Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether Mike Trout‘s injury makes the Angels more likely to trade birthday boy Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers’ rotation depth without Dustin May and Clayton Kershaw, bad news for Thairo Estrada and oldsters Nelson Cruz and Adam Wainwright (and the Cruz/Joe Ryan trade revisited), James Paxton‘s comeback, Mariners All-Star additions, Jordan Walker’s strange season, the arrival of the latest Orioles prospect, Colton Cowser, and more. Then (47:53) they answer listener emails about Triston Casas and assessing player development, a Jack in the Box baseball offer, a silly ending to a minor league game, baseball references (or the lack thereof) in Fall Out Boy’s version of “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” a ball that would be conducive to singles, a genie that grants baseball wishes, a simultaneous doubleheader, Ohtani fun facts, and softball-style helmets, plus a Future Blast (1:45:15) from 2029 and postscript follow-ups.

Audio outro: Ian Phillips, “Effectively Wild theme”

Link to Dan S. on the Angels

Link to hamate study 1

Link to hamate study 2

Link to hamate study 3

Link to Rosenthal on an Ohtani trade

Link to FG playoff odds

Link to Angels depth chart

Link to Dan’s Adell MLE

Link to Clay Davenport’s Adell MLE

Link to Hill EW episode

Link to Ben C. on the Dodgers

Link to Dodgers depth chart

Link to BP IL Ledger

Link to Fabian on Kershaw

Link to Fabian on May

Link to MLBTR on Estrada

Link to MLBTR on Cruz

Link to FG on Cruz/Ryan trade

Link to FG Ryan interview

Link to Ryan deception article

Link to other Ryan deception article

Link to info on Cruz’s eyes

Link to LASIK/baseball study

Link to MLBTR on Wainwright

Link to K-BB% leaderboard

Link to Mariners WAR leaderboard

Link to Jay Jaffe on Walker

Link to MLBTR on Cowser

Link to Down on the Farm Substack

Link to Jack in the Box offer

Link to Woodpeckers game story

Link to THT on worst endings

Link to THT on worst playoff endings

Link to high school game ending

Link to Fall Out Boy song

Link to Fall Out Boy lyrics

Link to Billy Joel lyrics

Link to thread on Joel’s fandom

Link to L.A. Times on Fall Out Boy

Link to Pesca on Fall Out Boy

Link to Bad Bunny song

Link to The Bear episode transcript

Link to Power Rankings leaderboard

Link to FG’s The Board

Link to The Bear episode transcript

Link to mitt in Catcher in the Rye

Link to Red Sox prospect list

Link to Schumaker/Arraez clip

Link to Ben on Ohtani

Link to softball mask EW episode

Link to listener emails database

Link to Rick Wilber’s website

Link to Derby field

Link to Odor profile

Link to Ross complaint

Link to Schifman on shadows

Link to Schifman on EW

Link to La Russa complaint

Link to 2003 Metrodome story

Link to 2004 Metrodome story

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