Episode Details

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Patreon supporter Max Harris banter about Ben’s problems remembering Orioles rookie Heston Kjerstad’s name, Baltimore’s lookalike offensive core, and Max’s history with the podcast and baseball, then (18:22) answer listener emails about seat fillers at MLB games, hypothetical players “Mr. Repeat” and “Mr. First Time,” centralizing MLB R&D, systemic vs. individual explanations for changes in the game, instituting minimum and maximum pitch counts, Kyle Schwarber vs. Nick Ahmed, the good-but-disappointing Blue Jays, the Mariners’ streak of not losing by a lot, and Theo Epstein pedantry, plus a Future Blast (1:27:39) from 2059 and a follow-up (1:30:31) about a tiered Hall of Fame.

Audio intro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to first tweet about Orioles
Link to second tweet about Orioles
Link to Swanson/Culberson story
Link to The Athletic on tech spending
Link to Scouting Bureau story
Link to Ben on Scout School
Link to Swanson interview episode
Link to Ben on Dunn and Pierre
Link to Ben on defense vs. offense
Link to offense vs. defense spending
Link to Ben on pitcher limits
Link to no-blowouts streaks

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