Effectively Wild Episode 1575: Rookies of the Year
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2020
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a bad fun fact on a baseball broadcast, a case of copycat pitching involving Jake Diekman and Chaz Roe, how MLB may amend eligibility for the Rookie of the Year award in 2021, a Wade LeBlanc balk and why balks remain mystifying and debatable, plus a Stat Blast on the longest hitless innings. Then (36:52) they talk to FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen about what he learns about prospects after they’re promoted, how teams are approaching prospect promotions in a shortened, pandemic-endangered season, why prospect evaluators missed on Shane Bieber, what to watch for with Luis Robert, Jo Adell, Nate Pearson, and several other top prospects who’ve made their MLB debuts, 2019 rookie arrivals who are having impressive sophomore seasons, how shorthanded teams like the Astros and Marlins are restocking their rosters, how teams might handle information deficits at the trade deadline, and how prospect evaluators are doing their jobs in the absence of minor league games.
Audio intro: The Posies, "It’s Great to Be Here Again"
Audio interstitial: The Rutles, "We’ve Arrived (And to Prove it We’re Here)"
Audio outro: The Weakerthans, "A New Name for Everything"
Link to Marlins broadcast “fun” fact
Link to Diekman/Roe story
Link to Stark on rookie eligibility
Link to LeBlanc balk tweet
Link to Sam on balk rules
Link to Jon Bois’s balk rules
Link to real balk rules
Link to Facebook group discussion of LeBlanc balk
Link to Mariners balk commercial
Link to Budweiser balk commercial
Link to Zach Nahlik’s Stat Blast song cover
Link to Stat Blast spreadsheet
Link to 1962 Mets-Dodgers play-by-play
Link to 2008 A’s-Orioles play-by-play
Link to 1994 Mariners-Yankees play-by-play
Link to Bois’s Mariners Dorktown documentary
Link to Ben Clemens on Bieber’s new pitch
Link to Craig Edwards on Luis Robert
Link to FanGraphs prospect rankings board
Link to Baseball Prospectus “Call-Up” posts
Link to Future Value
Link to Rob Arthur on the 2020 baseball
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| 0:00.0 | It's easy living in the house of your dreams |
| 0:03.0 | Wall-a-wall with every trophy you don't need |
| 0:06.0 | All the players say the dentist thing's making time for the camera |
| 0:10.0 | 16 minutes can bring |
| 0:12.0 | Hands tight, put it up in the air |
| 0:15.0 | And load it down like you probably don't care |
| 0:18.0 | It's not fair, don't let the whole world |
| 0:20.0 | You're stopping to share in the sense |
| 0:22.0 | All the sense, this events happen here |
| 0:25.0 | Yeah, it's great to believe |
| 0:29.0 | And then, there's saints all sing along |
| 0:33.0 | I hope the party better than you |
| 0:37.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1575 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:41.0 | A fancraft space ball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:45.0 | I'm Meg Raleigh a fancrafts and I'm joined as always by Ben Lumbery of the Ranger |
| 0:49.0 | Ben, how are you? |
| 0:51.0 | Do you know how are you? |
| 0:53.0 | I wish that we would start getting positive COVID test results |
| 0:56.0 | Whatever to be clear, ever is the preference |
| 1:00.0 | They are never good news nor are they welcome but on Fridays |
| 1:04.0 | This is a very... |
| 1:06.0 | Yeah, this is a minor quibble |
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