

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about Robinson Cano hurting himself hustling, Chris Carter dominating the Mexican League, the incredible continuing career of Ruben Rivera, pop-up dekes, a possible fun fact involving Orioles homers, the return of Ryan Feierabend (and an uncommon complete game), multiple improvements for instant replay review, and the significance of Carter Stewart signing with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks of the NPB, then answer listener emails about using Statcast for fair/foul calls, the most unique lineups in a single season (and league-wide unique-lineup creep, plus the most painful thing ever to happen in baseball history), and a shift in which the pitcher covers first, plus a Stat Blast about the gradual disappearance of games with more walks than strikeouts.

Audio intro: Run-DMC, "Hit it Run"

Audio outro: Jenny Lewis, "On the Line"

Link to Ben on the cost of Cano not hustling

Link to GIF of Cano’s injury

Link to video of Carter

Link to Mexican League leaderboard

Link to Rivera’s bottomless B-Ref page

Link to Passan on the Mexican League

Link to Jay on Feierabend’s knuckleball

Link to Kiley on Stewart and Boras

Link to Passan on Stewart

Link to KG on Boras loopholes

Link to lineups data

Link to info on teams maximizing minor-league options

Link to video of Colon vs. Gordon

Link to preorder The MVP Machine

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