Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Christian Encarnacion-Strand and whether record compound names deserve an asterisk, the appeal of a Legends Home Run Derby, the origins of (and long-ago backlash to) the trade deadline, the greatness of NPB phenom Roki Sasaki, and the new balance of power among pitch types, then (1:03:41) answer listener emails about Shohei Ohtani trade returns, Ohtani’s 2024 salary if he signed a one-year contract, the Rays’ spending, and a change to All-Star Game player usage, plus a Future Blast (1:38:30) from 2034.
Audio intro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to longest-name recordsLink to more on long namesLink to Lukas on Woods RichardsonLink to Lukas on Encarnacion-StrandLink to Encarnacion-Strand call-up infoLink to original uni photoLink to Stark on the HRDLink to Weaver on the HRDLink to story on Appling’s homerLink to Home Run Derby X wikiLink to SPBA wikiLink to Craig Wright on the deadlineLink to Wright’s story seriesLink to Ohtani bat flipLink to other Ben’s trade value seriesLink to Delta’s NPB statsLink to Ben on DeltaGraphsLink to info on Sasaki’s postingLink to MLB SP velo leadersLink to The Athletic on slidersLink to Tango on slidersLink to Justin Choi on slidersLink to seasonal pitch type %Link to vetoed Paul tradeLink to FG post on $/WARLink to Roster Resource payroll pageLink to Sam’s Rays tweetLink to team wins since 2008Link to team wins since 2019Link to EW emails databaseLink to Turn Ahead the Clock wikiLink to Rick Wilber’s websiteLink to Ward mix-ups wikiLink to Mozeliak tweetLink to article about STL and the shift
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