Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Juan Soto’s free agency and Aaron Judge’s ego, follow up on in-season exhibition games, and (18:51) answer listener emails about the possibility of adding games to the baseball season, bullpen pitchers robbing a home run robbery, redrawing (or enforcing) coach’s boxes, pronouncing “wRC+,” programming ABS to help starters go deeper into games, Joey Votto vs. Lance Berkman, boycotting A’s games on the road, installing a second home plate (and/or double bases), replacing “bullets in the arm” with “throws of the dice,” using pitch counts instead of innings counts, and player development during suspensions.Audio intro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to Passan’s FA previewLink to Judge/Soto storyLink to highest player AAVsLink to longest contractsLink to extension rejection storyLink to radio host on JudgeLink to laser pointers storyLink to Sosa 1998 exhibitionLink to new UEFA formatLink to story on shortening seasonLink to Jankowski robberyLink to Jankowski waiver newsLink to coach’s box wikiLink to coach’s box ruleLink to MLB rulesLink to Yanks/Jays incidentLink to Yanks/Jays videoLink to Ben on the strike zoneLink to 1B JAWSLink to LF JAWSLink to double 1B story 1Link to double 1B story 2Link to double 1B story 3Link to innings vs. pitches dataLink to Orelvis suspensionLink to suspended player rulesLink to rehab rulesLink to listener emails databaseLink to MLBTR on PasquantinoLink to Picollo quoteLink to hippos article 1Link to hippos article 2Link to hippos article 3Link to hippos article 4Link to hippos article 5Link to hippos article 6Link to hippos article 7Link to hippos article 8Link to hippos article 9Link to hippos article 10Link to hippos documentaryLink to hippogriff wikiLink 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