Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Yusei Kikuchi’s (and other players’) sleep habits and the possibility of a three-way AL West tie with no tiebreaker game, then (28:28) answer listener emails about surprising team assignments in Baseball-Reference headshots, a player who replicates the talent of the player who started in the same lineup spot the previous game, making mound visits to the opposing pitcher, a GM who can predict UCL tears and call up a replacement for the pitcher who’s going to get hurt, whether prospect-promotion incentives could delay the call-ups of the top two prospects in baseball, and retirement-tour qualifications, plus Stat Blasts (1:16:53) about on-base streaks to start a career, all-sweep season series, the best leaguewide power-speed seasons, pitchers who make switch-hitters sacrifice the platoon advantage, and José Abreu and the biggest year-to-year offensive changes.Audio intro: Daniel Leckie, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to first McGrath threadLink to second McGrath threadLink to Apstein articleLink to info on Ohtani’s sleepLink to more on Ohtani’s sleepLink to even more on Ohtani’s sleepLink to Nootbaar on Ohtani’s sleepLink to article on Trout’s sleepLink to article on Verlander’s sleepLink to article on Cruz’s napsLink to article on Smith’s napsLink to article on Casas’s napsLink to Russell on sleep hygieneLink to article on nap roomsLink to article on Phillies’ sleepLink to article on Federer’s sleepLink to article on LeBron’s sleepLink to Sheehan on tiebreakersLink to Anderson’s B-Ref pageLink to Valverde’s B-Ref pageLink to tweet about ValverdeLink to Andino headshotsLink to study on icing the kickerLink to article on Cabrera’s tourLink to more on Cabrera’s tourLink to article about A’s Miggy giftLink to article on Yadi/PujolsLink to Rolling Stone on JeterLink to more on Jeter and toursLink to listener emails databaseLink to Topps NowLink to Ryan Nelson on TwitterLink to on-base-streaks sheetLink to Langs tweetLink to season-sweeps sheetLink to power-speed sheetLink to power-speed wikiLink to article on EdmanLink to wrong-side sheetLink to detailed wrong-side sheetLink to Tango on pitch-type splitsLink to year-to-year wRC+ sheetLink to Burger helmet videoLink to ESPN’s A’s article 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