Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a new browser game called Homer Hindsight, where all the players placed on waivers ended up, the White Sox promoting Chris Getz and the continued comeback of the ex-player GM, Brandon Lowe’s Yankees trash talk, whether load management has diminished the grind, updates to the strike zone and pitch clock in Triple-A, and Bernie Williams’s comments about Shohei Ohtani. Then (42:42) they talk to FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen about the wave of top prospects that crested in August (including Noelvi Marte, Ronny Mauricio, Jordan Wicks, Masyn Winn, Jasson Domínguez, Ceddanne Rafaela, Curtis Mead, and Kyle Harrison), the Angels’ and Padres’ aggressive promotions of Nolan Schanuel and Ethan Salas, respectively, prospects who might still debut this season, and the number of prospects named Jackson, followed by (1:31:54) a Future Blast from 2054.

Audio interstitial: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Audio outro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Homer Hindsight

Link to Dan S. on the waiver outcomes

Link to Craig Goldstein on the Angels

Link to Patrick Dubuque on the Angels

Link to tweet about Angels payroll

Link to MLBTR on Getz

Link to Sox Machine on Getz

Link to 2017 Getz podcast

Link to Getz on Vizquel in 2019

Link to Getz on Vizquel in 2023

Link to Defector on Reinsdorf

Link to Reinsdorf Ohtani quote

Link to Lowe trash talk

Link to Russell on the grind

Link to Triple-A rules tweaks

Link to Passan’s pitch-clock tweet

Link to Bernie on Shohei

Link to Rosenthal on Ohtani’s TJ decision

Link to FG top-prospect rankings

Link to story on Mead’s background

Link to Waldrep’s Gators page

Link to story on Salas promotion

Link to Baumann on Schanuel

Link to BA on Schanuel

Link to Domínguez baseball cards story

Link to Mauricio’s first hit

Link to Domínguez’s first homer

Link to Domínguez’s number quote

Link to Yankees uni numbers story

Link to Rick Wilber’s website

Link to Future Blast wiki

Link to One Year

Link to Sports Explains the World

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