Fantasy Baseball Live! – October 31, 2026 – 9:15 am ET Segment 1 – The Brewers are the World Series Champions 1.They made it look pretty easy. They came extremely close to a sweep. Were you surprised at how easily the Brewers took care of the Rays? 2.Williams Contreras wins the MVP, but it could have gone to a bunch of people – Cooper Pratt hit .354, Miz won two games, and dominated in Game 5, Abner Uribe pitched 5.1 with 6 strikeouts and no runs. Aaron Ashby pitched 5.2 innings with 9 strikeouts and gave up no hits. a.I would have loved to see it go to a reliever. It felt like once the Brewers went to the bullpen, the game was over. Your thoughts? 3.Final thoughts on the game. Segment 2 – Viewership was way down – 25% from last season on average Metric2025 World Series (Dodgers vs. Blue Jays)2026 World Series (Brewers vs. Rays) Series Average (U.S.)15.49 million11.83 million Series Length7 games5 games Highest Single Game25.45 million (Game 7)14.22 million (Game 5) Lowest Single Game11.15 million (Game 4)8.33 million (Game 3) •Note 10% of the viewers were from Wisconsin. It helped pad the numbers, but it further hurt the advertising rates to MLB. •No two ways to say it, it wasn’t good for Major League Baseball. It was better than everyone feared, but since most of the money from the WS goes to the league, it hurt. It also suggest that leveling the playing field with salary cap could have more situations like this. Thoughts. •In the end, I think MLB continues with the salary gap argument as they are looking for structural changes to gain more certainty over profitability. But it will make more small-market teams involved, and with that, MLB MUST DO A BETTER JOB at marketing smaller-market teams. People will watch an NFL playoff game between Buffalo and Jacksonville – just because. Segment 3 – Free Agency Monday, the free agent doors open, and with a lockout almost absurd for Dec. 2nd, we should see some signing. Let’s interrupt our draft for this week and pick where these guys sign. I guessed at the Japanese guys – well, my AI assistant guessed. 1.Tarik Skubal, LHP, age 30 Rich – New York Mets Tim - Dodgers 2.Michael King, RHP, 32 Rich – Red Sox Tim - Cardinals 3.Freddy Peralta, RHP, 30 Rich – Orioles Tim - Padres 4.Hiromi Itoh, RHP, Nippon-Ham Fighters •Won the CY Young in Japan. Started slow, but rebounded to pitch to 3.23 ERA. Rich – Mariners Tim – Yankees 5.Kaimi Taira, RHP •96-98 mph. Throws a ton of stuff. 5-8 and 210 pounds. Reliever or Starter? Pile of question marks. Rich – No Clue – I’ll guess - Orioles. Tim – White Sox 6.Kona Takahashi, RHP Rich – Padres Tim – Blue Jays 7.Teruaki Sato, 3B/OF, 28 •Huge power – hit 39 home runs in 2025 Rich – Yankees Tim – Blue Jays 8.Seiya Suzuki, OF, 32 Rich – Cleveland Guardians Tim – Red Sox 9.Randy Arozarena, OF, 32 Rich – Atlanta Braves Tim – Astros 10.Brandon Lowe, 2B, 32 Rich – Red Sox Tim - Rays 11.Clay Holmes, RHP, 34(opt-out) Rich – Padres Tim – Padres 12.Adrian Morejon, LHP, 28 Rich – Tigers Tim - Yankees 13.Trevor Rogers, LHP, 29 Rich – Orioles Tim – Orioles 14.Luis Arraez, 2B, 30 Rich – Toronto Blue Jays Tim - Rockies 15.Sonny Gray, RHP, 37 Rich – Cubs Tim - Cubs 16.Jazz Chisholm Jr., 2B, 29 Rich – Giants Tim - 17.David Bednar, RHP, 32 Rich – Yankees Tim - Cubs 18.Casey Mize, RHP, 30 Rich – Royals Tim - Cubs
