Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the most exciting prospects who haven’t yet made the majors but should soon (including Jac Caglianone, Roman Anthony, Bubba Chandler, and Andrew Painter), the struggles of once-ballyhooed trade targets Sandy Alcantara and Luis Robert Jr., the recent rebounds of Emmanuel Clase and Devin Williams, the returns of Mike Trout, Ronald Acuña Jr., and Spencer Strider, the differing trajectories of former Reds relievers Fernando Cruz and Alexis Díaz, the surprisingly successful and homegrown Yankees, the looming specter of Craig Kimbrel, watching Paul Skenes, what baseball would be like with man defense, not zone, and teams whose playoff odds have increased or decreased the most in the season’s first two months.

Audio outro: Ian Phillips, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to WhatIfSports offer page

Link to Passan on prospects

Link to MLBTR on Caglianone

Link to MiLB leaderboard

Link to FG prospect rankings

Link to Pipeline rankings

Link to team OF WAR

Link to FG Royals prospects

Link to Dan S. on Jac

Link to BaseRuns standings

Link to team SP WAR

Link to SB leaders

Link to team wRC+

Link to FIP since 4/26

Link to MLBTR on Jobe

Link to MLBTR on Díaz

Link to ERA-FIP gap

Link to Kimbrel contract info

Link to Tobias clip

Link to playoff odds changes

Link to Contreras article 1

Link to Contreras article 2

Link to Maldonado article

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