Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the hype surrounding Paul Skenes starts and how Skenes has leveled up since he was drafted, whether Kyle Tucker could finally shed his “most underrated player” label, Gunnar Henderson vs. Bobby Witt Jr. (and the Orioles’ infield/outfield future), the resurgent Royals, Jo Adell’s (maybe?) breakout, Joey Gallo’s ever-stranger stats, the Yankees’ success without Gerrit Cole, the powerhouse Phillies, Chris Sale’s bounceback, Ketel Marte’s unspectacular hitting streak (and Orlando Cabrera’s unspectacular on-base streak), disputes about pitch usage featuring Framber Valdez and Jhoan Duran, Alek Manoah’s strong starts, pitchers facing themselves via advanced pitching machines, Javy Báez tags, stripping out luck from batter WAR, and more.

Audio outro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Longenhagen on Skenes

Link to Woodward on Skenes

Link to top 100 prospects update

Link to Baumann on Tucker

Link to combined WAR leaderboard

Link to Rome on Tucker

Link to Rosenthal on Witt/Gunnar

Link to Sheehan on shortstops

Link to Sheehan on shortstops 2

Link to Ben on Machado/Arenado

Link to EW on Freeman/Goldschmidt

Link to Holliday CF rumor

Link to Clemens on Ortiz

Link to Sheehan on the Royals

Link to BaseRuns standings

Link to Sheehan on the Phils

Link to Phillies smooches

Link to Tango on net FA spending

Link to Jaffe on Sale

Link to Jaffe on Adell

Link to Adell wall ball

Link to Cole update

Link to team framing

Link to Ben on Gallo in 2014

Link to Gallo’s Savant page

Link to Marte streak story

Link to longest 1-hit streaks

Link to Cabrera streak post

Link to tweets about Valdez

Link to story on Duran

Link to blog about Duran

Link to Duran curve xWOBA

Link to Duran pitch values

Link to team fastball %

Link to pitch sequencing post

Link to Rob Arthur on pitch usage

Link to Rob on pitch usage 2

Link to Angels pitching machines

Link to Ben on pitching machines

Link to BABIP explainer

Link to Tango on xWOBA

Link to Richard on “on deck”

Link to ballpark meetup forms

Link to meetup organizer form

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