

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the remade Mookie Betts trade, the latest revelations about the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal (including “Codebreaker” and “the dark arts”), and the Mets’ failed sale to hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen. Then they preview the 2020 Cubs (46:13) with The Athletic’s Sahadev Sharma, and the 2020 Diamondbacks (1:20:08) with The Arizona Republic’s Nick Piecoro.



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Audio intro: No-Fi Soul Rebellion, "Dark Arts"

Audio interstitial 1: Of Montreal, "Doing Nothing"

Audio interstitial 2: Ultrababyfat, "Diamondback"

Audio outro: Tunng, "Code Breaker"

Link to Astros WSJ report

Link to Travis on the Cubs’ pitching development problems

Link to Sahadev on the Cubs’ player development overhaul

Link to order The MVP Machine

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