Episode Details

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the hot start by Jarred Kelenic and when to believe in a breakout, Jo Adell and the mystery of quadruple-A players, the odds of no Marlin hitting for the cycle until Luis Arraez did it this week, the Rays’ record-tying 13th straight win, new reports about new rules, and more. Then (51:12) they answer listener emails about the best urban, non-ballpark setting for baseball, the MLB player they would most want to be stranded with on a desert island (with a digression on Matt Strahm and ballpark beer sales), a pitcher with one unhittable pitch per game, and a black-box outfield, plus a Past Blast (1:26:19) from 1993.

Audio intro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Chicano Batman, “Cycles of Existential Rhyme”

Link to Kelenic homer
Link to Passan tweet
Link to article on Kelenic’s swing
Link to Verducci on Kelenic
Link to article on Adell
Link to Arraez cycle video
Link to cycles since 1993
Link to team cycles since ’93
Link to one-team cycle odds
Link to league-wide cycle odds
Link to Rays streak stats
Link to Springs injury story
Link to Rays rally
Link to FG pl