Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Christian Encarnacion-Strand and whether or not report compound names deserve an asterisk, the attraction of a Legends Home Run Derby, the origins of (and long-ago backlash to) the commerce deadline, the greatness of NPB phenom Roki Sasaki, and the brand new stability of energy amongst pitch varieties, then (1:03:41) reply listener emails about Shohei Ohtani commerce returns, Ohtani’s 2024 wage if he signed a one-year contract, the Rays’ spending, and a change to All-Star Game participant utilization, plus a Future Blast (1:38:30) from 2034.
Audio intro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to longest-name information
Link to extra on lengthy names
Link to Lukas on Woods Richardson
Link to Lukas on Encarnacion-Strand
Link to Encarnacion-Strand call-up information
Link to unique uni photograph
Link to Stark on the HRD
Link to Weaver on the HRD
Link to story on Appling’s homer
Link to Home Run Derby X wiki
Link to SPBA wiki
Link to Craig Wright on the deadline
Link to Wright’s story collection
Link to Ohtani bat flip
Link to different Ben’s commerce worth collection
Link to Delta’s NPB stats
Link to Ben on DeltaGraphs
Link to information on Sasaki’s posting
Link to MLB SP velo leaders
Link to The Athletic on sliders
Link to Tango on sliders
Link to Justin Choi on sliders
Link to seasonal pitch kind %
Link to vetoed Paul commerce
Link to FG publish on $/WAR
Link to Roster Resource payroll web page
Link to Sam’s Rays tweet
Link to staff wins since 2008
Link to staff wins since 2019
Link to EW emails database
Link to Turn Ahead the Clock wiki
Link to Rick Wilber’s web site
Link to Ward mix-ups wiki
Link to Mozeliak tweet
Link to article about STL and the shift
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