Ben Lindbergh and Ben Clemens banter about some suspicious variability in the ball's behavior and whether the low-drag, high-home-run-rate times of the late 2010s have returned, Carlos Mendoza's "departure" from the Mets, the Blue Jays' dominance of "Phase 1" of All-Star voting, the hitters and pitchers who have most overperformed and underperformed their projections through the halfway point of the regular season, forsaking single-team fandom, platoon god Paul Goldschmidt, Dalton Rushing's clash with Shohei Ohtani, the Pope's audience with A.J. Pierzynski, MLB's economic proposals, and more, plus Stat Blasts about an unusual homestand and the Nationals' latest, not-so-greatest bullpen blowup(s).
Audio intro: Kite Person, "Effectively Wild Theme"Audio outro: Ted O., "Effectively Wild Theme"Link to MLFAD scoreboardLink to bouncing ball wikiLink to Savant drag dashboardLink to ball carry analysisLink to Nathan post 1Link to Nathan post 2Link to Nathan post 3Link to Nathan post 4Link to March/April scoringLink to May scoringLink to story about May offenseLink to June scoringLink to MLB/Rawlings storyLink to scoring/attendance research 1Link to scoring/attendance research 2Link to scoring/attendance research 3Link to scoring/attendance research 4Link to Mets announcement tweetLink to Mets announcement postLink to MLBTR on MendozaLink to MLBTR on GreenLink to Rosenthal on Mendoza/StearnsLink to Ben L. on team turnoverLink to FG playoff oddsLink to Phase 1 ASG voting resultsLink to Sogard contest postLink to FG combined WAR leaderboardLink to 2025 trade value seriesLink to Dan S. on batter ZiPS moversLink to Dan S. on pitcher ZiPS moversLink to batter preseason projectionsLink to batter pace leadersLink to batter paces vs. projectionsLink to pitcher preseason projectionsLink to pitcher pace leadersLink to pitcher paces vs. projectionsLink to MLBTR on RagansLink to Cashman on running back the rosterLink to Goldschmidt tOPS+ queryLink to Goldschmidt sOPS+ queryLink to 1B JAWS leadersLink to Petriello on GoldschmidtLink to Other Ben's VEB archiveLink to Jensen HR off of KimbrelLink to Rushing/Ohtani videoLink to Rushing quotesLink to Rushing postgame videoLink to Ohtani postgame videoLink to Roberts postgame videoLink to contested challenge clipLink to dugout conferences clipLink to mound conference clipLink to costly missed catchLink to Rushing bench reactionLink to Ohtani's Smith/Rushing splitsLink to Rosenthal on Pope/PierzynskiLink to Papal infallibility wikiLink to MLB proposals articleLink to MLB proposals tweetLink to MLBPA responseLink to article on player agingLink to aging curve research 1Link to aging curve research 2Link to late homestands spreadsheetLink to BP on the Phillies comebacksLink to Langs on the Phillies comebacksLink to 2026 team RP WARLink to worst-ever team RP WARLink to Phillies comeback gamerLink to last-strike-comebacks dataLink to non-Einstein quote investigationLink to The Athletic on the Nats' penLink to The Athletic on the Nats' pen againLink to Rockies comeback gamerLink to Other Ben on inherited runnersLink to Stat Blast on inherited runnersLink to listener emails databaseLink to SCG ConLink to MLBTR on Minasian/MozeliakLink to Miz 105.5 mph storyLink to fastest tracked pitchesLink to Miz postgame commentLink to Miz postgame clip
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