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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Mariners clinching the AL West, the benefits and drawbacks of MVP debates, the power of great players to enhance a season for spectators, the Cardinals&#8217; and Giants&#8217; reciprocal eliminations, the near-extinction of the 200-inning pitcher, the Nationals&#8217; new head of baseball ops, and how predictive a track record of adept drafting is. Then (53:15) they answer listener emails about whether a player could/should ever challenge a ball/strike call that went their way, whether increased pitcher injuries have contributed to the lack of great teams, sticky-stuff inspections on broadcasts, how many pitches it takes to evaluate a pitcher, whether/why baseball managers incur fans&#8217; wrath more than other sports&#8217; coaches, whether teams are turning fewer double plays than they used to, and <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/trey-yesavage/35456/stats?position=P" target="_blank">Trey Yesavage</a>&#8217;s many 2025 teammates, plus (1:40:47) a postscript.
Audio&nbsp;intro: El Warren, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ndTWsOUXceUIb7RGqCtQChfListDI3GP/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;
Audio&nbsp;outro: Beatwriter, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VtGnSCg2jHV4rEAyhuDuD1WHJrnluwXp/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccj7qX_NdJw" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to 2015 MLB promo</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2022/10/06/mlb/american-league-mvp-2022-aaron-judge-shohei-ohtani" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on Judge vs. Ohtani</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/giants-lose-to-cardinals-eliminated-from-postseason-race" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Giants elimination story</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/cardinals-eliminated-from-playoff-race-after-loss-to-giants" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Cardinals elimination story</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2025&month=0&season1=2025&ind=0&sortcol=7&sortdir=default&pagenum=1" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to pitcher IP leaderboard</a>
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<a href="https://x.com/JeffPassan/status/1970918635788189705" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Passan on Toboni</a>
<a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/09/nationals-finalizing-deal-with-paul-toboni-as-new-head-of-baseball-operations.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLBTR on Toboni</a>
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/09/20/washington-nationals-ownership/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to WaPo on the Nats</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2024/04/02/mlb/pitcher-injuries-crisis-mlb-study-tommy-john-ucl" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on pitcher injury rates</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2024/01/16/mlb/innings-eating-is-over-mlb-starting-pitcher-workload-usage" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on pitcher workloads</a>
<a href="https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/how-red-sox-garrett-crochet-pushed-himself-cy-young-conversation" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Rodón quote</a>
<a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2025-situational-batting.shtml" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLB GIDP%</a>
<a href="https://x.com/BlueJays/status/1967951655296749672" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Jays tweet</a>
<a href="https://x.com/RobWong34/status/1967952984412958790" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to quote-tweet</a>
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/kennyjackelen.com" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Kenny Jackelen</a>
<a href="https://imgur.com/r1PTytz" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to 2025 teammate leaders</a>
<a href="https://imgur.com/a/9GjYtUx" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to single-season teammate leaders</a>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-8lpspHQuR5GK7S_nNtGunLGrx60QnSa8XLG_wvRb4Q/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to listener emails database</a>
<a href="https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/101822/box-score-banter-the-cutting-edge-marlins-are-bad-the-old-fashioned-way/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to BP on Blalock</a>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1G6xYJ5nKShnw2Ft4UmiKBe3ly7pImV9g55dg9KvIM6s/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Blalock leaderboard</a>
<a href="https://stathead.com/sharing/R18Xi" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to highest ML ERA (min. 55 IP)</a>
<a href="https://stathead.com/sharing/kXlDE" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to highest ML ERA (min. 100 IP)</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/tools/guts?type=cn&season=2025&teamid=0&sortcol=&sortdir=" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to FG wOBA values</a>
<a href="https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/100890/prospectus-feature-adversarial-pitch-location/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to BP location research</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds/fg/mlb" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to FG playoff odds</a>
<a href="https://sabr.org/research/article/robinson-cano-reaches-milestone-with-4000th-professional-hit-vinicio-garcia-quietly-joins-him/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Darowski update</a>

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