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We discuss the United States baseball team qualifying for the Olympics, and the men’s and women’s College World Series (0:45), before revisiting the foreign substances controversy surrounding pitchers in MLB (22:00). Then, we close by previewing Jacob deGrom’s matchup vs. fellow Cy Young winner Blake Snell, and talk about deGrom’s chances to break the single-season ERA record set by Bob Gibson in 1968 (46:00).

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

Can Jacob deGrom Break Bob Gibson’s Single-Season ERA Record?

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