Eno, Britt & DVR discuss the current league-wide edge to pitching and the likely related six(!) no-hitters that we've seen in the first two months of 2021 before drafting pitchers in an effort to predict who will throw the seventh no-hitter of the year. Plus, the return of Stephen Strasburg, another unwritten rules violation, projections and different run environments, and an inquiry about the unquantifiable.
Rundown
1:14 Hitters Are Not Having Much Fun
11:50 The Sixth No-Hitter of 2021(!)
17:51 The Bottom End Offenses
23:01 The No-Hitter Draft!
34:25 Expectations for Stephen Strasburg
43:23 That Rule is Written Somewhere
53:14 The Weight of the Unquantifiable
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