Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing is the new reigning redass of MLB, and the first in-depth he-said, they-said mud-slinging about Craig Breslow and Boston's coaching cull. Then (35:19) they Stat Blast about the longest streaks of series wins and non-losses to start a season (or at any point in a season), lapping the league in run differential, and batterymates who were previously exchanged in a trade, before bringing on Ben Clemens of FanGraphs (49:36) to talk about whether Munetaka Murakami's hot start is sustainable (and if so, why he was widely underestimated), how the strike zone has been shrunk and reshaped in the ABS era—somewhat counterintuitively, not just because of overturned calls—and the potential short/long-term effects on scoring.
Audio intro: El Warren, "Effectively Wild Theme"Audio interstitial: Kite Person, "Effectively Wild Theme"Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, "Effectively Wild Theme 2"Link to "redass" definitionLink to Carig on "redass"Link to Rushing timelineLink to "fishy" comment clipLink to "fishy" comment articleLink to Rockies celebrationLink to Lee incident clipLink to Rushing denialLink to Lee incident articleLink to Amaya incident clipLink to Hoerner commentsLink to Rushing's slideLink to Arraez commentsLink to timeout requestLink to 2015 Williams featureLink to Breslow/Boston reportLink to fatberg wikiLink to streaks spreadsheetLink to Columbus Solons wikiLink to traded batterymatesLink to Ben's catchers researchLink to Shackleton wikiLink to Clemens on MurakamiLink to chase rate leaderboardLink to Passan on Ohtani in 2018Link to Passan's follow-upLink to Clemens on the strike zoneLink to strike zone definitionLink to Trueblood on the strike zoneLink to Trueblood on challengesLink to Sam on 3-0 autostrikesLink to 2025 buffer zone changeLink to ump accuracy over timeLink to Ben on umpire gradingLink to kernel regression wikiLink to 2024-26 MLB ratesLink to 2025 MLB rates through same dateLink to 2024 MLB rates through same dateLink to highest full-season ratesLink to Federer Hawk-Eye stance 1Link to Federer Hawk-Eye stance 2
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