Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Derek Jeter‘s (and Aaron Judge’s) championship-or-bust rhetoric, Alex Rodriguez’s date night, Judge’s home-run robberies, Judge’s offensive prowess compared to Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds, how clutchness (or the lack thereof) could affect the AL MVP race, Juan Soto’s defense, how the trajectory of Seattle’s season may have sealed Scott Servais’s fate, the Royals’ valuable durability, Michael Kopech as a Dodger, Dallas Keuchel’s latest destination, the new, old Jacob deGrom, and Jordan Montgomery’s and Blake Snell’s contrasting takes on Scott Boras. Then (1:14:39) they bring back Sports Reference software developer (and primary developer of Baseball-Reference.com) Kenny Jackelen to describe the work that went into ensuring that Danny Jansen’s unique two-teams-in-one-game performance diddn’t break B-Ref.Audio intro: Philip Bergman, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio interstitial: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to Jeter quoteLink to 2019 Judge quoteLink to 2023 Judge quoteLink to 2023 Judge quote 2Link to story on 2009 reunionLink to duck tour incidentsLink to A-Rod date night 1Link to A-Rod date night 2Link to Babe Ruth Award wikiLink to FG batting pacesLink to FG WAR leaderboardLink to single-season wRC+ leadersLink to single-season batting leadersLink to hitting leaders since 5/1Link to SIS Judge statLink to Judge robbery articleLink to “locked in” quoteLink to “locked in” quote 2Link to Judge’s splitsLink to Tango on Judge’s clutchnessLink to FG Clutch leaderboardLink to batting WPA leadersLink to pitching WPA leadersLink to batting cWPA leadersLink to pitching cWPA leadersLink to spring Soto playLink to EW on Soto’s playLink to Bradley/Soto articleLink to Soto’s defensive historyLink to Ben on Harper’s defenseLink to Selig Rule articleLink to Wilson wikiLink to Sheehan on the RoyalsLink to BP IL LedgerLink to 2024 team batting ageLink to Jaffe on KopechLink to Sox Machine on KopechLink to Keuchel signing articleLink to Carmen Sandiego theme songLink to deGrom rehab article 1Link to deGrom rehab article 2Link to deGrom rehab article 3Link to Montgomery commentsLink to Snell commentsLink to MLBTR on Montgomery/SnellLink to MLBTR on Montgomery’s agentLink to Jaffe on the Boras FourLink to @mattomic tweetLink to Kenny’s first EW appearanceLink to Cora on JansenLink to B-Ref game pageLink to Jansen game logLink to Forman 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