Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the oddly timed end of Derek Falvey’s rein as POBOth for the Twins, Jacob Wilson’s extension and the promising but lopsided A’s, pillow contracts vs. trampoline contracts, which teams have had the most frustrating offseasons, dark-horse-candidate teams for 2026, and listener responses to their previous discussion of a Fellowship of the Ring baseball team.

Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to The Athletic on Falvey

Link to Favley Zoom meeting detail

Link to FG payrolls page

Link to MLBTR on Wilson

Link to 2025 team batting WAR

Link to 2025 team pitching WAR

Link to team WAR projections

Link to sowing/reaping meme

Link to team offseason spending

Link to FG offseason tracker

Link to Rooker on aliens

Link to Robertson retirement news

Link to Crizer on opt-outs

Link to EW wiki on trampolines

Link to BP on inactive teams

Link to Sheehan on inactive teams

Link to The Athletic on trying tiers

Link to projected team WAR

Link to “dark horse” wiki

Link to MLBTR on Evans

Link to Mount Doom scene

Link to Pasquantino news

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