Our long national off-day nightmare is over. With the owners and Players Association agreeing to a new collective bargaining agreement, we are now looking at a month of whirlwind free agent signings and a truncated spring training, followed by an April 7 Opening Day and a full 162-game season.

After a few choice words for the owners and the lockout they put us all through, Ben and Ben dive into the St. Louis Cardinals. They talk the most recent signing of Drew VerHagen, reports that the team is in talks with Albert Pujols, and what other moves might be likely from the team over the next month.

Then they dive into the rule changes in this CBA, including the Universal DH, expanded playoffs and more.

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