Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley lament and discuss Shohei Ohtani’s UCL injury and its ramifications for the rest of his season, his two-way future, his free agency, the Angels, and the continued happiness of baseball fans and podcast co-hosts, followed by conversations about Stephen Strasburg’s retirement (59:17), Wander Franco’s placement on administrative leave (1:11:30), and whether players are required to wear pants (1:21:06), plus a Future Blast from 2050 (1:31:37).Audio intro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to Ben’s Ohtani articleLink to Evan Drellich on OhtaniLink to Jay Jaffe on the AngelsLink to Sam on the AngelsLink to FA classLink to Ohtani and EllyLink to TJS studyLink to Stat Blast on max-effort pitchingLink to Ben on pitcher roster limitsLink to WaPo report on StrasburgLink to Drellich on FrancoLink to Jeff Passan on FrancoLink to Jay Cuda pants tweetLink to CBALink to high-socks studyLink 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