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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss recent MLB events, including management changes, labor negotiations, and player performances.

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the firing of Perry Minasian and the Angels’ outlook under John Mozeliak, Molly Jolly, and Arte Moreno, how MLB is using official channels to publicly promote its position in labor bargaining, whether the Mets’ disappointing season will influence other teams’ approaches to roster construction, the popularity (or lack thereof) of Josh Naylor , Jacob Misiorowski and the imprecise nature of pitch-speed records, and the delightful debut of the Diamondbacks’ Mitch Bratt , plus a postscript about MLB’s ball-drag statement. Audio intro : Alex Ferrin, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Beatwriter, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Blum on Minasian Link to Blum on Minasian 2 Link to Dubuque on Minasian Link to Rosenthal on Mozeliak Link to Nightengale’s Angels report Link to Jolly article Link to MLB labor videos Link to MLB Instagram labor post Link to Ozempic ad 1 Link to Ozempic ad 2 Link to MLB.com column 1 Link to MLB.com column 2 Link to Baumann on draft prospect opinions Link to bully pulpit wiki Link to 2026 Mets clubhouse story Link to 2025 Mets clubhouse story…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Topics covered

• Angels management
• MLB labor negotiations
• roster construction
• pitch-speed records
• player debuts

Keywords

• Perry Minasian
• John Mozeliak
• MLB labor
• Josh Naylor
• pitch-speed records

Sponsors

Ozempic

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Organizations: MLB, Diamondbacks

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