Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley respond to the responses to their response to a recent listener email, discuss (14:38) the Blue Jays’ Dylan Cease deal (including a Stat Blast about pitchers with big ERA-FIP gaps at 34:11), Anthony Rendon’s potential retirement (47:23), and the Orioles’ Ryan Helsley signing (1:05:37), before scrutinizing ESPN’s annual offseason survey of MLB executives (1:15:53).

Audio outro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to EW Episode 2407

Link to T20 cricket

Link to Baumann on Cease

Link to team SP projections

Link to contracts draft results

Link to Canadian currency wiki

Link to ERA-FIP gap findings

Link to ERA estimators study

Link to “IPA” drug report

Link to Rendon report

Link to Rendon EW episode

Link to The Force Awakens scene

Link to Helsley starting post

Link to Helsley signing post

Link to Helsley BP player card

Link to BP pitching leaderboards

Link to Ben on Alcantara in 2022

Link to Trueblood on predictability

Link to Sam on the Crasnicks

Link to new ESPN survey

Link to Giants/Imai report

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