Caught In The Hotbox Jonathan Compas

Happy Opening Day 2023! In this episode, Goose, Rumpus and Haltermania offer their predictions for everything National League including NL MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, division and wild card winners, and what team will win the NL Pennant and represent the Senior Circuit in the World Series.

After a nearly 2 year hiatus, Caught in the Hotbox is returning - we even have intro and outro music! In this episode, Rumpus, Goose and Haltermania deep dive into MLB's major offseason hot topics including the new rules on the pitch timer, defensive shift restrictions and larger bases, as well as major signings and predictions for the World Baseball Classic.

We discuss trades that have happened up to July 25th and give our trade predictions. We give an update on the Trevor Bauer saga and our take on the Cleveland name change.

We discuss extensions, retirements and no no's.

We recorded this podcast on Thursday and made predictions for Odorizzi and Halterman made the right call. Odorizzi signed after recording this episode with Houston.

We discuss the extension for Tatis and run down the biggest contracts in MLB history.