Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a flurry of transactions and a three-team-trade dilemma, then break down the J.T. Realmuto, Bo Bichette, and Kyle Tucker deals, plus talk of baseball economics and Emmanuel Clase’s roosters.

Audio outro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to FG post on Castro

Link to MLBTR on three-team trade

Link to Passan on Tucker

Link to Passan on three-team trade

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Link to Passan meme

Link to FG post on Realmuto

Link to FG post on Bichette

Link to FG post on Tucker

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Link to Cohen tweet 1

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Link to FG quarter-zips

Link to over/under draft results

Link to Ben on free agency

Link to Passan on free agency

Link to offseason FA spending

Link to bad Tucker swing

Link to Ben on Yordan’s slump

Link to Roberts comments

Link to owner floor proposal

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Link to champion complacency

Link to FA fits episode

Link to team hitter age

Link to team OF WAR

Link to MLB execs poll

Link to Tucker persona story

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Link to Teoscar in RF

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Link to team depth chart projections

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Link to Dodgers CBT tax spending

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