Ben Lindbergh and R.J. Anderson of CBS Sports debate whether Jackson Holliday, Jackson Chourio, or Jackson Merrill will be the best player long term, discuss the addition of ads to batting helmets and continued MLB ad creep, and ponder the possibility of publicly owned ballclubs. Then (55:52) Ben talks to Mojo Hill about covering Derek Bender, the Twins minor league catcher who was released for telling opposing hitters which pitches were coming. Finally (1:27:09), Ben brings on Frequent Stat Blast Correspondent Ryan Nelson for Blasts about runs scoring on three consecutive wild pitches, players who faced the same opponent with the most teams in a single season, the most and least consistent start lengths, team games with the same number of hits, walks, and runs, and bad bullpen support.

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Link to new minors/majors gap story 1

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Link to MLB helmets release

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Link to Clemente Award release

Link to Craig’s ads thread

Link to Kepner on helmet ads

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Link to R.J.’s public ownership feature

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Link to BP on Atlanta’s finances

Link to ESPN’s Bender report

Link to BA on Bender

Link to Cooper tweet about Bender

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Link to Bull Durham clip

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Link to Mojo’s hiring announcement

Link to article on grooving pitches

Link to wild pitches list

Link to Baumann game log

Link to The Athletic on Hawk

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Link to pitcher start length data

Link to Cooney SABR bio

Link to Stathead query 1

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Link to relief stats by starter data

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