The Hot Stove continues to cook for Jerry Dipoto alone, as he sends off three prospects, including top pitching prospect Nick Neidert and high-ceiling shortstop Chris Torres to Miami in exchange for...center fielder Dee Gordon? Oh, and a million extra dollars in slot money, which gives the Mariners the most out of all remaining teams, take that LA.

0- 6:00: General freaking out

6:00: Ohtani talk, all our hopes and dreams, and some crushing words for the NY media

20:00: Oh yeah, Dee Gordon is here now and he's playing center field. Ian Desmond's name is invoked.

28:00: Positional flexibility and lineup optimization. The slowness of the middle of the order. Kate and Jordan get shouty about Ben Gamel. Contract discussions: Nelson Cruz aside, is this the lineup we will see for a while?

39:00: Discussing the Fangraphs piece on front office rankings.

47:00: Hot Stove talk and a weird metaphor for Tyler Chatwood. 

48:00: How the trade affects the M's shot at Darvish; revisiting the Mike Leake trade.

1:00:00: Back to Dee Gordon!

1:09: Kate and Jordan tackle your questions!

Music: G Cinco, "I'm the Man" (Dee Gordon's brother!), "King Kunta" Kendrick Lamar, "Get Dancin'" Disco Tex and the Sex-o-Lettes

Note: the audio levels are janky here for John. I know and I'm sorry. Also it cuts off weirdly because for some reason my audio dropped out totally at the end. I promise we are working on these things but THINGS ARE KIND OF CRAZY RIGHT NOW OK. Also note: I realized I called him "Pat Cashman" and not "Brian Cashman." My apologies to Pat.

 
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