Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a wave of injuries around MLB, affecting Oneil Cruz, Adam Duvall, Ian Anderson, and several other players, the Rays’ undefeated start, the hot starts of James Outman, Miguel Vargas, and Jason Heyward, the sensual stance of J.D. Davis, silly team celebrations, the Rocket City Trash Pandas’ no-hit loss, a downturn in pitch spin, the lack of a downturn in position player pitching, pickoff attempts and game theory, running out the clock on an intentional walk, whether the clock could change perceptions of MLB’s competence, the clock and concessions, a Royals OF shift, a ball-kid collision, a Ronald Acuña Jr. base grab, and more, plus a Past Blast (1:31:32) from 1992. Audio intro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Fujiya & Miyagi, “Ankle Injuries/Electro Karaoke”Link to Dan S. on CruzLink to video of Cruz slideLink to story on KellyLink to Emma on bullpens in brawlsLink to Jay Jaffe on DuvallLink to MLBTR on AndersonLink to 2022 25 under 25Link to Jay on the RaysLink to Stathead on 10-0 startsLink to Joe Sheehan on the RaysLink to record career-starting streakLink to Jay on L.A.’s outfieldLink to info on HeywardLink to Davis thrustLink to Angels homer helmetLink to cheesehead celebrationLink to dong bongLink to Baumann on the Trash PandasLink to Trash Pandas montageLink to Grant on the Hawkins gameLink to Joe on position player pitchingLink to article on EatonLink to Ben on active pitcher limitsLink to Rob Arthur on spinLink to Tango on pickoffsLink to Rob Mains on stolen basesLink to Manfred on concessionsLink to BA on concessionsLink to Crain’s on concessionsLink to article on concessions cutoffsLink to Silver/Manfred on paceLink to Sam on spectator attentionLink to Andrus shift violationLink to Royals OF alignmentLink to Tango on the Royals’ resultsLink to Tango on two-man outfieldsLink to Ben C. on the Royals’ shiftLink to Chen’s pickoff attemptsLink to ball-kid collisionLink to ball-kid pace infoLink to Acuña base articleLink to breakaway basesLink to bat-carrying articleLink to 1992 Past Blast sourceLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to AP on warming studyLink to 2012 McCarver commentsLink to 2012 Nathan analysisLink to 11-game record run differential 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