Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the semi-resurgence of Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, and Clayton Kershaw, Nathan Eovaldi’s injury and Patrick Corbin’s climb to the top of the Rangers innings leaderboard, the great-but-forgotten Steve Rogers, the end of Andrew Heaney’s Pirates tenure, Royce Lewis’s focus on his stats, whether MLB’s strikeout rate has declined because teams are targeting higher-contact hitters, the promotion of whiff artist Jonah Tong, why hitters aren’t swinging less, and a minor league attendance drop.

Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2”

Link to SP trio WAR before

Link to SP trio WAR after

Link to Kershaw fun fact

Link to Eovaldi news

Link to Rangers IP leaders

Link to Laurila’s post

Link to Rogers leaderboard

Link to Rogers at BR Bullpen

Link to Rogers SABR bio

Link to Captain America wiki

Link to MLBTR on Heaney

Link to Heaney laggardboard

Link to owners Reddit research

Link to Tellez story

Link to Tellez quotes

Link to Lewis quotes

Link to leaguewide K rate

Link to DotF K research

Link to Mains on strikeouts

Link to Baumann on the K paradox

Link to BtB on the K paradox

Link to MLBTR on Tong

Link to MLB SP K% leaders

Link to MiLB SP K% leaders

Link to Foundation wiki

Link to Tango on taking

Link to Eno on taking

Link to swing run values

Link to take run values

Link to leaguewide plate discipline

Link to BA on MiLB attendance

Link to MLB YoY attendance

Link to Carville quote

Link to Meg’s MiLB research

Link to other Ben on streaks

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