Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether Ben should apply for a full-time job covering Shohei Ohtani, MLB seeking a pitch-clock sponsor, the brilliance of Sandy Alcantara, clock violations leading to ejections, post-Opening Day call-ups for top prospects (most notably Grayson Rodriguez), Alcantara compared to Jacob deGrom, the feud between Tyler O’Neill and Oli Marmol, whether teams in last place will stay there, early playoff odds changes, neither overreacting nor underreacting to early-season stats, and more, plus a Past Blast (1:18:31) from 1990. Audio intro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: SAVAK, “Reaction”Link to Ohtani job listingLink to clock-sponsor storyLink to Ben on pitch-clock historyLink to Ben on AlcantaraLink to Machado ejectionLink to Anderson ejectionLink to Ohtani violationsLink to Ohtani and HobergLink to Elias on RodriguezLink to Rodriguez debut videoLink to story on O’Neill and MarmolLink to tweet about Bader/MarmolLink to Ben C. on Ohtani’s stuffLink to playoff odds changesLink to Joe Sheehan on stats so farLink to quotes about ballLink to study on spring training statsLink to Rob Arthur on batted ballsLink to James on signature significanceLink to “whelmed” quoteLink to 1990 Past Blast sourceLink to 1989 Hadley paperLink to Sale scissors storyLink to Turn Ahead the ClockLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to drag dashboard 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