Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the new hardest-hit ball of the Statcast era, exit speeds across eras, Oneil Cruz vs. Elly De La Cruz, whether Tarik Skubal has gotten too good, Aaron Judge not feeling great at the plate, whether Rockies fans should boycott the team, how the (first) Juan Soto trade is working out for the Nationals, a Clay Holmes rotation conversion progress report, Jake Burger’s minor league reset, a threat to Shea Langeliers’ A’s sprint speed lead, a dominant DH in Division III, and a new show trying to claim the podcast’s corner.

Audio outro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Cruz homer

Link to 120+ mph balls

Link to Clemens on Skubal

Link to Cooper stat

Link to Passan Skubal tweet

Link to ESPN on Skubal

Link to Skubal splits

Link to Misiorowski story

Link to Misiorowski clip

Link to Misiorowski video

Link to new Judge quotes

Link to 2024 Judge quote 1

Link to 2024 Judge quote 2

Link to Kyle Clark commentary

Link to year-over-year attendance

Link to Nats prospects

Link to Nats WAR leaders

Link to Rule of 17 explainer

Link to Burger game log

Link to MLB.com on Burger

Link to A’s speed leaders

Link to A’s prospects post

Link to A’s shakeup article

Link to CBS Mazzone post

Link to Mazzone player page

Link to Mazzone at TBC

Link to Mazzone article

Link to clip of the other EW

Link to Brault wiki

Link to Brault on EW

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