Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a Statcast-standout throw by Brenton Doyle, a Statcast-standout homer by Ronald Acuña Jr., and how closely Statcast data matches the eye test in various aspects of performance, the surges or resurgences of Cole Ragans, Blake Snell, and Trea Turner, a Julio Rodríguez fun fact, Royce Lewis’s grand slam streak, David Fry’s ironman position-player-pitching appearance, Kodai Senga’s strong season and Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s free agency, the second arrest (and possible second suspension) of Julio Urías (55:43), updates on Jake Diekman and Kolten Wong (1:06:06), a name for Gunnar Henderson’s non-cycle, the end of a Terrance Gore era, a study on the decreasing durability of pitchers, and more, plus (1:27:05) a Future Blast from 2055.

Audio outro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to story on Doyle’s throw

Link to García throw

Link to story on Acuña’s homer

Link to FG post on Ragans

Link to MLB Network video on Ragans

Link to best pitchers since 7/15

Link to Eno on Ragans

Link to best pitchers since 5/25

Link to Joe Sheehan on Snell

Link to highest single-season LOB%

Link to best hitters since 8/5

Link to pitch-type performance since 8/5

Link to BP on Turner’s fan reception

Link to ESPN on Turner’s leave

Link to story on 25-25 Julio

Link to BP on Lewis’s slams

Link to MLB.com on Lewis’s slams

Link to Lewis fun fact 1

Link to Lewis fun fact 2

Link to Lewis fun fact 3

Link to story on Fry’s outing

Link to FG post on the rookie class

Link to rookie pitcher WAR leaders

Link to MLBTR on Urías

Link to story on Wong’s changes

Link to Wong’s Triple-A homer

Link to Wong’s MLB homer

Link to Gore’s EW interview

Link to Rays signing Hamilton

Link to BJOL closing announcement

Link to Bill James pitching study

Link to FG post on Hendricks

Link to Rick Wilber’s website

Link to Future Blast wiki

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