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This week, host Darragh McDonald is joined by Anthony Franco of MLB Trade Rumors to discuss…

Plus, we answer your questions, including…

• With Jed Hoyer in the last year of his contract, how aggressive will the Cubs be this offseason? Also, with so many top 100 prospects nearing the majors, how will that impact their offseason decisions? (10:10)
• What is the feeling about the Orioles possible spending this offseason? Is there a sense of what could happen or is more wait-and-see in the inside baseball world? (26:55)
• What do the Rangers need to do in this offseason in order to be competitive next year.  Any specific players they need to target? (32:45)
• Willson Contreras seems like a logical fit for the Blue Jays if the Cardinals decide to move him. Only problem might be the return since the Cardinals want to shed money. Would this be likely? (34:55)
• The Padres have spent significant resources to build its current roster, but the World Series title continues to elude them. With potential payroll issues looming, how do they maintain their success for 2025 and beyond? They have a good lineup and great bullpen, but how do they avoid being worse in 2025? (39:50)

Check out our past episodes!

• Previewing FA Starting Pitchers, TV Deals, And Potential Spending Teams – listen here
• Buster Posey Takes Over In SF And The Cardinals’ Succession Plan – listen here
• Final Days In Oakland, The Surging Tigers, And If The Nats Will Pursue Juan Soto – listen here

The podcast intro and outro song “So Long” is provided courtesy of the band Showoff.  Check out their Facebook page here!

The Wild goalie gloved down a slap shot from the neutral zone from Blues forward Pavel Buchnevich. He then immediately put the puck down at his stick, dropped to a knee, and sent a shot through the air all the way into the offensive zone, where it rolled into the net with nine seconds remaining in the third period for the 4-1 final.

“They took a time out there with 30 seconds left or something and ‘Flower’ [Wild goalie Marc-Andre Fleury] looked up at the board and said, ‘You should probably try it if you get the chance,’” Gustavsson said. “He said, ‘You’re shooting, right?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, maybe I should.’

“Coaches usually get mad if you try it with a one-goal lead and it becomes icing if you miss it, so up (3-1), if I get the chance, I’ll try it.”

Gustavsson is the 15th NHL goaltender to have been credited with a goal. The last was Tristan Jarry with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Nov. 30, 2023, against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Wild coach Jon Hynes was coach of the Nashville Predators when Pekka Rinne scored a goalie goal against the Chicago Blackhawks on Jan. 9, 2020.

“It was one of my first couple games in Nashville,” Hynes said. “It was almost very similar to Gus’s. It was a 6-on-5 situation and they kind of dumped it in on the goalie and he had time to do it. Both guys, you could tell they were going for it. Great to see.”

MINNEAPOLIS — Questions are being asked about how a 13-year-old boy tragically lost his life on a haunted hayride in central Minnesota. It turns out, there are few state regulations when it comes to fall favorites.

Alexander Mick was killed when he was run over by a tractor-pulled wagon at the Harvest of Horror in St. Augustana on Saturday night.

The tragedy now looms over Minnesota’s famed fall activities.

Peter Marshall is the owner of Peter’s Pumpkins in Shakopee — one of dozens of farms around the metro engaged in agritourism, a growing industry with little oversight.

Marshall says all his safety precautions are from himself.

“It’s a source of joy for us, not only because of the farming of it but also that people have fun,” he said.

Though rare, tragic agritourism incidents are not unprecedented. Last month, dozens of kids were hurt after a hayride overturned at a Wisconsin apple orchard.

Kids, meanwhile, are at risk any time they are around farm equipment. New research shows roughly 115 children die in agricultural-related incidents every year. The vast majority of injuries happen when the kids are not even working.

Casper Bendixsen, the director of the National Farm Medicine Center, says while it is a good thing agritourism is becoming more popular, farmers could use some help when they expand into hospitality.

“There’s a lot at stake. There’s not just the human health of the visitors and the workers, there’s a business at stake and there’s a community at stake,” Bendixsen said.

There is one agritourism law on the books in Minnesota — a statute giving operators limited liability with some exceptions, including negligence.