Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Home Run Derby, the Futures Game and skills competition, Globe Life Field, All-Star uniforms, and more reflections from All-Star Week, then (34:18) discuss a challenge-system-driven change to broadcast K-zone displays, Chris Sale’s aversion to pitch-calling, quantifying game-calling, David Fletcher’s latest knuckleballing, using a position-player pitcher against a hitter who’s going for homer history, the shorthanded Dodgers rotation, a prediction about Aaron Judge, and a strikeout-rate plateau.

Audio outro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Manfred on the unis

Link to K-zone story

Link to K-zone tweet

Link to Manfred ABS comments

Link to Sale interview

Link to EW on game-calling

Link to Fletcher game log

Link to Fletcher investigation

Link to BP on Stubbs

Link to Dodgers depth chart

Link to MLBTR on May

Link to Ryan call-up

Link to Wells prediction

Link to Wells tweet

Link to Wells tweet 2

Link to non-pitcher K rates

Link to Picard clip

Link to preseason predictions update

Link to ballpark meetup forms

Link to meetup organizer form

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