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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 1271: The Stretch Run

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2018

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about Willians Astudillo and Jacob deGrom (as usual), the perception of the Cubs vs. the reality of the Cubs, the dramatic, puzzling increase in infield shifting against Mike Trout, the checkered career of honest but pugnacious umpiring legend Tim Hurst, the future of two-way players, Joel Sherman’s column about […]

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I've got more to say than you, but I'm not sure what that proves

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Them and I'm the same old flame, time I fall I'm not to blame

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These are the same old flame, time I fall I'm not to blame

0:32.0

Hello and welcome to episode 1271 of Effectively Wild a baseball podcast from

0:38.0

Fangrass presented by our Patreon supporters. I am the Linberg of the

0:42.0

Ringer joined by chips Sullivan of fanbase. Over the weekend, Williams

0:46.0

Estadio wrecked a five-fits and eight-advanced nine played appearance

0:50.0

He also threw a walk. He did not strike out. He remained second in baseball and

0:55.0

Contact right behind the obnoxious bravik flayer of five.

0:58.0

But, first place. What do you do?

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First place. What? What? What? What? What? What?

1:03.0

I don't know. I don't know. Please. Seriously. So Estadio, last I checked, has

1:07.0

I don't know how what a streak is up to, but he had at least the longest active streak

1:11.0

Of played appearances without a swing and miss which was up to like 21. The point I saw the

1:16.0

Factoid. Anyway, Estadio has the lowest straight-out rate in baseball out of the 522 players who

1:22.0

Have added at least 50 times. He's ahead of other names. I don't know how to pronounce

1:26.0

Bravik, Follera. I will point out not anywhere close to the top of the list in terms of

1:30.0

Lowest straight-out rate. So his whiffs have come at the wrong time. Estadio just barely

1:34.0

Whips 3.5% straight-outs this season. He's got what is it?

1:39.0

Two straight-outs and three home runs. Two straight-outs and three home runs.

1:43.0

Williams Estadio. This is, should we even be doing this again? Should we just wait until the season's

1:49.0

Over? We probably shouldn't do an episode by episode Estadio update, but he is so watchable.

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