Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the temperature in Phoenix, writers taking photos of bases, and Meg taking photos of the writers, then discuss Meg’s takeaways from MLB’s presentation to media members about this season’s new rules, MLB.TV adding minor league games, the Padres signing Michael Wacha (and changing their revenue-sharing classification), and early pitcher injuries, followed by (29:32) a Stat Blast about how much major league talent comes from a typical farm system. After that (46:44), they talk to The Athletic’s Evan Drellich about his new book about the Astros, the sign-stealing scandal, and modern front-office culture, Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball’s Brightest Minds Created Sports’ Biggest Mess, plus Past Blasts from 1969 (1:34:25) and a few follow-ups.Audio intro: The Waterboys, “Bigger Picture”Audio interstitial: The Rolling Stones, “Winning Ugly”Audio outro: Dag, “The Bigger Picture”Link to Levi’s tweet about deGromLink to Levi on the Arizona weatherLink to Defector on base photosLink to Nightengale’s first photoLink to Meg’s photosLink to Reddit post of Meg’s photoLink to Meg’s clock buzzer photoLink to AP story on new rulesLink to Bleed Cubbie Blue on new rulesLink to Noah Woodward on pickoffsLink to Russell on throwing overLink to Russell on the pitch clockLink to Jeff Passan on balksLink to Zach Buchanan on balksLink to Sam Miller on balksLink to Jon Bois on balksLink to new MLB.TV featuresLink to Manfred on blackoutsLink to MLBTR on WachaLink to story on Padres revenueLink to MLBTR on StrasburgLink to MLBTR on MontasLink to Ben on spring pitching injuriesLink to retired-numbers Stat BlastLink to retired-numbers spreadsheetLink to Johnson’s comment on IchiroLink to Ryan Nelson’s TwitterLink to Ryan on future All-StarsLink to future All-Stars spreadsheetLink to data on future major leaguersLink to Bill James studyLink to KG on managing expectationsLink to Winning Fixes EverythingLink to Winning Fixes Everything excerptLink to Winning Fixes Everything on CoraLink to Evan on the Astros in 2014Link to Rob Arthur on the banging schemeLink to Bagwell commentsLink to Passan on Click and CraneLink to Fresh Air on Jack WelchLink to Bando NYT obitLink to Bando SABR bioLink to Craig Wright on BandoLink to Jay Jaffe on BandoLink to 3B JAWS leadersLink to TSN on BandoLink to TSN on Bando, continuedLink to TSN on DiMaggioLink to “baseball is dying” articleLink to Bryan Curtis on dying baseballLink to Emma B. on dying baseballLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to Jaffe on PPP rulesLink to EW wiki on JasoLink to NYT on JasoLink to SABR on the high fiveLink to ESPN on the high five 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