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Bourbon and Baseball BS Podcast: Spring Training is Underway. 81 minutes.
TigsTown
In the latest podcast, Mark and Paul get to enjoy the product of the podcast's new sponsor, Swan Brewing, and dive into their favorite vacation destinations as winter drags on. Back on topic, they dive into the controversy between front offices and players around free agency, and if the frustrations will result in a player strike in 2021, plus a deep dive into the top 100 prospects across baseball, and where the Tigers stack up, along with where the farm system stacks up.
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With frigid temperatures and plenty of snow across Michigan and Massachusetts, Paul and Mark talk about preferred vacation destinations, and producer Roger immediately gets everyone excited about planning a vacation to Spain.
Spring Training is underway, and a majority of the top free agents are still unsigned. Players, including former Tiger Justin Verlander are taking to social media to air their grievances, but who should those be directed at?
Will this frustration get so bad that we're headed for a strike when the current collective bargaining agreement ends in 2021? Paul is putting his money where his mouth is already even though it's two-plus years away.
The national Top 100's are out and the Tigers have two consensus top 100 prospects in Casey Mize and Matt Manning, plus a handful of others that made their way into a list or two. The lone surprise to Mark was the inclusion of last year's lone consensus top 100 arm, Franklin Perez.
The Tigers farm system thought to be middle of the pack has largely aligned with that. This far into the rebuild, is this where the Tigers should be, or should they be further along?
Wrapping up with a question from Twitter, long-time follower @frm710: We see analytics impacting all phases of the game, now impacting player contracts as well, while the positives are many, do you see any area of the game where analytics falls short? Old school vs new school how do you merge the two practices for best impact?
