Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Spencer Jones facing an overclocked Jacob Misiorowski in Jones’s MLB debut, the distance from the mound to home plate when Ryan Waldschmidt is batting, Gage Workman’s middle name, and Tarik Skubal’s loose lima bean, then discuss the surprising Patrick Bailey trade—including takes on Bailey’s bat and framing value in the ABS era, the leadership of Buster Posey and Tony Vitello, Cleveland doubling down on the Austin Hedges catching model, and the virtues of Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson—plus thoughts on the bouncebacks of Bryce Harper and Michael Conforto, the Pirates’ rotation, iron man Matt Olson, a Craig Kimbrel meltdown, and the death of Bobby Cox.

Audio outro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)”

Link to “POV” meme

Link to Jones debut

Link to Jones stance tweet

Link to Judge/Jones comparison

Link to first Jones vs. Miz PA

Link to 103 mph+ pitches

Link to fastest pitches of 2026

Link to top SP seasons by K%

Link to “Ballad of a Thin Man”

Link to Miz velo upticks article

Link to Miz Charizard pull

Link to tallest outfield

Link to Ben on big Yankees

Link to Waldschmidt quote

Link to Workman middle name info 1

Link to Workman middle name info 2

Link to “taters” Gollum clip

Link to Boras on the “Skubal scope”

Link to Boras/Olney podcast

Link to last year’s Boras/Skubal quote

Link to FG post on Bailey

Link to Dubuque on Bailey

Link to Baggarly on Bailey/Posey 1

Link to Baggarly on Bailey/Posey 2

Link to Rosenthal on Posey

Link to Bailey’s framing at FG

Link to 2026 FG framing leaders

Link to 2025 FG framing leaders

Link to Savant framing leaders

Link to top players since Bailey’s call-up

Link to top Giants since Bailey’s call-up

Link to top catchers since Bailey’s call-up

Link to Giants dugout pitch-calling article 1

Link to Giants dugout pitch-calling article 2

Link to Bailey wRC+ joke

Link to story about Hedges the hitter

Link to “framemog” at wiktionary

Link to framemogging meme

Link to NPR on framemogging

Link to Vitello quote about effort

Link to Vitello pitching change confusion

Link to Kapler pitching change confusion

Link to La Russa pitching change confusion

Link to Nightengale on the trade deadline

Link to MLBTR on the Giants’ outlook

Link to team run differentials

Link to Conforto wRC+ leaderboard

Link to top team SP by WAR

Link to Pirates SP production

Link to FG MLB WAR leaders

Link to longest consecutive games streaks

Link to Freeman vs. Olson WAR post-2022

Link to worst RP WPAs

Link to Kimbrel loss

Link to Kimbrel grand slam story

Link to Chavez’s Giants origin story

Link to “OTP” explainer

Link to Cox obit

Link to Atlanta championship expectations

Link to Cox research 1

Link to Cox research 2

Link to Cox research 3

Link to manager longevity article

Link to data on ejection causes

Link to CCS ejections posts

Link to 2026 manager ejection count

Link to 2025 manager ejections count

Link to 2024 manager ejections count

Link to manager ejections data over time

Link to 2016 THT article on Cox DV

Link to 1995 THT article on Cox DV

Link to Clevinger report 1

Link to Clevinger report 2

Link to Tigers Triple-A manager firing

Link to Mixtape wiki

Link to “bro explaining” meme

Link to Mixtape baseball quote 1

Link to Mixtape baseball quote 2

Link to Ben’s gaming podcast

Link to article on foul ball increases

Link to 2026 foul ball leaders

Link to 1988 foul ball data

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