Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Robin Ventura truthers defending Ventura on the thirtieth anniversary of his brawl with Nolan Ryan, Shohei Ohtani‘s 2023 WAR matching his full-season 2021 WAR and whether this Ohtani season would’ve gained him an MVP award in 2022, the Yankees’ dealing with of Anthony Rizzo’s belatedly recognized post-concussion syndrome, whether or not this 12 months’s shift restrictions are resulting in extra pitchers being hit by baseballs, and what successful or dropping the commerce deadline is definitely price, then (52:44) Stat Blast about gamers with the very best and lowest percentages of pulled homers (and the longest streaks of pulled homers), gamers who bat righty and throw lefty, probably the most matching pitch counts and speeds in a single recreation, a document date for MLB birthdays, and the gamers traded probably the most instances on the commerce deadline, adopted by (1:11:54) a dialog with former main leaguer J.A. Happ (and FanGraphs’ Eric Longenhagen) about what it’s wish to be dealt on the deadline, Happ’s intensive commerce historical past, the retirement of Cole Hamels, and extra, plus (1:51:26) a Future Blast from 2042.

Audio intro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Ventura/Ryan videoLink to Ventura/Ryan storyLink to Drellich’s Ventura tweetLink to Langs on Ohtani’s recreationLink to FG WAR leaderboardLink to B-Ref WAR leaderboardLink to Fletcher’s EW interviewLink to Ben on Ohtani and JudgeLink to The Athletic on RizzoLink to Rosenthal on RizzoLink to Lindsey on GermánLink to Jay on Rizzo and GermánLink to Rizzo fatigue quoteLink to different Rizzo quoteLink to MLB.com story on RizzoLink to SIS comebackers tweetLink to Pudge cheek story 1Link to Pudge cheek story 2Link to Down on the Farm put upLink to Dan S. on the 2023 deadlineLink to Dan S. on the 2022 deadlineLink to Dan S. on the 2021 deadlineLink to profession pulled HR chargesLink to pulled HR streaksLink to Russell Carleton’s TwitterLink to weird-ass starter documentLink to weird-ass starter document (no P)Link to weird-ass participant documentLink to weird-ass participant document (no P)Link to all AL/NL weird-ass hittersLink to pitch velocity/rely sheetLink to Lucas Apostoleris’s TwitterLink to MLB birthdays bar chartLink to MLB birthdays warmth mapLink to MLB relative age impactLink to relative age impact wikiLink to listener emails databaseLink to trades on deadline dayLink to trades inside 3 daysLink to trades inside 1 weekLink to trades inside 2 weeksLink to Ryan Nelson’s TwitterLink to Happ’s wikiLink to “J Day” storyLink to Happ’s transactionsLink to Hamels retirement informationLink to IronPigs wikiLink to Rick Wilber’s web siteLink to Future Blast wiki

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