Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Christian Encarnacion-Strand and whether record compound names deserve an asterisk, the appeal of a Legends Home Run Derby, the origins of (and long-ago backlash to) the trade deadline, the greatness of NPB phenom Roki Sasaki, and the new balance of power among pitch types, then (1:03:41) answer listener emails about Shohei Ohtani trade returns, Ohtani’s 2024 salary if he signed a one-year contract, the Rays’ spending, and a change to All-Star Game player usage, plus a Future Blast (1:38:30) from 2034.

Audio outro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to longest-name records

Link to more on long names

Link to Lukas on Woods Richardson

Link to Lukas on Encarnacion-Strand

Link to Encarnacion-Strand call-up info

Link to original uni photo

Link to Stark on the HRD

Link to Weaver on the HRD

Link to story on Appling’s homer

Link to Home Run Derby X wiki

Link to SPBA wiki

Link to Craig Wright on the deadline

Link to Wright’s story series

Link to Ohtani bat flip

Link to Ohtani in trade value series

Link to Delta’s NPB stats

Link to Ben on DeltaGraphs

Link to info on Sasaki’s posting

Link to MLB SP velo leaders

Link to The Athletic on sliders

Link to Tango on sliders

Link to Justin Choi on sliders

Link to seasonal pitch type %

Link to vetoed Paul trade

Link to FG post on $/WAR

Link to Roster Resource payroll page

Link to Sam’s Rays tweet

Link to team wins since 2008

Link to team wins since 2019

Link to EW emails database

Link to Turn Ahead the Clock wiki

Link to Rick Wilber’s website

Link to Ward mix-ups wiki

Link to Mozeliak tweet

Link to article about STL and the shift

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