Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Rays running out of mound visits and various visit-related hypotheticals, then (21:00) answer listener emails about “due up” vs. “on deck,” strikes vs. pitches in the strike zone, whether focusing on wins instead of runs makes WAR less intuitive, Quinn Priester and FIP-based pitcher WAR, Ronald Acuña Jr.’s ping-ponging strikeout rate, whether the ball-strike challenge system hampers strikeout celebrations, how much infielders help control the running game, advanced pitching machines and the minors-to-majors transition, why there aren’t more major league trick plays, cathartic uniform-burning, and timeout-induced injuries.Audio intro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to Rays mound visit storyLink to mound visits ruleLink to story on get-back coachesLink to OnDeck Capital wikiLink to Birnbaum on runs vs. winsLink to lowest K-BB%Link to highest HR/9Link to defense behind pitcherLink to FG RA/9 WARLink to Jaffe on AcuñaLink to Dan S. on zStatsLink to Petriello on Acuña’s KsLink to ESPN on Báez tagsLink to BP on tagsLink to Ben on pitching machinesLink to Rosenthal on MiLB-MLB gapLink to Ben on MLB-MiLB in 2015Link to Skunk in the OutfieldLink to Grand Illusion playLink to KK playLink to Skenes gamerLink to Fletcher storyLink to EW on equipment destructionLink to uni-burning storyLink to listener emails databaseLink 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