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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss various baseball topics including player incidents, performance, and trade strategies.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, please visit our Patreon . Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about tough times for a few EW favorites and Ben’s pre-podcast injury, then (15:00) discuss the response to Cade Cavalli telling Willson Contreras to “Sit down, boy.” After that (38:10), they cover the MLBPA’s proposals to limit certain types of transactions, a continued tightening of the leashes on starting pitchers, Paul Skenes ’s recent struggles, the unlikely win-loss records of Tanner Bibee and Aaron Ashby (and an embarrassing Cooper Ingle error), Dansby Swanson and Pete Crow-Armstrong hot streaks and PCA’s newfound patience, recent swoons by the Braves and Yankees and surges by the Marlins and Rangers, what the Red Sox and Tigers should do at the deadline, and more. Audio intro : Philip Tapley and Michael Stokes, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Sean .P, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to MLBTR on Brebbia Link to MLBTR on Rooker Link to Rooker/Pasquantino pod Link to MLBTR on Lin Link to MLBTR on Lasko Link to Brussels sprouts episode Link to Venezuela earthquakes story Link to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Topics covered

• Cade Cavalli incident
• MLBPA proposals
• starting pitchers
• player performance
• trade deadline strategies
• team performance analysis

Keywords

• Cade Cavalli
• Willson Contreras
• MLBPA
• trade deadline
• player performance
• starting pitchers
• Braves
• Yankees
• Marlins
• Rangers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MLBPA, Red Sox, Tigers, Braves, Yankees, Marlins, Rangers

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