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 or not 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 yr’s shift restrictions are resulting in extra pitchers being hit by baseballs, and what successful or shedding the commerce deadline is definitely value, then (52:44) Stat Blast about gamers with the best and lowest percentages of pulled homers (and the longest streaks of pulled homers), gamers who bat righty and throw lefty, essentially the most matching pitch counts and speeds in a single sport, a file date for MLB birthdays, and the gamers traded essentially 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 prefer 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, “Successfully Wild Theme”Audio outro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Successfully Wild Theme”
Hyperlink to Ventura/Ryan videoLink to Ventura/Ryan storyLink to Drellich’s Ventura tweetLink to Langs on Ohtani’s gameLink 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 postLink 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 ratesLink to pulled HR streaksLink to Russell Carleton’s TwitterLink to weird-ass starter recordLink to weird-ass starter file (no P)Hyperlink to weird-ass participant recordLink to weird-ass participant file (no P)Hyperlink to all AL/NL weird-ass hittersLink to pitch pace/depend sheetLink to Lucas Apostoleris’s TwitterLink to MLB birthdays bar chartLink to MLB birthdays warmth mapLink to MLB relative age effectLink 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 infoLink to IronPigs wikiLink to Rick Wilber’s websiteLink to Future Blast wiki
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