{"id":459107,"date":"2025-12-03T16:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/459107\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:50:14","slug":"mlbtr-podcast-an-agents-perspective-with-b-b-abbott-also-cease-williams-helsley-and-gray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/459107\/","title":{"rendered":"MLBTR Podcast: An Agent’s Perspective with B.B. Abbott – Also, Cease, Williams, Helsley, And Gray"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest episode of the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast is now live on\u00a0Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>, and wherever you get your podcasts! Make sure you subscribe as well! You can also use the player at\u00a0this link<\/a>\u00a0to listen, if you don\u2019t use Spotify or Apple for podcasts.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This week, host Darragh McDonald is joined by B.B. Abbott of Wasserman Baseball to discuss\u2026<\/p>\n

Abbott\u2019s approach to free agency (3:30)
\nThe impact of the media on free agency (10:00)
\nThe different levels of player involvement in free agency (17:00)
\nThe decision to sign an extension instead of going to free agency (20:15)
\nChris Sale<\/a> and his<\/a> extensions<\/a> with<\/a> the White Sox, Red Sox and Braves (23:00)
\nByron Buxton<\/a> and his extension<\/a> with the Twins (28:50)
\nRepresenting young players going into the draft (32:10)
\nThe general state of baseball (35:50)<\/p>\n

Plus, Anthony Franco of MLB Trade Rumors joins the show to discuss\u2026<\/p>\n

Check out our past episodes!<\/p>\n

Some \u201cClassic Baseball Trades,\u201d Nimmo For Semien, And Ward For Rodriguez \u2013 listen here<\/a>
\nOffseason Preview Megapod: Top 50 Free Agents \u2013\u00a0listen here<\/a>
\nSurprising Option Decisions, Qualifying Offers, And Paul DePodesta \u2013\u00a0listen here<\/a><\/p>\n

The podcast intro and outro song \u201cSo Long\u201d is provided courtesy of the band Showoff.\u00a0 Check out their Facebook page here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of Jerome Miron, Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest episode of the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast is now live on\u00a0Spotify,\u00a0Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,703,2223,919,83,76,4,2275,109,1587],"class_list":{"0":"post-459107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-brandon-clarke","10":"tag-byron-buxton","11":"tag-chris-sale","12":"tag-devin-williams","13":"tag-dylan-cease","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-richard-fitts","16":"tag-ryan-helsley","17":"tag-sonny-gray"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115656669664849077","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}