Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley recap the conclusion of the Carlos Correa free company saga, breaking down his new, really finalized contract with the Twins, reviewing his offseason odyssey, and attempting to anticipate his future. Then (28:20) they banter about Trevor Story’s elbow surgical procedure, the Blue Jays’ and Marlins’ signings of Brandon Belt and Johnny Cueto, respectively (and Belt’s ideas on hen tenders), the Tigers shifting in and decreasing the fences at Comerica Park, and ballplayers’ belts and their handedness (dis)benefits as traits that set baseball aside. After that (54:47), they discuss to 2 professors from the College of Illinois, Daniel Eck and Adrian Burgos, Jr., about their analysis into followers’ inflated value determinations of gamers from the distant previous, the altering caliber of play within the majors over time, and adjusting conventional and superior stats for the enlargement of the participant pool, adopted (1:35:19) by a number of updates and a Previous Blast from 1954.
Audio intro: The Decemberists, “Purple Proper Ankle”Audio interstitial: Uncle Tupelo, “Manufacturing unit Belt”Audio outro: Frank Sinatra, “I Don’t Imagine in Rumors”
Hyperlink to Ben Clemens on Correa againLink to Heyman on CorreaLink to Rosenthal on CorreaLink to Correa’s commentsLink to Mets’ Correa statementLink to over/below draft resultsLink to story on StoryLink to inside brace infoLink to Story’s arm strengthLink to Justin Choi on BeltLink to Belt on hen tendersLink to Leo Morgenstern on CuetoLink to Comerica alterationsLink to Miggy reactionLink to HR park factorsLink to information on Miggy at ComericaLink to lengthy outs at ComericaLink to extra lengthy outs at ComericaLink to ballpark homogenization studyLink to lefty benefit researchLink to extra on lefty advantagesLink to NYT on lefties and sportsLink to FG on the lefty pitcher edgeLink to Eck’s professor pageLink to Burgos’s professor pageLink to earlier Burgos appearanceLink to adjusted WAR leaderboardLink to technical mannequin detailsLink to Eck on period adjustmentsLink to outcomes half ILink to outcomes half IILink to outcomes half IIILink to MLB-eligible populationLink to Ben on high quality of playLink to 1954 story sourceLink to article on baseball-fan ageLink to Jacob Pomrenke’s websiteLink to Jacob Pomrenke on TwitterLink to Nightengale on the BravesLink to 2012 Anthopoulous articleLink to MLBTR on VogtLink to typesetting characters information
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