Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the end of the Orioles’ sweep-less streak, Oneil Cruz’s mismatch between top-tier tools and pedestrian production, the Phillies’ strength of schedule, Steven Okert and the etiquette of tipping one’s bullpen-cart driver, Kyle Hendricks and the decline of the 2016 Cubs’ core, and some Shohei Ohtani real-estate news. Then (47:14) they talk to The Athletic senior writer Evan Drellich about Rob Manfred’s press conference on Thursday, the uncertainty surrounding MLB’s broadcast/streaming future, the possibility (and potential ramifications) of nationalizing the sport’s media rights, a private-equity takeover of the minor leagues, and more, plus (1:27:57) several postscript follow-ups.Audio intro: Philip Bergman, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio interstitial: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2”Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to O’s sweep storyLink to team records during streakLink to Cruz tweet 1Link to Cruz tweet 2Link to Cruz tweet 3Link to Cruz’s Savant pageLink to ESPN SoSLink to Defector on SoSLink to FG projected SoSLink to Okert article 1Link to Okert article 2Link to MLBTR on HendricksLink to 2016 team batting ageLink to 2016 team pitching ageLink to Paine on the CubsLink to Russell article 1Link to Russell article 2Link to L.A. Ohtani houseLink to L.A. house 2Link to Hawaii Ohtani houseLink to Hawaii house 2Link to Evan on Manfred commentsLink to sickos memeLink to Evan on national TVLink to broadcast/streaming splitLink to article on churnLink to Evan on Diamond SportsLink to Evan on the other DiamondLink to Steinbrenner commentsLink to Sheehan on SteinbrennerLink to Winning Fixes EverythingLink to Manfred on framingLink to first Ballers winLink to EW Ballers episodeLink to GF w/o save leadersLink to Ben on mid-PA changesLink to Shildt gameLink to MLBTR on Baumann tradeLink to WDJDD songLink to Phiten tweetLink 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