{"podcast":{"title":"MLB Trade Rumors Podcast","slug":"mlb-trade-rumors-podcast-6242965","podcast_index_feed_id":6242965,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2156492.rss","website_url":"http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/refz32i9tgi0en8e6rynfgbjuslq?.jpg","author":"MLB Trade Rumors","episode_count":161,"summary":"With an eye always focused on the hot stove, the MLBTR podcast gives analysis of transactions, roster moves and, of course, rumors from around the league. Host Darragh McDonald is joined each week by a fellow MLBTR writer to break it all down.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mlb-trade-rumors-podcast-6242965"},"episode":{"title":"The CBA Standoff Begins","slug":"the-cba-standoff-begins","published_at":"2026-06-03T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mlb-trade-rumors-podcast-6242965/the-cba-standoff-begins","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mlb-trade-rumors-podcast-6242965","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2156492/episodes/19285996-the-cba-standoff-begins.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2156492/episodes/19285996-the-cba-standoff-begins.mp3","summary":"MLBTR founder Tim Dierkes joins Darragh McDonald to discuss the early CBA proposals put out by both the Players Association and MLB. Some topics discussed include a competitive integrity tax, a hard cap and floor system, shared TV revenue, how many games each side would be willing to sacrifice, how to improve competitive balance, the public nature of the negotiations so far, how the MLBPA could improve their PR, and how pragmatic the current collection of owners will be during negotiations.&n...","meta_description":"MLBTR founder Tim Dierkes joins Darragh McDonald to discuss the early CBA proposals put out by both the Players Association and MLB. Some topics discussed…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4306,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mlb-trade-rumors-podcast-6242965/episodes/the-cba-standoff-begins/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mlb-trade-rumors-podcast-6242965/the-cba-standoff-begins.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}