2273 - Where do the free agents sign?
Fantasy Baseball Live! – October 31, 2026 – 9:15 am ETSegment 1 – The Brewers are the World Series Champions1.They made it look pretty easy. They came extremely close to a sweep. Were you surprised at how easily the Brewers took care of the Rays?2.Williams Contreras wins the MVP, but it could have gone to a bunch of people – Cooper Pratt hit .354, Miz won two games, and dominated in Game 5, Abner Uribe pitched 5.1 with 6 strikeouts and no runs. Aaron Ashby pitched 5.2 innings with 9 strikeouts and gave up no hits.a.I would have loved to see it go to a reliever. It felt like once the Brewers went to the bullpen, the game was over. Your thoughts?3.Final thoughts on the game.Segment 2 – Viewership was way down – 25% from last season on averageMetric2025 World Series (Dodgers vs. Blue Jays)2026 World Series (Brewers vs. Rays)Series Average (U.S.)15.49 million11.83 millionSeries Length7 games5 gamesHighest Single Game25.45 million (Game 7)14.22 million (Game 5)Lowest Single Game11.15 million (Game 4)8.33 million (Game 3)•Note 10% of the viewers were from Wisconsin. It helped pad the numbers, but it further hurt the advertising rates to MLB. •No two ways to say it, it wasn’t good for Major League Baseball. It was better than everyone feared, but since most of the money from the WS goes to the league, it hurt. It also suggest that leveling the playing field with salary cap could have more situations like this. Thoughts.•In the end, I think MLB continues with the salary gap argument as they are looking for structural changes to gain more certainty over profitability. But it will make more small-market teams involved, and with that, MLB MUST DO A BETTER JOB at marketing smaller-market teams. People will watch an NFL playoff game between Buffalo and Jacksonville – just because. Segment 3 – Free Agency Monday, the free agent doors open, and with a lockout almost absurd for Dec. 2nd, we should see some signing. Let’s interrupt our draft for this week and pick where these guys sign. I guessed at the Japanese guys – well, my AI assistant guessed.1.Tarik Skubal, LHP, age 30Rich – New York MetsTim - Dodgers 2.Michael King, RHP, 32Rich – Red SoxTim - Cardinals3.Freddy Peralta, RHP, 30Rich – OriolesTim - Padres4.Hiromi Itoh, RHP, Nippon-Ham Fighters•Won the CY Young in Japan. Started slow, but rebounded to pitch to 3.23 ERA. Rich – MarinersTim – Yankees5.Kaimi Taira, RHP•96-98 mph. Throws a ton of stuff. 5-8 and 210 pounds. Reliever or Starter? Pile of question marks.Rich – No Clue – I’ll guess - Orioles.Tim – White Sox6.Kona Takahashi, RHPRich – PadresTim – Blue Jays7.Teruaki Sato, 3B/OF, 28•Huge power – hit 39 home runs in 2025Rich – YankeesTim – Blue Jays8.Seiya Suzuki, OF, 32Rich – Cleveland GuardiansTim – Red Sox9.Randy Arozarena, OF, 32Rich – Atlanta BravesTim – Astros10.Brandon Lowe, 2B, 32Rich – Red SoxTim - Rays11.Clay Holmes, RHP, 34(opt-out)Rich – PadresTim – Padres12.Adrian Morejon, LHP, 28Rich – TigersTim - Yankees13.Trevor Rogers, LHP, 29Rich – OriolesTim – Orioles14.Luis Arraez, 2B, 30Rich – Toronto Blue JaysTim - Rockies15.Sonny Gray, RHP, 37Rich – CubsTim - Cubs16.Jazz Chisholm Jr., 2B, 29Rich – GiantsTim - 17.David Bednar, RHP, 32Rich – YankeesTim - Cubs18.Casey Mize, RHP, 30Rich – RoyalsTim - Cubs
