Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about team/player option/opt-out decisions involving Gerrit Cole, Cody Bellinger, Blake Snell, and Eugenio Suárez, the Royals re-signing Michael Wacha, the players who received qualifying offers, the Minasian brothers as rival GMs (and potential PoBros), Carlos Santana’s historic Gold Glove, an international signing scandal (on multiple levels), evidence of racial bias in player development, a Japan Series upset, and more, plus a postscript.

Audio outro: El Warren, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to MLBTR on Cole 1

Link to MLBTR on Cole 2

Link to pitcher WAR since 2020

Link to P RA-9 WAR since 2020

Link to MLBTR on Snell

Link to Snell leaderboard

Link to MLBTR on Bellinger

Link to MLBTR on Suárez

Link to Suárez leaderboard

Link to Suárez Stathead search

Link to MLBTR on Wacha

Link to FG on Wacha

Link to qualifying offer list

Link to FG top 50 FA

Link to Rob Arthur article

Link to Rob on racial bias in 2020

Link to Rob on Black catchers in 2020

Link to Ringer scouting reports series

Link to MLBTR on Minasian

Link to LAT on the Minasians

Link to USA Today on the Minasians

Link to Langs Santana stat

Link to ESPN on signing scandal

Link to MLBTR on signing scandal

Link to Rob Arthur article

Link to Rob on racial bias in 2020

Link to Rob on Black catchers in 2020

Link to Ringer scouting reports series

Link to Climax Series wiki

Link to Climax Series bracket

Link to BayStars win 1

Link to BayStars win 2

Link to Jim Allen tweet

Link to Ben on the BayStars

Link to Hank Hill promo

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