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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about powerful instances for a number of EW favorites and Ben’s pre-podcast damage, then (15:00) talk about the response to Cade Cavalli telling Willson Contreras to “Sit down, boy.” After that (38:10), they cowl the MLBPA’s proposals to restrict sure sorts of transactions, a continued tightening of the leashes on beginning pitchers, Paul Skenes’s current struggles, the unlikely win-loss information of Tanner Bibee and Aaron Ashby (and an embarrassing Cooper Ingle error), Dansby Swanson and Pete Crow-Armstrong sizzling streaks and PCA’s newfound persistence, current swoons by the Braves and Yankees and surges by the Marlins and Rangers, what the Crimson Sox and Tigers ought to do on the deadline, and extra.
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