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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Giants signing <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/blake-snell/13543/stats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blake Snell</a>, whether Snell is now underrated, San Francisco&#8217;s offseason, Scott Boras&#8217;s offseason, leaguewide spending, an MLBPA power struggle, and (39:03) a 150-year-old message about baseball players in spring, then preview the 2024 Atlanta Braves (45:42) with 92.9 The Game&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/grantmcauley" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Grant McAuley</a>, and the 2024 Chicago White Sox (1:24:54) with Sox Machine&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/JRFegan" rel="noopener" target="_blank">James Fegan</a>.
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<p><strong>Audio&nbsp;intro</strong>: Ted O., &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gbPLdUli8iCoR0VI_Een0wsDnkm_n8i2/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;
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<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2024-positional-power-rankings-introduction/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to positional power rankings</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/sweet-snell-of-success/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Baumann on Snell</a>
<a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/03/giants-to-sign-blake-snell.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLBTR on Snell</a>
<a href="https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/blake-snell-is-the-exact-kind-of-pitcher-mlb-teams-want-so-why-is-he-being-undervalued-in-free-agency/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Anderson on Snell</a>
<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2024/01/27/shohei-ohtani-dodgers-stan-kasten-pwhl-hockey/72384625007/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Nightengale on Snell</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/free-agent-market-update-january-2024" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Feinsand on Snell</a>
<a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/report-snell-pitched-simulated-game-010253272.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Snell sim game</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1764346792705937492" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Farhan tweet</a>
<a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/annkillion/article/parting-pa-announcer-renel-brooks-moon-giants-19032000.php" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Giants PR problems</a>
<a href="https://theathletic.com/5350735/2024/03/18/sf-giants-renel-brooks-moon-departure/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Grant on Brooks-Moon</a>
<a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/03/as-release-angel-felipe.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLBTR on Felipe</a>
<a href="https://theathletic.com/5352861/2024/03/19/scott-boras-blake-snell-strategy/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Rosenthal on Boras</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/DSzymborski/status/1769915114516291914" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Dan S. thread</a>
<a href="https://theathletic.com/5353993/2024/03/19/scott-boras-mlbpa-tony-clark-coup/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Drellich on MLBPA</a>
<a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/03/scott-boras-harry-marino-discuss-mlbpa-dispute.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLBTR on MLBPA</a>
<a href="https://mason.gmu.edu/~rmatz/giamatti.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Giamatti essay</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr0wonW9u1A" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Harwell recording</a>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UZBzwxDaM9HejxbCsoG9j7TiMuic7L5l/view?usp=sharing" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to 1874 column 1</a>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PLz9YsEADHL5HbA5DOxSLlbT1adwlv-C/view?usp=sharing" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to 1874 column 2</a>
<a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/gregor-quendel/ragtime-classics-collection-vol-ii/banjo-no-2-1852-l-m-gottschalk-arranged-for-stringsmp3/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to reading soundtrack</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-braves-trade-michael-soroka-nicky-lopez" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to November trade</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/offseason-tracker/braves" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Braves offseason tracker</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/braves" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Braves depth chart</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/spencer-strider-adds-curveball-draws-greg-maddux-comparison" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Strider curve article</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/alex-anthopoulos-signs-extension-with-braves-through-2031" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to AA extension article</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/rsnelson23/status/1769857647946207251" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ryan Nelson tweet</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=SP" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to SP projections</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=RP" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to RP projections</a>
<a href="https://www.fromthediamond.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to From the Diamond site</a>
<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-the-diamond/id982103918" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to From the Diamond podcast</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/offseason-tracker/white-sox" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to White Sox offseason tracker</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/white-sox" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to White Sox depth chart</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1769813932921762295" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Crochet precursors</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2024/2/16/24074641/baseball-general-manager-front-office-former-players-jerry-dipoto-chris-young" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on ex-player GMs</a>
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/whitesox/comments/17q6ymq/chris_getz_in_interview_stating_i_dont_like_our/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to November Getz quote</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/1759997947671175397" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to February Getz quote</a>
<a href="https://cityoftongues.com/non-fiction/essays-and-articles/all-of-this-has-happened-before/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to <em>Battlestar</em> quote</a>
<a href="https://www.fieldofschemes.com/category/mlb/chicago-white-sox/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sox ballpark coverage</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/best-projected-mlb-team-defenses-2024" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to team defense projections</a>
<a href="https://soxmachine.com/author/james-fegan/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to James&#8217;s Sox Machine archive</a>
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/soxmachine" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sox Machine Patreon</a>
<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sox-machine/id851782101" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sox Machine podcast</a>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E2nLa2270_fA-MFwxK_ey_8YD9A0mcSGs799YQsh-A4/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to ballpark meetup forms</a>
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