DVR and Keith discuss the career of Stephen Strasburg with the report this week that he will officially retire from baseball in September. Plus, the pleasant surprises in the Tigers' rebuild in 2023, and a few rapidly-rising prospects including the arrival of Nolan Schanuel in Anaheim the month after he was selected in the first-year player draft.

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