Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Pirates calling up top pitching prospect Paul Skenes, Mookie Betts’s shortstop defense, Willson Contreras, the causes of increasingly common catcher’s interference calls, and catcher technique in an ABS world, rampant reliever shuffling, Chase Anderson as a Phiten necklace “endling,” two ways in which amateur prospects are possibly being exploited or disrupted, Ippei Mizuhara’s guilty plea, Shohei Ohtani’s WAR and two-way future, and a momentous mid-plate-appearance pitching change that never was. Then (1:16:53) they talk to The Athletic writer Andy McCullough about his new book, The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness.Audio intro: Grant Brisbee, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio interstitial: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Cory Brent, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to MLBTR on SkenesLink to SS DRS leadersLink to BP fielding leaderboardLink to Petriello on Mookie’s defenseLink to Hankook commercial 1Link to Hankook commercial 2Link to Pedroia commercialLink to Contreras injury videoLink to tweet about Contreras moveLink to The Athletic on Contreras catchingLink to Woodward on Contreras catchingLink to Sam on CI last yearLink to Sam on CI this yearLink to CI totalsLink to old EW on CI 1Link to old EW on CI 2Link to Tanner Swanson on EWLink to Ben on moving the moundLink to BP on disposable pitchersLink to Russell on disposable playersLink to Ben on pitcher limitsLink to latest MiLB FA draftLink to endling wikiLink to story on Anderson’s PhitenLink to Sam on PhitenLink to escaped zebra storyLink to EW on youth baseball expenseLink to The Athletic on Perfect GameLink to ESPN on draft evasionLink to MLBTR on Ippei’s pleaLink to combined WAR leaderboardLink to FG hitter projectionsLink to Savant trending players imageLink to Kershaw pen sessionLink to The Last of His KindLink to book excerpt 1Link to book excerpt 2Link to Woodward/Trump storyLink to Sam on Kershaw mistakesLink to Ben on Kersh in 2013Link to Ben on Kersh in 2020Link to Ben on pitcher deceptionLink to MLBTR on HillLink to Ben’s Hill cover mockupLink to Kershaw career pitch usageLink to Ward/Wade wikiLink to The Atlantic on stadium subsidiesLink to ballpark meetup formsLink to meetup organizer form 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