Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about what would happen if top prospects could promote themselves, the Mariners-Twins trade involving Jorge Polanco, Photoshop mockups of players in their new teams’ uniforms, Byron Buxton returning to center field, the Blue Jays signing Justin Turner, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. as an MLB The Show cover model, the surprising aspects of the Hector Neris and Adam Ottavino signings, the Tigers’ Colt Keith extension, follow-ups on the death ball and a Dick Monfort body swap, and whether we need a central sports history authority to provide perspective on every sports controversy.

Audio outro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Morosi tweet

Link to marshmallow test article 1

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Link to marshmallow test article 2

Link to FG on the Polanco trade

Link to Twins depth chart

Link to Mariners depth chart

Link to Mariners’ Polanco tweet

Link to Mariners’ Taylor tweet

Link to Mariners’ Voth tweet

Link to Twins’ trade tweet

Link to Rosenthal on the Mariners

Link to airbrushed baseball cards

Link to Gleeman on the trade

Link to Falvey comments

Link to FG post on Julien

Link to Davy’s Julien song

Link to MLBTR on Buxton

Link to FG post on Turner

Link to ESPN on Vlad’s cover

Link to Sportsnet Vlad story

Link to FG post on Keith

Link to Tigers’ Keith tweet

Link to Sam on “seeking”

Link to tweet about Neris

Link to FG post on Neris

Link to Rosenthal on Neris

Link to MLBTR on Ottavino

Link to Becker tweet about Ottavino

Link to Seidler tweet about Ottavino

Link to Monfort email episode

Link to Barnwell on Campbell

Link to Florio on Campbell

Link to Kram on NBA scoring

Link to EW on running backs

Link to “arrow in the knee”

Link to Ben’s TLOU podcast

Link to Ben’s Palworld podcast

Link to MLBTR on the Orioles

Link to Rosenthal on the Orioles

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