Catcher depth and Ivan Herrera's role

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Team USA’s pre-WBC warm-up games, follow up on spring training ballpark naming rights, and discuss Jurickson Profar’s second PED suspension in as many seasons, then preview the 2026 New York Yankees (20:07) with The New York Daily News’ Gary Phillips, and the 2026 St. Louis Cardinals (59:53) with The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Derrick Goold.

Audio intro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial 1: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial 2: Sean .P, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Team USA vs. Giants gamer
Link to Team USA vs. Rockies story
Link to Kershaw clip
Link to Sunny clip
Link to Passan on Profar
Link to MLBTR on Profar
Link to Arrested Development clip
Link to Goodyear wiki
Link to Wrench Group story
Link to milkshake duck meme
Link to Wrigley naming info
Link to team payrolls page
Link to Yankees offseason tracker
Link to Yankees depth chart
Link to Cashman comments
Link to Gary on Cashman’s comments
Link to Ben on team turnover
Link to Stanton comments
Link to Chisholm comments
Link to Gary on Volpe
Link to 2025 team RP WAR
Link to team RP projections
Link to Petriello on Judge and ABS
Link to team challenges leaderboard
Link to Gary on Yankees challenge strategy
Link to Yankees sewage story
Link to Gary’s author archive
Link to Cardinals offseason tracker
Link to Cardinals depth chart
Link to Derrick on the roster
Link to team fielders by FRV
Link to team FRV leaderboard
Link to YoY attendance data
Link to 2025 team K%
Link to projected team WAR
Link to Simpsons “That’s the joke” clip
Link to Herrera/Raleigh data
Link to Derrick’s author archive
Link to Derrick’s podcast

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