Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Joey Meneses and John Brebbia being back in the big leagues, Mike Trout’s hamstring strain, Dillon Dingler’s dominance, a Blue Jays All-Star voting update, the latest Home Run Derby format change, MLB’s radical amateur drafts proposal, the DOJ’s MLB investigation and the York Revolution’s Pride event, Rafael Devers vs. Tony Vitello, and the struggle-bus swan songs of Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander, plus (1:40:06) a postscript.
Audio intro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Garrett Krohn, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to MLB.com on MenesesLink to MLBTR on MenesesLink to MLBTR on BrebbiaLink to Ben on MenesesLink to Brebbia on EWLink to “Cecilia”Link to MLB.com on TroutLink to latest All-Star talliesLink to AL “as 2B” leadersLink to “primary 2B” leadersLink to team OF rankingsLink to AL WAR leadersLink to FG framing leadersLink to Savant framing leadersLink to on-pace leadersLink to catcher batting leadersLink to Derby reportLink to Derby format wikiLink to The Athletic on MLB’s proposalLink to ESPN on MLB’s proposalLink to Cohen tweetLink to BA on MLB’s proposalLink to Dan S. on MLB’s proposalLink to DOJ investigation storyLink to DOJ investigation story 2Link to player reaction to investigationLink to York Revolution statementLink to York Revolution news storyLink to York Revolution wikiLink to York Revolution news segmentLink to Teter clipLink to story on TreinenLink to Manfred letterLink to York County voting resultsLink to York County voting storyLink to Devers/Vitello interactionLink to Devers/Vitello story 1Link to Devers/Vitello story 2Link to MLB.com on ScherzerLink to Verlander quotesLink to Verlander’s 25 thingsLink to Upton storyLink to Verlander’s pitching splitsLink to Fleisig paperLink to “tree of liberty” quoteLink to “rigor mortis” quoteLink to Worthington obitLink to Episode 1505Link to Shreiber obitLink to Draft No. 4Link to One Writer’s BeginningsLink to Red McDermott at B-RefLink to Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed
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