Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter a few “Expensive Abby” baseball column, Andrew McCutchen’s return to Pittsburgh, Nelson Cruz signing with San Diego, the Dodgers reacquiring Miguel Rojas, catcher deking and the ball-strike problem system, and inaccurate outfield-fence distances, comply with up on Toronto rooster tenders (and the way a brand new Canadian legislation may have an effect on the Blue Jays), the tendency for followers to view baseball from the batter’s perspective, and some extra methods wherein baseball is uncommon amongst sports activities, adopted (57:04) by a Stat Blast replace on Brandon Crawford, Brandon Belt, and prolific putout tandems, a brand new Stat Blast about J.J. Hardy, Scott Rolen, and gamers who solely ever performed one defensive place, and a Previous Blast from 1955. Then (1:21:28) they discuss to Mike Petriello of MLB.com concerning the results he thinks MLB’s new positioning restrictions can have, easy methods to decide whether or not the shift ban “labored,” how he thinks groups will play protection, whether or not hitters ought to regulate their approaches, which particular person hitters and groups might be helped or hindered, and his ideas on the opposite new guidelines adjustments.
Audio intro: The Smithereens, “Expensive Abby”Audio interstitial: Smith Westerns, “Solely One”Audio outro: Lyres, “Swing Shift”
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