Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the state of the wild cards and whether the pennant races have been more exciting than forecasted despite the lack of actual changes in the playoff field, Cal Raleigh’s latest exploits, Geraldo Perdomo’s quiet excellence, the Orioles’ 2026 outlook, the Dodgers’ rotation and bullpen, Shohei Ohtani’s playoff role(s), the bouncebacks of Mookie Betts and George Springer, Yordan Alvarez’s ankle, James Wood and Spencer Jones slumps, season-ending schedules, and whether teams playing spoiler is satisfying for fans.

Audio outro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to FG playoff odds

Link to Clemens on the playoff odds

Link to Paine on the Mets

Link to Clemens on Raleigh

Link to FG WAR leaderboard

Link to Orioles report

Link to Dodgers rotation ranking

Link to Dodgers reliever ranking

Link to team SP projections

Link to Dodgers rotation story

Link to Ohtani starting story

Link to Ohtani outfield story

Link to Perdomo/Betts leaderboard

Link to Craig on the Dodgers

Link to Rob on the zombie runner

Link to Petriello on Jones

Link to Apple TV+ baseball doc

Link to Astudillo news

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