Effectively Wild Episode 1199: Two for Ohtani

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2018

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about Shohei Ohtani’s hot hitting start, revisit the subject of Joey Gallo bunting against the four-man outfield, and critique a retracted Trevor Rosenthal report, then answer listener emails about Bondsian starts to seasons, Tommy Pham’s prophfanity, how data-driven players may impact projections, Seth Lugo’s breakout potential, short-term tanking vs. […]

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0:00.0	Hey folks, a quick note before we begin, and a few moments you'll hear me and Jeff speaking excitedly about
0:04.6	Shohe Otoni.
0:05.6	Know that we recorded this episode before Otoni had his second consecutive multi-hit game, and his second consecutive game with a home run.
0:12.8	This time off, frickin' Corey Cluber, so you can mentally adjust our excitement levels slightly higher than they were.
0:18.6	We also didn't get to speculate about what Brian Dozer's thoughts might be about
0:22.0	Antleton Simmons breaking up a no-hitter with a bun to in the fifth inning, and on our last episode we speculated about the prospect of a Charlie Blackman extension.
0:29.3	Well, that happened on Wednesday too.
0:30.9	Blackman signed to stay in Colorado for five additional seasons, for at least $94 million in new money,
0:36.0	and because of the way time works, we didn't get to talk about that today either.
0:39.1	Now you know, here we go.
0:40.5	Angel, my love, my first courage.
0:48.5	I'll come back, ever find you and never change.
0:52.3	And I think all the years gone, you're a love, I will just possess you.
1:01.3	I'll come back, ever find you and never change.
1:09.3	Hello and welcome to episode 1199 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from Vangraphs presented by our Patreon supporters.
1:17.8	As well as, of course, Vangraphs the site and our Dark Overlord Dave Appelman.
1:22.6	I am Ben Lemberg of The Ringer.
1:24.6	I'm joined by Jeff Sullivan of Vangraphs.
1:27.1	Hello Jeff.
1:27.8	You mixed it up.
1:28.6	Hello.
1:29.0	Yeah, changing things a little bit.
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