Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the bounceback season of Trevor Rogers, the NL Cy Young race, career achievement awards, observations from a Shohei Ohtani start, the NL West race, and the significance of the Pohlads’ decision not to sell the Twins. Then (42:36) they answer listener emails about check-swing appeals, how the changing media landscape could affect fandom, streak freezes, when a game is tied, scattering hits, walk-away wins, Red Sox pain vs. Yankees pain, Toronto’s run differential, and Adam Dunn vs. Kyle Schwarber.

Audio outro: Ian Phillips, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Rogers leaderboard

Link to Rogers tattoo episode

Link to NL WAR leaderboard

Link to Academy Honorary Award

Link to outfield defense laggards

Link to public enemy no. 1 clip

Link to Ohtani pitch usage

Link to splitter to Rengifo

Link to Padres/Dodgers fun fact

Link to Dodgers FG post

Link to Sportico on the Twins

Link to The Athletic on the Twins

Link to Manfred on the sale

Link to “sell the team” story

Link to umpire manual

Link to Sam on the umpire manual

Link to KBO check-swing story

Link to Duolingo mascot story

Link to “Railroad Daddy”

Link to team wins since 2018

Link to blowout-adjusted Pythag

Link to gradient wins

Link to Ben on Dunn vs. Pierre

Link to Poscast episode

Link to listener emails database

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