Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Phillies reliever José Ruiz threatening Ryan Webb’s career record for games finished without a save, Aaron Judge’s Hall of Fame case, the Mariners having a .540 winning percentage, just as Jerry Dipoto foretold (sort of), Dallas Keuchel being back in the big leagues, the White Sox, weirdly, dictating the trade deadline, and the collective performance of the Boras Four (or Five), then (54:27) answer a listener email about catchers fooling pitchers into issuing bad challenges under the challenge system, and (1:01:13) meet major leaguers Spencer Bivens, Jake Bloss, and Jacob Bosiokovic.

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

Link to GF with no saves leaders

Link to Webb/Albers wiki

Link to Ben on Webb/Albers

Link to Webb/Albers on EW

Link to Triple Crown redundancy EW

Link to EW on Dipoto and .540

Link to Dipoto clip

Link to Dipoto follow-up

Link to .540 spreadsheet

Link to MLBTR on Montgomery

Link to MLBTR on Luzardo

Link to MLBTR on Flaherty

Link to 2023 ABS article 1

Link to 2023 ABS article 2

Link to 2024 ABS article

Link to MaML wiki

Link to B-Ref’s new debuts

Link to Buchanan on Bivens

Link to Bivens on Twitter

Link to Bivens on Insta

Link to Bloss call-up article

Link to Eric’s Astros prospects

Link to Georgetown major leaguers

Link to “The” OSU explainer

Link to “Hoya Saxa” explainer

Link to Cronin on EW

Link to MLBTR on Bosiokovic

Link to MLB.com on Bosiokovic

Link to Dispatch on Bosiokovic

Link to ballpark meetup forms

Link to meetup organizer form

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