Ben and Sam answer listener emails about the best name for a future baseball player, no-trade clauses, RBI and wins, and a starter with Mariano Rivera’s cutter. Cameo by a raccoon.
The win might be a silly statistic, but does it affect pitchers’ performance?
A handy guide to understanding what WARP means without many numbers.
Josh Outman didn’t get to finish his fifth inning, despite being up by eight. Will this be the sort of conflict that dooms the Rockies’ four-man rotation?