Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about baseball comps for the season-ending injury of quarterback Aaron Rodgers four snaps into his New York Jets career, the Rip Van Winkle-esque return of Orioles starter John Means after Tommy John surgery, the Mariners’ rough stretch, Meg’s pennant-race anxiety, and George Kirby’s comments about not being pulled earlier from a start, the Yankees’ unlikely extra-innings win and loss of Jasson Domínguez, the Mets finally hiring David Stearns to run their baseball operations department, the promotion of Pete Crow-Armstrong and why so many top prospects are coming up late in the season, what Mike Trout would bring back (if anything) on the trade market, and more, plus a few follow-ups from last week and a Future Blast (1:36:43) from 2058.

Audio outro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to The Ringer on Rodgers

Link to The Ringer on Rodgers again

Link to FB thread of baseball comps

Link to MLBTR on Means

Link to 30/30 fun fact

Link to Kirby video

Link to story on Kirby

Link to Divish tweet about Kirby

Link to Clemens tweet about Kirby

Link to Mulder tweet about Kirby

Link to McCarthy tweet about Kirby

Link to Weaver tweet about Kirby

Link to 2014 Weaver story

Link to Rob Mains on the TTOP

Link to Mains on the TTOP again

Link to Jay on Domínguez

Link to story on Yankees’ 13-inning win

Link to MLBTR on Stearns

Link to Crow-Armstrong call-up piece

Link to Sheehan on prospect promotions

Link to aging-curves research

Link to Nightengale on Trout

Link to Yamamoto no-hitter story

Link to Ben Clemens on Suzuki

Link to Lee Maye wiki

Link to Scott Radinsky wiki

Link to Edman story

Link to Rick Wilber’s website

Link to Future Blast wiki

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