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Oct 2020
27m 29s

Who's staying and who's going and checki...

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Jon and James are balancing the books Dave style to figure out how much money the White Sox can save this offseason on expiring contracts and potential non-tenders (1:00). Then the guys set their sights on Schaumburg, Illinois where top pitching prospects Matthew Thompson, Andrew Dalquist and Jared Kelley spent the last few months making up for lost time. Did the talented trio get enough development time in this weird 2020 season? (11:49) Finally, we check in on the teams who are still playing in the 2020 Postseason.

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