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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss various baseball topics including player performances, injuries, and team strategies.

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Jorge Soler charging the mound against Reynaldo López and whether a team could dupe an opposing ace into getting ejected, Konnor Griffin ’s extension becoming official, whether Jose Altuve is benefiting from the reshaped strike zone, a wave of MLB injuries, teams whose playoff odds have changed the most in the first two weeks of the season, Tony Vitello’s PR performance, the debut of brimless hats, a few follow-ups, and more. Audio intro : Cory Brent, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : The Shirey Brothers, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Cease vs. Ohtani game Link to brawl story Link to suspensions story Link to Soler vs. López stats Link to Bois database Link to Bois spreadsheet Link to “aggro” wiki Link to Armadillidiidae wiki Link to Dan S. on Griffin Link to MLBTR on Griffin Link to Olney’s deleted tweet Link to Rosenthal on Griffin Link to marriage/divorce stats Link to Woodrum on the strike zone Link to Seidler on Altuve Link to wRC+ leaderboard Link to batter challenges leaderboard Link to Altuve called-strike rate Link to Judge called-strike rate Link to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Topics covered

• baseball
• MLB injuries
• playoff odds
• strike zone
• player performance
• brawls
• team strategies

Keywords

• Jorge Soler
• Reynaldo López
• Jose Altuve
• Konnor Griffin
• MLB injuries
• playoff odds
• strike zone
• Tony Vitello

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MLB

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