Effectively Wild Episode 1017: The Ryan Raburn is Due Edition

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about the anticlimactic approach of spring training and answer listener emails about baseball reductionism, investing in Little League, the Cardinals’ effect on the Cubs, transplanting Trout and Kershaw, and wearing out starters, with a statistical detour to talk about history’s most volatile hitters. Audio intro: Thrush Hermit, "We Are Being […]

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0:00.0	Above the earth we receive the news We are being reduced
0:15.4	Above the earth we receive the news We are being reduced
0:29.8	Hello and welcome to episode 2017 of Effectively Wild
0:34.2	and baseball podcast from Fangrass presented by our Patreon supporters
0:38.6	I'm Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer, joined by Jeff Sullivan of Fangrass Hello Jeff
0:43.0	Hi, couldn't help but notice that the day after we did our Dodgers and Padres preview
0:48.6	you did a post on the Dodgers and a post on the Padres
0:52.0	Was that coincidence?
0:54.4	Yes and no, so talking about the two teams obviously gets them sort of locked at least into your subconscious
1:00.8	I've wanted to write about Brock Stewart almost all off season long just because he's very interesting
1:07.6	and I love people who have insane mind-o-leak stats, go James Hoyt
1:12.8	So Stewart has been in my mind for a while, I think the podcast kind of gave me a reason
1:16.8	and also it's February, there's nothing, there's nothing, Chris Carter signed but I don't care
1:22.4	Brock Stewart's more interesting and as for the Padres I think, yeah it was talking to Dennis Lind that got me looking at the Padres depth chart
1:28.4	and looking at the Padres depth chart got me thinking about okay who are the people on the seem who aren't awful and dreadfully boring
1:34.4	Oh look at these relievers and I've seen so many tweets over the last several months that I think a lot of them would come from like Buster Olinny
1:41.4	talking about how so many teams would call the Padres about Ryan Bukter or Brad Hand
1:46.4	and I'd be like okay whatever teams are looking for mediocre lefties
1:49.4	no, they're actually really good lefties and Brad Hand in particular is really interesting
1:54.4	and so looking at Brad Hand and noticing this guy kind of has a lot in common with Andrew Miller
1:59.4	that's really interesting so then that got me thinking about a post again it's February not much to write but it's maybe not additionally a coincidence that this podcast right now is interrupting some research I'm doing on Austin Hedges
2:11.4	who by the way is another potential breakout player so Austin Hedges is coming next
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