Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the firing of Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom and the extension of Nationals president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo, injuries to Max Scherzer and Sandy Alcantara and MLB’s UCL scourge, and a proposed tier system for the Hall of Fame and single-season awards, then Stat Blast (1:08:33) about Zack Greinke’s win-loss record, Matt Olson and players with more homers than their team has losses, the most team innings with a homer to start a game, two players 40 or older homering in the same game, walk-off balks, high-WAR seasons for multiple teams, and Ian Happ and the longest on-base streaks against a team, plus a Future Blast (1:38:32) from 2059 and a follow-up.Audio intro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to Sox press releaseLink to MLBTR on BloomLink to Alex Speier on BloomLink to Speier on Boston’s ’22 deadlineLink to story on Bloom and DermodyLink to FG farm rankingsLink to FG payroll rankingsLink to MLBTR on RizzoLink to CBS Sports on RizzoLink to Rizzo on StrasburgLink to Lerner’s Stras statementLink to MASN agreementLink to DiPuglia resignation storyLink to scout firings storyLink to Alcantara UCL storyLink to story on velo and UCLsLink to Sam on UCLsLink to Ben on pitcher limitsLink to Bill James answerLink to Posnanski on JamesLink to Topps NowLink to Greinke W-L spreadsheetLink to Paine on GreinkeLink to Jaffe/Laurila on GreinkeLink to starter run supportLink to EW 1855 Stat BlastLink to Olson club sheetLink to Ryan Nelson on TwitterLink to team innings w/HR docLink to Ryan on 40+ HR hittersLink to walk-off-balks sheetLink to story on second WO balkLink to Stat Blast on balksLink to high-WAR multi-team seasonsLink to Drake EW interviewLink to story on Happ’s streakLink to tweet about Happ’s streakLink to info on DiMaggio scoringLink to Sam on on-base streaksLink to on-base-streak sheetLink to on-base-in-starts streaksLink to Rick Wilber’s websiteLink to Future Blast wikiLink to Edman articleLink to switch-SH sheet 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