Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about 2025’s record number of 25-25 players and whether the current power/speed version of the sport is rendered any less impressive by its recent rule-change origins, the historic pre/post-All-Star break splits of Julio Rodríguez and whether the Mariners can help him become less of an extreme slow starter/fast finisher (phrasing?), the lockstep seasons (and recent slumps) of Pete Crow-Armstrong and Ceddanne Rafaela, the impending retirement (and on/off-field legacies) of Clayton Kershaw, and MLB’s new Amateur Recovery Period Policy, plus follow-ups (1:21:31) on a few of those topics.

Audio outro: Kite Person, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to power-speed fun fact

Link to Opta Sports wiki

Link to Opta EW interview

Link to power-speed number

Link to power-speed by season

Link to ’87 HR spike info

Link to more on ’87 spike

Link to 2025 SB leaders

Link to The Bandwagon on basestealers

Link to Julio’s career splits

Link to biggest pre/post-ASB splits

Link to Paine on Julio

Link to February Julio article

Link to PCA/Ceddanne laggardboard

Link to Kershaw retirement story

Link to Ben on Kershaw vs. Pedro

Link to recovery period announcement

Link to ESPN on the recovery period

Link to BA on the recovery period

Link to 2024 MLB pitching report

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