Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss whether Nike’s City Connect uniforms are losing their appeal, the Dodgers’ recent setbacks with injuries to Mookie Betts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Kyle Bradish, the imminent returns of star pitchers Gerrit Cole, Max Scherzer, and Clayton Kershaw, Carlos Correa’s impressive performance at the plate, Elly De La Cruz’s unexpected scoring excitement, a new approach to handling a slugger who only hits grand slams, David Fletcher’s unusual season and transition to playing both offense and defense, the potential consequences of umpire Pat Hoberg’s gambling scandal, a dead ball incident in NPB, and the impact of pitching prodigy Roki Sasaki’s durability issues on his future free agency.
Audio intro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Ian Phillips, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Meg’s tweet
Link to Dodgers’ uniform
Link to Mets’ uniform explanation
Link to City Connect uniforms Wikipedia page
Link to new FanGraphs player pages
Link to FanGraphs post on the Dodgers
Link to MLB Trade Rumors post on Mookie Betts
Link to combined WAR leaders
Link to studies on hamate bone injuries (1) (2)
Link to MLB Trade Rumors post on Yoshi Yamamoto
Link to Jeff Passan’s article on Yamamoto
Link to MLB Trade Rumors post on Kyle Bradish
Link to MLB Trade Rumors post on Gerrit Cole
Link to MLB Trade Rumors post on Max Scherzer
Link to MLB Trade Rumors post on Kershaw/Miller
Link to Effectively Wild episode on Kershaw’s book
Link to Elly’s impressive play
Link to discussion on the hypothetical grand slam hitter
Link to Vieira’s intentional balk
Link to Jansen’s intentional balk
Link to Sam’s article on balks
Link to Jon Bois’ piece on balks
Link to Effectively Wild episode on Hoberg
Link to Washington Post article on David Fletcher
Link to Fletcher’s batting game log
Link to Fletcher’s pitching game log
Link to information on Jarred Cosart’s fine
Link to MLB Trade Rumors post on Mike Waldrep
Link to MLB Trade Rumors post on Hoberg
Link to Effectively Wild episode on Hoberg
Link to NPB ball scandal
Link to discussion on old ball scandal
Link to article on Sasaki by Allen
Link to Allen’s tweet
Link to Ben’s article on NPB pitchers
Link to Washington Post article on Sasaki
Link to MLB Trade Rumors post on Sasaki
Link to JPPL offensive statistics
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form
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