Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s voice, the arrival of Elly De La Cruz, the similarities between the up-and-coming Reds and Pirates, whether we need a “super-error,” Aaron Judge’s ball- and wall-smashing abilities, the plights of Alek Manoah and Stephen Strasburg, the wonder of Luis Arraez, whether this year’s trade deadline will be dead, follow-ups on the Angels’ catchers, Ben Joyce’s fastball, and Albert Pujols’s employment, how the pitch clock could affect players’ stamina in the second half, and more, plus a Past Blast from 2016 (1:34:00) and a few updates (1:38:25), including thoughts on Jacob deGrom’s diagnosis.

Audio outro: Alex Eichler, “Wild Shift”

Link to MLBTR on Elly

Link to Rosenthal/Judge interview

Link to Red Sox/Rays play

Link to Sox errors montage

Link to FARTSLAM post

Link to Knoblauch FARTSLAM

Link to Stark on Judge

Link to story on Judge and the wall

Link to McCray catch video

Link to Judge dachshund video

Link to Judge/Rizzo doxie article

Link to Judge/Rizzo doxie shirt tweet

Link to Judge/Rizzo doxie shirt photo

Link to Manoah gamer

Link to MLBTR on Manoah

Link to Dan S. on Manoah

Link to Halladay’s rebuild

Link to Strasburg article

Link to Baumann on Arraez

Link to B-Ref baserunning page

Link to xWOBA overperformers

Link to xBA overperformers

Link to Arraez’s 2019-22 BA-xBA

Link to Arraez fun fact 1

Link to Arraez fun fact 2

Link to Arraez fun fact 3

Link to Arraez fun fact 4

Link to Young on the deadline

Link to MLB.com on the deadline

Link to team catcher offense

Link to highest-FA% pitchers

Link to BP on Joyce

Link to MLBTR on Pujols

Link to Blum on Pujols

Link to 2016 Past Blast source

Link to MLB committee report

Link to early-2016 Ben article

Link to mid-2016 Ben article

Link to baseball drag values

Link to De La Cruz gamer

Link to Clemens on HFA

Link to Judge fence article

Link to MLBTR on deGrom

Link to deGrom interview video

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