Ben and Meg banter about the benefits of baseball supporting longer careers than some other sports (inspired by LeBron James becoming the first NBA player to make it to a 23rd season), the Mariners re-signing Josh Naylor, four free agents accepting qualifying offers, the Orioles and Angels swapping Grayson Rodriguez and Taylor Ward, whether teams will find/develop the next Kyle Hendricks, MLB’s unveiling of its new/old broadcast partners, and some news about the WPBL.

Audio outro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to LeBron gamer

Link to B-Ref seasons leaderboard

Link to FG post on Naylor

Link to Passan’s Pirates report

Link to We Tried Tracker return

Link to Baumann on the QOs

Link to over/under draft tracker

Link to FG post on O’s-Angels trade

Link to Judge’s former teammates

Link to Judge/Wade sighting

Link to xkcd comic

Link to Laurila on Hendricks

Link to Bloom quote

Link to Toboni quote

Link to Ben on Arraez

Link to MLB rights release

Link to Marchand on the rights deals

Link to Marchand on the rights deals 2

Link to WPBL news 1

Link to WPBL news 2

Link to Ben on the OWL

Link to Hot Stove League on Netflix

Link to initial praise of the show

Link to first recap pod

Link to Secret Santa sign-up

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