In Episode 573, Zach, Jeffrey and Craig indulge in some more ad chat and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

1. I don’t want this, I don’t need this: Your bi-weekly AL Wild Card update
2. Lot of ways to make money in this world, but I can’t recommend insurance fraud: And a weekly Dodgers financial update
3. Paul is dead: Has the real Paul Skenes been replaced just like McCartney?
4. Around the Horn: The Padres officially have new owners, the Yankees are down one pitcher, and we say a fond farewell to the Jon Bernhardt tweet (and also Trey Mancini)
5. An easy/hard trendy grid

Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is fiveanddive@baseballprospectus.com.

Our theme tune is by Andy Matthews, who you can follow on Bluesky @andymatthewsmusic. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music. It was produced by Barrie Maguire and Tim Ferguson.

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