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1127 | Biggest Takeaways From the First Half of the MLB Season with ESPN's Paul Hembekides
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Jack and Peter welcome back Paul Hembekides, who you can find on ESPN's Baseball Tonight Podcast with Buster Olney. They talk superlatives; players we were wrong about, underrated performers, teams that can't keep getting away with it, and teams we expect to take off in the second half, among others. Then, Jack and Peter discuss the Cubs' landing of David Peterson via a trade with the Mets, and finally, a dramatic reading.
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