Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley lament and talk about Shohei Ohtani’s UCL harm and its ramifications for the remainder of his season, his two-way future, his free company, the Angels, and the continued happiness of baseball followers and podcast co-hosts, adopted by conversations about Stephen Strasburg’s retirement (59:17), Wander Franco’s placement on administrative depart (1:11:30), and whether or not gamers are required to put on pants (1:21:06), plus a Future Blast from 2050 (1:31:37).

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Link to Ben’s Ohtani articleLink to Evan Drellich on OhtaniLink to Jay Jaffe on the AngelsLink to Sam on the AngelsLink to FA classLink to Ohtani and EllyLink to TJS examineLink to Stat Blast on max-effort pitchingLink to Ben on pitcher roster limitsLink to WaPo report on StrasburgLink to Drellich on FrancoLink to Jeff Passan on FrancoLink to Jay Cuda pants tweetLink to CBALink to high-socks examineLink to Rick Wilber’s web siteLink to Future Blast wiki

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