Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether they believe the projections that peg the White Sox as merely a run-of-the-mill terrible team, this season’s sophomore slumps (so far), and more on ballplayer dirt consumption and replay review protocol, then (30:09) answer listener emails about promotion and relegation in professional baseball, the definition of “getaway day,” the value of pitcher fielding, how hard it would be for big leaguers to be bad intentionally, whether pitchers could give away pitch selection on a pickoff throw, and recent MLB rules changes that could or should be rolled back (plus additional discussion of some injury news).

Audio outro: Austin Klewan, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Dan S. on the White Sox

Link to Neil Paine on the Sox

Link to Dubuque on the Sox

Link to Dan S. on the 2023 A’s

Link to Tango on the 2023 A’s

Link to EW on the 2023 A’s

Link to MLBTR on Lee

Link to MLBTR on Pham

Link to BaseRuns standings

Link to Dubuque on sophomore slumps

Link to The Athletic on promotion/relegation

Link to ESPN on promotion/relegation

Link to NYT on the Super League

Link to Dan S. on Tides vs. Rockies

Link to Scherzer on ump relegation

Link to team P DRS range

Link to team P plays made range

Link to Episode 2030 Stat Blast

Link to Baumann on Ohtani

Link to MLB rules changes

Link to Ben on faking to third

Link to Ben on the Waxahachie Swap

Link to article on Rendon

Link to MLBTR on Rendon

Link to MLBTR on Miley

Link to MLBTR on Luzardo

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