Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the semi-resurgence of Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, and Clayton Kershaw, Nathan Eovaldi’s injury and Patrick Corbin’s climb to the top of the Rangers innings leaderboard, the great-but-forgotten Steve Rogers, the end of Andrew Heaney’s Pirates tenure, Royce Lewis’s focus on his stats, whether MLB’s strikeout rate has declined because teams are targeting higher-contact hitters, the promotion of whiff artist Jonah Tong, why hitters aren’t swinging less, and a minor league attendance drop.

Audio intro: Garrett Krohn, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2”

Link to SP trio WAR before
Link to SP trio WAR after
Link to Kershaw fun fact
Link to Eovaldi news
Link to Rangers IP leaders
Link to Laurila’s post
Link to Rogers leaderboard
Link to Rogers at BR Bullpen
Link to Rogers SABR bio
Link to Captain America wiki
Link to MLBTR on Heaney
Link to Heaney laggardboard
Link to Tellez story
Link to Tellez quotes
Link to Lewis quotes
Link to leaguewide K rate
Link to DotF K research
Link to Mains on strikeouts
Link to Baumann on the K paradox
Link to BtB on the K paradox
Link to MLBTR on Tong
Link to MLB SP K% leaders
Link to MiLB SP K% leaders
Link to Foundation wiki
Link to Tango on taking
Link to Eno on taking
Link to swing run values
Link to take run values
Link to leaguewide plate discipline
Link to BA on MiLB attendance
Link to MLB YoY attendance
Link to Carville quote
Link to Meg’s MiLB research
Link to other Ben on streaks

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