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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the MacKenzie Gore trade, the trajectories of the Rangers and Nationals since their respective World Series victories, and why the White Sox signed Seranthony Domínguez. Then (29:38) they bring on baseball buds Brent Rooker and Vinnie Pasquantino for a wide-ranging conversation about their scrapped podcasting plans, the Royals remodeling Kauffman Stadium, how Sutter Health Park played, the good and bad of bat-speed training, the challenge system, Brent’s sinking strikeout rate, the best breakfasts, the Pasqwich, A’s outfield defense, Nick Kurtz and Jac Caglianone, playing with Rich Hill, A’s extensions, playing 162 games, why they haven’t become 30-30 guys, arbitration, players’ pre-lockout messaging, an offseason signing deadline, Vinnie’s interactions with Shohei Ohtani, the WBC, the weather, and more. Finally (1:38:25), Ben shares listener responses about Andruw Jones and outfield diving.

Audio intro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial: Austin Klewan, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to FG post on Gore trade
Link to FG post on traded prospects
Link to “jersey guy” discussion
Link to team losses post-2019
Link to team SP projections
Link to Ben on Sale in 2018
Link to Sox pen rank
Link to MLBTR on Domínguez
Link to first Rooker pod appearance
Link to second Rooker appearance
Link to Episode 1875
Link to Episode 1988
Link to lowest WARs in April
Link to Brent’s Twitter taunt
Link to Vinnie on the canceled podcast
Link to story on Vinnie’s slow start
Link to story on Muncy’s eyewear
Link to bat speed article
Link to Brent on bat speed
Link to bat speed data
Link to Vinnie on the fence changes
Link to Brent on breakfast
Link to Vinnie on Italian breakfast
Link to Pasqwich tweet
Link to Pasqwich article
Link to Baseball Savant park factors
Link to FG park factors
Link to Kauffman batter’s eye comments
Link to more Kauffman batter’s eye comments
Link to visibility by ballpark
Link to Brent’s lone Royals hit
Link to Lowe comments
Link to story on Vinnie and Jac
Link to MLBTR on Brent’s extension
Link to MLBTR on A’s extensions
Link to Vinnie on extensions
Link to Vinnie on arbitration
Link to iron man Rooker
Link to sprint speeds
Link to signing deadline tweet 1
Link to signing deadline tweet 2
Link to Soderstrom article
Link to Vinnie’s “WTF” tweet
Link to Vinnie and Ohtani
Link to Brent and Ohtani
Link to Team Italy WBC roster
Link to Brent’s weather tweet
Link to Trout’s response
Link to Brent’s “weather boy” tweet
Link to “weather boy” meme
Link to Bledsoe Agency
Link to Pham suspension story
Link to Pham Insta post
Link to Episode 2430
Link to Bloomquist on Ichiro
Link to Pillar/White article

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Effectively Wild Episode 2431: Hitters Who Podcast Together, Play Together