Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter in regards to the Rays working out of mound visits and varied visit-related hypotheticals, then (21:00) reply listener emails about “due up” vs. “on deck,” strikes vs. pitches within the strike zone, whether or not specializing in wins as an alternative of runs makes WAR much less intuitive, Quinn Priester and FIP-based pitcher WAR, Ronald Acuña Jr.’s ping-ponging strikeout price, whether or not the ball-strike problem system hampers strikeout celebrations, how a lot infielders assist management the working recreation, superior pitching machines and the minors-to-majors transition, why there aren’t extra main league trick performs, cathartic uniform-burning, and timeout-induced accidents.
Audio intro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Rays mound visit story
Link to mound visits rule
Link to story on get-back coaches
Link to OnDeck Capital wiki
Link to Birnbaum on runs vs. wins
Link to lowest K-BB%
Link to highest HR/9
Link to defense behind pitcher
Link to FG RA/9 WAR
Link to Jaffe on Acuña
Link to Dan S. on zStats
Link to Petriello on Acuña’s Ks
Link to ESPN on Báez tags
Link to BP on tags
Link to Ben on pitching machines
Link to Rosenthal on MiLB-MLB gap
Link to Ben on MLB-MiLB in 2015
Link to Skunk in the Outfield
Link to Grand Illusion play
Link to KK play
Link to Skenes gamer
Link to Fletcher story
Link to EW on equipment destruction
Link to uni-burning story
Link to listener emails database
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form
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