Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss listener responses to their banter about surprising Statcast throwing speeds, then (12:42) discuss Nick Ahmed’s unsung great glovework, the A’s turning out to be (slightly) less historically terrible than they initially seemed, the AL West race, and how the Rangers missing the playoffs would reinforce conflicting narratives about baseball. After that (57:24), they answer listener emails about Mookie Betts overtaking Mike Trout in career WAR, how to tell when a team gets good at player development, and where it would be easiest to hide a smaller base among bigger bases, plus a Future Blast (1:32:26) from 2056.

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

Link to just-noticeable difference

Link to Ahmed DFA story

Link to FG WAR change post

Link to Lawlar call-up story

Link to study on Gold Gloves

Link to DRS leaderboard

Link to OAA leaderboard

Link to Fielding RV leaderboard

Link to Nichols’ Law

Link to Dan S. on the A’s in May

Link to Tango on the A’s in May

Link to EW on the A’s in May

Link to The Athletic on the Tigers

Link to CBS Sports on the Tigers

Link to worst run differentials

Link to BaseRuns records

Link to Fisher interview

Link to Fisher’s notepad

Link to FG playoff odds

Link to Kram on the AL West

Link to Astros HR fact 1

Link to Astros HR fact 2

Link to FG payroll ranking

Link to Ben on spending and wins

Link to highest WARs through 30

Link to those players post-30

Link to Driveline dev study 1

Link to Driveline dev study 2

Link to story on Benoit’s slider

Link to pitching lab story 1

Link to pitching lab story 2

Link to pitching lab story 3

Link to pitching lab story 4

Link to listener emails database

Link to Rick Wilber’s website

Link to Future Blast wiki

Link to visual acuity research

Link to Sam on Hamilton

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