Eno and DVR catch up on a busy half-week of moves including Michael King's return to the Padres, a trade that sent Willson Contreras to the Red Sox, a three-team swap involving the Pirates, Rays, and Astros, Shane Baz to the O's in a five-player trade, and Munetaka Murakami's somewhat surprising two-year deal with the White Sox.

Rundown

3:48 Michael King: Re-Ups With Padres; Complicated Deal w/Two Opt-Outs

6:55 Sung-mun Song: Gets Three-Year Deal with Padres

13:14 Fantasy Implications of Song's Arrival in San Diego and King's Return

16:22 Willson Contreras to the Red Sox

27:31 Increasing Clarity in Cards' Position Player Group?

32:09 A Pirates-Astros-Rays Three-Team Deal

52:15 Shane Baz to the Orioles

1:02:45 Munetaka Murakami: Heads to the White Sox (Two-Year, $34M)

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