The Early-Offseason Activity Roundup (Ep. 125)

The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann catch up with a wave
of early-offseason moves, including a quintet of managerial hirings
and the emergence of a new model of manager (06:00), the players
association's perplexing stance on Shohei Otani (27:30), the opt-in
decisions of a trio of pitchers (and the extension of Justin Upton)
(39:00), potentially era-ending option decisions regarding Andre
Ethier, Ichiro Suzuki, and Jose Bautista, and the Yasmani Grandal
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