Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether a remedy for former Yankees slugger Moose Skowron might help current Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton, Cody Bellinger’s rebound and ovation violation, Domingo Germán’s sticky start, Juan Soto’s pitch-clock problem, Bryce Harper, hitting machines, and the future of minor-league rehab stints, whether Yandy Díaz’s “Ground Beef” nickname no longer applies, the reduced drag of the baseball and the overall offensive environment this season, the Atlantic League’s new experimental rules, the rules about rundowns on third pickoff attempts, a few injuries, extensions, and call-ups, the Marlins’ mediocrity despite their trades for top pitchers, Anthony Bass’s viral popcorn complaint, and more. Then (1:29:19) they do a Meet a Major Leaguer segment on Hobie Harris and Hogan Harris, check in on the Sean Murphy/Esteury Ruiz/William Contreras trade, and close with a Past Blast (1:50:06) from 1995 and a few follow-ups.
Audio intro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Monk Turner, “Beef Release”
Link to article on Skowron
Link to Stanton’s yoga videos
Link to article on Skowron’s swimming
Link to more on Skowron’s swimming
Link to FG post on Stanton
Link to research on static stretching
Link to EW Bellinger roundtable
Link to Voros’s Law
Link to Bellinger ovation
Link to Germán article
Link to Beck tweet about Germán
Link to Beck EW episode
Link to Soto pitch-clock tweet
Link to article on Harper’s rehab
Link to Ben on pitching machines
Link to Emma on rehab unis
Link to BP on Díaz
Link to Rob on baseball drag
Link to Baseball Savant drag values
Link to 2023 MiLB experiments
Link to Atlantic League experiments
Link to info on courtesy runners
Link to article on double-hook DH
Link to Ben on pitcher limits
Link to Harrison’s pickle expertise
Link to Sam Blum on Neto
Link to article on Arraez and López
Link to Baumann on Arraez
Link to FG post on López extension
Link to FG post on Webb extension
Link to FG post on Woodruff injury
Link to Sam Blum on Neto
Link to Bass tweet
Link to Bois on the Bass tweet
Link to article about Bass tweet
Link to Meet a Major Leaguer wiki
Link to B-Ref new debuts page
Link to Emma’s Battenfield tweet
Link to article on Hobie’s name
Link to Landrith obit
Link to Harris scouting report
Link to Mets-A’s box score
Link to Mets-A’s gamer
Link to possum story
Link to worst debut ERAs
Link to worst team ERA starts
Link to FG post on A’s pitching
Link to framing leaderboard
Link to Contreras defense article
Link to more on Contreras
Link to article on Brewers framing
Link to 1995 Past Blast source
Link to 1995 Past Blast source, cont’d.
Link to pensions article
Link to more info on pensions
Link to 2020 pensions column
Link to Teasley episode wiki
Link to David Lewis’s Twitter
Link to David Lewis’s Substack
Link to new Correa quote
Link to “Dior store” quote
Link to Wade/Ward wiki
Link to Sam’s 512 intro
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