Karl Ravech and Buster discuss the popularity and importance of the Home Run Derby, Ronald Acuña Jr. wanting to show he’s back, the divisional rivalry within the Derby, which team is the hottest in baseball, the steel cage match in the AL East for the Wild Card spots, the Yankees needing to make an addition at the deadline, and the Blue Jays firing Charlie Montoyo. Later, Jeff Fletcher, author of “Sho-Time: The Inside Story of Shohei Ohtani and the Greatest Baseball Season Ever Played,” stops by to talk about the Angels’ initial rules around when Ohtani could pitch and hit, when Jeff knew Ohtani was going to have a monster 2021 season, how Ohtani handled that season behind the scenes, if there’s a future for two-way players, Ohtani’s relationship with Billy Eppler and speculation about Ohtani’s future.

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