We woke up this morning to find out that the Toronto Blue Jays had signed Vladimir Guerrero Jr to a 14-year $500 million contract extension and one of the happiest people on the planet is New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso.

After waiting all winter to finally reach an agreement with the Mets on a two-year contract as a free agent, Alonso may find himself in a FAR better position at the end of the 2025 season.

The Pittsburgh Pirates come under a lot of heat in this week's episode for a variety of reasons - from disrespecting the memory of perhaps their greatest player, to the probability of wasting one of the best young pitchers in the game.

Torpedo bats also continue to dominate the MLB conversation, and now you can find them in many local sporting goods stores.

And what to make of freshman Cooper Flagg and the disastrous collapse of the Duke Blue Devils in the NCAA Final Four over the weekend?

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The New York Yankees made headlines this past weekend.

Not just with a complete dismantling of the pitiful Milwaukee Brewers, but with a barrage of home runs that some were attributing to the so-called "torpedo bat."

These odd-shaped bats have actually been around for awhile; in fact Giancarlo Stanton used one in 2024. A number of players used this in Spring Training this year, and players on other MLB teams (Francisco Lindor of the Mets for one) are trying them out in games.

Brewers pitcher Trevor Megill said over the weekend that if there was any funny business going on with the bats (hint - they are completely legal) that MLB will let it slide because it's the Yankees.

Congratulations, Mr. Megill. We're three games into the 2025 season and already the Yankees are in your head.

Also on this week's episode, N-I-L money continues to change the face of college athletics and it's on full display in both the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

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The Giants made some news with the recent signing of quarterback Jameis Winston. He's certainly an upgrade over Tommy DeVito at QB1, but given his career W-L record, how much can Giants fans really expect from Winston?

Everyone knows that you can never have enough pitching, and based upon some of what we've seen this spring, the Mets are Exhibit One. They used nine pitchers in Monday's Spring Training game against the Yankees, with mixed results.

Every MLB team has a tendency to overrate their prospects (the Mets, Yankees, and Red Sox especially), but the feeling here is that the Yankees made a critical mistake two years ago rushing Anthony Volpe to the majors. Based upon his minor league stats, the Red Sox are in serious danger of doing the exact same thing with the #7 MLB prospect in rookie Kristian Campbell.

Jim Monaghan and Chris Swendeman touch on all of that, plus Swendy has a rather unique idea on a pitcher the Yankees might want to take a look at.

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