Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Robin Ventura truthers defending Ventura on the 30th anniversary of his brawl with Nolan Ryan, Shohei Ohtani‘s 2023 WAR matching his full-season 2021 WAR and whether this Ohtani season would’ve won him an MVP award in 2022, the Yankees’ handling of Anthony Rizzo’s belatedly diagnosed post-concussion syndrome, whether this year’s shift restrictions are leading to more pitchers being hit by baseballs, and what winning or losing the trade deadline is actually worth, then (52:44) Stat Blast about players with the highest and lowest percentages of pulled homers (and the longest streaks of pulled homers), players who bat righty and throw lefty, the most matching pitch counts and speeds in one game, a record date for MLB birthdays, and the players traded the most times at the trade deadline, followed by (1:11:54) a conversation with former major leaguer J.A. Happ (and FanGraphs’ Eric Longenhagen) about what it’s like to be dealt at the deadline, Happ’s extensive trade history, the retirement of Cole Hamels, and more, plus (1:51:26) a Future Blast from 2042.Audio intro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to Ventura/Ryan videoLink to Ventura/Ryan storyLink to Drellich’s Ventura tweetLink to Langs on Ohtani’s gameLink to FG WAR leaderboardLink to B-Ref WAR leaderboardLink to Fletcher’s EW interviewLink to Ben on Ohtani and JudgeLink to The Athletic on RizzoLink to Rosenthal on RizzoLink to Lindsey on GermánLink to Jay on Rizzo and GermánLink to Rizzo fatigue quoteLink to other Rizzo quoteLink to MLB.com story on RizzoLink to SIS comebackers tweetLink to Pudge cheek story 1Link to Pudge cheek story 2Link to Down on the Farm postLink to Dan S. on the 2023 deadlineLink to Dan S. on the 2022 deadlineLink to Dan S. on the 2021 deadlineLink to career pulled HR ratesLink to pulled HR streaksLink to Russell Carleton’s TwitterLink to weird-ass starter recordLink to weird-ass starter record (no P)Link to weird-ass player recordLink to weird-ass player record (no P)Link to all AL/NL weird-ass hittersLink to pitch speed/count sheetLink to Lucas Apostoleris’s TwitterLink to MLB birthdays bar chartLink to MLB birthdays heat mapLink to MLB relative age effectLink to relative age effect wikiLink to listener emails databaseLink to trades on deadline dayLink to trades within 3 daysLink to trades within 1 weekLink to trades within 2 weeksLink to Ryan Nelson’s TwitterLink to Happ’s wikiLink to “J Day” storyLink to Happ’s transactionsLink to Hamels retirement infoLink to IronPigs wikiLink to Rick Wilber’s websiteLink to Future Blast wiki 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