TEAMS ARE SPENDING MONEY. IT’S ALMOST LIKE THE HAVE LOTS OF IT OR SOMETHING.

SPEAKING OF MONEY … 

DEAR SCOTT BORAS CAN WE BORROW SOME?!?!

TRAAAAADES??!! (how are these happening while teams are spending a fuckload again?)

• Arenado on the block
• Correa available?
• David Price?
• Kluber and Lindor on the move?

YEAR-END FAVORITES

Ian’s picks

1. CRJ - Dedicated 
2. Wand - Laughing Matter
3. Sheer Mag - A Distant Call
4. Little Simz - Grey Area 
5. Immortal Bird - Thrive on Neglect
6. Denzel Curry - ZUU
7. Betty Who - Betty
8. JPEGMAFIA - All My Heroes Are Cornballs
9. Mdou Moctar - Ilana (The Creator) 
10. Soul Glo - The N***a in Me Is Me

Riley’s picks

1. Town Portal - Of Violence
2. Cloudkicker - Unending
3. Big Brave - A Gaze Among Them
4. Cult of Luna - A Dawn To Fear
5. PUP - Morbid Stuff
6. Pile - Green & Grey
7. Herod - Sombre Dessein
8. Blessed - Salt 
9. Coilguns - Watchwinders 
10. Pedro The Lion - Phoenix