Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a few of this year’s WAR leaders dropping off their previous paces, Dave Roberts’ critiques of Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers’ playoff pitching, Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander’s self-deception, the early hot streaks of Luke Keaschall and Warming Bernabel, Carlos Correa returning to form as an Astro, the AL West race, Brandon Woodruff and the Brewers, alumni home run derbies, Josh Naylor’s low-speed stealing, Luis Arraez’s batting average, the Padres’ failed hidden-ball trick, and pitch-tipping skepticism.

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

Link to FG combined WAR leaderboard

Link to Roberts quotes

Link to Kershaw/Scherzer story 1

Link to Kershaw/Scherzer story 2

Link to Verlander story

Link to Verlander’s stuff stats

Link to Keaschall fun fact

Link to FG playoff odds

Link to FG post on Woodruff

Link to Brewers derby story

Link to Sam on derbies

Link to Naylor’s Savant page

Link to Padres HBT article

Link to pitch-tipping story

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