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We react to the (almost) full slate of baseball games yesterday, as well as the Francisco Lindor mega-extension, before sharing the stories we’re most looking forward to this year: the Padres becoming heroes, the Dodgers becoming villains, Shohei Ohtani finally staying healthy, and more.

Hosts: Michael Baumann, Ben Lindbergh, Zach Kram

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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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