

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about Shohei Ohtani’s hot streak and future as a two-way player, Sam’s decision to listen to all of the Jeff-era EW episodes and his reactions to a few topics from the final few (including a description of Stan Musial’s retirement tour), and two research papers about pitchers’ perceived effort level and arm strain. Then they answer listener emails about where to host baseball games overseas, future universal uniform number retirements, outsourcing strategic experiments to other teams, and what type of player should make a minor-league hall of fame, plus a Stat Blast about Roy Smalley’s 1979 season and the worst- and best-case scenarios for Cody Bellinger’s second half.

Audio intro: Rain Parade, "Look Both Ways"

Audio outro: Roxy Music, "Both Ends Burning"

Link to Kram on Ohtani and Ruth

Link to Sam on the Ohtani two-way math

Link to first Fleisig paper

Link to second Fleisig paper

Link to Sam on the fastest fastballs

Link to Max Marchi on the fastest fastballs, part 1

Link to Max Marchi on the fastest fastballs, part 2

Link to 2015 Pacific Association simulation data

Link to article on minor-league halls of fame

Link to order The MVP Machine

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