Ben Lindbergh and FanGraphs’ Dan Szymborski banter about Ben’s timing in respect to Declan Cronin’s homerless streak, the perils of podcasts, predictions, and regression to the mean, the White Sox cutting payroll and their projections for the rest of this season, next season, and beyond, Gerrit Cole’s ignominious intentional walk, Alex Cora’s seeming admission that the Red Sox threw at Aaron Judge, Farhan Zaidi’s future in San Francisco, Heliot Ramos’s historic splash hit, Mike Trout’s possible position change, the Dodgers’ injury-plagued pitching staff, and the breakout of Bowden Francis. Then (1:21:27) Ben talks to Tigers TV voice Jason Benetti about how Detroit has made a late run despite selling at the trade deadline, the franchise’s outlook, and Jason’s job change, plus a postscript (1:58:10).

Audio intro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio interstitial: Philip Bergman, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Grant Brisbee, “Effectively Wild Theme”

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