Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether a remedy for former Yankees slugger Moose Skowron might help current Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton, Cody Bellinger’s rebound and ovation violation, Domingo Germán’s sticky start, Juan Soto’s pitch-clock problem, Bryce Harper, hitting machines, and the future of minor-league rehab stints, whether Yandy Díaz’s “Ground Beef” nickname no longer applies, the reduced drag of the baseball and the overall offensive environment this season, the Atlantic League’s new experimental rules, the rules about rundowns on third pickoff attempts, a few injuries, extensions, and call-ups, the Marlins’ mediocrity despite their trades for top pitchers, Anthony Bass’s viral popcorn complaint, and more. Then (1:29:19) they do a Meet a Major Leaguer segment on Hobie Harris and Hogan Harris, check in on the Sean Murphy/Esteury Ruiz/William Contreras trade, and close with a Past Blast (1:50:06) from 1995 and a few follow-ups.

Audio outro: Monk Turner, “Beef Release”

Link to article on Skowron

Link to Stanton’s yoga videos

Link to article on Skowron’s swimming

Link to more on Skowron’s swimming

Link to FG post on Stanton

Link to research on static stretching

Link to EW Bellinger roundtable

Link to Voros’s Law

Link to Bellinger ovation

Link to Germán article

Link to Beck tweet about Germán

Link to Beck EW episode

Link to Soto pitch-clock tweet

Link to article on Harper’s rehab

Link to Ben on pitching machines

Link to Emma on rehab unis

Link to BP on Díaz

Link to Rob on baseball drag

Link to Baseball Savant drag values

Link to 2023 MiLB experiments

Link to Atlantic League experiments

Link to info on courtesy runners

Link to article on double-hook DH

Link to Ben on pitcher limits

Link to Harrison’s pickle expertise

Link to Sam Blum on Neto

Link to article on Arraez and López

Link to Baumann on Arraez

Link to FG post on López extension

Link to FG post on Webb extension

Link to FG post on Woodruff injury

Link to Sam Blum on Neto

Link to Bass tweet

Link to Bois on the Bass tweet

Link to article about Bass tweet

Link to Meet a Major Leaguer wiki

Link to B-Ref new debuts page

Link to Emma’s Battenfield tweet

Link to article on Hobie’s name

Link to Landrith obit

Link to Harris scouting report

Link to Mets-A’s box score

Link to Mets-A’s gamer

Link to possum story

Link to worst debut ERAs

Link to worst team ERA starts

Link to FG post on A’s pitching

Link to framing leaderboard

Link to Contreras defense article

Link to more on Contreras

Link to article on Brewers framing

Link to 1995 Past Blast source

Link to 1995 Past Blast source, cont’d.

Link to pensions article

Link to more info on pensions

Link to 2020 pensions column

Link to Teasley episode wiki

Link to David Lewis’s Twitter

Link to David Lewis’s Substack

Link to new Correa quote

Link to “Dior store” quote

Link to Wade/Ward wiki

Link to Sam’s 512 intro

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