Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about classifying throws by infielders which are really made within the outfield, think about a multi-sport two-way Shohei Ohtani, and belatedly acknowledge Scott Cooper’s singular cycle, talk about Kyle Schwarber’s attainable sub-replacement-level 40-homer season, break down the NL MVP race that includes Ronald Acuña Jr., Mookie Betts, and Freddie Freeman, pat Kyle Barraclough on the again for carrying one, be aware that regression has come for Mickey Moniak, and supply one other hosana to Julio Rodríguez. Then they observe up on the earlier episode’s thriller about why wild pitches and handed balls have declined, first (1:06:51) by interviewing Yankees high quality management and catching coach Tanner Swanson about enhancements in catching method and the evolution of catcher protection, after which (1:37:13) by presenting further knowledge and theorizing, adopted by (1:47:29) a Future Blast from 2052.
Audio intro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Elly’s 99.8 mph throw
Link to Elly’s 99.7 mph throw
Link to Elly’s 97.9 mph throw
Link to infield-throws leaderboard
Link to infield-throwers leaderboard
Link to Winn’s 100.5 mph throw
Link to Winn’s 99.9 mph throw
Link to arm power leaderboard
Link to Haberstroh on two-sport gamers
Link to publish on Cooper’s cycle
Link to Cooper’s cycle sport
Link to Schwarber tweet
Link to sub-replacement sluggers
Link to Eli Ben-Porat on batting common
Link to Tom Tango on batting common
Link to Tango on batting common once more
Link to Ben Clemens on batting common
Link to FG WAR leaders
Link to B-Ref WAR leaders
Link to Mike Petriello on MVP Mookie
Link to SB leaderboard
Link to FG publish on Freeman’s baserunning
Link to story on followers and Acuña
Link to video of followers and Acuña
Link to Moniak hunch stretch
Link to Posnanski on the Stargell Award
Link to MVPs w/a number of groups
Link to Mearns on Barraclough
Link to Stathead on Barraclough
Link to EW Stat Blast about WP/PB
Link to group catcher protection
Link to story on Swanson and Garver
Link to story about catching’s future
Link to Swanson MVP Machine reference
Link to story on Swanson and the Yankees
Link to Ben on Flowers
Link to Franke/Rogers catcher slides
Link to Kai Franke on Twitter
Link to Jack Rogers on Twitter
Link to group CI leaderboard
Link to EW on the CI surge
Link to Tango on interference and framing
Link to WP/PB totals
Link to Cooper on one-knee catching
Link to Cooper on one-knee catching 2
Link to Cooper on one-knee catching 3
Link to Rick Wilber’s web site
Link to Future Blast wiki
Link to Tango on errors/hits
Link to Cooper on errors/hits
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