Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Rays running out of mound visits and various visit-related hypotheticals, then (21:00) answer listener emails about “due up” vs. “on deck,” strikes vs. pitches in the strike zone, whether focusing on wins instead of runs makes WAR less intuitive, Quinn Priester and FIP-based pitcher WAR, Ronald Acuña Jr.’s ping-ponging strikeout rate, whether the ball-strike challenge system hampers strikeout celebrations, how much infielders help control the running game, advanced pitching machines and the minors-to-majors transition, why there aren’t more major league trick plays, cathartic uniform-burning, and timeout-induced injuries.

Audio outro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Rays mound visit story

Link to mound visits rule

Link to story on get-back coaches

Link to OnDeck Capital wiki

Link to Birnbaum on runs vs. wins

Link to lowest K-BB%

Link to highest HR/9

Link to defense behind pitcher

Link to FG RA/9 WAR

Link to Jaffe on Acuña

Link to Dan S. on zStats

Link to Petriello on Acuña’s Ks

Link to ESPN on Báez tags

Link to BP on tags

Link to Ben on pitching machines

Link to Rosenthal on MiLB-MLB gap

Link to Ben on MLB-MiLB in 2015

Link to Skunk in the Outfield

Link to Grand Illusion play

Link to KK play

Link to Skenes gamer

Link to Fletcher story

Link to EW on equipment destruction

Link to uni-burning story

Link to listener emails database

Link to ballpark meetup forms

Link to meetup organizer form

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