Bonus episode! Talking baseball with The Athletic’s Eno Sarris! Thanks for listening!

:30 The Astros “Apology”

4:00 - Mookie betts trade analysis - just how good are the Dodgers now?

8:35 - Proposed new playoff changes and how they might incentivize average baseball

13:40 Arbitration manipulation debate 

15:20 What will the baseball look like next year? Will it still be juiced?

17:35 Gauging players true ability beyond statistics with Command+ and other metrics 

19:55 The rise of two-way players - and why Shohei Ohtani is a top 5 player in baseball

23:30 The future of The Athletic

Music cred: “Bearkeys” on YouTube