Effectively Wild Episode 1217: The Sound of Strikes
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2018
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about the fallout from Robinson Cano‘s 80-game suspension, the league’s latest adjustment to Shohei Ohtani, Jason Castro‘s injury and Willians Astudillo’s opportunity, and the resurgent Jordan Lyles, then answer listener emails about the topsy-turvy National League, the evolution of orthodoxy about bullpens, the impact of Willson Contreras on Cubs pitchers, preemptive PRP treatments, a Yankees and Padres roster-swap, streakers helping pitchers warm up, detecting called strikes by sound, expected prospect value and Mike Sirotka vs. Michael Soroka, the correlation between double plays and team success, Mike Trout and Mookie Betts, a pitcher who watches the wave, a player who always makes outs on the bases, sabermetric bar debates and advanced milestone stats, and judging players by their eras’ standards, plus a Stat Blast about bunting success.
Audio intro: Joel Plaskett, "Deny, Deny, Deny"
Audio outro: Koufax, "Let Us Know"
Link to Ben’s post about Shohei Ohtani
Link to Jeff’s post about bullpen inconsistency
Link to prospect-value research
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| 0:00.0 | Sitting on the back deck, riding me a bad check |
| 0:03.5 | Handed out a tire of legs |
| 0:06.7 | One you were the only two |
| 0:08.8 | You were my only three |
| 0:10.5 | And left this place |
| 0:13.5 | Around, around, around |
| 0:15.0 | I loved getting down |
| 0:16.5 | Like the Berlin Wall |
| 0:19.8 | D-9, D-9 |
| 0:21.5 | You can't deny |
| 0:23.0 | You left the curtain falling |
| 0:25.5 | You left the curtain falling |
| 0:27.5 | Hello and welcome to episode 1217 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from Vagraphs presented by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:38.5 | I am Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer joined by Jeff Sullivan of Vagraphs. Hello Jeff. Hello. So last week |
| 0:44.5 | We talked about how Robinson, Kenoe and his contract were aging well |
| 0:48.5 | Gotta say that conversation has not aged particularly well |
| 0:53.5 | There's been some developments in that area since last week |
| 0:56.5 | Well, Robins, there's a double whammy here |
| 1:00.5 | Robinson, Kenoe of course, is hit by a pitch |
| 1:03.5 | Knocked out for a long time and then he was hit by a suspension and knocked out for an even longer time |
| 1:07.5 | So on the plus side, we no longer care that Robinson, Kenoe, needs surgery for his broken hand |
| 1:13.5 | Because he will have ample time to recover |
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