Episode Details

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the appeal of deflected balls caught on the fly, the lack of variety in MLB.TV highlights, Aaron Judge’s bases-empty intentional walks, the Braves falling out of playoff position (for now), and the surprising team with a trio of young, above-average, qualified hitters. Then (40:44) they rank the types of baseball versatility and Stat Blast (56:18) about the decline of switch-hitting, Maury Wills and switch-hitter slumps, how often managers are fired following a loss, and whether intra-division trades are getting more common.

Audio intro: Moon Hound, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Rockies-Mets play
Link to Bogaerts/Kelly play
Link to Stark on Judge
Link to Tango on Judge
Link to Jaffe on the Braves
Link to Ben C. on depth
Link to Ben C. on depth 2
Link to Ben C. on depth on EW
Link to preseason playoff odds
Link to BP IL Ledger
Link to young hitters query
Link to query without minimums
Link to Ben on Twins.com
Link to Twins.com sale news
Link to Venditte rule article
Link to Mike Temple Stat Blast cover

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