Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a Roger Angell-identified way in which baseball is different from other sports, discuss the Mariners signing AJ Pollock and the Phillies trading for Gregory Soto, and respond to the Dodgers cutting ties with Trevor Bauer, MLB reinstating former Braves GM John Coppolella, and KBO ace An Woo-jin not being rostered on South Korea’s WBC squad, plus musings on the competitive advantage of preventing leaks and a Past Blast from 1953. Then (42:42) they talk to FanGraphs senior writer and ZiPS creator Dan Szymborski about the weakest projected positions on contending teams, along with detours into Shohei Ohtani’s WAR projection, whether salaries for starting pitchers have declined along with innings totals, the linear relationship between dollars and WAR, the deflation of center-field offense, the pace of free-agent signings, whether AI will be the downfall of humanity, and more, followed by a postscript with a few notes and updates.Audio intro: Trampled By Turtles, “A Lifetime to Find”Audio interstitial: Margo Price, “That’s How Rumors Get Started”Audio outro: Jason Isbell, “If it Takes a Lifetime”Link to Angell’s “On the Ball”Link to MLBTR on PollockLink to Longenhagen on SotoLink to Sands photoLink to Dipoto on M’s spendingLink to Rosenthal on BauerLink to Nightengale on BauerLink to MLBTR on CoppolellaLink to An Woo-Jin articleLink to more on An Woo-JinLink to more on KBO bullyingLink to An Woo-Jin scouting reportLink to article on volleyball bullyingLink to Nightengale on the BravesLink to 1953 story sourceLink to Jacob Pomrenke’s websiteLink to Jacob Pomrenke on TwitterLink to article on Rose’s betLink to zombie runner coinageLink to Ben C. on FA movementLink to Ben’s FA retrospectiveLink to Dan’s ZiPS piecesLink to FG depth chartsLink to best remaining FALink to Dodgers payroll postLink to Rob on pitchers/payrollLink to Dan on paying for winsLink to Rob on CF offenseLink to Posnanski on chess botsLink to Dan’s Gronk tweetsLink to Dan’s weapons tweetLink to chatbots EW episodeLink to MLBTR on HendriksLink to MLB.com on HendriksLink to All-CarShield teamLink to EW on CarShield sponsorsLink to Andújar trade requestLink to tennis baseball videoLink to Colbert/Musial story Sponsor Us on Patreon 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