Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about classifying throws by infielders that are actually made in the outfield, imagine a multi-sport two-way Shohei Ohtani, and belatedly acknowledge Scott Cooper’s singular cycle, discuss Kyle Schwarber’s possible sub-replacement-level 40-homer season, break down the NL MVP race featuring Ronald Acuña Jr., Mookie Betts, and Freddie Freeman, pat Kyle Barraclough on the back for wearing one, note that regression has come for Mickey Moniak, and offer another hosana to Julio Rodríguez. Then they follow up on the previous episode’s mystery about why wild pitches and passed balls have declined, first (1:06:51) by interviewing Yankees quality control and catching coach Tanner Swanson about improvements in catching technique and the evolution of catcher defense, and then (1:37:13) by presenting additional data and theorizing, followed by (1:47:29) a Future Blast from 2052.Audio intro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to Elly’s 99.8 mph throwLink to Elly’s 99.7 mph throwLink to Elly’s 97.9 mph throwLink to infield-throws leaderboardLink to infield-throwers leaderboardLink to Winn’s 100.5 mph throwLink to Winn’s 99.9 mph throwLink to arm strength leaderboardLink to Haberstroh on two-sport playersLink to post on Cooper’s cycleLink to Cooper’s cycle gameLink to Cooper’s cycle videoLink to Schwarber tweetLink to sub-replacement sluggersLink to Eli Ben-Porat on batting averageLink to Tom Tango on batting averageLink to Tango on batting average againLink to Ben Clemens on batting averageLink to FG WAR leadersLink to B-Ref WAR leadersLink to Mike Petriello on MVP MookieLink to SB leaderboardLink to FG post on Freeman’s baserunningLink to story on fans and AcuñaLink to video of fans and AcuñaLink to Moniak slump stretchLink to Posnanski on the Stargell AwardLink to MVPs w/multiple teamsLink to Mearns on BarracloughLink to Stathead on BarracloughLink to EW Stat Blast about WP/PBLink to team catcher defenseLink to story on Swanson and GarverLink to story about catching’s futureLink to Swanson MVP Machine referenceLink to story on Swanson and the YankeesLink to Ben on FlowersLink to Franke/Rogers catcher slidesLink to Kai Franke on TwitterLink to Jack Rogers on TwitterLink to team CI leaderboardLink to EW on the CI surgeLink to Tango on interference and framingLink to WP/PB totalsLink to Cooper on one-knee catchingLink to Cooper on one-knee catching 2Link to Cooper on one-knee catching 3Link to Rick Wilber’s websiteLink to Future Blast wikiLink to Tango on errors/hitsLink to Cooper on errors/hits 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