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Jordan Walker won the Home Run Derby in Philadelphia, beating Kyle Schwarber in the final. The American League shut out the National League 4-0 in the All-Star Game. Junior Caminero started at third base. And Bryce Harper thinks the Derby balls were juiced.

Thats All-Star week. But none of ufc 329 it is the main event.

The main event is what ESPN accidentally filmed when they put a camera in the White Sox war room the day lexie hull before the draft. Because underneath forty minutes of great anecdotes, every evaluator in that room was answering the same four questions. Pete Dwyer built a model on those exact four questions eight months ago, and this week he walks through each one, applies it to the current standings, and shows you exactly where milan vs atalanta he would have argued with the room.

THIS EPISODE COVERS:

* Jordan Walkers Derby win: what the underlying data was already saying before Monday night

* Bryce Harpers juiced ball claim: heres how youd actually test it

* The All-Star Game: one number about the AL East that says more than the box score

* The four questions every front office asks when they evaluate a player and how they apply to the AL Central race right now

* Question 1: Trajectory beats position, and what Bostons 13-game winning streak actually means

* Question 2: Contact quality predicts, batting average lies; why the White Sox are the AL Central favorite despite the standings saying dead heat

* Question 3: Context as a lens shows why the Dodgers lead is about to widen, not narrow

* Question 4: Age plus adjustability equals ceiling illustrates what Junior Camineros adjustment curve says about his year three and four

* Where the model would have argued with the room, and why the room might have been right anyway

* Games that matter: Dodgers at Phillies, Orioles at Red Sox, White Sox at Rangers

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