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Ben and Meg banter about <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/trey-yesavage/35456/stats?position=P" target="_blank">Trey Yesavage&#8217;</a>s performance in World Series Game 5, whether he&#8217;s already provided a career&#8217;s worth of value to Toronto, his current prospect ranking, and his future, plus <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/vladimir-guerrero-jr/19611/stats?position=1B" target="_blank">Vladimir Guerrero Jr.&#8217;</a>s steady postseason production vs. <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/shohei-ohtani/19755/stats?position=DH" target="_blank">Shohei Ohtani&#8217;</a>s clustered postseason production, covering the regular season like we cover the postseason, why the Dodgers&#8217; bats have gone cold, <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/teoscar-hernandez/13066/stats?position=OF" target="_blank">Teoscar Hernández&#8217;</a>s outfielding, <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/mookie-betts/13611/stats?position=OF" target="_blank">Mookie Betts&#8217;</a> future at shortstop, what the World Series says about &#8220;momentum,&#8221; how the last two games of the series will affect post-series discussions about MLB, and <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/davis-schneider/23565/stats?position=2B/OF" target="_blank">Davis Schneider</a>&#8217;s batting mimicry.
Audio&nbsp;intro: Austin Klewan, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19KwOxp2kpN60CdFDMpP6Za73FHrfwofC/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;
Audio&nbsp;outro: Ian H., &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x3QzhMjO6frLGXRoKk-h4I9dkWw16wff/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;

<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/buckweaver.bsky.social/post/3m4eyvoxauk2a" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to &#8220;pitcher&#8217;s cycle&#8221;</a>
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jamessmyth621.bsky.social/post/3m4ewzcwm7224" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to high-K, 0-BB starts</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/trey-yesavage-facts-and-figures-from-2025-world-series-game-5" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to more Yesavage facts</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46776469/mlb-2025-playoffs-world-series-blue-jays-trey-yesavage-history-rookie-rise" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Passan on Yesavage</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2025-end-of-season-top-100-prospects-update/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to FG top 100 update</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLB Pipeline ranking</a>
<a href="https://www.joeposnanski.com/p/momentum-is-tomorrow-s-starting-pitcher" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Weaver on momentum</a>
<a href="https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/21920/baseball-therapy-who-has-the-momentum-and-does-it-matter/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to BP on momentum</a>
<a href="https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/22054/baseball-therapy-did-big-papis-big-home-run-give-boston-the-big-mo/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to BP on momentum again</a>
<a href="https://www.joesheehan.com/2025/10/newsletter-excerpt-october-30-2025.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sheehan on the Dodgers</a>
<a href="https://pebblehunting.substack.com/p/dodgers-are-pressing-is-a-fair-guess" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sam on the Dodgers</a>
<a href="https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/world-series-notebook-how-blowout-helps-blue-jays-bullpen/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Shneider article</a>
<a href="https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2014/04/catbird-seat.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to &#8220;catbird seat&#8221; info</a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5734244739920990&set=gm.10160192404780050&idorvanity=62332155049" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Barber letter</a>

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