Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Mookie Betts’s unwanted weight loss, new Statcast data on batter positioning, and whether hitters should generally move back in the box, then recap Cal Raleigh’s extension and a smattering of other buzzer-beating transactions before discussing (35:46) some of their favorite moves of the offseason. Then (1:10:31) they talk to FanGraphs writer Davy Andrews about his origin story as a writer, his greatest hits so far, and the “We Tried Tracker,” his effort to compile all the times a team reportedly tried (but failed) to acquire a player.

Audio interstitial: Davy Andrews, “Edouard Julien, Are You Gonna Rule Again?”

Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Ohtani article

Link to Dodgers article 1

Link to Mookie article 2

Link to Mookie article 3

Link to Petriello article 1

Link to Petriello article 2

Link to Adler article

Link to Ben on moving the mound

Link to MLBTR on Raleigh

Link to Raleigh dumper thread

Link to notable transactions

Link to Ben’s Grantland article

Link to TFPIOT Tumblr

Link to Tracker wiki

Link to Too Far From Town posts

Link to Target Field post

Link to cleat cleaners post 1

Link to cleat cleaners post 2

Link to Davy’s FG archive

Link to Seinfeld clip

Link to We Tried Tracker

Link to WTT posts

Link to predictions vote

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