Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the “effectively wild” debut of Paul Skenes and the Pirates’ bases-loaded walkathon, an in-development TV series about Ippei Mizuhara, the demotion of Craig Kimbrel and possible trade dangling of Mason Miller, the continued success of Davis Schneider, the impact of replay review on the increase in catcher’s interference calls, and whether teams should go back to rearranging their rotations based on opponent quality, then (39:14) bring on Mike Petriello of MLB.com to explain and discuss the present and future of MLB’s new Statcast-based bat-tracking metrics, plus (1:27:51) a few follow-ups.Audio intro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio interstitial: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to Grandal interviewLink to Skenes gamerLink to Skenes game box scoreLink to 1959 game box scoreLink to Ippei show storyLink to Uncut Gems wikiLink to Kimbrel story 1Link to Kimbrel story 2Link to Sheehan on KimbrelLink to Rosenthal on MillerLink to Schneider Reddit postLink to Schneider articleLink to SIS on CI callsLink to Craig Wright on SP opponentsLink to EW Episode 812Link to Darius Austin on SP opponentsLink to Matt Berry saying “bat”Link to Mike on EW in 2022Link to Mike on new metricsLink to bat-tracking leaderboardLink to fastest batsLink to team leadersLink to Contreras storyLink to Yankees slugger statsLink to Ohtani bat statsLink to Passan on bat statsLink to Eno on bat statsLink to Matan on bat statsLink to Ben C. on bat statsLink to Ben C. on bat stats 2Link to Ben on second-guessingLink to Tango on switch-hittersLink to Tango on predictivenessLink to Paine on bat statsLink to Woodward on bat statsLink to Russell on shortening upLink to Dril tweetLink to KK play storyLink to EW on the KK playLink to new fake-out catchLink to Ryan Nelson tweet 1Link to Ryan Nelson tweet 2Link 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