Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss the highlights of the MLB at Rickwood Field game and broadcast, Mike Trout’s slow return from knee surgery, Matt Waldron’s sustained success, Royce Lewis’s incredible performance, the challenge system’s growing influence over ABS, Barry Bonds as a baseball ambassador, Elly De La Cruz’s stolen-base slump, the Yankees-Orioles AL East race, Michael Jordan and subjective stats, Buck Showalter’s scouting criteria at the MLB Draft Combine, and Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge as MVP candidates.
Audio intro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”
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