Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley lament and discuss Shohei Ohtani’s UCL injury and its ramifications for the rest of his season, his two-way future, his free agency, the Angels, and the continued happiness of baseball fans and podcast co-hosts, followed by conversations about Stephen Strasburg’s retirement (59:17), Wander Franco’s placement on administrative leave (1:11:30), and whether players are required to wear pants (1:21:06), plus a Future Blast from 2050 (1:31:37).

Audio outro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Ben’s Ohtani article

Link to Evan Drellich on Ohtani

Link to Jay Jaffe on the Angels

Link to Sam on the Angels

Link to FA class

Link to Ohtani and Elly

Link to TJS study

Link to Stat Blast on max-effort pitching

Link to Ben on pitcher roster limits

Link to WaPo report on Strasburg

Link to Drellich on Franco

Link to Jeff Passan on Franco

Link to Jay Cuda pants tweet

Link to CBA

Link to high-socks study

Link to Rick Wilber’s website

Link to Future Blast wiki

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