Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s week away, Julio Rodríguez’s hot streak and the Mariners’ surge, and the White Sox firing Kenny Williams and Rick Hahn, plus a grab bag of topics that caught Ben’s attention while he was in Sweden: the Dodgers signing Kolten Wong; a Cubs adult-diaper ad; an oddly ricocheting Luke Raley home run; errors and official scoring, another incident that made Miles Mikolas mad; Riley Greene, Spencer Torkelson, and the Tigers’ rebuild; Bobby Witt Jr.’s sophomore breakout; Nationals extensions, CJ Abrams, and Joey Meneses; the similar seasons of J.D. Martinez and Justin Turner; the potential for good teams to miss the playoffs, and radical realignment; Jon Singleton returning to the Astros; Dallas Keuchel continuing to pitch; a nifty Brewers trade revisited (and Christian Yelich’s bounceback); the sale of Fogo de Chão; John Angelos’s latest groaners; preseason prediction philosophies, and more, plus a Future Blast (1:32:04) from 2049 and a few follow-ups (1:33:37).
Audio intro: Daniel Leckie, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Daniel Leckie, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Jay on JulioLink to mlb.com on JulioLink to Stark on JulioLink to info on latest M’s winLink to “Here Come the Warm Jets”Link to MLBTR on White Sox firingsLink to The Athletic on Sox firingsLink to article on Sox relocationLink to tweet about Cubs adLink to Reddit thread on Cubs adLink to Raley HR videoLink to Defector on Raley’s homerLink to ballpark homogenization infoLink to Stat Blast on official scoringLink to The Athletic on official scoringLink to Russell on official scoringLink to story on Mikolas/Alonso/WinnLink to more on Alonso/WinnLink to FG post on WittLink to FG post on AbramsLink to MLBTR on Greene movingLink to MLBTR on Nats extensionsLink to FG post on YelichLink to Keuchel articleLink to other Keuchel articleLink to Singleton dingersLink to Bain buying FogoLink to article on Escobar and FogoLink to Angelos interviewLink to Rob Mains on AngelosLink to Rick Wilber’s websiteLink to Future Blast wiki
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