Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter a couple of J.P. France postgame quote and ballplayer clichés, the dying of first general choose Mike Ivie, and the way Masataka Yoshida’s debut season stacks as much as the MLB rookie years of different ex-NPB stars, reply emails (36:57) about Mike Trout’s and Shohei Ohtani’s futures, a Trout/Hunter Renfroe commerce deadline scheme (with a bonus Meg film pitch), undoing pre-pitch-clock time-saving measures, and batters catching pitches to knock pitchers out of video games, plus Stat Blasts (1:19:13) about robotic umps in Triple-A, essentially the most prime 100 prospects to debut for one group in a season (or a two-season span), and Immaculate Grid effectivity, adopted by a Future Blast (1:47:08) from 2037.

Audio intro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”

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