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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether the challenge system will inevitably pave the way for full ABS, the degrees of difficulty for two-way Travis Hunter vs. two-way <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/shohei-ohtani/19755/stats" target="_blank">Shohei Ohtani</a>, and (very briefly) reinstating <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/pete-rose/1011217/stats?position=1B/OF" target="_blank">Pete Rose</a>. Then they preview the 2025 Philadelphia Phillies (36:58) with <em>The Athletic</em>&#8217;s <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mattgelb.bsky.social" target="_blank">Matt Gelb</a>, and the 2025 Cleveland Guardians (1:19:49) with <em>The Athletic&#8217;</em>s <a href="https://x.com/ZackMeisel" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Zack Meisel</a>.
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-nZwscLWcrI" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Hunter clip</a>
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2025-03-04/shohei-ohtani-travis-hunter-two-way-play-difficulty-baseball-football" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Hunter article</a>
<a href="https://www.cpr.org/2020/02/28/rad-or-rod-heres-what-you-told-us-about-how-to-say-colorado/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Colorado pronunciation</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2025/03/03/nhl/how-hockeys-golden-age-of-goalie-goals-explains-sports" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on goalie goals</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44071919/sources-manfred-mulling-family-request-remove-rose-ineligible-list" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Manfred/Rose report</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2024/10/01/mlb/pete-rose-mlb-hit-king-death-obituary" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on Rose</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2226-the-hug-heard-round-the-world/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to EW on Rose</a>
<a href="https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/offseason/_/year/2025" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to offseason spending</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/breakdowns/payroll" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to FG payrolls page</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/phillies" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Phillies depth chart</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/offseason-tracker/phillies" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Phillies offseason tracker</a>
<a href="https://onpattison.com/news/2025/feb/18/philadelphia-phillies-bryce-harper-food-poisoning-for-no-reason-in-particular-here-are-the-dangers-associated-with-raw-milk/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Harper/milk post</a>
<a href="https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/hydrogen-water" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to hydrogen water explainer</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=Team" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to team WAR projections</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=SP" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to team SP projections</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=RP" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to team RP projections</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/matt-gelb/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Matt&#8217;s author archive</a>
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4SPEmwbXXhIeaK85vOckU8" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Matt&#8217;s podcast</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/guardians" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Guardians depth chart</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/offseason-tracker/guardians" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Guardians offseason tracker</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=BaseRuns" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to BaseRuns standings</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/503196/2018/09/04/my-attempt-to-dethrone-jose-ramirez-the-mario-kart-king/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to <em>Mario Kart</em> article</a>
<a href="https://x.com/zackmeisel/status/1818104004326387899" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Thomas trade quote</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/guardians/news/will-brennan-jhonkensy-noel-look-to-power-guardians-in-2025" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to 20-homer OF article</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/zack-meisel/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Zack&#8217;s author archive</a>
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2hq8BvOX4DocQpqkm20XLu" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Zack&#8217;s podcast</a>
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