Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Shohei Ohtani’s introductory press conference and getting closure on contract/canine questions, the audience verdict on how to handle Ohtani in the free-agent-contract over/under draft (20:22), the Dodgers-Rays Tyler Glasnow trade (32:09), the latest Royals signings (Michael Wacha, Hunter Renfroe), the Tigers adding Jack Flaherty, and the AL Central, Max Scherzer, Tyler Mahle, and the Rangers rotation, and Buster Posey’s comments about free agents being wary of San Francisco (1:01:30), plus a Stat Blast (1:09:49) about the longest gap between being minor league teammates and becoming big league teammates, and an Andre Braugher baseball rec (1:27:31).

Audio outro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to article on Ohtani’s elbow

Link to article on Ohtani’s dog

Link to Ohtani’s dog answer

Link to Portia EW interview

Link to info on negotiations

Link to “key man” clause

Link to Lindsey on the dog

Link to Ohtani on SNLA

Link to over/under draft wiki

Link to Rosenthal/Drellich article

Link to Sam Blum on Ohtani/Angels

Link to article on Ohtani/Glasnow

Link to Clemens on Glasnow

Link to Sam on the trade tree

Link to Laurila on Picollo

Link to Baumann on Mahle

Link to Posey’s comments

Link to Morgan/Burgmeier article

Link to Phillips/Raines article

Link to Kenny Jackelen’s Twitter

Link to Robinson in the Army

Link to Robinson movie on YouTube

Link to Robinson movie on IMDb

Link to Robinson book

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