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We discuss the recent report that MLB wants to change the six-year service time system to an age-based free agency system (9:00) before we run down a list of things we want to see happen in the final month of the regular season (19:00). Then, we preview Dodgers-Giants, a series with massive playoff seeding implications (53:00).

Hosts: Michael Baumann, Ben Lindbergh, Zach Kram
Producer: Bobby Wagner
Editor: Mike Wargon

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Ben is a writer, podcaster, and editor who covers culture and sports. He hosts ‘Effectively Wild’ at FanGraphs and previously wrote for FiveThirtyEight and Grantland, served as editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus, and authored ‘The MVP Machine’ and ‘The Only Rule Is It Has to Work.’

Ben Lindbergh

Michael Baumann

Zach writes about basketball, baseball, and assorted pop culture topics. 

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