Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley bring on FanGraphs associate editor Matt Martell to discuss the scenes at Citi Field that kicked off the Mets’ Jorge López saga, the resulting DFA and fallout, and what this silly/sad sequence of events suggests about the potential for player intent to be lost in translation, how off-the-field issues can manifest on the field, and the line between LOLMets and more serious situations. Then (42:00) Ben and Meg are joined by Trout-tier Patreon supporter Andrew Simard to explore the podcast as a sleep aid and answer listener emails about a jack-of-all-trades team vs. a specialist team, learning baseball lingo and the “double out,” the need for a nickname for Kyle Tucker, Anthony Rizzo and batter’s-box mobility, strike-zone multipliers, and spending surplus wins on playoff power-ups.

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Link to López comments

Link to López glove throw

Link to Matt’s thread

Link to DiComo tweet

Link to DiComo thread

Link to Beverley ball throw

Link to Beverley pod incident

Link to Mintz López column

Link to López Insta Story

Link to López Insta post

Link to MLBTR on López

Link to MLBTR on Díaz

Link to 2023 López IL stint

Link to Mets Reddit thread

Link to Mrs. Met story

Link to Hechavarría video

Link to Hechavarría story

Link to Becker on the Mets

Link to Baseball Sleep Radio

Link to Sleep Baseball host on EW

Link to lineup makeup research

Link to Ben on Trial By Content

Link to Ben on House of R

Link to Tucker HR robbery

Link to King Tuck’s Court video

Link to King Tuck’s Court Twitter

Link to King Felix’s Court

Link to recent EW on Tucker

Link to darts “double out”

Link to B-Ref career WAR leaders

Link to new Rizzo adjustment

Link to previous Rizzo adjustment

Link to Ben on moving the mound

Link to HBP penalty email

Link to Golden Batter rule

Link to Cosmic Baseball story

Link to listener emails database

Link to Ben on Button Mash

Link to ballpark meetup forms

Link to meetup organizer form

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