Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Shohei Ohtani and the Cy Young Award, Buck Showalter and the Manager of the Year Award, Bryce Harper’s elbow surgery, the Angels signing Tyler Anderson, Anthony Rizzo and the Yankees’ record Defensive Runs Saved total, the Mariners trading for Teoscar Hernández, title inflation and the “associate manager,” and Royals owner John Sherman requesting a new ballpark, plus a double Past Blast (38:21) from 1930 (featuring Jack Powell’s meaty demise). Then (51:06) they talk to FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen about AFL award winners Heston Kjerstad and Connor Thomas, whether improvements carry over when players change teams, how rules changes are affecting player evaluation, this week’s 40-man-deadline roster crunches, and Kodai Senga and other NPB players who are coming to MLB.Audio intro: Tri-State, “Hawk in the Fog”Audio interstitial: Jordana, “Crunch”Audio outro: The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, “Mr. Powell”Link to MLB.com on ShowalterLink to Ben Clemens on AndersonLink to Hawk Harrelson callLink to Jay Jaffe on RizzoLink to highest team DRS totalsLink to Defensive Efficiency leadersLink to Esteban Rivera on TeoscarLink to MLBTR on VenableLink to Sherman’s tweetLink to Field of Schemes on ShermanLink to AFL award winnersLink to FG prospect rankingsLink to Laurila on BorasLink to Alex Eisert on HilliardLink to Evan Drellich on rule changesLink to R.J. Anderson on rule changesLink to MLBTR on the Rays’ rosterLink to Eric’s AL East pieceLink to Eric on Latin-American SPLink to MLBTR on Nolan JonesLink to 1930 story sourceLink to SABR on William Veeck Sr.Link to SABR on Margaret DonohueLink to Jacob Pomrenke’s websiteLink to Jacob Pomrenke on TwitterLink to @OldBaseballNews on TwitterLink to article about Bill HaberLink to first Powell articleLink to second Powell articleLink to NL Cy resultsLink to Ben on AlcantaraLink to AL Cy results Sponsor Us on PatreonSubscribe to Stathead (Code: WILD20) Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.comvar SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {});Source