Jim Allen and John E. Gibson talk about an interview with Casey McGehee of the Giants, look at the race for third place in the Central League, discuss a few of the latest retirements, note the managerial changes and handle a fantastic HighHeat question.

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson talk about a chat with Ernesto Mejia of the Lions, break down the pennant-winning teams in both leagues, discuss the tight race for third place in the Central League, look at a number of retiring stars and handle some HighHeat.

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson talk about DeNA skipper Alex Ramirez’s pregame media scrum, look at the races for the playoff spots in both leagues, rant about the way makeup games are still dealt with and handle some HighHeat.

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson look at the league races, talk about the players who recently announced retirements, talk about Hisashi Iwakuma’s impending return to NPB, discuss a little bit of Shohei Ohtani and teammate Andrelton Simmons’ comments to Jim, and handle some HighHeat.

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss a long-distance chat with Dennis Sarfate of SoftBank, talk about the Hawks, take a quick look at the races in the Pacific and Central leagues and handle some HighHeat before Jason Coskrey joins the conversation about the top candidates for MVPs in both leagues.

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss a visit with Yakult Swallows slugger Wladimir Coco Balentien, talk about the hottest and coldest teams in NPB in our Mini Trax power rankings segment (at about 23 minutes), look at the top candidates for the Sawamura Award (43 mins), try to guess who the top performers of August will be (53 mins) and then handle some HighHeat (63 mins).

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss a sit-down with Tanner Scheppers of Lotte, talk about the Marines (at about 28 minutes), look at the races in the Pacific (41 mins) and Central (51 mins) leagues, chat about bullpen blues (55 mins) and examine Shumpei Yoshikawa's decision to go from corporate ball to MLB (65 mins) before handling some HighHeat (72 mins).

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss the Yakult Swallows, look at the races in the Central and Pacific leagues and the home run leaders then talk about the top rookies in each league, chat about Yusei Kikuchi of the Lions being posted and handle some HighHeat.

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss a visit with Wilin Rosario of the Tigers, talk about Hanshin (at about 20 minutes), look at the Central League (39 mins) and the Pacific League races (47 mins), discuss the Japhet Amador doping ban (54), touch on the number of bunts across NPB (62 mins), and handle some HighHeat (73 mins).

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss a sit-down with Brandon Laird of Nippon Ham, talk about the Fighters (at about 26 minutes), unleash their power rankings in Mini Trax (43 mins), try to guess the top performers of July (55 mins), hit a couple of notes involving Dice-K Matsuzaka and a decision by Rami-kan (62 mins), and handle some HighHeat (69 mins).