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We discuss the Javier Baez baserunning magic that lit baseball Twitter on fire Thursday (1:00), before trying to make sense of the droves of injuries that have many contenders looking depleted heading into June (16:30). Finally, we preview the weekend’s best series and pitching matchups (37:00). 

Hosts: Michael Baumann, Ben Lindbergh, and Zach Kram
Producer: Bobby Wagner

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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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