Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s recovery from COVID and the belated release of the CBA, predict how well White Sox cast-off Jake Diekman will pitch for the Rays, discuss injuries to Luis Garcia, Max Fried, Tyler Mahle, and more pitchers and investigate forearm/flexor strains as potential precursors to Tommy John surgery, react to Jack Flaherty’s comments about his diminished velocity, assess the state of the Astros’, Mets’, and Braves’ rotations, celebrate the call-up of Marlins prospect Eury Pérez and speculate about the call-up of hard-hitting Reds prospect Elly De La Cruz, laud the new, old Kenley Jansen, review what the “insiders” say about Shohei Ohtani’s upcoming contract, evaluate the needs of the Orioles and Mariners, and more, plus a Past Blast (1:42:35) from 2005.

Audio outro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to CBA

Link to Diekman news

Link to Sam’s Rays tweet

Link to Conte EW episode

Link to forearm strain study

Link to SI on velo and injuries

Link to Dan S. on Atlanta injuries

Link to Fried forearm strain

Link to Márquez forearm strain

Link to Mahle forearm strain

Link to Senzatela forearm strain

Link to Miller forearm strain

Link to Flaherty quote

Link to Dan on Flaherty

Link to more Dan on Flaherty

Link to Tango on Flaherty

Link to Flaherty’s max velos

Link to velo change study

Link to study on velo and injury

Link to more on velo and injury

Link to Ben on pitcher restrictions

Link to Sheehan on the Mets

Link to team pitching age

Link to Pérez call-up info

Link to FG post on Yandy

Link to Pérez call-up tweet

Link to De La Cruz hit speeds

Link to cat chonker chart

Link to Miley’s Kershaw quote

Link to Petriello on Jansen

Link to reliever JAWS

Link to ESPN on Ohtani

Link to BP on the Mariners

Link to MLBTR on the Mariners

Link to O’s offseason review

Link to Adley extension post

Link to team payrolls

Link to 2005 Past Blast source

Link to David Lewis’s Twitter

Link to David Lewis’s Substack

Link to Sam’s bat article

Link to M’s bat video

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