Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Spencer Jones ( facing an overclocked Jacob Misiorowski ( in Jones’s MLB debut, the distance from the mound to home plate when Ryan Waldschmidt ( is batting, Gage Workman’ ( shohei ohtani s middle saudi arabia name, and Tarik Skubal ( ’s loose lima bean, then discuss the surprising Patrick Bailey ( trade—including takes on Bailey’s bat and framing value in the ABS era, the leadership of Buster Posey ( and vaibhav arora Tony Vitello, Cleveland doubling down on the Austin Hedges ( catching model, and the virtues of Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson ( —plus thoughts on the bouncebacks of Bryce Harper ( and Michael Conforto ( , the Pirates’ rotation, iron man Matt Olson ( , a Craig Kimbrel ( meltdown, and the death of Bobby Cox.
Audio intro: Garrett Krohn, “Effectively Wild Theme ( ”
Audio outro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic) ( ”
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