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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about several oddities of the early season, including pitcher <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/ryne-nelson/26253/stats" target="_blank">Ryne Nelson&#8217;</a>s single and a drone encounter with an A&#8217;s bat boy, then discuss <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jurickson-profar/10815/stats" target="_blank">Jurickson Profar&#8217;</a>s PED suspension, <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/garrett-crochet/27463/stats" target="_blank">Garrett Crochet&#8217;</a>s extension, and <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jonathan-lucroy/7870/stats" target="_blank">Jonathan Lucroy</a>&#8216;s reaction to <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/roki-sasaki/35323/stats" target="_blank">Roki Sasaki&#8217;</a>s apparent post-start tears, before bantering about whether full ABS would encourage even harder throwing, <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/lance-lynn/2520/stats" target="_blank">Lance Lynn</a>&#8217;s retirement, a wild college throw, and more, plus a postscript.
Audio&nbsp;intro: Jonathan Crymes, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u9uMDVhB3JbuuT3HQYDzXcl4cXc-mY4Z/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;
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<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-white-sox-rotation-has-put-up-mostly-zeroes-so-far" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Jay on the White Sox</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/ryne-nelson-records-pinch-hit-rbi-in-first-career-at-bat" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Nelson hit</a>
<a href="https://apnews.com/article/diamondbacks-ryne-nelson-single-pitcher-d176c3b3c64f53d79af0d3474063579a" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to more on Nelson</a>
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/alexjstumpf.bsky.social/post/3llms3ysfbc24" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Pirates Elias tweet</a>
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/baseball-reference.com/post/3llrb6mozms2i" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to B-Ref Brewers post</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6245451/2025/03/31/braves-jurickson-profar-suspension-performance-enhancing-drugs/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to The Athletic on Profar</a>
<a href="https://x.com/NotTheBobbyOrr/status/1906828855152615540" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Orr on Profar</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2022/12/16/year-in-review/favorite-movies-tv-shows-2022#:~:text=%E2%80%9CNatty%20or%20Not%E2%80%9D%20on%20YouTube" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on natty or not</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/suspension-injury-losing-streak-braves-await-other-seven-biblical-plagues" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Baumann on the Braves</a>
<a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/03/red-sox-garrett-crochet-expected-to-table-extension-talks.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLBTR on Crochet 1</a>
<a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/04/red-sox-garrett-crochet-agree-to-six-year-extension.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLBTR on Crochet 2</a>
<a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/03/red-sox-kristian-campbell-in-deep-talks-on-extension.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLBTR on Campbell</a>
<a href="https://www.joesheehan.com/2025/04/newsletter-excerpt-april-1-2025.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sheehan on Crochet</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-red-sox-hook-crochet-with-a-six-year-extension/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Dan S. on Crochet</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/garrett-crochet-red-sox-contract-extension" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLB.com on Crochet</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44488663/athletics-bat-boy-takes-drone-game-cubs" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to drone story</a>
<a href="https://ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2025/03/30/roki-sasaki-crying-dodgers-video/82728433007/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sasaki clip</a>
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2025-03-29/dodgers-hernandez-sasaki" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to L.AT. on Sasaki</a>
<a href="https://x.com/JLucroy20/status/1906543383939887440" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Lucroy tweet 1</a>
<a href="https://x.com/JLucroy20/status/1906553784534257696" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Lucroy tweet 2</a>
<a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/dodgers/news/roki-sasaki-upset-after-struggles-for-dodgers-says-dave-roberts-01jqpfg8h2t4" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to more Lucroy tweets</a>
<a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/mets-yankees-target-roki-sasaki-010007099.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Wolfe quotes</a>
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/tragedeigh/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to r/tragedeigh</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6245376/2025/04/01/pat-mcafee-espn-ole-miss-student/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to McAfee story</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/sunday-notes-bassitt-blank-kirby-and-the-impact-of-the-inevitable-abs/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to ABS story 1</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/sunday-notes-torontos-alan-roden-is-looking-for-more-ideal-launch-angles/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to ABS story 2</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25IAlGX2kQs" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Lynn podcast</a>
<a href="https://x.com/avgusmfan/status/1906550083509764557" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to RF throw</a>
<a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/03/blue-jays-make-new-contract-offer-to-vladimir-guerrero-jr.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLBTR on Vlad</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/news/mark-shapiro-optimistic-about-vladimir-guerrero-jr-extension" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Shapiro story</a>
<a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/03/diamondbacks-extend-brandon-pfaadt.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLBTR on Pfaadt</a>

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