Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss a variety of topics in the latest episode of their baseball podcast. They cover a player/league/umpire dispute over on-screen strike-zone plots, debate the impact of tools like “K-Zone” on the game, share their thoughts on a disagreement between hitters and pitchers regarding the use of advanced pitching machines during games, and talk about the promotion of Nationals top prospect James Wood and the future of Orioles top prospect Jackson Holliday. They also touch on Byron Buxton’s recent success before diving into a discussion about the teams, hitters, and pitchers that have exceeded or fallen short of preseason projections halfway through the regular season.
You can listen to the full episode for more insights and analysis. The audio intro features Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray with “Effectively Wild Theme” and the outro includes Nate Emerson with the same theme.
If you’re interested in reading more about any of the topics mentioned in the episode, check out the links below:
– Drellich on zone plots
– Reddit thread on plots
– BP piece on plots
– ESPN on pitching machines
– Ben on pitching machines
– Ben on moving the mound
– Ben on roster limits
– MLBTR on Wood
– Nationals depth chart
– FG’s The Board
– MLB Pipeline top 100
– AAA wRC+ leaders
– Holliday’s game logs
– Orioles prospect list
– Orioles depth chart
– Buxton’s sprint speeds
– Sprint speed leaderboard
– Team projections sheets
– Hitter projections sheets
– Pitcher projections sheets
– Preseason team projections
– Preseason hitter projections
– Preseason pitcher projections
– MLBTR on Phils injuries
– Sam on Duran
– Laurila on Hauck
– Sox pitching piece 1, 2, 3, 4
– Team DRS leaderboard
– McKenzie feature
– Peña interview clip
– Ben on in-game interviews
– Ballpark meetup forms
– Meetup organizer form
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