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Inch into the world

Inch into the world

Hello and welcome to episode 1429 of Effectively Wild

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I have been the member of the ringer joined by Sam Miller of the SPN LoSan

I've been last time we talked a little bit about players returning in the thick of a pennant race and how teams handle that

And the flip side of that, the unfortunate flip side of that is players getting hurt in the thick of a pennant race

And we've had that happen too, obviously the example this week Christian Yelich, Fractured kneecap, done for the year

And the outpouring of disappointment has probably outstripped any similar outpouring I can remember for a player who is missing 18 games in September

Which if you think about it, it could have been worse, it could have happened earlier and it could have been even more costly I suppose

But because Yelich is at the center of so many storylines right now, it feels like a large loss I wrote about it

And you can make the case that it won't actually change anything

There are ways in which maybe the outcome of the season and the things that Christian Yelich was involved in

Wouldn't actually change like the Brewers are sort of long shots, at least if you look at the play-off odds

Even with Christian Yelich, I mean they're a game back of the Cubs in the Wildcard race as we speak

But because they're not quite as good a team, they are not favored

And one player, even a player, is great as Yelich only makes so much difference over the span of a few weeks in theory at least

And you could say that maybe he probably wouldn't have gotten to 50-30 anyway if he had stayed healthy

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